Pole position: Gardner and Pierpoint in 1.39,8
Fastest lap: Gardner and Pierpoint in 1.39,8 = 157,32 kmh
Distance: 15 laps
Average speed: 151,86 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars
Frank Gardner took his fabulous Boss Mustang to its second RAC saloon car championship win at Snetterton, although the Camaros did manage to match the ex-TransAm Ford in performance on this fast circuit a little more effectively than at Brands Hatch the previous week. However, Gardner had it all under control and the Chevrolet drivers are obviously going to have their work cut out to beat him this year. The Escort TC and BMW merchants, too, have a hard task to catch Chris Craft, who once again scored an extremely convincing 2-litre class win with the five-speed Broadspeed Escort TC. This time John Fitzpatrick finished the race with the Broad 1300 GT, winning his class by over 40 seconds, and Bill McGovern's drive shafts stayed in one piece on his Bevan Imp to enable him to win the 1-litre section. |
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Touring Cars class A-D
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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 | Motor Racing Research Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
4955 | V8 | D | 15 laps, 25.50,8 | 1 | 1.39,8 | 1.39,8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
4956 | V8 | D | 15 laps, 26.07,2 | 2 | 1.41,8 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Bill Shaw Racing Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Roy Pierpoint, GB |
4956 | V8 | D | 15 laps, 26.28,4 | 3 | 1.42,8 | 1.39,8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 165 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort TC |
Chris Craft, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 15 laps, 27.01,8 | 4 | 1.43,4 | 1.45,4 | |
| 5 | 2 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 15 laps, 27.31,2 | 5 | 1.44,6 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Team Diamond Ford Escort TC |
Rod Mansfield, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 15 laps, 27.34,6 | 11 | 1.44,6 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Pierre de Plessis Chevrolet Camaro |
David Piper, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 15 laps, 27.40,6 (including 1 minute penalty for a push-start) | 24 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 14 | 8 | 1.46,4 | 1.48,0 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Ovaltine Racing Ford Mustang |
Martin Thomas, GB |
4800 | V8 | D | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | Colin Youle Cars BMW 2002 TI |
Colin Youle, GB |
1990 | L4 | C | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | Cars and Car Conversions/WRA Engineering Ford Escort TC |
George Whitehead, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 14 | 9 | 1.46,4 | |||
| 12 | 2 | Downton Engineering Ltd. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Richard Longman, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 14 | 13 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 14 | 15 | 1.53,2 | 1.53,4 | ||
| 14 | 3 | D.J. Bond Racing BMC Mini Cooper S |
Terry Harmer, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | Peter Vickers Austin Mini Cooper S |
Ian Bax, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1.0 |
Vince Woodman, GB |
994 | L4 | A | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | Andrew Mylius Graphics Hillman Imp |
Mike Freeman, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | Hillman Imp |
Jim Howden, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | Hillman Imp |
Jeremy Nightingale, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | 6 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Viv Church, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 13 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | 6 | Willy Kay Ford Escort TC |
Willie Green, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 13 | 7 | ||||
| DNF | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 2 | 18 | |||||
| DNF | Duncan Hamilton Racing Ford Escort TC |
John Hine, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 6 | Oil pump | |||||
| DNQ | Ford Escort TC |
Graham Bean, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 25 | ||||||
| DNQ | Wylie's of Glasgow Ford Escort TC |
Graham Birrell, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 26 | ||||||
| DNQ | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort TC |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 27 | ||||||
| DNQ | Ford Escort TC |
Zekia Redjep, CY |
1594 | L4 | C | 28 | ||||||
| DNQ | VIP Petroleum Ford Escort TC |
Derek Ridler, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 29 | ||||||
| DNQ | Team Diamond Ford Escort TC |
Dave Garrett, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 30 | ||||||
| DNQ | BMW 2002 TI |
Keith Blaynee, GB |
1990 | L4 | C | 31 | ||||||
| DNQ | Shaw & Kilburn Ltd. Vauxhall Viva GT |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
1994 | L4 | C | 32 | ||||||
| DNQ | Bob Fox BMC Mini Cooper S |
Bob Fox, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 33 | ||||||
| DNQ | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Bob Jones, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 34 | ||||||
| DNQ | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Martin Ridehalgh, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 35 | ||||||
| DNQ | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mac Ross, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 36 | ||||||
| DNQ | Bob Fox BMC Mini Cooper S |
David Buckett, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 37 | ||||||
| DNQ | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 38 | ||||||