On the weekend of June 15th & 16th 1963 AC Cars entered a works Cobra, car number 3, driven by Peter Bolton & Ninian Sanderson. The entrant was in the name of AC Cars/ William Hurlock (MD of the company) and managed by Stirling Moss.
A second works supported Cobra car number 4 entered by the American owner/driver Ed Hugus and Englishman Peter Jopp. Carroll Shelby was heavily involved with the team effort.
Both cars were Thames Ditton prepared and classed as GT 3+ powered by a Ford 4.7ltr V8 engines.
At the end of the race dominated by Ferrari, car 21 a Ferrari 250P driven Bandini/Scarfiotti claimed victory, followed by a further 4 Ferrari machines all powered by 3.0ltr V12 engines. Car number 3 the AC works machine was placed a very credible 7th behind the all powerful red machines. The Hugus entered car number 4 retired after 117 laps with damaged con rod and crank.
A sad note the race cost the life of the Brazilian driver Christian Hein's at the wheel of an Alpine M63.
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