Pole position: Gardner in 1.38,8
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.37,8
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1973 Cars
Frank Gardner did not win the last Group 2 race to be run on British soil, Brian Muir did, and in a BMW that offered a selection of only fourth or fifth gears for most of the race. But Gardner had led until halfway, when a midfield man, about to be lapped inadvertently got in his way and forced the Camaro to spin; Gardner's second in class assures him of the Touring Car Championship however, and clinches the Tarmac title as well. Andy Rouse took the 2-litre honours in his Escort RS1600, Vince Woodman's 1300 version wiped up its class despite very strong opposition all the way from the similar mount of Dane Erik Høyer, and Les Nash nursed an ailing Purple People Eating Imp to the 1-litre laurels after Bill McGovern had blown up early in the race. New lap records for their respective classes fell to Gardner, Rouse and Woodman, the Australian reducing the outright saloon record to 1.38,8, over 97 mph. |
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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 | 6 | Alpina / Dealer Team BMW BMW 3.0 CSL |
Brian Muir, AUS |
3498 | L6 | A | 20 laps, 33.41,4 | 2 | 1.39,0 | Gearbox | |
| 2 | 1 | 21 | VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Andy Rouse, GB |
1950 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 33.55,4 | 3 | 1.40,0 | 1.40,0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | SCA European Road Services Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
6998 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 34.07,0 | 1 | 1.38,8 | 1.37,8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 25 | Timex Racing Team Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Bo Emanuelsson, S |
1996 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 34.10,6 | 4 | 1.41,0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 27 | Gulf Team Kamilainen Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Matti Kemilainen, SF |
1996 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 34.15,0 | 5 | 1.41,8 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 42 | The Barbarians Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Peter Hanson, GB |
1996 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 34.15,4 | 6 | 1.42,2 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 10 | Howes Motors AMC and Jeep distributors AMC Javelin |
David Howes, GB |
6390 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 34.41,4 | 9 | 1.44,8 | 1st reserve | |
| 8 | 5 | 22 | Gerry Edmonds Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Nick May, GB |
1850 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 35.29,4 | 10 | 1.45,0 | ||
| 9 | 1 | 45 | VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo Ford Escort 1300 BDA |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 33.43,8 | 11 | 1.46,6 | 1.44,8 | |
| 10 | 2 | 43 | Ford Motor Company AB Ford Escort 1300 ?BDA |
Erik Høyer, DK |
1298 | L4 | C | 19 | 12 | 1.47,0 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 44 | Ford Escort 1300 ?BDA |
Conny Ljungfeldt, S |
1298 | L4 | C | 19 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 66 | Team Fuji Film Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Hans Deen, NL |
1290 | L4 | C | 19 | 15 | 1.49,0 | ||
| 13 | 5 | 67 | Datsun UK Ltd Datsun Sunny coupé GX |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
1295 | L4 | C | 19 | 14 | 1.48,8 | ||
| 14 | 6 | 63 | Team Dan-Block NSU 1200 TT |
Leif Pedersen, DK |
1296 | L4 | C | 19 | 18 | 1.50,8 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 71 | Commercial Credit Co. Ltd. Sunbeam Imp |
Les Nash, GB |
998 | L4 | D | 18 laps, 34.35,6 | 25 | |||
| 16 | 7 | 41 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Gordon Dawkins, GB |
1293 | L4 | C | 18 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 8 | 59 | BMC Mini Cooper ?S |
Egil Stenshagen, N |
1293 | L4 | C | 18 | 28 | |||
| 18 | 9 | 56 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Richard Ellice, GB |
1293 | L4 | C | 18 | 27 | |||
| 19 | 10 | 55 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | C | 18 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 74 | John Godfrey Sunbeam Imp |
Ivor Goodwin, GB |
998 | L4 | D | 18 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 3 | 77 | Swiftune Engineering Ltd BMC Mini Cooper |
James Burrows, GB |
998 | L4 | D | 18 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 11 | 60 | Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Ahti Vaara, SF |
1290 | L4 | C | 17 | 26 | |||
| 23 | 12 | 57 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mick Osborne, GB |
1293 | L4 | C | 16 | 19 | |||
| DNF | 24 | SARR Team Palmolive Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Sten Axelsson, S |
1996 | L4 | B | 18 | 8 | 1.43,2 | Blown engine | ||
| DNF | 76 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | D | 16 | 30 | ||||
| DNF | 58 | Gomshall Motor Co. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Bernard Bird, GB |
1293 | L4 | C | 14 | 29 | 2nd reserve | |||
| DNF | 20 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
1924 | L4 | B | 11 | 7 | 1.42,6 | Brakes | ||
| DNF | 54 | Selhurst Business machines Ltd. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mike Drinkwater, GB |
1293 | L4 | C | 9 | 31 | ||||
| DNF | 73 | Sunbeam Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | D | 4 | 21 | Lost wheel | |||
| DNF | 1 | George Bevan Sunbeam Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | D | 2 | 17 | 1.49,6 | 1.51,2 | Blown engine | |
| DNF | 5 | A.J. Rivers Simoniz Racing Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
5736 | V8 | A | 16 | 1.49,6 | Clutch | |||
| DNS | 79 | Scuderia Gedern Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Peter Ernst, D |
982 | L4 | D | Withdrawn (engine) | |||||
| DNS | 78 | Richard Longman & Co. BMC Mini |
Dieter Dahlemann, D |
848 | L4 | D | Accident | |||||
| DNQ? | 64 | Auto Grip BMC Mini Cooper S |
Geir Törmoen, N |
1293 | L4 | C | ||||||