Pole position: Gardner in 1.23,6
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.24,8
Distance: 25 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1973 Cars
It was the old story of Frank Gardner from Brian Muir in the third round of the RAC saloon championship, the former's SCA Camaro dominating the event after stopping to clean its windscreen. Sadly, reigning RAC champion Bill McGovern was badly hurt when his Imp crashed after a start line collision. |
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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 | 3 | SCA European Road Services Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
7000 | V8 | D | 25 laps, 36.30,2 | 1 | 1.23,6 | 1.24,8 | |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Dealer Team BMW BMW 3.0 CSL |
Brian Muir, AUS |
3003 | L6 | D | 25 laps, 37.03 | 3 | 1.26,0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Norman Reeves Ltd. Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Dave Brodie, GB |
1980 | L4 | C | 25 laps, 37.19,4 | 5 | 1.28,0 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
1975 | L4 | C | 25 | 7 | 1.29,4 | |||
| 5 | 1 | The Barbarians Ford Escort 1300 BDA |
Peter Hanson, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 24 laps, 37.35,8 | 8 | 1.30,0 | |||
| 6 | 2 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 23 | 11 | 1.33,6 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Hillman Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 23 laps, 37.50,2 | 16 | 1.38,4 | |||
| 8 | 2 | John Godfrey Sunbeam Imp |
Ivor Goodwin, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 23 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | Selhurst Business machines Ltd. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mike Drinkwater, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 23 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Paul Burt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 22 | 14 | 1.36,6 | |||
| 11 | 5 | Aldek Shopfitting & Joinery Ltd. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Barry Johnson, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | Carlow BMC Mini Cooper S |
Gordon Dawkins, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||
| 13? | 3 | BMC Mini Cooper |
James Burrows, GB |
998 | L4 | A | ||||||
| CL | 4 | Stapleton Motors Racing Promotions Hillman Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | ||||||
| BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mick Osborne, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | ||||||||
| Sunbeam Imp |
Andy Holloway, GB |
998 | L4 | A | ||||||||
| DNF? | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Oli Thatcher, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | Gearbox | ||||||
| DNF | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Les Nash, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 22 | 15 | 1.37,2 | 1.35,4 | Engine | ||
| DNF | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
1950 | L4 | C | 20 | 6 | 1.29,4 | Electrics | |||
| DNF | 7 | Lindrick Finance Racing with Broadspeed Ford Capri RS 2600 LW |
Dave Matthews, GB |
2999 | V6 | D | 11 | 2 | 1.25,0 | Engine | ||
| DNF | 45 | VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo Ford Escort 1300 BDA |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 10 | 9 | 1.30,4 | 1.29,8 | Engine | |
| DNF | Ford Escort 1300 BDA |
Gill Fortescue-Thomas, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 9 | 10 | 1.32,0 | Oil pressure | |||
| DNF | 21 | VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Andy Rouse, GB |
1950 | L4 | C | 3 | 4 | 1.26,8 | 1.25,6 | Suspension | |
| DNF | 71 | George Bevan Sunbeam Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 13 | 1.36,2 | Accident | |||
| DNS | Ford Escort 1300 ?BDA |
Tony Dickinson, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | |||||||
| DNS | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 | 1.34,8 | Accident in practice | ||||
| DNQ | Chevrolet Camaro |
Martin Thomas, GB |
V8 | D | Oil sump | |||||||