The first Lotus 49 season came to a close with Patrick Day starting from pole, followed by Breuning and Potgieter; On lap 2, Breuning got into the carousel corner too deep and spun both himself and Day around, handing the lead to Potgieter. Day caught up quickly, took the lead back and a similar incident happened between Day and Potgieter, handing the lead back to Breuning. He held on till the end, while Potgieter was in 2nd and Day dropped back after blowing the engine. Tom DeSelms rounded out the podium.
Driver | Finish | Start | Fastest | Incidents | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcellus Breuning | 1 | 2 | 1:8.364 | 6 | 21 |
Rod Potgieter | 2 | 3 | 1:8.410 | 3 | 16 |
Tom DeSelms | 3 | 4 | 1:9.127 | 2 | 14 |
Patrick Day | 4 | 1 | 1:8.46 | 4 | 13 |
Andrew Forrester2 | 5 | 8 | 1:10.583 | 14 | 10 |
Ian Wilson2 | 6 | 5 | 1:9.583 | 6 | 8 |
Philip Peterson | 7 | 6 | 1:9.472 | 10 | 6 |
Roland Olsen | 8 | 7 | 1:10.18 | 11 | 5 |