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Croft

Croft, North-Yorkshire, Great-Britain

Date: 10/8/1968
Track length: 3.423 m?
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Muir in 1.16,2

Distance: 2 heats of 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

 

The saloons provided the main race for Croft's (and the Northeast of England's) first ever International meeting and, despite the circuit's twisty nature, the Falcons were fastest, Hobbs winning the first half of the two-part race from Pierpoint by one-fifth of a second while Muir retired to the pits to report poor handling whereupon it was found that a hub had broken and the wheel was held on by the brake disc!
In the second half, Hobbs tried to keep inside one-fifth of a second behind Pierpoint but spun on the final lap. Gardner drove a subdued race to take his class again, Oliver having a first outing in the 'supercharged' Escort and being third behind the Falcons.


Heat 1
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   Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 20        
2 2 3  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 20        
3 3   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Jackie Oliver, GB
1594 s/c L4 D 20        
4 1   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 20        
5 2   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 20        
6 3   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 20        

Heat 2
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  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 20        
2 2   Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 20        
3 3   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Jackie Oliver, GB
1594 s/c L4 D 20        
4 1   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 20        
5 2   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 20        
6 3   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 20        

Aggregate result
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  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 40 laps, 52.23,6        
2 2   Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
David Hobbs, GB
4728 V8 D 40        
3 3   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Jackie Oliver, GB
1594 s/c L4 D 40        
4 1   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 L4 C 40     1.17,4  
5 2   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 40        
6 3   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Tony Dean, GB
1594 L4 C 40        
7 1 15 Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 38        
8 2   Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 38        
9 4   A.G. Dean (Racing) Ltd.
Ford Lotus Cortina
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 C 38        
10 3   Dagenham Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Alan Peer, GB
1298 L4 B 38        
11 1   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Gordon Spice, GB
999 L4 A 38     1.24,0  
12 4    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B 37        
13 2   British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S 970
John Handley, GB
999 L4 A 37        
14 3    
Ford Anglia
Ian McDougall
997 L4 A 35       Gear lever
15 4    
Ford Mustang
John Ewer, GB
4728 V8 D 34        
CL 4    
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A          
       
Austin Mini Cooper S
Graham Janzen, GB
1293 L4 B          
       
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B          
      British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S 970
Harry Ratcliffe, GB
999 L4 A          
      Alexander
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B          
DNF     Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B       1.21,4 Engine
DNF     Alan Fraser Racing Team
Hillman Imp
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
998 L4 A         Drive shaft doughnut
DNF     Team Broadspeed/Bristol Street Group
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Chris Craft, GB
1298 L4 B         Oil pressure
DNF   1 Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
4728 V8 D       1.16,2 Suspension
DNS     Cars and Car Conversions
Austin Mini Cooper S
Tony Youlten, GB
1293 L4 B         Sump