The International Gold Cup is a prize awarded annually to the winner of a motor race held at the Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire, England. In the 1950s and 1960s it formed one of a number of highly regarded non-Championship Formula One races, which regularly attracted top drivers and teams. With the increasing cost of F1, the number of non-Championship events dwindled and the Gold Cup fell by the wayside in the mid-1970s. After this time the Cup was open to Formula 5000 cars, then Formula 3000 cars, before finally being reduced to a courtesy award made for the winner of the race deemed "highlight of the weekend". The Cup proper was reinstated by the Historic Sports Car Club in 2003, for the winner of a race for historic F1 cars at the same circuit.
The Oulton Park circuit opened in 1953 and the first Gold Cup meeting was held the following year. As a sign of things to come Stirling Moss won both the first and second events; he would go on to win the Gold Cup a further three times before an accident prematurely ended his career. Perhaps appropriately it was Moss that was at the wheel when the Ferguson P99 took the first ever victory by a four-wheel drive F1 car and the last victory for a front-engined F1 car, in the 1961 Gold Cup race. Other famous winners include Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme.
Winners Year Driver Constructor Championship/Class Report 2004 Barry Williams Aston Martin DBR4 Historic racing Report 2003 Martin O'Connell Lotus-Cosworth Historic racing Report 2002 Historic racing Report 2001 Tim Harvey Rob Wilson Chrysler Viper GTS-R British GT Championship Report 2000 Tim Harvey Mike Youles Porsche 911 GT2 British GT Championship Report 1999 Julian Bailey Jamie Campbell-Walter Lister Storm British GT Championship Report 1997–98 Not held 1996 Gareth Rees Reynard-Cosworth British Formula 2 Report 1995 Not held 1994 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i BTCC Report 1993 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i BTCC Report 1992 Yvan Muller Reynard-Cosworth British Formula 2 Report 1991 Paul Warwick Reynard-Cosworth British F3000 Report 1990 Richard Dean Reynard-Cosworth British F3000 Report 1989 Paolo Carcasci Reynard-Cosworth British F3000 Report 1988 Gary Brabham Ralt-Volkswagen British Formula 3 Report 1987 David Leslie Mike Wilds Lola-Chevrolet Thundersports Report 1986 John Foulston John Brindley Lola-Chevrolet Thundersports Report 1985 Tim Lee-Davey Neil Crang Tiga GC84-Cosworth Thundersports Report 1984 John Foulston John Brindley Lola-Chevrolet Thundersports Report 1983 Richard Budge Vin Malkie Chevron-Ford Thundersports Report 1982 Tony Trimmer Fittipaldi-Ford British Formula One Championship Report 1981 John Surtees Maserati Historic racing Report 1980 Guy Edwards Arrows-Ford Aurora F1 Report 1979 David Kennedy Wolf-Ford Aurora F1 Report 1978 Tony Trimmer McLaren-Ford Aurora F1 Report 1977 Tony Trimmer Surtees-Ford Shellsport Group 8 Report 1976 Guy Edwards Brabham-Ford Shellsport Group 8 Report 1975 David Purley Chevron-Ford British F5000 Report 1974 Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet British F5000 Report 1973 Peter Gethin Chevron-Chevrolet British F5000 Report 1972 Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth Non-championship F1 Report 1971 John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth Non-championship F1 plus Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship Report 1970 John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth Non-championship F1 Report 1969 Jacky Ickx Brabham-Cosworth Non-championship F1 Report 1968 Jackie Stewart Matra-Cosworth Non-championship F1 Report 1967 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Non-championship F1 Report 1966 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Non-championship F1 Report 1965 John Surtees Lola-Cosworth Formula 2 Report 1964 Jack Brabham Brabham-Cosworth Formula 2 Report 1963 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Non-championship F1 Report 1962 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Non-championship F1 Report 1961 Stirling Moss Ferguson-Climax Non-championship F1 Report 1960 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Non-championship F1 Report 1959 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax Non-championship F1 Report 1958 Roy Salvadori Lotus-Climax Sports car racing Report 1957 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Formula 2 Report 1956 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax Formula 2/1.5 L sportscars Report 1955 Stirling Moss Maserati Non-championship F1 Report 1954 Stirling Moss Maserati Non-championship F1 Report
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