Fifty years ago the British Formula 1 fan was very well served. If the 1967 season began at New Year, at Kyalami, and continued at Monaco in early May, in the interim no fewer than three non-championship races were run, all of them in the UK.
At Brands Hatch, Dan Gurney's Eagle narrowly beat Lorenzo Bandini's Ferrari in the Race of Champions, and at Silverstone Maranello's sole representative Mike Parkes won the Daily Express Trophy from Jack's Brabham.
In between times there was a race at Oulton Park, the Spring Cup, and it occupies a niche in history, for this was surely the only time the Formula 1 teams - and drivers - ever raced for free.