Family fortunes

The Brabham family is currently enjoying its most successful racing season since 1966, when Sir Jack became the first and so far only driver to win the World Drivers Championship in a chassis bearing his own name.

Eldest son Geoff has all but secured the American IMSA GTP Sports-Car Championship thanks to a run of eight consecutive wins between March and September in the Electramotive team’s Nissan ZX, despite strong Jaguar and Porsche opposition. Meanwhile, Gary Brabham has been making his Bowman Ralt-Volkswagen a force to be reckoned with in British Formula Three, culminating in recent victories in the Oulton Park Gold Cup (the fifth time this particular trophy has visited the family mantelpiece) and at Brands Hatch, which moved him into second position in the championship.

To cap it all, David Brabham emerged as Class B winner at Oulton, as at Snetterton three weeks earlier, in a Jack Brabham Racing Ralt.