Whatever Happened To The Gold Cup? - The Mid-Cheshire Years 1954-1974

Author: Mike Allen

The International Gold Cup race was awarded annually to the winner od a motor race, often Formula One, at Oulton Park in Cheshire, England. Although one of a number of non-championship race meetingd accross Europe which attracted top teams and drivers the Gold Cup was unique in thatfor many years it was run by a motor club that was not a national organixation, the Mid-Cheshire Motor Club and lattery the Mid-Cheshire Motor Racing Club. Mis-Cheshire are still the only non national club to hold an International Licenece Foruma One race meeting.

Today the Gold Cup meeting is a major historic event which caters for many of the cars mentioned in this book, and some cases even the drivers!

The meeting always tried to promote new ideas in motor racing, such as teh introduction of new formula. This sometimes led to some rather thin grids but the support races often made up fopr the lack of formula cars in the main event.

40,000 people sometimes turned up for this meeting which severely challenged the country lane road system around the circuit but people kept coming anf they witnessed many historic events such as the only time a 4WD vehicle won a Formula One race and the race debut of the Tyrrell 001.

The title came about from the "disappearance" of the Gold Cup in 1969 when it wasn't returned in time for the 1970 event. Research has shown that there have actually been a number of Gold Cups, one of which was silver!

Foward by John Surtees CBE

270 pages, size 250 x 190mm