Pole position: Pierpoint in 1.57,2
Fastest lap: Pierpoint in 1.56,8
Distance: 19 laps
Average speed: 134,62 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 2
Car info: 1965 Cars
There was a real bang and crash start, involving Pierpoint and Whitmore, with Sears being pushed almost off the track, and Gardner's Willment lotus Cortina being sandwiched between the Mustang and the Whitmore Cortina. After the clatter of metal had subsided the race was on, with three somewhat battered cars leading into Old Hall in the order of Pierpoint, Whitmore and Gardner; the unfortunate Sears parked on the grass with ignition failure. Pierpoint, Whitmore, Gardner, Baillie, Fitzpatrick, Baldet - that was the order for lap after lap. Savoury stopped with his Don Moore Mini at Knickerbrook and abandoned. Tony Lanfranchi pitted his Alexander Mini-Cooper S. Goodwin packed up with his Anglia at Old Hall, while Chris McLaren parked his Jaguar at Old Hall. Gawaine Baillie was now getting the hang of his Mustang, and giving the ebullient Whitmore no peace whatsoever, taking the Lotus Cortina on the eighth lap for second place behind Pierpoint's similar car. Frank Gardner was also after Whitmore, while Baldet was duelling merrily with Fitzpatrick. Gardner pushed past Whitmore on lap 10, but next time round the Team lotus car was wallowing all over the place, and Whitmore parked it behind his team mate's abandoned car with a flat tyre. Banks had taken over the lead in the tiddler class from Campbell-Cole, and behind Baldet came Ratcliffe (Mini Cooper S), Newman (Lotus Cortina) Middlehurst (Mini-Cooper S) and Neal (Mini Cooper S). Baillie closed within 1 1/2 seconds of Pierpoint, the two red Mustangs cantering along unchallenged, with Frank Gardner some 17 seconds adrift. Near the end, the Fitzpatrick-Baldet battle ended with both drivers inverting their cars, the exit of the former giving the class victory to John Rhodes in the works Mini-Cooper S, followed by Harry Ratcliffe in the Vitafoam machine. Cars were timed over the measured tenth, the fastest in each class being Pierpoint with 118 mph, Gardner with 112.4 mph, Neal with the Arden Mini Cooper with 111.4 mph and Phil de Banks (Sutton Mini-Cooper S) with 107.4 mph. Source: Autosport |
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Class A-D
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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 | 89 | Ford Mustang |
Roy Pierpoint, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 19 laps, 37.37,6 | 1 | 1.57,2 | 1.55,8 | |
| 2 | 2 | 88 | Gawaine Baillie Ford Mustang |
Gawaine Baillie, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 19 laps, 37.38,0 | 4 | 1.58,4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 85 | Race Proved by Willment Ford Lotus Cortina |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 37.59,8 | 5 | 1.58,6 | 1.57,4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 69 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
John Rhodes, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 38.34,0 | 8 | 1.59,4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 67 | Vitafoam Developments Morris Mini Cooper S |
Harry Ratcliffe, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 39.10,4 | 12 | 2.02,4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 82 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jack Newman, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 39.23,0 | 15 | 2.03,2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 78 | J. Middlehurst & Sons Morris Mini Cooper S |
Phil Middlehurst, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 39.24,4 | 10 | 2.02,0 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 75 | Equipe Arden Austin Mini Cooper S |
Steve Neal, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 39.36,6 | 18 | 2.06,2 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 81 | Curtis Smith Racing Team Ford Lotus Cortina |
Robin Smith, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 18 | 13 | 2.03,0 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 64 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Warwick Banks, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 38.16,8 | 20 | 2.06,4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | 73 | Alexander Engineering Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 15? | 16 | 2.03,8 | Might have retired after a pit stop! | |
| 12 | 2 | 62 | Don Moore Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Mike Campbell-Cole, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 38.46,6 | 9 | 2.01,8 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 65 | Sutton of St Helens Autos Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Phil de Banks, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 18 | 21 | 2.08,0 | ||
| DNF | 77 | Team Broadspeed BMC Mini Cooper S |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 16 | 7 | 1.59,2 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 80 | Moto Baldet Racing Team Ford Lotus Cortina |
Andre Baldet, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 16 | 11 | 2.02,2 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 66 | Grosvenor Racing Morris Mini Cooper S |
Tony Rutt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 11 | 19 | 2.06,2 | |||
| DNF | 84 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
John Whitmore, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 10 | 2 | 1.58,2 | Puncture | ||
| DNF | 72 | Goodwin Engineering Racing Division Ford Anglia Super |
Laurie Goodwin, GB |
1198 | L4 | B | 6 | 25 | no time | |||
| DNF | 86 | Jaguar Mk II 3.8 |
Chris McLaren, GB |
3781 | L6 | D | 4 | 14 | 2.03,2 | |||
| DNF | 63 | Don Moore Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Ted Savory, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 4 | 22 | 2.09,4 | |||
| DNF | 90 | Dawnay Racing Organisation Ford Mustang |
Mike Salmon, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 2 | 6 | 1.59,0 | |||
| DNF | 61 | Automobile Racing Drivers’ School Ltd Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Anita Taylor, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 0? | 23 | 2.09,6 | |||
| DNF | 83 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jack Sears, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 3 | 1.58,2 | Ignition | |||
| DNS | 68 | Don Moore Morris Mini Cooper S |
Chris Irwin, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 | 2.04,0 | ||||
| DNS | 70 | Cooper Car Co. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Paddy Hopkirk, IRL |
1293 | L4 | B | (8) | 2.00,8 | ||||
| DNS | 74 | Alexander Engineering Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
Mick Clare, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 24 | 2.10,4 | ||||