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Guards 500 Km

Snetterton, Great Britain

Date: 12/4/1968
Track length: 4.358 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 41
Starters: 28
Finishers: 17

Pole position: Elford in 1.45,8
Fastest lap: Elford

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 147,07 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1968 Cars

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A bad entry here, only 28 cars took the start - and no Autodelta cars were here due to an accident of the transporter. Favorites were Gardner (Cortina), Quester (2002), Elford and Dorner (both Porsche). But the big Mustang of Ewer/Fox won the race, with Kremer (Porsche) second. The BMWs were quick but fell victim of technical maladies.


Division 1, 2 and 3
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 90  
Ford Mustang
John Ewer, GB
Syd Fox, GB
4728 V8 Div. 3/+2500 115 laps, 3:31.49,4 2 1.46,2    
2 2/1 79 Auto Kremer
Porsche 911
Erwin Kremer, D
Franz Pesch, D
1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 113 5 1.48,6    
3 3/2 74  
Porsche 911 L Gr.2
Terry Hunter, GB
Keith Grant, GB
1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 112 8 1.50,2    
4 4/3 71 BMW AG
BMW 2002
Dieter Basche, D
Dieter Quester, A
1990 L4 Div. 3/2500 111 7 1.50,2   Engine mounts
5 1/1 53 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA Gr.2
Rhoddy Harvey Bailey, GB
Paul Hughes, GB
1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 111 9 1.51,0    
6 2/1 35 Cooper Car Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 108 laps, 3:31.57,2 12 1.51,6    
7 1/1 14 SRT Holland
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Ab Goedemans, NL
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 108 laps, 3:33.11,8 13 1.52,0    
8 2/2 19 British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S
John Handley, GB
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 106 16 1.55,2    
9 3/3 16 Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Anglia
Ken Costello, GB
John Bischoff, GB
997 L4 Div. 1/1000 103 21 2.00,8    
10 4/4 21  
BMC Mini Cooper
Robin Searle, GB
998 L4 Div. 1/1000 100 20 2.00,2    
11 5/5 11 Scuderia Mirabelle
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I
Ed Swart, NL
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 98 17 1.55,8   Blown engine
12 6/1 4  
BMC Mini 850
George Cayley, GB
Roger Heavens, GB
848 L4 Div. 1/850 95 23 2.08,8    
13 3/2 50  
Saab 96 V4
Chris Alford, GB
Laurie Billing
1498 V4 Div. 2/1600 88 25 2.14,4    
14 7/2 3  
BMC Mini 850
Dick van Iperen, NL
Hugo van Lennep, NL
848 L4 Div. 1/850 87 26 2.19,4    
15 4/2 36  
BMC Mini Cooper S
Desmond Gibb, GB
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 85 19 1.57,8    
16 8/6 20 British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S
Alec Poole, IRL
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 80 18 1.56,0   Jammed throttle
17 5/3 54 G.O.C. Heating
Ford Lotus Cortina
Willy Kay, GB
Willie Green, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 70 10 1.51,2   Differential
NC   32 American Competition Enterprises
BMC Mini Cooper S
Terry Finegan, GB
Gerry Marshall, GB
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 28 28 2.26,6    
DNF?   18 Ian Bax
BMC Mini Cooper S 970
Ian Bax, GB
999 L4 Div. 1/1000   22 2.02,6    
DNF   72 BMW AG
BMW 2002
Dieter Quester, A
Dieter Basche, D
1990 L4 Div. 3/2500 72 3 1.47,6   Differential
DNF   12 SRT Holland
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Toine Hezemans, NL
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 ca. 30 14 1.52,4   Crankshaft
DNF   33 Ian Bax
BMC Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
Colin Youle, GB
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 28 15 1.53,4   Engine
DNF   76 Bill Bradley
Porsche 911
Vic Elford, GB
1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 20 1 1.45,8   Rocker
DNF   77 Scuderia Lufthansa
Porsche 911
Hermann Dorner, D
Robert Schwarz, D
1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 ca. 12 6 1.49,4   Piston
DNF   55 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 11 4 1.48,2   Head gasket
DNF   73? Dieter Basche?
BMW 2000
Jeremy Delmar-Morgan, GB
1990 L4 Div. 3/2500 3 27 2.19,6   Retired, road car
DNF   70 Dieter Basche
BMW 2000
Franz Pesch, D
1990 L4 Div. 3/2500 3 24 2.14,2   Retired, road car
DNF   30 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF
Claudio Maglioli, I
Giuliano Facetti, I
1296 V4 Div. 2/1300 3 11 1.51,2   Piston