Pole position: Pierpoint
Fastest lap: Pierpoint in 1.50,4
Distance: 12 laps
Average speed: 150,41 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 2
Car info: 1965 Cars
Fastest in practice was current leader of the BRSCC touring car championship Roy Pierpoint in his bright red Mustang, with Sir Gawaine Baillie's similar car second and the works Lotus Cortinas of Mike Spence and Jack Sears next up. As soon as the full field set off, it was obvious that this was going to be a tough contest. Saloon car drivers appear to do impossible manoeuvres all round the course, but each one gets away with it. As to be expected, Pierpoint set the pace, with Baillie coming through to second place at the four lap mark ahead of the Lotus Cortinas of Sears and Spence. The battles in the 1000 cc and 1300 cc classes were tremendous: Warwick Banks and Mike Cambell-Cole disputed the smaller category splendidly, never being more than a door handle apart, while Tony Lanfranchi in the Alexander entry was battling out the 1300 cc class with John Fitzpatrick's Broadspeed Mini. Lanfranchi was really enjoying himself to be an all-round driver. |
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 | 42 | Weybridge Engineering Co. Ltd Ford Mustang |
Roy Pierpoint, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 12 laps, 22.33,0 | 1 | 1.50,4 | ||
2 | 2 | 40 | Gawaine Baillie Ford Mustang |
Gawaine Baillie, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 12 laps, 22.38,8 | 2 | |||
3 | 1 | 30 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jack Sears, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 12 laps, 22.54,2 | 4 | 1.53,2 | ||
4 | 2 | 31 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
Mike Spence, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 12 laps, 23.01,6 | 3 | |||
5 | 3 | 33 | Race Proved by Willment Ford Lotus Cortina |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
1594 | L4 | C | 12 laps, 23.08,8 | ||||
6 | 4 | 36 | John Coundley Racing Partnership Ford Lotus Cortina |
Tom Fletcher, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 12 laps, 23.18,6 | 7 | |||
7 | 5 | 32 | Moto Baldet Racing Team Ford Lotus Cortina |
Andre Baldet, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 12 laps, 23.34,2 | ||||
8 | 1 | 17 | Alexander Engineering Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 laps, 23.37,4 | ||||
9 | 2 | 22 | Team Broadspeed Austin Mini Cooper S |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 laps, 23.37,4 | 1.56,0 | |||
10 | 3 | 19 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
John D. Lewis, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 laps, 23.51,6 | ||||
11 | 4 | 45 | R. Trustram Ford Anglia Super |
Mike Young, GB |
1198 | L4 | B | 12 laps, 23.51,8 | ||||
12 | 5 | 18 | Team Broadspeed Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Handley, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 laps, 23.52,0 | ||||
1 | 1 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Warwick Banks, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 11 laps, 22.41,8 | 2.01,8 | ||||
2 | 3 | Don Moore Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Mike Campbell-Cole, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 11 laps, 22.42,0 | |||||
3 | 2 | Radbourne Motors Fiat Abarth 1000 TC |
John Anstead, GB |
982 | L4 | A | 11 laps, 23.00,4 | |||||
4 | Newtune Ltd Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
999 | L4 | A | |||||||
5 | Paul Doughty Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Anita Taylor, GB |
999 | L4 | A | |||||||
7 | Sutton of St Helens Autos Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Phil de Banks, GB |
999 | L4 | A | |||||||
10 | R. Trustram Ford Anglia Super |
Chris Craft, GB |
1198 | L4 | B | |||||||
12 | Don Moore Austin Mini Cooper S |
Andrew Hedges, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
14 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
Paddy Hopkirk, IRL |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
21 | Grosvenor Racing Morris Mini Cooper S |
Tony Rutt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
34 | Farnborough Racing Enterprises Ford Lotus Cortina |
John Nicholson, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | |||||||
46 | Team Speedwell Austin Mini Cooper S |
John Cannadine, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
47 | Boormans Perfomance Equipment Austin Mini Cooper S |
Peter Pilsworth, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
48 | Beta Cars Ltd. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Richard Cluley, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
49 | Equipe Arden Morris Mini Cooper S |
Steve Neal, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
50 | H.W. Epps Ford Lotus Cortina |
Bill Vaughan |
1594 | L4 | C | |||||||
DNF? | 15 | Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Rhodes, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||
DNF | 20 | Vitafoam Developments Morris Mini Cooper S |
Harry Ratcliffe, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||
DNF | 43 | Ford Galaxie |
Jacquie Bond-Smith, GB |
6997 | V8 | D |