1967 United States Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | October 1, 1967 | ||
| Official name | X United States Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York |
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| Course | Permanent road course | ||
| Course length | 3.78 km (2.35 mi) | ||
| Distance | 108 laps, 408.2 km (253.8 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Time | 1:05.48 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Graham Hill |
Lotus-Ford | |
| Time | 1:06.0 on lap 81 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lotus-Ford | ||
| Second |
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Lotus-Ford | |
| Third | Brabham-Repco | ||
The 1967 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 1, 1967, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. It was the tenth and penultimate round of the 1967 Formula One season. The 108-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark after he started from second position. His teammate Graham Hill finished second and Brabham driver Denny Hulme came in third.
Jim Clark nursed his limping car through the final two laps and came home six seconds ahead of Lotus teammate Graham Hill to win his third and final American Grand Prix. It was the Scot's third win of the season, and the twenty-third of his career. The following April, Clark was killed in a Formula Two race in Germany, but two more wins (in Mexico and South Africa) gave him the most wins in Grand Prix history with 25, one more than Argentina's Juan Manuel Fangio.
Since they had appeared at the third race of the year in the Netherlands, Colin Chapman's Lotus 49s had been the fastest cars on the track, taking the pole in all seven races they entered. The reliability of the Lotus cars had been another issue entirely, however, and, when the series returned to North America for the final two races, the only remaining contenders for the Driver's Championship were Brabham teammates Sir Jack (the defending Champion) and Denny Hulme.
Friday practice began under a dark, misty cloud and, as the weather slowly improved, the Lotus cars again posted the fastest times with Clark ahead of Hill. Saturday was much clearer, and nearly everyone improved their time from the previous day. Late in the session, Clark posted a 1:06.07, breaking the 125 mph average speed barrier, and seemingly securing the pole. Hill, however, was still set on winning the $1,000 prize for the pole, and, with Clark testing his car's handling on full tanks, he snatched the prize from his teammate with a time of 1:05.48. Dan Gurney, who had become the first American to win a Grand Prix in a car of his own design at Belgium, was third in the Eagle-Weslake, and Chris Amon was fourth in the only Ferrari present.
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