Pole position: Gardner in 1.34,1
Fastest lap: Muir in 1.35,0
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 165,95 kmh
Weather: Snow - after lap 2 (”Mixed” the official results said)
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1973 Cars
Brian Muir earned a fine victory in the Group 2 race that preceded the F1 event, taking the lead as late as the 17th of the 20 laps when Frank Gardner made a mistake under pressure at Becketts and spun his big Camaro after totalling dominating the first half of the race. It was a win in the grand manner as Muir lashed the tail of his Gartlan BMW CSL all over the road in the chase during a snowstorm that left the circuit very slippery. Andy Rouse took the 2-litre class with ease after Dave Brodie had spun his similar Escort early in the race. Vince Woodman's Escort had no opposition to a runaway conquest of the 1300 class, cutting 1.8s off the lap record for good measure when the track dried put. Les Nash also set a new lap record in his ex-McGovern Imp, despite which he failed to beat Bill McGovern by the tiniest margin. |
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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 | Dealer Team BMW BMW 3.0 CSL |
Brian Muir, AUS |
3003 | L6 | D | 20 laps, 34.03,4 | 3 | 1.35,7 | 1.35,0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 21 | VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Andy Rouse, GB |
1950 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 34.51,0 | 4 | 1.36,8 | 1.37,4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | SCA European Road Services Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
7000 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 35.08.6 | 1 | 1.34,1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 22 | Norman Reeves Ltd. Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Dave Brodie, GB |
1980 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 35.30,6 | 6 | 1.39,2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Altyres (Luton) Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Martin Thomas, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 35.31,2 | 5 | 1.38,9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 23 | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
1950 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 35.39,6 | 8 | 1.40,3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 45 | VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo Ford Escort 1300 BDA |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 34.30,6 | 9 | 1.44,3 | 1.43,4 | |
| 8 | 2 | 42 | The Barbarians Ford Escort 1300 BDA |
Peter Hanson, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 34.45,0 | 10 | 1.44,5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 49 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 34.18,0 | 12 | 1.51,2 | ||
| 10 | 4 | 43 | Ford Escort 1300 ?BDA |
Tony Dickinson, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 34.57,6 | 11 | 1.49,1 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | George Bevan Sunbeam Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 35.02,2 | 14 | 1.51,5 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 71 | Commercial Credit Sunbeam Imp |
Les Nash, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 35.02,4 | 16 | 1.52,5 | 1.49,6 | |
| 13 | 5 | 47 | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Oli Thatcher, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 35.13,2 | 18 | 1.55,0 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 74 | John Godfrey Sunbeam Imp |
Ivor Goodwin, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 35.36,2 | 19 | 1.55,6 | ||
| 15 | 4 | 72 | Stapleton Motors Racing Promotions Sunbeam Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 35.36,2 | 20 | 1.55,6 | ||
| 16 | 6 | 51 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
Paul Burt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 35.36,2 | 15 | 1.51,8 | ||
| 17 | 5 | 73 | Sunbeam Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 17 laps, 34.19,0 | 17 | 1.52,7 | ||
| 18 | 7 | 41 | Carlow BMC Mini Cooper S |
Gordon Dawkins, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 laps, 34.25,6 | 26 | 1.59,4 | Gearbox | |
| 19 | 8 | 46 | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Jeremy Nightingale, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 17 laps, 34.32,6 | 28 | 2.12,3 | ||
| 20 | 9 | 52 | Aldek Shopfitting & Joinery Ltd. Austin Mini Cooper S |
Barry Johnson, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 laps, 34.58,2 | 24 | 1.57,3 | ||
| 21 | 10 | 57 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
Richard Piper, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 laps, 35.07,0 | 21 | 1.55,7 | ||
| NC | 24 | Ford Escort TC |
Mike Ford, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 16 laps, 34.35,8 | 27 | 2.09,3 | |||
| NC | 77 | Swiftune Engineering Ltd BMC Mini Cooper |
James Burrows, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 16 laps, 34.45,6 | 25 | 1.57,5 | |||
| NC | 76 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 15 laps, 34.55,8 | 30 | 2.37,8 | |||
| DNF | 55 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 | 13 | 1.51,3 | Gearbox | ||
| DNF | 7 | Lindrick Finance Racing with Broadspeed Ford Capri RS 2600 LW |
Dave Matthews, GB |
2999 | V6 | D | 9 | 2 | 1.35,5 | Fuel supply | ||
| DNF | 20 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
1850 | L4 | C | 4 | 7 | 1.40,1 | Differential | ||
| DNF | 54 | Selhurst Business machines Ltd. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mike Drinkwater, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 22 | 1.56,2 | ||||
| DNF | 56 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Richard Ellice, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 23 | 1.56,7 | ||||
| DNS? | 75 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Gavin Booth, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 29 | 2.13,7 | ||||