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Silverstone

Silverstone Club circuit, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 28/5/1978
Track length: 2.588 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 14 (race 1); 19 (race 2)
Finishers:

Pole position: Lloyd in 1.07,9 (race 1); Brodie in 1.03,7 (race 2)
Fastest lap: Lloyd in 1.08,4 (race 1); Craft in 1.03,5 (race 2)

Distance: 25 laps
Average speed: 131,01 kmh (race 1); 144,41 kmh (race 2)
Weather: Sunny and hot
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1978 Cars

 

Race 1
Richard Longman caused quite a stir at the start by out dragging everybody else away, but Lloyd soon found a way past and immediately stamped his authority on the race, easing his black car into a lead which, initially, he looked capable of extending at any time. He took things moderately easy though because of the tricks the heat were playing on the tires and he looked set for an easy win at half distance.
Things really came alive, however, after Percy had inevitably fought his way past the dicing Longman and Brundle and had begun to make an impression on the leading Golf despite the fact that he was brakeless! Sadly though, there wasn't quite enough time for him to challenge Lloyd wheel to wheel as it were and Lloyd ran out the winner after the twenty five laps. Longman tried very hard in the latter stages of the race and did very well indeed to beat Brundle's Toyota for the next place, setting a new lap record for his class on the way like Lloyd. Jim Marsden's left hand drive Scirocco was fifth.

Race 2
Gordon Spice made the best start to lead Brodie into Copse but there was no way that Spice could escape Brodie's attentions, but by the same rule it was difficult to imagine Spice being passed by the sinister black and day-glow red colored car. After three laps Spice's Teammate Chris Craft managed to sneak inside Brodie and he was soon on the tail of 'Gordy'. Behind, the battle for fourth was being led, as a rule by Vince Woodman's Esso Capri, the West Countryman fighting a desperate duel with Gerry Marshall's Triplex Capri and following these two were Tony Dron, Jeff Allam and the rest.
At the ten lap stage, Brodie was still very much in touch with the two leaders, while behind Allam was beginning to mount a challenge on those in front of him. By the sixteenth lap it looked as though Brodie was going to remain in third behind the two Autocar sponsored cars, but a spin at Becketts and then a fan belt falling off caused him to drop back out of contention.
Towards the end Craft pressured Spice really hard, but there was no way that the wily Staines driver was going to let Craft through and he took the victory that had been on the cards since his excellent start to the race. Allam hacked his way past Marshall after Gerry had finished battling with Woodman, to take third, while Tony Dron finished behind the Triplex Capri in fifth place despite a lurid spin at Woodcote to take his class once again.

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   Richard Lloyd Racing Ltd.
VW Golf GTI		 Richard Lloyd, GB
 1588 L4 B 25 laps, 29.37,6 1 1.07,9 1.08,4  
2 2   Way Valley Racing / Bradshaw Plant Hire
Toyota Celica GT		 Win Percy, GB
 1588 L4 B 25       Brakes
3 1   Patrick Motorsport
Mini 1275 GT		 Richard Longman, GB
 1275 L4 A 25 laps, 29.40,1 2   1.10,0  
4 3   John Brundle Motors Ltd.
Toyota Celica GT		 Martin Brundle, GB
 1588 L4 B 25 4      
5 4    
VW Scirocco GTI		 Jim Marsden, GB
 1588 L4 B   5      
  2   Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti		 Rex Greenslade, GB
 1286 B4 A 25        
  3   Stanfield and White (Caravan Hire) Ltd.
Chrysler Avenger 1300 GT		 John Spiller, GB
 1295 L4 A 25        
       
VW Golf GTI		 Martin Grant-Peterkin, GB
 1588 L4 B   3      

Touring Cars class C-D
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   Gordon Spice Group
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Gordon Spice, GB
 2993 V6 D 25 laps, 26.51,83 2 1.03,8    
2 2   Gordon Spice Group
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Chris Craft, GB
 2993 V6 D 25 4   1.03,5  
3 3   Allam Motor Services Ltd. Racing with Nu-Luxe Foam
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Jeff Allam, GB
 2993 V6 D 25 6      
4 4 14 Triplex Safety Glass
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Gerry Marshall, GB
 2993 V6 D 25 8      
5 1   Leyland Cars
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Tony Dron, GB
 1998 L4 C 25 laps, 27.26,1 3 1.03,8 1.04,8  
6 2   Hermetite Products
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 1998 L4 C 25 9      
7 5   BMW (GB)
BMW 530i		 Dieter Quester, A
 2985 L6 D 25 10      
  3   Ian Bracey
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Barrie Williams, GB
 1998 L4 C 25        
       
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Dave Brodie, GB
 2993 V6 D   1 1.03,7   Spin, fan belt
      FabergĂ© Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Stuart Graham, GB
 2993 V6 D   5     Ignition
      Dick Lovett Specialist Cars
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Pete Lovett, GB
 1998 L4 C          
      Stratstone Ltd.
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Tim Goss, GB
 1998 L4 C          
      Wadham Stringer Equipe Esso
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Roger Saunders, GB
 1998 L4 C          
      BMW (GB) Racing with Toleman
BMW 530i		 Rad Dougall, ZA
 2985 L6 D          
      Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV		 Jon Dooley, GB
 1962 L4 C          
      The London Sportscar Centre
Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300		 Alan Foster, GB
 2279 L4 C          
DNF     Equipe Esso
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Vince Woodman, GB
 2993 V6 D   7     Fan belt
DNF     Carrier Properties Ltd.
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Lawrie Hickman, GB
 2993 V6 D         Oil pressure