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) |
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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 |