Pole position: Gardner in 1.40,4
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.41,2
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars
Round 7 of the ten-race Wiggins Teape Paperchase produced a predictable win for Frank Gardner in Adrian Chambers' SCA Freight Chevrolet Camaro after a first lap pit stop dropped Brian Muir down the field with the Wiggins Teape Capri. It was a race of attrition and there were only 15 finishers but' Bill McGovern kept up his unbeaten record this season with the George Bevan Imp in the 1-litre category. Jonathan Buncombe scored a win for British Leyland in the 1300 cc category and Dave Matthews finished second overall to clinch the "Escort RS" category yet again. |
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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, 34.58,4 | 1 | 1.40,4 | 1.41,2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 30 | Melton Racing with Broadspeed Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1798 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 35.31,4 | 4 | 1.43,6 | 1.44,0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | Research Consultants Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Terry Sanger, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 20 | 5 | 1.44,2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
2940 | V6 | D | 20 | 2 | 1.42,4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 34 | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
L4 | C | 9 | 1.50,0 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | AMC Javelin |
David Howes, GB |
6390 | V8 | D | 19 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 61 | Richard Longman & Co. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 36.46,4 | 1.53,4 | 1.52,8 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 35.27,2 | 1.55,2 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 52 | Woodhead Shock Absorbers Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Brian Peacock, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 18 | 1.53,6 | |||
| 10 | 5 | 7 | Ford Capri 3000 GT |
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 18 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 79 | Sunbeam Imp |
Ivor Goodwin, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 82 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 17 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 80 | Hillman Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 17 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Richard Ellice, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 17 | |||||
| DNF | 6 | Ford Mustang Boss 429 |
Dennis Leech, GB |
7030 | V8 | D | 16 | 3 | 1.43,4 | Overheating | ||
| DNF | 40 | David Wood Engineering Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
L4 | C | 9 | 7 | 1.47,2 | Oil loss | |||
| DNF | 62 | Ken Costello BMC Mini Cooper S |
Rob Mason, GB |
1293 | L4 | D | 2 | 1.52,8 | Clutch | |||
| DNF | 55 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 1 | 1.53,6 | Accident | |||
| DNF | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Nick May, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 1.54,0 | Oil pressure | |||||
| DNF | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Jeremy Nightingale, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | Rear suspension | ||||||
| DNF | 66 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mike Drinkwater, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | Engine | |||||
| DNF | 32 | Willy Kay Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Willie Green, GB |
1850 | L4 | C | 8 | 1.47,2 | Drive shaft | |||
| DNF | 4 | W.M.G. Marketing Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Martin Thomas, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 6 | 1.45,4 | Oil leak | |||
| DNF | 3 | Cona Coffee Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Martin Birrane, IRL |
ca. 5000 | V8 | D | Injection | |||||
| DNF | 63 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | Electrics | |||||
| DNF | 59 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | Ignition | |||||
| DNF | Newcastle Contractors Plant Ltd Hillman Imp |
Terry Watts, GB |
998 | L4 | A | Engine | ||||||
| DNF | 78 | Stapleton Motors Racing Promotions Hillman Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | Fan belt | |||||
| DNF | 26 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1930 | L4 | C | Engine fire | |||||
| DNS | 28 | Norman Reeves/Stirling Cooper Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Dave Brodie, GB |
1987 | L4 | C | Engine | |||||