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Esso Uniflo RAC Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 24/9/1972
Track length: 4.706 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 41?
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Gardner in 1.34,0
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.34,4 = 179,63 kmh

Distance: 2 x 2 hours
Average speed: 171,4 kmh
Weather: dry
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars

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After his French success, Muir went all out to retain his Tourist Trophy in the British round at Silverstone. This time Ford Köln sent two cars, for Mass and Glemser, but all three Capris were outpaced by Frank Gardner in the 5.7-litre SCA Camaro, which was in fact ineligible for European points because it was over 5 litres. However, Gardner was sidelined by a suspension breakage caused by an earlier shunt while lapping a backmarker, and this left Muir, Mass and Glemser battling it out with the Frami Capri driven by Hezemans.

The Dutchman dropped back with a puncture, Glemser blew up his engine, and Mass won from Muir who lost time in the pits with a flat battery. in the second two-hour stint, Muir retired after leading again with engine trouble, leaving Hezemans to lead home Glemser, who had taken over Mass's car to win on aggregate.

Walkinshaw (Escort) was a surprising third. Fifth overall was the division 1 winner (14 laps in arrears), the Alfa Romeo GTAJ of Facetti/Picchi, as good as claming the makes title, while Mass claimed the drivers’ title here.


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 7 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600
Jochen Mass, D
2940 V6 Div. 3 74 laps, 2:01.32,0 5 1.36,6    
2 2 11 Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd.
Ford Capri RS 2600
Brian Muir, AUS
2940 V6 Div. 3 73 4 1.36,4    
3 3 10 Kent Frami Racing International
Ford Capri RS 2600
Toine Hezemans, NL
2940 V6 Div. 3 73 2 1.36,4    
4 1 30 David Wood Engineering
Ford Escort RS 1600
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
1800 L4 Div. 2 72 10 1.38,2    
5 2 25 Jose de Uriarte
Ford Escort RS 1600
Rafael Barrios, E
1800 L4 Div. 2 70 13 1.40,4    
6 - 3 W.M.G. Marketing
Chevrolet Camaro
Martin Thomas, GB
5736 V8 Div. 3 68 14 1.41,6   Not eligible for ETCC points
7 1 51? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Carlo Facetti, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 67 17 1.45,0    
8 2 48 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
1290 L4 Div. 1 66 23 1.46,6    
9 4 5 Cona Coffee
Ford Mustang Boss
Martin Birrane, IRL
5000 V8 Div. 3 66 8 1.37,8    
10 3 49? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Luigi Colzani, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 66 20 1.46,0    
11 4 43 Topcon Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Claes Rothstein, S
1290 L4 Div. 1 66 27 1.47,8    
12 5 44 Topcon Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Ragnar Segring, S
1290 L4 Div. 1 66 28 1.47,8    
13 6 56 Richard Longman & Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
1293 L4 Div. 1 66 29 1.48,4    
14 7 45 Topcon Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Björn Steenberg, S
1290 L4 Div. 1 66 21 1.46,6    
15 8 50? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Gianluigi Picchi, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 66 24 1.47,0    

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 10 Kent Frami Racing International
Ford Capri RS 2600
Toine Hezemans, NL
2940 V6 Div. 3 73 laps, 2:00.43,2        
2 2 7 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600
Dieter Glemser, D
2940 V6 Div. 3 73 laps, 2:00.48,4        
3 1 26 Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600
Dave Matthews, GB
1798 L4 Div. 2 71        
4 2 30 David Wood Engineering
Ford Escort RS 1600
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
1800 L4 Div. 2 70        
5 3 25 Jose de Uriarte
Ford Escort RS 1600
José Maria de Uriarte, E
1800 L4 Div. 2 68        
6 4 22 Norman Reeves/Stirling Cooper
Ford Escort RS 1600
Dave Brodie, GB
1987 L4 Div. 2 68        
7 - 3 W.M.G. Marketing
Chevrolet Camaro
Terry Sanger, GB
5736 V8 Div. 3 67       Not eligible for ETCC points
8 1 50? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Gianluigi Picchi, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 67        
9 2 56 Richard Longman & Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
1293 L4 Div. 1 66        
10 3 49? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Massimo Larini, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 66        
11 4 51? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Carlo Facetti, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 66        
12 5 44? Topcon Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Claes Rothstein, S
1290 L4 Div. 1 65        

Overall aggregate result
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 7 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600
Dieter Glemser, D
Jochen Mass, D
2940 V6 Div. 3 147 laps, 4:02.20,4 5 1.36,6    
2 2 10 Kent Frami Racing International
Ford Capri RS 2600
Toine Hezemans, NL
? (Jean-Claude Franck, B)
2940 V6 Div. 3 145 2 1.36,4    
3 1 30 David Wood Engineering
Ford Escort RS 1600
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
1800 L4 Div. 2 142 10 1.38,2    
4 2 25 Jose de Uriarte
Ford Escort RS 1600
José Maria de Uriarte, E
Rafael Barrios, E
1800 L4 Div. 2 138 13 1.40,4    
5 - 3 W.M.G. Marketing
Chevrolet Camaro
Martin Thomas, GB
Terry Sanger, GB
5736 V8 Div. 3 136 14 1.41,6   Not eligible for ETCC points
6 1 51? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Carlo Facetti, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 133 17 1.45,0    
7 3 5 Cona Coffee
Ford Mustang Boss
Martin Birrane, IRL
5000 V8 Div. 3 133 8 1.37,8    
8 2 50? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Gianluigi Picchi, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 133 24 1.47,0    
9 3 49? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Luigi Colzani, I
Massimo Larini, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 132 20 1.46,0    
10 4 56 Richard Longman & Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
1293 L4 Div. 1 132 29 1.48,4    
11 5 43 Topcon Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Claes Rothstein, S
Björn Steenberg, S
Ragnar Segring, S
1290 L4 Div. 1 132 27 1.47,8    
12 6 44 Topcon Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Ragnar Segring, S
Björn Steenberg, S
Claes Rothstein, S
1290 L4 Div. 1 130 28 1.47,8    
13 3 26 Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600
Dave Matthews, GB
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1798 L4 Div. 2 129 7 1.37,0    
14 7/1 63 George Bevan
Hillman Imp
Bill McGovern, GB
998 L4 Div. 1-1000 124 32 1.50,6    
15 4 28 Ken Coffey
Ford Escort TC
Ken Coffey, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2 120 40 1.58,2    
16 8/2 61 Mo Mendham
BMC Mini Cooper
Mo Mendham, GB
998 L4 Div. 1-1000 116 42 2.04,4    
17 9/3 62  
BMC Mini Cooper
Jeremy Bean, GB
998 L4 Div. 1-1000 116 41 2.01,2    
18 5 29 Willy Kay
Ford Escort RS 1600
Willie Green, GB
Jorge Pinhol, P
1844 L4 Div. 2 113 26 1.47,6    
19 10/4 67 John Godfrey
Hillman Imp
Ivor Goodwin, GB
998 L4 Div. 1-1000 111 36 1.55,2   Water leak
20 11/5 66 Stapleton Motors Racing Promotions
Hillman Imp
Adrian Webb, GB
998 L4 Div. 1-1000 111 35 1.53,6   Reserve
21 12 48 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
1290 L4 Div. 1 105 23 1.46,6    
22 13 47 Alfa Romeo Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Hartwig Bertrams, D
Hans Hessel, D
1290 L4 Div. 1   34 1.51,2    
36   65 Team Hartwell
Sunbeam Imp
Detlef Hendricks, D
998 L4 Div. 1-1000   38 1.56,8    
37   68  
Hillman Imp
Melvyn Adams, GB
998 L4 Div. 1-1000   37 1.55,4    
    45 Topcon Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Björn Steenberg, S
Claes Rothstein, S
Ragnar Segring, S
1290 L4 Div. 1   21 1.46,6    
    15 Dennis Leech
Ford Mustang Boss 429
Dennis Leech, GB
7030 V8 Div. 3   6 1.36,6   Not eligible for ETCC points
    24 Gerry Edmonds
Ford Escort RS 1600
Lawrie Hickman, GB
1800 L4 Div. 2   16 1.42,6    
    8  
Ford Capri 3000 GT
Colin Hawker, GB
2993 V6 Div. 3   18 1.45,4    
    9  
Ford Capri 3000 GT
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
John Moss, GB
2993 V6 Div. 3   19 1.45,8    
    53 VMW Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Vince Woodman, GB
1298 L4 Div. 1   30 1.49,0    
    57 Mowatt Motor Caravans
BMC Mini Cooper S
Jon Mowatt, GB
1293 L4 Div. 1   31 1.49,4    
    27  
Ford Escort TC
Dennis Thorne, GB
Jenny Dell, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2   33 1.50,8   1st reserve
DNF   52  
NSU 1200 TT
Friedrich Tonne, D
Alfred Beier, D
1286 L4 Div. 1   39 1.58,0   Engine
DNF   23 John Willment Automobiles
Ford Escort RS 1600
Mike Crabtree, GB
1930 L4 Div. 2   15 1.42,0   Electrics
DNF   22 Norman Reeves/Stirling Cooper
Ford Escort RS 1600
Dave Brodie, GB
1987 L4 Div. 2   12 1.38,8   Accident
DNF   1 David Howes
AMC Javelin
David Howes, GB
6390 V8 Div. 3   9 1.38,0   Accident; not eligible for ETCC points
DNF   11 Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd.
Ford Capri RS 2600
Brian Muir, AUS
2940 V6 Div. 3   4 1.36,4   Distributor drive
DNF   6 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600
Dieter Glemser, D
2940 V6 Div. 3   3 1.36,4   Blown engine
DNF   2 SCA Freight Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro
Frank Gardner, AUS
5736 V8 Div. 3 45 1 1.34,0 1.34,4 Accident damage/not eligible for ETCC points
DNF   41 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Umberto Grano, I
Walter Dona, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 3 25 1.47,4   Holed crankcase
DNF   42 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Walter Dona, I
Umberto Grano, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 2 22 1.46,6   Gearbox
DNS   21 Jolly Club
Ford Escort RS 1600
Manfred Mohr, D
Martino Finotto, I
  L4 Div. 2   11 1.38,4   Spark plugs
DNS   64 George Bevan
Hillman Imp
Ray Calcutt, GB
998 L4 Div. 1-1000         Reserve
DNS   12 BMW Belgium/La Précision Liegeoise
BMW 2800 CS
Alain Peltier, B
Jean Xhenceval, B
2996 L6 Div. 3         Crash
DNS   55  
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 Div. 1     1.52,0   2nd reserve

Remarks: Spanish TCC coefficient: 8,2