# 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. 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 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1996 | Gareth Rees | Reynard-Cosworth | British Formula 2 | Report |
| 1995 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 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 |