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Thruxton

Thruxton, Hampshire, Great-Britain

Date: 7/4/1969
Track length: 3.792 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 28
Finishers: 22

Pole position: Quester in 1.29,6
Fastest lap: Pierpoint in 1.28,0

Distance: 25 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/63
Car info: 1969 Cars

 



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   Bill Shaw Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 D 25 laps, 37.42,6 3   1.28,0  
2 2   Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC
Frank Gardner, AUS
1594 s/c L4 D 25 5      
3 3    
Ford Falcon Sprint
Terry Sanger, GB
4728 V8 D 25 4      
4 1   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Chris Craft, GB
1298 L4 B 24 7   1.33,3  
5 4    
Ford Falcon Sprint
Martin Birrane, IRL
4728 V8 D 24 22      
6 2   Britax-Cooper-Downton
Morris Mini Cooper S
Gordon Spice, GB
1293 L4 B 24 10      
7 3   Britax-Cooper-Downton
Morris Mini Cooper S
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 B 24 8      
8 4    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
1293 L4 B 24 14      
9 5   British Leyland Motor Corporation
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Handley, GB
1293 L4 B 24 13      
10 1   Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Rod Mansfield, GB
1594 L4 C 24 19      
DSQ?     John Willment Automobiles
Ford Escort TC
Mike Crabtree, GB
1594 L4 C 23 12   1.31,6 Engine
12 6   Mini 7 Club
Austin Mini Cooper S
Martin Ridehalgh, GB
1293 L4 B 23 17      
13 1   Equipe Arden
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Alec Poole, IRL
999 L4 A 23 21   1.38,0  
14 3    
Ford Cortina Mk 2 Lotus
Peter Jackson
1594 L4 C 23 20      
15 2    
Ford Anglia
Les Nash, GB
997 L4 A 23 24      
16 3   Don Moore
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Rob Mason, GB
999 L4 A 23 25      
17 4   Andrew Mylius Graphics
Hillman Imp
Mike Freeman, GB
998 L4 A 22 26      
18 7    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Brian Chatfield
1293 L4 B 22 23      
19 8    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Peter Lague, GB
1293 L4 B 22 15      
20 5   Malcolm Gartlan Racing
Ford Falcon Sprint
Brian Muir, AUS
4728 V8 D 22 2 1.29,6    
21 5    
Hillman Imp
Jeremy Nightingale, GB
998 L4 A 22 28      
22 9   British Leyland Motor Corporation
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
1293 L4 B 22 16      
DNF     Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 18 9     Steering
DNF     Byker Hill Garage Ltd.?
Ford Escort TC
Brian Robinson, GB
1594 L4 C 13 11     Valve
DNF     Demetriou Group
Porsche 911
Nick Faure, GB
1991 B6 C 13 6     Fuel leak, electrics
DNF     Alpina
BMW 2002 TI
Dieter Quester, A
1990 L4 C 11 1 1.29,6   Fuel injection
DNF     JCB Excavators Ltd
BMC Mini Cooper S
Roger Enever, GB
1293 L4 B 2 18     Oil pressure
DNF     Leonard Ward Racing
Ford Escort 1.0
Lawrie Hickman, GB
997 L4 B 1 27     Transmission