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Silverstone Martini International

Silverstone, Great-Britain

Date: 17/5/1969
Track length:
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 32
Finishers: 28

Pole position: Gardner
Fastest lap: Sanger in 1.47,2

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1969 Cars

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Touring cars
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   Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 20 laps, 36.15,2 3      
2 2    
Ford Falcon Sprint
Terry Sanger, GB
4728 V8 D 20 2   1.47,2  
3 1   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Chris Craft, GB
1298 L4 B 20        
4 1   Melton Racing
Ford Escort TC
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 C 20        
5 2    
Ford Escort TC
Tom Belsø, DK
1594 L4 C 20        
6 2   British Leyland Motor Corporation
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 20        
7 3   British Leyland Motor Corporation
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Handley, GB
1293 L4 B 20        
8 4   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 20        
9 3   Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Rod Mansfield, GB
1594 L4 C 20 4      
10 4   Duncan Hamilton Racing
Ford Escort TC
Peter Westbury, GB
1594 L4 C 20        
11 5   John Willment Automobiles
Ford Escort TC
Mike Crabtree, GB
1594 L4 C 19        
12 5    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
1293 L4 B 19        
13 3 40 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 s/c L4 D 19 1      
14 6   Britax-Cooper-Downton
Morris Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 19        
15 7    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Geoff Mabbs, GB
1293 L4 B 19        
16 1   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Alec Poole, IRL
999 L4 A 19        
17 8   Mini 7 Club
Austin Mini Cooper S
Martin Ridehalgh, GB
1293 L4 B 19        
18 2   Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Escort 1.0
Lawrie Hickman, GB
997 L4 A 19        
19 3    
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A 19        
20 9    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Desmond Gibb, GB
1293 L4 B 19        
21 4   Don Moore
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Rob Mason, GB
999 L4 A 18        
22 5   D.J. Bond Racing
Ford Anglia
Liane Engeman, NL
997 L4 A 18        
23 6    
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Peter Jackson
1594 L4 C 18        
24 6    
Hillman Imp
Jeremy Nightingale, GB
998 L4 A 18        
25 7   Byker Hill Garage Ltd.?
Ford Escort TC
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 18        
26 7    
Morris Mini Cooper
Colin Youle, GB
998 L4 A 17        
27 8   Demetriou Group
Porsche 911
Nick Faure, GB
1991 B6 C 17        
28 8 3 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Rein Zwolsman, NL
982 L4 A 16        
DNF      
Ford Falcon Sprint
Martin Birrane, IRL
4728 V8 D         Clutch
DNF      
Ford Falcon Sprint
Dennis Leech, GB
4728 V8 D         Accident
DNF     Britax-Cooper-Downton
Morris Mini Cooper S
Gordon Spice, GB
1293 L4 B         Collision with Neal (!)
DNF     Ovaltine Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
Martin Thomas, GB
  V8 D         Engine