Oulton Park International Gold Cup

The International Gold Cup is a prize awarded annually to the winner of a motor race held at the Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire, England, UK. In the 1950s and '60s 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 run in events for Formula 5000 cars, then Formula 3000, before finally being reduced to a courtesy award made for the winner of the race deemed "highlight of the weekend"[1]. 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, in the 1961 Gold Cup race. Other famous winners include Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme.

Winners

Year Driver Constructor Report
2004 Barry Williams Aston Martin DBR4 Report
2003 Martin O'Connell Lotus-Cosworth Report
2002 Report
2001 Tim Harvey
Rob Wilson
Chrysler Viper GTS-R Report
2000 Tim Harvey
Mike Youles
Porsche 911 GT2 Report
1999 Julian Bailey
Jamie Campbell-Walter
Lister Storm Report
1997-98 Not held
1996 Gareth Rees Reynard-Cosworth Report
1995 Not held
1994 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i Report
1993 Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i Report
1992 Yvan Muller Reynard-Cosworth Report
1991 Paul Warwick Reynard-Cosworth Report
1990 Richard Dean Reynard-Cosworth Report
1989 Paolo Carcasci Reynard-Cosworth Report
1988 Gary Brabham Ralt-Volkswagen Report
1987 David Leslie
Mike Wilds
Lola-Chevrolet Report
1986 John Foulston
John Brindley
Lola-Chevrolet Report
1985 John Foulston
John Brindley
Lola-Chevrolet Report
1984 John Foulston
John Brindley
Lola-Chevrolet Report
1983 Richard Budge
Vin Malkie
Chevron-Ford Report
1982 Tony Trimmer Fittipaldi-Ford Report
1981 John Surtees Maserati Report
1980 Guy Edwards Arrows-Ford Report
1979 David Kennedy Wolf-Ford Report
1978 Tony Trimmer McLaren-Ford Report
1977 Tony Trimmer Surtees-Ford Report
1976 Guy Edwards Brabham-Ford Report
1975 David Purley Chevron-Ford Report
1974 Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet Report
1973 Peter Gethin Chevron-Chevrolet Report
1972 Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth Report
1971 John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth Report
1970 John Surtees Surtees-Cosworth Report
1969 Jacky Ickx Brabham-Cosworth Report
1968 Jackie Stewart Matra-Cosworth Report
1967 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Report
1966 Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Report
1965 John Surtees Lola-Cosworth Report
1964 Jack Brabham Brabham-Cosworth Report
1963 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Report
1962 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax Report
1961 Stirling Moss Ferguson-Climax Report
1960 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Report
1959 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax Report
1958 Roy Salvadori Lotus-Climax Report
1957 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Report
1956 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax Report
1955 Stirling Moss Maserati Report
1954 Stirling Moss Maserati Report