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Oulton Park National Spring Meeting

Oulton Park, Great Britain

Date: 11/4/1964
Track length: 4.443 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 30 + 5 reserves
Starters: 30
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Sears in 1.55,2

Distance: 19 laps
Average speed: 134,47 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 2
Car info: 1964 Cars

 

Jim Clark's Cortina and Sir Gawaine Baillie's Galaxie had a slight advantage in the initial rush into Old Hall corner when the large field was released, but the power of the Willment Galaxie soon told and it was Jack Sears who led at the end of the opening lap, with Jim Clark in hot pursuit and his team-mate John Whitmore harrying Baillie. Bob Olthoff and Trevor Fowler led the rest of the field, both in Cortinas, and John Fitzpatrick's works Mini Cooper S led the tiddlers with mike Young's Anglia next up.

By the fifth lap Jack Sears was well away, but coming into Lodge corner he found his brakes non-existent and deliberately spun the Galaxie to avoid hitting the bank head on at full speed. Both he and the car came to rest unscathed, but the escaped brake fluid in the front drum then caught fire as he removed the car to a place of greater safety, and there was some drama with extinguishers.

Jim Clark then opened out a huge lead, and the only change of order up near the front resulted from Bob Olthoff's retirement. Meanwhile Mike Young got away from the Minis and Phil Middlehurst mounted a determined assault on the works cars, finally leaving them both behind in his privately entered S. Mick Clare's efforts in this class unfortunately came to an end when he became involved with Mike Cave's Alfa Romeo in a shunting match at Lodge which put them both out. As usual there were a fair number of spins and off-course excursions, but no one was hurt, although Ralph Broad's once beautiful Mini looked rather sad following its accident on the opening lap.

Source: Autosport


Class A-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 45 Team Lotus
Ford Lotus Cortina
Jim Clark, GB
1594 L4 B 19 laps, 37.40,0     1.57,0  
2 1 42 Gawaine Baillie
Ford Galaxie
Gawaine Baillie, GB
6997 V8 D 19 laps, 38.01,2        
3 2 46 Team Lotus
Ford Lotus Cortina
John Whitmore, GB
1594 L4 B 19        
4 3 51 McKechnie Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
Trevor Fowler, GB
1594 L4 B 19        
  4 54 Red Rose Motors (Chester)
Ford Lotus Cortina
Jackie Stewart, GB
1594 L4 B          
  1 43 Park Garage (Watford) Ltd.
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Chris McLaren, GB
3781 L6 C 19 laps, 39.05,8     2.02,0  
  2 44 John Sparrow
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
John Sparrow, GB
3781 L6 C          
  1 60 Superspeed Conversions Ltd.
Ford Anglia Super
Mike Young, GB
1198 L4 A 18 laps, 38.03,6        
  2 64 J. Middlehurst & Sons
Austin Mini Cooper S
Phil Middlehurst, GB
1100 L4 A       2.04,8  
  3 71 Cooper Car Co.
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1071 L4 A          
  4 70 Cooper Car Co.
Morris Mini Cooper S
Warwick Banks, GB
1071 L4 A          
    47 Farnborough Racing Enterprises
Ford Lotus Cortina
John Nicholson, GB
1594 L4 B          
    48 Moto Baldet Racing Team
Ford Lotus Cortina
Andre Baldet, GB
1594 L4 B          
    49 Moonraker Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
Roger Swanton, GB
1594 L4 B          
    50  
Ford Lotus Cortina
Chris Craft, GB
1594 L4 B          
    55 John Coundley Racing Partnership
Ford Lotus Cortina
Mrs. P. Coundley, GB
1594 L4 B          
    61 Alexander Engineering Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Elizabeth Jones, GB
1101 L4 A          
    63  
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tommy Weber, GB
1100 L4 A          
    66 Barwell Motors Ltd.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Barrie Maskell, GB
1071 L4 A          
    68 Wigtown Engineering Works
Austin Mini Cooper S
R. McCutcheon, GB
1071 L4 A          
    69  
Austin Mini Cooper S
John D. Lewis, GB
1100 L4 A          
    72 Team Broadspeed
Morris Mini Cooper S
Ralph Broad, GB
1100 L4 A          
    74 Don Moore
Morris Mini Cooper S
Edward Lewis, GB
1100 L4 A          
    75 Don Moore
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Clarke, GB
1100 L4 A          
    76 Aurora Gear Racing
Morris Mini Cooper S
Anita Taylor, GB
1071 L4 A          
DNF   58  
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
Mick Cave, GB
1570 L4 B         Accident
DNF   41 John Willment Automobiles
Ford Galaxie
Jack Sears, GB
6997 V8 D       1.55,2 Brakes
DNF   52 John Willment Automobiles
Ford Lotus Cortina
Bob Olthoff, ZA
1594 L4 B          
DNF   62 Alexander Engineering Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Mick Clare, GB
1101 L4 A         Accident