Sunday 4th October 1964

Graham Hill’s second of three successive win in the US Grand Prix came on this day in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 at Watkins Glen. Jim Clark led for almost half the distance before his gearbox gave out – he took over the car of team-mate Mike Spence to complete the race but that rendered him ineligible for points – and from then on Hill led, eventually finishing half-a-minute ahead of John Surtees.