1963 Kanonloppet
# 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.

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.

## Results

| Pos | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid | Heat 1 / 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | 1.04:26.7 | 2 | 1st / 3rd |
| 2 | Trevor Taylor | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | + 35.0 s | 3 | 2nd / 2nd |
| 3 | Jack Brabham | Brabham Racing Organisation | Brabham-Climax | + 45.5 s | 1 | 3rd / 1st |
| 4 | Denny Hulme | Brabham Racing Organisation | Brabham-Climax | 39 laps | 5 | 4th / 5th |
| 5 | Jo Bonnier | Rob Walker Racing Team | Cooper-Climax | 39 laps | 4 | 5th / 4th |
| 6 | Masten Gregory | Tim Parnell | Lotus-BRM | 38 laps | 7 | 7th / 6th |
| 7 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Porsche | 38 laps | 8 | 6th / 7th |
| 8 | Bob Anderson | DW Racing Enterprises | Lola-Climax | 38 laps | 6 | 8th / 9th |
| 9 | Ian Raby | Ian Raby (Racing) | Gilby-BRM | 37 laps | 9 | 9th / 8th |
| 10 | André Pilette | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 37 laps | 12 | 11th / 10th |
| 11 | David Prophet | David Prophet | Brabham-Ford | 37 laps | 11 | 12th / 11th |
| 12 | Clement Barrau | Clement Barrau | Lotus-Climax | 34 laps | 13 | 13th / 12th |
| Ret | Ernst Maring | Kurt Kuhnke | BKL Lotus-Borgward | Accident | 10 | 10th / Ret |
| Ret | Kurt Kuhnke | Kurt Kuhnke | BKL Lotus-Borgward | Fuel injection | 14 | 14th / Ret |
| DNP | Ron Carter | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | | - | - |
| WD | Dan Gurney | Brabham Racing Organisation | Brabham-Climax | | - | - |
| WD | Chris Amon | Reg Parnell (Racing) | Lola-Climax | Car not ready | - | - |
| WD | Tony Settember | Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars) | Scirocco-BRM | | - | - |
| WD | Ian Burgess | Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars) | Scirocco-BRM | | - | - |

* Fastest lap: (Heat 1) Jim Clark 1:30.6
* Fastest lap: (Heat 2) Jack Brabham 1:36.1
