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The Motor 6 hours

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 6/10/1962
Track length: 4.261 m
Attendance: 8,000
Entries accepted: 39
Starters: 35
Finishers: 22

Pole position: grid based on engine capacity
Fastest lap: not given

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 121,27 kmh
Weather: dry
Ruleset: Group 2
Car info:  

 

After the challenge of the white John Coombs-entered car had faded, the dark blue Equipe Endeavour Jaguar 3.8 of Mike Parkes and Jimmy Blumer sped on to an easy victory in The Motor Six Hours International Saloon Car Race, organised by the British Racing and Sport car Club at Brands Hatch last Saturday.

Parkes and Blumer had driven for most of the race in overdrive-third, so their achievement was all the more meritorious, specially considering that severe transmission bothers put the second Equipe Endeavour car well out of the running. Second was the Jaguar 3.8 of Germans Peter Lindner and Peter Nöcker, the winners of the Nürburgring Six Hours Race last June. Much of the limelight was cheekily stolen from the Jaguars by the works Austin Mini-Cooper of John Aley and Denis Hulme, which finished an incredible third ahead of the works Sunbeam Rapier of Peter Procter and Peter Harper and won the Index of Price handicap. One of the day's most stirring drives came from Belgian Julien Vernaeve. He and co-driver Georges Harris drove a Don Moore-converted Austin-Cooper with incredible verve and put up the strongest challenge to the class-winning works Mini, a challenge which unfortunately ended only a few laps from the end when the left-hand drive Mini crashed at Paddock Bend. Another feature of the Six Hours race was the reliability of the cars, most of the retirements being due to wheels coming off.

(Autosport)


Touring cars
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 1 Equipe Endeavour
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Michael Parkes, GB
Jimmy Blumer, GB
3781 L6 + 3000 171 laps, 6:00.45,4 1 1.58,4    
2 2 4 Peter Lindner Racing
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Peter Lindner, D
Peter Nöcker, D
3781 L6 + 3000 167 4 2.03,0    
3 1 30 Cooper Car Co.
Morris Mini Cooper
John Aley, GB
Denny Hulme, NZ
997 L4 1000 164 14 2.09,0    
4 1 16 Sunbeam Talbot Ltd
Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA
Peter Procter, GB
Peter Harper, GB
1592 L4 1600 162 9 2.08,0    
5 1 8 Anglo-Italian Racing Team
Lancia Flaminia 3B coupé
Piero Frescobaldi, I
Cesare Fiorio, I
2458 V6 2500 161        
6 2 31 Don Moore
BMC Mini Cooper
Christabel Carlisle, GB
Peter Galliford, GB
997 L4 1000 161        
7 2 17 Alan Fraser Racing Team
Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA
Peter Jopp, GB
Peter Pilsworth, GB
1592 L4 1600 161 15 2.09,2    
8 2 9 Ian Walker Racing Team
Ford Zodiac Mk 3
Jeff Uren, GB
David Haynes, GB
2555 L6 3000 159 11 2.08,4    
9 3 29 Cooper Car Co.
BMC Mini Cooper
John Whitmore, GB
Bill Blydenstein, GB
997 L4 1000 159 8 2.07,8    
10 3 22 Tourist Trophy Garage
Vauxhall VX 4/90
Bill Aston, GB
Dizzy Addicott, GB
1508 L4 1600 159        
11 4 34 Gösta Karlsson
Saab 96
Gösta Karlsson, S
Erik Berger, S
841 L3 1000 158        
12 1 27 R.W. Jacobs
MG 1100
Alan Foster, GB
Andrew Hedges, GB
1098 L4 1300 157   2.14,2    
13 2 25 Andrews Garage
Ford Anglia Super
Alan Mann, GB
Tony Hegbourne, GB
Elizabeth Jones, GB
1198 L4 1300 157        
14 4 19 Squadra Tartaruga
Volvo PV 544
Peter Scherrer, CH
Walter Ehrensberger, CH
Rico Steinemann, CH
1582 L4 1600 157        
15 3 23 Squadra Tartaruga
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
F. Bierchler, CH
Max Lanz, CH
1290 L4 1300 157        
16 3 9 Anglo-Italian Racing Team
Lancia Flaminia 3B coupé
Luigi Cabella, I
David Piper, GB
2458 V6 3000 157        
17 4 6 Ian Walker Racing Team
Ford Zodiac Mk 3
Paul Hawkins, AUS
Brian Johnstone, ZA
2555 L6 3000 155 12 2.08,6    
18 5 11 Equipe Rouge
Mercedes 220 SE
Nicky Byrne, GB
Chris McLaren, GB
2195 L6 3000 153 7 2.07,0    
19 5 36 Miss Tibesar
BMW 700
Marie-Rose Tibesar ("Miss Timaro"), L
Rona Pearson, GB
697 B2 1000 144        
20 5 40 Postland Engineering & Trading Co.
Vauxhall VX 4/90
Warwick Banks, GB
John Handley, GB
1508 L4 1600 141       4th reserve
21 3 2 Equipe Endeavour
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Bruce Halford, GB
Roy Pierpoint, GB
3781 L6 + 3000 124 5 2.04,6    
22 4 22 Ecurie Wild
Morris 1100
Tony Kilburn, GB
Nick Garbett, GB
1098 L4 1300 79        
DNF   3 John Coombs
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Mike Salmon, GB
Peter Sutcliffe, GB
3781 L6 + 3000   2 1.59,4   Front wheel bearing
DNF   5 Universal Gearbox Co.
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
John Coundley, GB
Peter Lumsden, GB
3781 L6 + 3000   6 2.04,6   Core plug blew out - lost water
DNF   10 Lawrencetune Engines
Chevrolet Corvair
Chris Lawrence, GB
Richard Shepherd-Barron, GB
2296 B6 3000     2.18,2   Lost wheel
DNF   15 SAH Accessories
Triumph Vitesse
John Sprinzel, GB
Neil Dangerfield, GB
1596 L4 1600     2.19,2   Lost wheel
DNF   18 V. Heylen
Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA
Victor Heylen, B
Ellis Cuff-Miller, GB
Emile-Claude Clemens ("Carlos"), D
1592 L4 1600         Lost wheel, rolled
DNF   21 Barwell Motors Ltd.
Riley 1.5
Paddy Hopkirk, IRL
Alan Hutcheson, GB
1489 L4 1600         disqualified for using tools not carried in the car
DNF   20 Westover Racing
Riley 1.5
Edward Lewis, GB
Peter Riley, GB
1489 L4 1600   10 2.08,2   Halfshaft/Wheel bearing
DNF   24 Anita Taylor
Ford Anglia Super
Anita Taylor, GB
Mike Costin, GB
Peter Arundell, GB
1198 L4 1300         Lost wheel, rolled
DNF   32 Julien Vernaeve
Austin Mini Cooper
Julien Vernaeve, B
Georges Harris, B
997 L4 1000         Accident
DNF   33 Elizabeth Jones
Morris Mini Cooper
Elizabeth Jones, GB
Pauline Mayman, GB
997 L4 1000   13 2.08,8   Engine?
DNF   35 Herbert Linge
BMW 700
Herbert Linge, D
Rico Steinemann, CH
697 B2 1000     2.11,4   Lost wheel and brake drum
DNF   37 Bracknell Motors
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Peter Dodd, GB
Les Fowler, GB
3781 L6 + 3000 158 3 2.02,8   1st reserve - broken rear hub
DNF   39 Equipe Nationale Belge
Volvo 122 S
Jacques Patte, B
Georges Hacquin, B
1582 L4 1600         3rd reserve, lost wheel, accident
DNS   12 Equipe Nationale Belge
Mercedes 220 SEb
Jacques Patte, B
Georges Hacquin, B
2195 L6 3000         No spare parts available
DNS   14 Equipe Nationale Belge
Mercedes 220 SEb
Gérard Langlois van Ophem, B
Jean Demortier, B
2195 L6 3000         No spare parts available
DNS   26 Scuderia Colonia
VW 1200
Hans Braun, D
Wilhelm Deutsch, D
1192 B4 1300          
DNA   38  
Morris Mini Cooper
Tony Rutt, GB
Mick Clare, GB
997 L4 1000         2nd reserve