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XXXV RAC Silverstone Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 27/6/1970 to: 28/6/1970
Track length: 4.706 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 40
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Muir in 1.38,2
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.39,3

Distance: 2 x 2 hours
Average speed: 160,6840 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars

 

Silverstone’s TT was a round for the ETCC for the first time. Finally, some British competitors mixing it with the Germans and the Italians.
An unusual format: 2 heats, and the final result the aggregate of heat 1 and heat 2.
A star entry was Jackie Stewart in the Broadspeed escort TC - and he was fast too, even faster than Hezemans in the next division. Rob Dijkstra had come over from Holland to how Abt how fast a 1000 cc Abarth could be (1 second faster than Abt) - but even faster was Bill McGovern and the Bevan Imp; a staggering 3,3 seconds faster than Dijkstra!

The race itself was not really exiting because of the chosen format. Dijkstra had passed McGovern but had to pit at the last possible moment for fuel. Again, Hezemans could race without topping for fuel, to the chagrin of his competitors. The first heat was won by Muir, in front of Stommelen and Hezemans. The Broadspeed Escort, which did have to stop for fuel, finished an excellent 4th overall.

Heat two was won by Muir, followed by Gardner, Galli and Hezemans, so the final result was as follows: Gardner won, Hezemans second, Marko won division 2 while division 1 was a British affair with McGovern, Nightingale and Woodman (Dijkstra retired with a broken gearbox) - but no EC points here since division 1 had only 6 starters.

Division 1, 2 and 3 - Heat 1
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 43 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Brian Muir, AUS
 5000? V8 Div. 3 70 laps, 2:00.20,4 1 1.38,2    
2 2 39 Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3 69 3 1.42,5    
3 3 33 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1985 L4 Div. 3 68 5 1.43,6    
4 1 17 Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort TC		 Jackie Stewart, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2 68 4 1.43,2    
5 4   Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Dieter Glemser, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3 68 8 1.44,2    
6 5   Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Manfred Mohr, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3 68 7 1.44,2    
7 6 42 Motor Racing Research
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 5000 V8 Div. 3 68 2 1.38,7    
8 7 35 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 68 6 1.44,1    
22     George Bevan
Hillman Imp		 Bill McGovern, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1   29 1.51,6    
23     Sony Racing Team
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1   32 1.54,9    
28     Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Yvette Fontaine, B
 1594 L4 Div. 2 117 24 1.50,2    

Division 1, 2 and 3 - Heat 2
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 43 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Brian Muir, AUS
 5736 V8 Div. 3 67        
2 2 42 Motor Racing Research
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 ca. 5000 V8 Div. 3 66        
3 3 35 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 66        
4 4 33 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1985 L4 Div. 3 65        
5 5   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Gianluigi Picchi, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 65        
6 1 26 BMW-Alpina
BMW 1600		 Helmut Marko, A
 1600 L4 Div. 2 65        
7 2 24 John Willment Racing
Ford Escort TC		 Mike Crabtree, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2 64        
8 4   Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Dieter Glemser, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3 64        
12 1   George Bevan
Hillman Imp		 Bill McGovern, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1          
DNF     Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Yvette Fontaine, B
 1594 L4 Div. 2 117 24 1.50,2    

Division 1, 2 and 3 - Aggregate results
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 43 Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Brian Muir, AUS
 5000? V8 Div. 3 137 1 1.38,2    
2 2 33 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1985 L4 Div. 3 134 5 1.43,6    
3 3 42 Motor Racing Research
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 5000 V8 Div. 3 134 2 1.38,7 1.39,3  
4 4 35 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 134 6 1.44,1    
5 5   Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Dieter Glemser, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3 132 8 1.44,2    
6 6   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Gianluigi Picchi, I
(Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I)
 1985 L4 Div. 3 132 12 1.46,0    
7 1 26 BMW-Alpina
BMW 1600		 Helmut Marko, A
 1600 L4 Div. 2 131 19 1.48,4    
8 7 31 Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Familia R100 M10A coupé		 Toshinori Takechi, J
Yoshimi Katayama, J
 2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Div. 3 131 10 1.45,5    
9 2 24 John Willment Racing
Ford Escort TC		 Mike Crabtree, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2 130 25 1.50,3    
10 8   Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Familia R100 M10A coupé		 Masami Katakura, J
Clive Baker, GB
 2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Div. 3 127 13 1.46,5    
11 3/1   Dutch National Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1290 L4 Div. 2 126 23 1.50,2    
12 9 30 Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Familia R100 M10A coupé		 Yves Deprez, B
Julien Vernaeve, B
 2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Div. 3 125 18 1.48,3    
13 4 60 Scuderia Brescia Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Zuccoli, I
Sandro Uberti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2 123 30 1.51,6    
14 5 27 BMW-Alpina
BMW 1600		 René Herzog, CH
 1600 L4 Div. 2 123 28 1.51,0   Conrod
15 6   Dutch National Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Ernst Berg, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2 123 20 1.48,5    
16 1   George Bevan
Hillman Imp		 Bill McGovern, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 122 29 1.51,6 1.52,3  
17 7   Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Yvette Fontaine, B
 1594 L4 Div. 2 117 24 1.50,2    
18 8   Equipe Arden
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Gordon Spice, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2 117 26 1.50,5    
19 2    
Hillman Imp		 Jeremy Nightingale, GB
(Barrie Williams, GB)
 998 L4 Div. 1 114 26 1.50,5    
20 10   Alfa Romeo Benelux
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B
Jean-Claude Franck, B
 1985 L4 Div. 3 113 14 1.46,8    
21 3   VMW Motors
Ford Escort 1.0		 Vince Woodman, GB
 997 L4 Div. 1 109 31 1.54,5   Valve spring
22 4   Scuderia San Marco
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Umberto Grano, I
 982 L4 Div. 1 109 33 1.55,0    
23 9   Zetor Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Dusan Velimsky, CS
Jirí Rosicky, CS
 1290 L4 Div. 2 109 39 2.03,3    
24 5   Abarth & Cie
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Johann Abt, D
 982 L4 Div. 1 108 34 1.55,7    
25 11 39 Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3 100 3 1.42,5   Engine
26 10 17 Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort TC		 Jackie Stewart, GB
Chris Craft, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2 93 4 1.43,2 1.44,2 Valve spring/ Ignition
27 12   Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Rauno Aaltonen, SF
Manfred Mohr, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3 91 7 1.44,2   Misfire
28 13 57 Blydenstein
Vauxhall Viva GT		 Gerry Marshall, GB
 1975 L4 Div. 3 80 16 1.47,7   Head gasket
29 11   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 1298 L4 Div. 2 75 15 1.47,3   Conrod/oil pump
30 6    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Dieter Machatius, D
 982 L4 Div. 1 74 38 1.59,3    
31 7   Andrew Mylius Graphics
Hillman Imp		 Mike Freeman, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 71 35 1.56,1    
32 8   Sony Racing Team
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1 69 32 1.54,9   Gearbox
33 12   Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC		 Rod Mansfield, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2 66 17 1.47,7   Suspension rod
34 14 40 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Gunther Huber, A
(Alex Soler-Roig, E)
 2996 L6 Div. 3 49 9 1.45,2   Engine
35 13    
BMC Mini Cooper		 David Buckett, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 38 40 2.04,9   Flywheel
36 15   SRG
Ford Mustang		 Roy Pierpoint, GB
(Martin Thomas, GB)
 5000? V8 Div. 3 25 11 1.45,9   Head gasket
37 14   Auto König
BMW 1600		 Bernd Henne, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2 18 21 1.49,0   Conrod
38 15   Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
 1594 L4 Div. 2 2 22 1.50,1   Fuel injection
39 16   WRA Engineering
Ford Escort TC		 George Whitehead, GB
(Derek Ridler, GB)
 1594 L4 Div. 2 2 37 1.58,9   Engine
DSQ      
Ford Escort TC		 Graham Bean, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2   27 1.50,9   Engine
DNS     BMW-Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Alex Soler-Roig, E
 2996 L6 Div. 3 49       Withdrawn
DNQ     Scuderia Brescia Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Zuccoli, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2          
DNQ     Scuderia Brescia Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Vincenzo Cazzago ("Pooky"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 2          
DNQ      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Martin Ridehalgh, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2          
DNQ      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Jon Mowatt, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2          
DNQ     Peter Vickers
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Rob Mason, GB
Ian Bax, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2          
DNQ      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Chris Montague, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2