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Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 18/5/1958
Track length:
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Sprinzel (race A); Sopwith (race B)

Distance:
Average speed: 95,32 kmh (race A), 98,88 kmh (race B)
Weather:
Ruleset:
Car info:  

 

Race A was characterised by the words “A rather dull affair for the tiddlers”. In Race B, Tommy Sopwith and Sir Gawaine played to the crowd and took turns to lead. Sears reversed the tables on Uren in their customary battle.


Saloon Car Race A: Class A
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1   Speedwell Stable
Austin A35
John Sprinzel, GB
948 L4 A       x  
2 2    
Austin A35
George "Doc" Shepherd, GB
948 L4 A          
3 3    
Morris Minor
Fred Marriot, GB
948 L4 A          
DNF      
Austin A35
P.D. Shanks
948 L4 A         Rolled

Saloon Car Race B: Class B, C and D
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1   Equipe Endeavour
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Tommy Sopwith, GB
3442 L6 D       x  
2 2   Equipe Endeavour
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Gawaine Baillie, GB
3442 L6 D          
3 1    
Austin A105
Jack Sears, GB
2639 L6 C          
4 2    
Ford Zephyr
Jeff Uren, GB
2553 L6 C          
  3    
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Doug Uren, GB
3442 L6 D          
  3    
Ford Zephyr
David Haynes, GB
2553 L6 C          
  1   Metcalfe & Munday
Borgward Isabella TS
Tommy Bridger
1493 L4 B          
  2   Dick Jacobs
MG Magnette
Alan Foster, GB
1489 L4 B          
  3    
Hillman Minx
Barney Everley, GB
1390 L4 B