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! |
Heat 1
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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 | 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
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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 | 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
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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 | 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 |