Pole position: Muir in 1.27,4
Fastest lap: Muir in 1.27,8
Distance: 25 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1971 Cars
Brian Muir is now the only one of the leading four RAC Saloon Car Championship title chasers to have scored three class wins. Muir took the 5.7-litre engined Wiggins Teape/ Gartlan Chevrolet Camaro to an easy victory in a 25 lap event for Group 2 cars, whilst the favourites for other classes went out or dropped behind class rivals. In this third round of the RAC Championship series Muir failed by 0.2s to set a new record but John Fitzpatrick (1.7 Broadspeed Team Castrol Escort RS), Dave Matthews (from the same team but using a 1300 GT Escort) and Bill McGovern (1.0 George Bevan Imp) all smashed their respective class lap records, 'Fitz' taking the outright record as well! |
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 | 5 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
5736 | V8 | D | 25 laps, 37.32,2 | 1 | 1.27,4 | 1.27,8 | |
2 | 2 | Ovaltine Racing Chevrolet Camaro |
Martin Thomas, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 25 laps, 38.06,4 | 2 | 1.29,0 | |||
3 | 3 | Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Dennis Leech, GB |
ca. 5000 | V8 | D | 25 laps, 38.08,8 | 9 | 1.33,0 | |||
4 | 1 | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort TC |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 25 laps, 38.35,8 | 4 | 1.30,8 | |||
5 | 2 | Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Terry Croker, GB |
1800 | L4 | C | 25 laps, 38.45,6 | 23 | no time | |||
6 | 1 | Melton Racing with Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 24 | 8 | 1.32,8 | 1.32,2 | ||
7 | 2 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 24 | 7 | 1.32,4 | |||
8 | 3 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Brian Peacock, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 24 | 13 | 1.35,6 | |||
9 | 4 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mo Mendham, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 24 | 15 | 1.36,4 | |||
10 | 5 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 24 | 11 | 1.35,4 | |||
11 | 1 | Jean Denton Racing Sunbeam Imp |
Bernard Unett, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 23 laps, 38.05,4 | 16 | 1.36,6 | |||
12 | 2 | C.A.M. Potters Bar Ltd Hillman Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 23 | 19 | 1.41,0 | |||
NC | Hillman Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 21 | 25? | reserve? | ||||
NC | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 21 | 22 | |||||
NC | John Willment Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 21 | 5 | 1.31,6 | Throttle cable/fan belt | |||
DNF | Team Broadspeed Castrol Ford Escort RS 1600 |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1701 | L4 | C | 9 | 24 | no time/1.28 unofficially | 1.27,4 | Stub axle, accident | ||
DNF | Wylie's of Glasgow Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Graham Birrell, GB |
1800 | L4 | C | 9 | 3 | 1.30,0 | Blackflagged (oil) | |||
DNF | BMC Mini Cooper S |
David Morgan, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 | 1.35,6 | |||||
DNF | Antique Automobiles BMC Mini Cooper |
Malc Leggate, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 18 | 1.39,2 | |||||
DNF | George Bevan Sunbeam Imp |
Juhani Kynsilehto, SF |
998 | L4 | A | 21 | Lost rear wheel | |||||
DNF | Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Martin Birrane, IRL |
ca. 5000 | V8 | D | 14 | 1.35,8 | |||||
DNF | Guys Automobiles Hillman Imp |
John Turner, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 17 | 1.36,8 | Camshaft | ||||
DNF | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 10 | 1.35,4 | 1.36,2 | Drive shaft doughnut | |||
DNF | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Jeremy Nightingale, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 20 | ||||||
DNS | Willy Kay Ford Escort TC |
Nick May, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 6 | 1.32,4 | Final drive | ||||
DNS | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Keith Greene, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | Woodman’s spare car - not entered... |