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Shellsport F5000

Oulton Park, Cheshire, Great-Britain

Date: 28/3/1975
Track length:
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 11 (A-B); 14 (C-D)
Finishers:

Pole position: Birrell (A-B); Graham (C-D)
Fastest lap: Williams in 1.19,4 (A-B); Graham in 1.16,8 (C-D)

Distance: 30 laps
Average speed: 116,77 kmh (A-B); 121,55 kmh (C-D)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1975 Cars

Pictures

Race 1
Not unexpectedly Andy Rouse's Dolomite led the first one from start to finish, but his race was not without problems. The car's fan belt came off on the second lap and with the dynamo not charging Rouse had to use fourth gear where he would have liked overdrive third for much of the race. For a while Rouse was shadowed by team-mate Roger Bell and the two Dolomites were relentlessly pursued by Barrie Williams, whose handling of the JAL Mazda was the most impressive part of the race.
Just when Williams looked likely to catch Bell the Mazda flew over the kerb at Fosters (the new bend named after circuit manager Rex Foster) when it arrived there without any gears. When the car landed it regained the use of its gears and Williams continued at apparently unabated pace , despite having bent the front wheels inwards! When Bell retired with a faulty fuel pump Williams took over second place and he was just three seconds behind Rouse at the finish. Bernard Unett's Avenger took over the lead in the 1600 cc class from Jenny Birrell's similar car after three laps, but Win Percy's Toyota Celica came through well and caught and passed Unett nine laps from the end.

Race 2
Stuart Graham made a mockery of the rest of the larger saloons when he lapped them all to win the second Southern Organs race in his Brut Camaro. Vince Woodman's Camaro was the only car able to keep with Graham from the start, but he gradually lost touch and then dropped out of second place after 12 laps when the bearings went. Richard Lloyd's 7-litre Camaro took the place over for a lap before Lanfranchi's ever-improving Hemicuda got past him, but after only a lap in second place the car developed a sudden misfire and retired to the pits.
So Lloyd came in second, narrowly avoiding being caught in the closing laps by 4000 cc class winner Gordon Spice, well clear in the class after Bill Gubelmann's Capri was delayed by a spin and Shaun Jackson's Opel developed a misfire.

Touring Cars class A-B
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 40 Triumph Team Piranha
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Andy Rouse, GB
 1998 L4 C 30 laps, 41.01,8 3      
2 2   Team Castrol
Mazda Savanna RX-3		 Barrie Williams, GB
 2 x 491 R2 C 30 laps, 41.05     1.19,4 Spin
3 1   Samuri Racing with Toyota GB
Toyota Celica GT		 Win Percy, GB
 1588 L4 D 30 laps, 42.09,0     1.22,6  
4 2 60 Halesfield Motors (Telford) Ltd.
Hillman Avenger 1600 GT		 Bernard Unett, GB
 1594 L4 D 30 laps, 42.19,8       Spin
5 3   Halesfield Motors (Telford) Ltd.
Hillman Avenger 1600 GT		 Jenny Birrell, GB
 1594 L4 D 29 1      
6 3   Shellsport
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 John Hine, GB
 1998 L4 C 29        
7 4   Penthouse Racing
Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior		 Tony Dron, GB
 1570 L4 D   10      
8 5   V.W. Derrington
Hillman Avenger 1600 GT		 David Vizard, GB
 1594 L4 D   11      
DNF     Triumph Team Piranha
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Roger Bell, GB
 1998 L4 C   2     Fuel pump
DNF     Penthouse Racing
Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior		 Stan Clark, GB
 1570 L4 D         Puncture
DNF      
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus		 Bill Sydenham, GB
 1594 L4 D   9     Fuel leak

Touring Cars class C-D
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   Fabergé Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Stuart Graham, GB
 5736 V8 A 30 laps, 39.24,8 1   1.16,8  
2 2   Think Automotive/Simoniz Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Richard Lloyd, GB
 7443 V8 A 29        
3 1   Wisharts Garages
Ford Capri II 3.0 GT		 Gordon Spice, GB
 2993 V6 B 29 laps, 39.28,6     1.18,6  
4 3   General Relays
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Brian Pepper, GB
 5736 V8 A 29        
5 4    
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Malcolm West, GB
 5736 V8 A 29        
6 5    
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Malcolm Wayne, GB
 5736 V8 A 29        
7 6    
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 John Brindley, GB
 5736 V8 A 29        
  2   Wisharts Garages
Ford Capri II 3.0 GT		 Bill Gubelmann, USA
 2993 V6 B 29        
  3   Ottershaw Motors
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Shaun Jackson, GB
 2784 L6 B 29       Misfire
DNF     VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Vince Woodman, GB
 5736 V8 A 12 2     Bearings
DNF     National Organs
Chrysler Hemicuda		 Tony Lanfranchi, GB
 6900 V8 A 12 3     Exhaust valve
DNF     Glazepta Products Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Jon Fletcher, GB
 5736 V8 A 1       Rear springs
DNF     MacMillan Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 John Olding, GB
 5736 V8 A 1       Clutch
DNS     Hermetite Products
Ford Capri II 3.0 GT		 Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
 2993 V6 B         Accident in practice
DNS      
Ford Capri 3000 GT		 Stuart Rolt, GB
 2993 V6 B         Accident in practice
DNS     National Organs
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Tony Shaw, GB
 5736 V8 A         Clutch