The 1965 Lavant Cup was a sports car racing event held on 19 April 1965 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 21 laps of the circuit and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 30-Ford, setting fastest lap in the process. Pole-setter Bruce McLaren finished second in a McLaren-Elva Mk1--Oldsmobile, and David Hobbs finished third in a Lola T70-Ford.
In the lower classes, Denny Hulme won the 2.0 litre class in a Brabham BT8-Climax, and John Hine won the 1.15 litre class in a Lotus 23-Ford.
Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 33 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 30-Ford 29:14.0; 166.471kph 2 2 35 Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren-Elva Mk1--Oldsmobile +20.0s 1 3 32 David Hobbs Harold Young Ltd. Lola T70-Ford +1:24.4 9 4 38 Hugh Dibley R.F. Pierpoint Lola T70-Chevrolet 20 laps 4 5 41 Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Brabham BT8-Climax 20 laps 3 6 42 Tommy Hitchcock Celerity Inc. Brabham BT8-Climax 20 laps 5 7 36 John Coundley John Coundley Racing Enterprises McLaren-Elva Mk1--Oldsmobile 19 laps 12 8 52 John Hine John Hine Cars Ltd. Lotus 23-Ford 19 laps 17 9 54 Jim Morley J.F. Morley Lotus 23-Ford 18 laps 18 10 49 Robin Widdows Barwell Motors Ltd. Lotus 23B-Ford 18 laps 23 11 56 Robert Lamplough Robert Lamplough Lotus 23-Ford 18 laps 16 12 48 Jeremy Bouckley Burgess & Garfield Limited Merlyn MK6-Ford 17 laps 24 13 59 Jack Murrell D.R.W. Motor & Engineering Co. DRW-Imp 17 laps 22 14 57 Robin McArthur McArthur Weston Racing Lotus 23-Ford 17 laps 20 15 43 Chris Williams Chris Williams Ltd. Lotus 23B-BMW 17 laps 10 16 50 Trevor Taylor Aurora Gear (Racing) Rotherham Aurora-BMC 15 laps 19 17 37 Julian Sutton Mills Garages (Sutherland) Ltd. Attila-Chevrolet 14 laps, not running 14 NC 51 Jack Paterson Auto Racing Tours Lola Mk 1-Climax 7 laps 25 Ret 53 Harry Stiller Scaradi Racing Lotus 23-Ford 10 laps 15 Ret 58 Geoff Oliver Geoff Oliver Racing Lotus 23-Ford 5 laps 13 Ret 47 Bob Bondurant Race Proved by Willment Elva Mk VIII-BMW 4 laps 11 Ret 45 Chris Amon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Elva Mk VIII-BMW 3 laps 8 Ret 55 Brian Smith B.D.L.R. Smith Lotus 23-Ford 2 laps 21 Ret 39 Roger Nathan Roger Nathan (Racing) Ltd. Brabham BT8-Oldsmobile 1 lap 7 DNS 31 John Surtees Team Surtees Ltd. Lola T70-Chevrolet Engine failure in practice - DNS 40 Roy Salvadori Ford Advanced Vehicles Ltd. Cooper T78-Ford 6
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