1963 Kanonloppet

The 9th Kanonloppet was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 11 August 1963 at the Karlskoga Circuit, Sweden. The race was run over two heats of 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 25.

1963 Kanonloppet
Non-championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Race details
Date	11 August 1963
Official name	IX Kanonloppet
Location	Karlskoga Circuit, Karlskoga
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.998 km (1.863 mi)
Distance	2 x 20 laps, 119.92 km (74.52 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax
Time	1.22.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:30.6
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax
Third	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Climax

The first heat was won easily by Clark, with team-mate Trevor Taylor in a comfortable second place, from Jack Brabham in third. All the other runners were lapped at least once. Brabham had led for most of the race but suffered fuel shortage problems and his engine cut out. The second heat saw a reverse of the first, with Brabham winning from Taylor and Clark, with just a few tenths of a second separating the two Lotus drivers.

The only two retirements were the two BKL Lotus cars in the second heat. This race marked the Formula One debuts of the 1967 World Champion Denny Hulme, and British driver David Prophet.[1]