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Race of Champions Meeting - Guards Trophy Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 22/3/1970
Track length: 4.265 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 34
Finishers: 16?

Pole position: Gadner in 1.44,4
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.45,0

Distance: 2 x 20 laps
Average speed: 144,23 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars

 



Heat 1
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 1 104 Motor Racing Research
Ford Mustang Boss 302
Frank Gardner, AUS
4955 V8 D 20 1 1.44,4    
2 1   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort TC
Chris Craft, GB
1594 L4 C 20 2 1.46,8    
3 2 15 Duncan Hamilton Racing
Ford Escort TC
John Hine, GB
1594 L4 C 20 3 1.47,6    
4 2   Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Brian Muir, AUS
4956 V8 D 20 4 1.49,2    
5 3   Wylie's of Glasgow
Ford Escort TC
Graham Birrell, GB
1594 L4 C 20 11 1.51,2    
6 4   Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Rod Mansfield, GB
1594 L4 C 20 6      
7 5   Cars and Car Conversions/WRA Engineering
Ford Escort TC
Graham Whitehead, GB
1594 L4 C 20 8      
8 6    
Ford Escort TC
Zekia Redjep, GB
1594 L4 C 20 9      
9 7   Colin Youle Cars
BMW 2002 TI
Colin Youle, GB
1990 L4 C 19 15      
10 8   Shaw & Kilburn Ltd.
Vauxhall Viva GT
Gerry Marshall, GB
1994 L4 C 19 16      
11 3   Ovaltine Racing
Ford Mustang
Martin Thomas, GB
4800 V8 D 19 17      
12 1   Downton Engineering Ltd.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Richard Longman, GB
1293 L4 B 19 18 1.53,6    
13 2    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B 19 21      

Heat 2
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   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort TC
Chris Craft, GB
1594 L4 C 20 2 1.46,8 1.45,2  
2 1 104 Motor Racing Research
Ford Mustang Boss 302
Frank Gardner, AUS
4955 V8 D 20 1 1.44,4 1.45,0  
3 2 15 Duncan Hamilton Racing
Ford Escort TC
John Hine, GB
1594 L4 C 20 3 1.47,6    
4 3   John Bloomfield
Ford Escort TC
Mike Franey, GB
1594 L4 C 20 5 1.49,6   Wheel rim
5 4    
Ford Escort TC
Zekia Redjep, GB
1594 L4 C 20 9      
6 5   Cars and Car Conversions/WRA Engineering
Ford Escort TC
Graham Whitehead, GB
1594 L4 C 20 8      
7 6   Colin Youle Cars
BMW 2002 TI
Colin Youle, GB
1990 L4 C 19 15      
8 3   Ovaltine Racing
Ford Mustang
Martin Thomas, GB
4800 V8 D 19 17      
9 1   Downton Engineering Ltd.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Richard Longman, GB
1293 L4 B 19 18 1.53,6    
10 2    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B 19 21      
11 3   Peter Vickers
Austin Mini Cooper S
Ian Bax, GB
1293 L4 B   20      
12 4    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Martin Ridehalgh, GB
1293 L4 B   24      
13 5   D.J. Bond Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S
Terry Harmer, GB
1293 L4 B   23      

Aggregate result
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 1 104 Motor Racing Research
Ford Mustang Boss 302
Frank Gardner, AUS
4955 V8 D 40 laps, 1:11.54,0 1 1.44,4 1.45,0  
2 1   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort TC
Chris Craft, GB
1594 L4 C 40 2 1.46,8 1.45,2  
3 2 15 Duncan Hamilton Racing
Ford Escort TC
John Hine, GB
1594 L4 C 40 3 1.47,6    
4 3    
Ford Escort TC
Zekia Redjep, GB
1594 L4 C 40 9      
5 4   Cars and Car Conversions/WRA Engineering
Ford Escort TC
Graham Whitehead, GB
1594 L4 C 40 8      
6 5   John Bloomfield
Ford Escort TC
Mike Franey, GB
1594 L4 C 38 5 1.49,6   Wheel rim
7 6   Colin Youle Cars
BMW 2002 TI
Colin Youle, GB
1990 L4 C 38 15      
8 1   Downton Engineering Ltd.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Richard Longman, GB
1293 L4 B 38 18 1.53,6    
9 2   Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Brian Muir, AUS
4956 V8 D 38 4 1.49,2    
10 2    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B 38 21      
11 3   Ovaltine Racing
Ford Mustang
Martin Thomas, GB
4800 V8 D 38 17      
12 7   Wylie's of Glasgow
Ford Escort TC
Graham Birrell, GB
1594 L4 C 38 11 1.51,2    
13 3   D.J. Bond Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S
Terry Harmer, GB
1293 L4 B 38 23      
14 4    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jon Mowatt, GB
1293 L4 B 36 25      
15 1   Andrew Mylius Graphics
Hillman Imp
Mike Freeman, GB
998 L4 A 36 26      
16 5   Peter Vickers
Austin Mini Cooper S
Ian Bax, GB
1293 L4 B 36 20      
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Bob Jones, GB
1293 L4 B   27      
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper
Jeremy Bean, GB
998 L4 A   35      
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Martin Ridehalgh, GB
1293 L4 B   24      
DNF     Shaw & Kilburn Ltd.
Vauxhall Viva GT
Gerry Marshall, GB
1994 L4 C   16     Accident
DNF      
Hillman Imp
Jim Howden, GB
998 L4 A 5 34     Drive shaft doughnut
DNF     Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Rod Mansfield, GB
1594 L4 C 20 6     Transmission
DNF      
Ford Escort TC
Pat Mannion, GB
1594 L4 C   14     Gear lever (heat 1), gearbox (heat 2)
DNF     Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Dave Garrett, GB
1594 L4 C   31     Engine
DNF     Willy Kay
Ford Escort TC
Willie Green, GB
1594 L4 C 18 30     Gearbox
DNF     VMW Motors
Ford Escort 1.0
Vince Woodman, GB
997 L4 A 18 22 1.55,8   Accident
DNF     John Willment Racing
Ford Escort TC
Mike Crabtree, GB
1594 L4 C   33     Gearbox
DNF     Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 9 13 1.51,8 1.51,2 Oil pressure
DNF     Gerry Edmonds Racing
Ford Escort TC
Lawrie Hickman, GB
1594 L4 C   7     Core plug, oil loss
DNF     George Bevan
Hillman Imp
Bill McGovern, GB
998 L4 A 5 19 1.54,4 1.56,2 Clutch, blown engine
DNF     Bill Shaw Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4956 V8 D 2 12     Handling
DNF      
Morris Mini Cooper S
? Mike Drinkwater, GB
1293 L4 B   28      
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Mac Ross, GB
1293 L4 B   32      
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Bob Fox, GB
1293 L4 B   29     Clutch
DNS     Pierre de Plessis
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
David Piper, GB
5736 V8 D   10     Withdrawn (uncompetitive)
DNS      
Hillman Imp
Gerry Birrell, GB
998 L4 A         Withdrawn (no faith in the drum brakes)
DNQ      
BMC Mini Cooper
Viv Church, GB
998 L4 A   36