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Silverstone Wipac Trophy GP Support Race

Thruxton, Hampshire, Great-Britain

Date: 19/7/1969
Track length: 3.792 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 27
Finishers: 22

Pole position: Sanger in 1.44,4
Fastest lap: Pierpoint in 1.43,0

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1969 Cars

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Touring cars
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 36 Bill Shaw Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
Roy Pierpoint, GB
  V8 D 20 laps, 37.42,6 2 1.44,6 1.43,0  
2 2 31  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Dennis Leech, GB
4728 V8 D 20 3 1.44,8    
3 1 41 Duncan Hamilton Racing
Ford Escort TC
John Hine, GB
1594 L4 C 20 9   1.46,0  
4 2 21 Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Rod Mansfield, GB
1594 L4 C 20 8      
5 1 18 Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Chris Craft, GB
1298 L4 B 20 11      
6 2 17 Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 20 10   1.48,7  
7 3 10 Britax-Cooper-Downton
Morris Mini Cooper S
Gordon Spice, GB
1293 L4 B 19 12      
8 4 16 British Leyland Motor Corporation
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 19 13      
9 5 11 Britax-Cooper-Downton
Morris Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 19 14      
10 6 15 British Leyland Motor Corporation
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Handley, GB
1293 L4 B 19        
11 3 23 Byker Hill Garage Ltd.
Ford Escort TC
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 19        
12 3 30 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 s/c L4 D 19 6      
13 7 41 Top Gear Racing of Enfield
Austin Mini Cooper S
David Alexander, GB
1293 L4 B 19        
14 1 8 Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Alec Poole, IRL
999 L4 A 19     1.53,0  
15 2 2  
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A 19        
16 8 12 Cars and Car Conversions
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B 18        
17 3 5 Andrew Mylius Graphics
Hillman Imp
Mike Freeman, GB
998 L4 A 18        
18 9 7  
Morris Mini Cooper S
Barrie Williams, GB
1293 L4 B 18        
19 4 42 Willy Kay
Ford Escort TC
Willy Kay, GB
1594 L4 D 18        
20 4 4  
Hillman Imp
Jeremy Nightingale, GB
998 L4 A 18        
21 5 1  
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
David Buckett, GB
999 L4 A 17        
22 5 20 Melton Racing
Ford Escort TC
Barry Pearson, GB
1594 L4 D 16        
DNF   6 Don Moore
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Rob Mason, GB
999 L4 A 15       Bearings
DNF   35 David Howes
Ford Falcon Sprint
Mike Moore, GB
4728 V8 D 10 4 1.44,9   Brakes, accident
DNF   32  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Terry Sanger, GB
4728 V8 D 8 1 1.44,4   Left front wheel
DNF   9 Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Escort 1.0
Lawrie Hickman, GB
997 L4 A 5       Gearbox
DNF   45 John Willment Automobiles
Ford Escort TC
Mike Crabtree, GB
1594 L4 D 5 7     Differential
DNS   33  
Ford Falcon Sprint
Martin Birrane, IRL
4728 V8 D   5     Clutch