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The Rothmans Formula One International Car Races - SKF Trophy

Oulton Park, Cheshire, Great-Britain

Date: 9/4/1971
Track length: 4.443 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 20?
Finishers:

Pole position: Matthews in 1.52,4
Fastest lap: Woodman in 1.53,6

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1971 Cars

 

Group 2 was divided on Good Friday, Oulton Park getting the up to 1300cc side of the deal for the SKF Trophy. The eventual field of 20, heavily depleted during the course of 20 hectic laps by some very alarming accidents, got rather spread out round Oulton Park. Dave Matthews did his duty to Kevin MacDonald and Broadspeed by carrying off the overall victory (despite a hairy spin on dropped oil) after Vince Woodman had broken his gear linkage, while Bill McGovern took a tremendous second overall following a last corner barney with the Escort GT of John Littler.


Touring Cars class A-B
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 22 Melton Racing with Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Dave Matthews, GB
1298 L4 B 20 laps, 38.36,2 1 1.52,4    
2 1   George Bevan
Hillman Imp
Bill McGovern, GB
998 L4 A 20 laps, 39.03,6 3 1.55,0 1.55,4  
3 2    
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Littler, GB
1298 L4 B 20 4 1.56,6    
4 3    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Mo Mendham, GB
1293 L4 B 20   no time    
5 4   Marshalls of Cambridge
BMC Mini Cooper S
Peter Baldwin, GB
1293 L4 B 20 7 1.57,6    
6 2   Jean Denton Racing
Sunbeam Imp
Bernard Unett, GB
998 L4 A 19 6 1.57,4    
7 5    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Jon Mowatt, GB
1293 L4 B 19 10 1.59,6    
8 3   Antique Automobiles
BMC Mini Cooper
Malc Leggate, GB
998 L4 A 19 (including 1 minute penalty for jumping the start) 5 1.56,8    
9 4   C.A.M. Potters Bar Ltd
Hillman Imp
Adrian Webb, GB
998 L4 A 19        
10 5?   Don Moore
BMC Mini Cooper
Rob Mason, GB
998 L4 A? 19 9 1.59,2    
11 6?    
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Richard Ellice, GB
1298 L4 B 19        
12 6?    
BMC Mini Cooper
Jeremy Bean, GB
998 L4 A 19        
DNF     VMW Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Vince Woodman, GB
1298 L4 B 6 2 1.53,6 1.53,6 Gear linkage
DNF     British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S
Barrie Williams, GB
1293 L4 B 1 8 1.58,4   Accident
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Mac Ross, GB
1293 L4 B 1 13 2.01,0   Accident
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Bob Jones, GB
1293 L4 B   11 2.00,2    
DNF      
Hillman Imp
Trevor Willcocks, GB
998 L4 A   14 2.01,8   Throtle cable
DNF     George Bevan
Sunbeam Imp
Juhani Kynsilehto, SF
998 L4 A   12 2.00,8   Drive shaft
DNF      
Hillman Imp
Melvyn Adams, GB
998 L4 A   10 1.59,4   Head gasket
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
David Morgan, GB
1293 L4 B 3       Blown tyre
DNS      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Mike Drinkwater, GB
1293 L4 B          
DNS      
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Jeremy Nightingale, GB
1298 L4 B