Pole position: Gardner in 1.43,3
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.43,0
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars
Not only was the 20-lap Lombank Trophy Race an exciting ninth round of the British Saloon Car Championship, it was the end of the championship trail for the George Bevan entered Bill McGovern Sunbeam Imp. Despite a flat tyre and broken clutch the Pentastar product managed to finish and collect a final point tally of 70 versus Frank Gardner's 66 and Brian Muir's 62 points. On a record smashing spree, three class and the outright lap times were established, one by a margin of seconds. |
Touring Cars 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 | 2 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
4956 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 35.51,9 | 3 | 1.44,7 | ||
2 | 2 | 3 | Motor Racing Research Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
4955 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 36.19,4 | 1 | 1.43,3 | 1.43,0 | |
3 | 1 | 20 | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort TC |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.21,9 | 6 | 1.47,6 | ||
4 | 1 | 38 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 36.22,5 | 8 | 1.48,2 | 1.47,3 | |
5 | 2 | 15 | Duncan Hamilton Racing Ford Escort TC |
John Hine, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.23,9 | 10 | |||
6 | 3 | 6 | Pierre de Plessis Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
David Prophet, GB |
4956 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 36.24,7 | 12 | |||
7 | 3 | 12 | Team Diamond Ford Escort TC |
Rod Mansfield, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.52,8 | 11 | |||
8 | 4 | 16 | Cars and Car Conversions/WRA Engineering Ford Escort TC |
George Whitehead, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.55,4 | 13 | |||
9 | 5 | 14 | Team Diamond Ford Escort TC |
Dave Garrett, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 37.03,5 | 15 | |||
10 | 6 | 19 | Ford Escort TC |
John Bloomfield, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 37.08,3 | 14 | |||
11 | 7 | 10 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort TC |
Chris Craft, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 37.21,0 | 4 | 1.46,6 | 1.46,3 | |
12 | 2 | 36 | Equipe Arden Morris Mini Cooper S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 37.33,6 | 18 | |||
13 | 8 | 22 | Shaw & Kilburn Ltd. Vauxhall Viva GT |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
1994 | L4 | C | 19 | 17 | Differential, accident | ||
14 | 4 | 5 | Ovaltine-S.R.G. Racing Ford Mustang |
Martin Thomas, GB |
4800 | V8 | D | 19 | 22 | |||
15 | 9 | 21 | BMW 2002 TI |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
1990 | L4 | C | 19 | 20 | |||
16 | 3 | 35 | Peter Vickers Austin Mini Cooper S |
Ian Bax, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | 24 | |||
17 | 4 | 33 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | 26 | |||
18 | 5 | 37 | D.J. Bond Racing BMC Mini Cooper S |
Terry Harmer, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | 25 | |||
19 | 1 | 43 | Andrew Mylius Graphics Hillman Imp |
Mike Freeman, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 19 | 30? | |||
20 | 6 | 34 | Chris Montague Carburetter Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | 27 | |||
21 | 7 | 50 | Oake Woods Bacon Austin Mini Cooper S |
Peter Vann, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | 28 | |||
22 | 8 | 32 | Richard Groves Austin Mini Cooper S |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | 31? | |||
DSQ | 17 | Willy Kay Ford Escort TC |
Willy Kay, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 18 | 7 | 1.48,1 | Disqualified: push start | ||
23 | 2 | 46 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 | 21 | 1.51,3 | 1.52,5 | |
24 | 9 | 30 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
David Buckett, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 | 29 | |||
25 | 3 | 40 | Austin Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 17 | 35 | |||
26 | 10 | 51 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Mike Drinkwater, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 | 36 | |||
DNF | 42 | Hillman Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 15 | 32 | Drive shaft | |||
DNF | 1 | Bill Shaw Racing Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Roy Pierpoint, GB |
4956 | V8 | D | 14 | 9 | 1.48,2 | Engine | ||
DSQ | 53 | VIP Petroleum Ford Escort TC |
Derek Ridler, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 10 | 37 | Disqualified: push start | |||
DNF | 4 | Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Dennis Leech, GB |
4955 | V8 | D | 7 | 2 | 1.43,6 | Head gasket | ||
DNF | 44 | Jeremy Nightingale Hillman Imp |
James Hunt, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 2 | 32 | Drive shaft | |||
DNF | 11 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 5 | 1.47,6 | Drive shaft | |||
DNS | 39 | Melton Racing Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 | Engine on warm-up lap | ||||
DNS | 45 | Jean Mop Boutiques Hillman Imp |
Reg Hargrave, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 33 | |||||
DNS | 31 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
Bob Fox, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 23 | |||||
DNS | 55 | Vauxhall Viva GT |
Mike Davies, GB |
1975 | L4 | C | 34 | Accident | ||||
DNS | 18 | Ford Escort TC |
Zekia Redjep, CY |
1594 | L4 | C | 16 | Accident in Friday practice |