Pole position: Muir in 1.40,4 = 152,9 kmh
Fastest lap: Muir in 1.40,5
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 149,10 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars
The sixth round of the Wiggins Teape Paperchase '72 offered the now usual high standards of car preparation and a fair quota of drama was enacted during the 20 laps of the full circuit. Frank Gardner rumbled the SCA late model Chevrolet Camaro to a firm win on 5.7 litres of Alan Smith power after Brian Muir led the initial 16 laps, and sliced 0.7s off the overall Group 2 record before the beautiful blue Capri spun to rest on its own oil. |
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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 | 5 | SCA Freight Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Mk2 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
5736 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 34.19,3 | 2 | 1.41,0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 28 | Norman Reeves/Stirling Cooper Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Dave Brodie, GB |
1987 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 34.36,5 | 4 | 1.42,5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 30 | Melton Racing with Broadspeed Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1798 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 34.37,9 | 3 | 1.42,3 | 1.42,0 | |
| 4 | 3 | 26 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1800 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 35.18,8 | 7 | 1.45,3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 4 | W.M.G. Marketing Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Martin Thomas, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 35.25,9 | 5 | 1.44,0 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 32 | Willy Kay Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Willie Green, GB |
1850 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 34.44,1 | 10 | 1.46,5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Ford Mustang Boss |
Dennis Leech, GB |
5700? | V8 | D | 19 laps, 34.34,3 | 9 | 1.46,0 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 54 | Gulf Team Kamilainen Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Heikki Kemilainen, SF |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 35.04,7 | 16 | 1.49,7 | 1.48,6 | |
| 9 | 2 | 62 | Richard Longman & Co. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 35.17,3 | 17 | 1.50,1 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 59 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 36.15,2 | 21 | 1.52,7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 52 | Woodhead Shock Absorbers Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Brian Peacock, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 34.23,0 | 20 | 1.52,2 | ||
| 12 | 1 | 1 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 35.09,8 | 18 | 1.50,5 | 1.50,8 | |
| 13 | 70 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Ted Savory, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 35.25,9 | 26 | 1.54,3 | |||
| 14 | 67 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Parsons, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 35.55,3 | 34 | 1.59,7 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 82 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 36.17,4 | 32 | 1.57,7 | ||
| 16 | 68 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Gordon Dawkins, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 36.49,1 | 33 | 1.58,0 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 80 | Hillman Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 17 laps, 35.26,8 | 25 | 1.52,8 | Including 1 minute penalty | |
| 18/NRF | 8 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
2940 | V6 | D | 16 laps, 27.08,9 | 1 | 1.40,4 | 1.40,5 | Engine | |
| 19 | 79 | Sunbeam Imp |
Ivor Goodwin, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 16 laps, 35.45,0 | 31 | 1.57,3 | |||
| 20/NRF | 62 | Ken Costello BMC Mini Cooper S |
Rob Mason, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 14 laps, 25.50,5 | 15 | 1.49,6 | Split transmission casing | ||
| 21 | 85 | Sunbeam Imp |
Tony Charnell, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 14 laps, 35.36,6 | 35 | 2.05,0 | |||
| DNF | 75 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Allan Jones, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 10 | 24 | 1.53,5 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Cona Coffee Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Martin Birrane, IRL |
ca. 5000 | V8 | D | 9 | 13 | 1.49,4 | Steering | ||
| DNF | 55 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 8 | 14 | 1.49,6 | Gearbox | ||
| DNF | 7 | Ford Capri 3000 GT |
Colin Hawker, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 8 | 36 | 2.05,0 | Oil pressure | ||
| DNF | 66 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mike Drinkwater, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 6 | 29 | 1.57,0 | |||
| DNF | 33 | Ford Escort TC |
Zekia Redjep, CY |
1594 | L4 | C | 5 | 19 | 1.51,3 | |||
| DNF | 34 | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
1800 | L4 | C | 5 | 11 | 1.46,5 | Engine | ||
| DNF | 56 | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Jeremy Nightingale, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 5 | 23 | 1.53,5 | Fire | ||
| DNF | 31 | Gulf Team Kamilainen Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Matti Kemilainen, SF |
L4 | C | 3 | 8 | 1.45,5 | Oil pressure | |||
| DNF | 10 | Research Consultants Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro |
Terry Sanger, GB |
V8 | D | 2 | 6 | 1.44,1 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 2 | AMC Javelin |
David Howes, GB |
6390 | V8 | D | 2 | 12 | 1.48,1 | Puncture | ||
| DNF | 84 | Sunbeam Imp |
Andy Holloway, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 2 | 30 | 1.57,3 | |||
| DNF | 63 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 22 | 1.52,9 | ||||
| DNF | 78 | Stapleton Motors Racing Promotions Hillman Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 27 | 1.55,6 | ||||
| DNS? | 77 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Mo Mendham, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 28 | 1.56,8 | ||||
| DNQ? | 83 | Sunbeam Imp |
Terry Watts, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 37 | no time | ||||
| DNS | 115 | SCA Freight Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
5736 | V8 | D | 1.46,0 | T-car | ||||