Pole position: Sears
Fastest lap: Sears in 2.11,4
Distance: 10 laps
Average speed: 128,13 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 2
Car info: 1964 Cars
No fewer than 33 cars participated and the start saw the cars jostling for position like panicky pedestrians in Picadilly. Much chopping and carving went on, but it did not affect Jack Sears, who zoomed into an immediate 30 yard lead. Sir Gawaine Baillie held second place in his privately owned Ford Galaxie ahead of the works Cortinas of Clark and Arundell and the similar Willment-entered car with Frank Gardner at the wheel. The inevitable first lap shunt occurred at Tatts when the two 3.8 Jaguars of Chris McLaren and John Sparrow charged the straw bales; McLaren retired but Sparrow continued, and although black flagged for suspected front suspension damage, went on after the necessary pit stop to win his class. A furious battle was going on farther down the field between Mick Clare (Mini Cooper S), Mike Young (Anglia) and John Handley (Mini Cooper S), in the middle of which, Clare went off at Melling completely demolishing an old boiler house and he severely damaged his car. He escaped with a broken leg and sundry cuts and bruises. Mick was, of course, wearing a safety harness. The works Mini-Coopers romped around happily, the new 1275 cc engines going as sweet as honey - well ahead of any opposition. With seven laps completed Sears still led from Baillie, although Clark was making a very determined effort to pass the Galaxie, but to little avail. Arundell was following Clark, patiently awaiting a break, while Gardner on the Willment Lotus Cortina led Jackie Stewart, who was driving the Red Rose Lotus Cortina. Bob Olthoff retired the second Willment Lotus Cortina with suspension trouble. Sears went on to win and, although Clark made a serious last lap challenge, Baillie held second place. Behind Clark came Arundell with Gardner and Stewart in sixth and seventh places. Fitzpatrick and Hopkirk nearly overdid it at Tatts on the last lap, both arriving simultaneously sideways, to cross the line almost together, third in the 1300 cc class being Mike Young. His Superspeed Anglia was a long way behind the works Minis, but only just ahead of John Handley's Broadspeed Mini-Cooper S. Source: Autosport |
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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 |
| 1 | 1 | 121 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Galaxie |
Jack Sears, GB |
6997 | V8 | D | 10 laps, 22.36,4 | 1 | 2.12,0 | 2.11,4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 122 | Gawaine Baillie Ford Galaxie |
Gawaine Baillie, GB |
6997 | V8 | D | 10 | 3 | 2.14,8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 126 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jim Clark, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 22.46,0 | 2 | 2.14,0 | 2.14,4 | |
| 4 | 2 | 127 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
Peter Arundell, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 22.53,2 | 4 | 2.15,0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 135 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Lotus Cortina |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 22.59,2 | 5 | 2.15,2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 137 | Red Rose Motors (Chester) Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jackie Stewart, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 23.11,6 | 8 | 2.17,2 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 128 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
Chris Craft, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 23.26,0 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 132 | McKechnie Racing Ford Lotus Cortina |
Trevor Fowler, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 23.34,8 | 14 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 152 | Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 23.52,6 | 13 | 2.20,6 | 2.21,2 | |
| 10 | 2 | 153 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
Paddy Hopkirk, IRL |
1275 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 23.52,8 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 7 | 131 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
David Haynes, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 23.52,8 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 141 | Superspeed Conversions Ltd. Ford Anglia Super |
Mike Young, GB |
1198 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 24.13,6 | 15 | 2.21,0 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 149 | Team Broadspeed Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Handley, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 24.14,8 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 5 | 150 | Don Moore Morris Mini Cooper S |
Edward Lewis, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 24.27,6 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 6 | 148 | Team Broadspeed Morris Mini Cooper S |
Ralph Broad, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 24.39,8 | 24 | |||
| 16 | 7 | 154 | J. Middlehurst & Sons Austin Mini Cooper S |
Phil Middlehurst, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 24.47,8 | 20 | |||
| 17 | 8 | 147 | Aurora Gear Racing Morris Mini Cooper S |
Trevor Taylor, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 10 laps, 24.48,4 | 26 | |||
| 18 | 8 | 130 | Farnborough Racing Enterprises Ford Lotus Cortina |
John Nicholson, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 10 laps, 25.04,8? | 22 | |||
| 19 | 9 | 145 | Squadra Tartaruga International Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Thurston, GB |
1098 | L4 | A | 9 laps, 22.39,0 | 29 | |||
| 20 | 10 | 146 | Aurora Gear Racing Morris Mini Cooper S |
Anita Taylor, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 9 laps, 22.59,4 | 31 | |||
| 21 | 11 | 151 | Don Moore Morris Mini Cooper S |
Peter Clarke, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 9 laps, 23.07,0? | 30 | |||
| 22 | 9 | 138 | John Coundley Racing Partnership Ford Lotus Cortina |
? Mrs. P. Coundley, GB ? John Coundley, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 9 laps, 23.05,4? | 25 | |||
| 23 | 1 | 125 | John Sparrow Jaguar Mk II 3.8 |
John Sparrow, GB |
3781 | L6 | C | 9 laps, 23.13,4 | 9 | 2.22,4 | ||
| 24 | 12 | 158 | Barwell Motors Ltd. Austin Mini Cooper S |
Barrie Maskell, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 27 | ||||
| 25 | 13 | 160 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
P. Raphael, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 32 | ||||
| DNF | 157 | A.K.L. Fielding Austin Mini Cooper S |
Peter Sutcliffe, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 28 | |||||
| DNF | 136 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Lotus Cortina |
Bob Olthoff, ZA |
1594 | L4 | B | 7 | 2.17,2 | Suspension | |||
| DNF | 124 | Park Garage (Watford) Ltd. Jaguar Mk II 3.8 |
Chris McLaren, GB |
3781 | L6 | C | 11 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | 143 | Alexander Engineering Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Mick Clare, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 21 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | 129 | Moto Baldet Racing Team Ford Lotus Cortina |
Andre Baldet, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 18 | |||||
| DNF | 133 | Moonraker Racing Ford Lotus Cortina |
Roger Swanton, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 142 | Alexander Engineering Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Elizabeth Jones, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 33 | |||||
| DNF | 144 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Tommy Weber, GB |
1100 | L4 | A | 23 | |||||
| DNS | 161 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
Michaelle Burns-Grieg, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | ||||||
| DNS | 134 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
Roger Mac |
1594 | L4 | B | 34 | |||||