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BRSCC Guards 4,000 Guineas Car Races

Mallory Park, Leicester, Great-Britain

Date: 23/6/1968
Track length: 2.173 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 19? (race 1); 8 (race 2)
Finishers: 15? (race 1); 7 (race 2)

Pole position: Fitzpatrick in 0.56,2 (race 1); Muir in 0.52,8 (race 2)
Fastest lap: Fitzpatrick in 0.56,0 (race 1); Muir in 0.51,8 (race 2)

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 146,14 kmh (C/D)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

 

At Mallory Park at the end of June, Arundell had the 'supercharged' Escort for its first outing but it was Gardner who got among the Falcons despite a bad start, grabbing second place from Pierpoint and very nearly catching Muir on the last lap.
Report from Motor Racing Year 1968-9


Class A and B
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 1 113 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 20 laps, 17.50,4 1 0.56,2 0.56,0  
2 2 115 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 20 3/4 0.56,2    
3 3 116 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 20 5 0.56,6    
4 4 136 Ian Bax
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B 20 18/19 1.04,2    
5 5 117 Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B 20 6 0.57,8    
6 6 121 Mick Clare
BMC Mini Cooper S
John Wales, GB
1293 L4 B 20 9/10 0.58,8    
7 1 138  
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A 20 11/12 0.59,4    
8 7 120  
Austin Mini Cooper S
Graham Janzen, GB
1293 L4 B 20 15 1.00,6    
9 8 125 Alexander Engineering Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B 20 7/8 0.58,6    
10 9 112  
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Mike Franey, GB
1298 L4 B 20 10/9 0.58,8    
12 2 132 Harlton Racing International
Hillman Imp
Terry Watts, GB
998 L4 A 20 16 1.02,6    
13 3 134 Ian McDougall
Ford Anglia
Gerry Edmonds, GB
997 L4 A 20 12/11 0.59,4    
14 4 124 Ian Bax
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Ian Bax, GB
999 L4 A 20 4/3 0.56,2    
15 11 118  
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B 20 17 1.03,4    
    119  
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Meer, GB
1293 L4 B   13 0.59,6    
    135  
Ford Anglia
Terry McNally, GB
997 L4 A   19/18 1.04,2   Track rod
    137  
Hillman Imp
Allan Jones, GB
998 L4 A   14 0.59,8    
DNF   114 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Anglia
Chris Craft, GB
997 L4 A   2 0.56,2   Track rod
DNF   131 Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A   8/7 0.58,6   Oil pressure
DNS?     British Vita Racing
Morris Mini Cooper S 970
John Handley, GB
999 L4 A     no time?    

Class 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 94 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
4728 V8 D 20 laps, 17.50,4 1 0.52,8 0.51,8  
2 1 103 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 20 laps, 17.50,8 2 0.53,0 0.52,8  
3 2 95  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 20 laps, 18.01,8 3 0.53,4    
4 3 104 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Peter Arundell, GB
1594 s/c L4 D 20 laps, 18.18,2 5/6 0.54,8    
5 2 102 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 20 laps, 18.38,2 6/5 0.54,8    
6 3 106 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 19 laps, 17.54,6 7 0.55,0    
7 4 101 A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 C 18 laps, 18.54,6 8 0.56,4    
DNF   93 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Paul Hawkins, AUS
4728 V8 D 7 4 0.54,2   Engine/wrong tyres