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Jack Brabham -- Cooper Monaco / Bruce McLaren
-- Cooper Monaco (2)
Brabham leads
McLaren's tail-finned Cooper out of Riverside's Turn 7. Tail fins
were standard on T61
Coopers, but Hap Sharp
didn't like the look and modified the rear end of his #4 car.
In the race, 2nd place qualifier Stirling Moss led the first 27 laps;
then Brabham led for three laps; then
McLaren
took over for 30 laps while Brabham hung close behind, biding his time.
On the next to last lap, Brabham zoomed past braking for Turn 9,
then built a 12 second lead on the last lap. McLaren's Cooper had
suffered a cracked cylinder head and subsequent water leak.
| From "MotoRacing"
Volume 7 #1 (Oct. 27-Nov 3, 1961)
"After McLaren passed Brabham, he was pulling out two seconds on
the Australian on the back straight, which might give you an idea of the
power of the Indy engine as compared to the spare which was in Brabham's
machine." |
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