Pole position: Gardner in 1.45,4
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.45,2
Distance: 19 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars
Frank Gardner had a bit more luck with the fabled Boss Mustang than he did with his F5000 Lola, and won the saloon car race by overtaking Brian Muir's quick-starting Chevrolet Camaro. Chris Craft had to start from near the back after a practice engine seizure and after gearbox bothers his Broadspeed Escort TC was left with second place in the 2-litre class behind Mike Crabtree, who drove a great race into fourth place behind Dennis Leech's misfiring Mustang. Class lap records tumbled in all four divisions. |
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Touring Cars 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 | Motor Racing Research Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
4955 | V8 | D | 19 laps, 33.51,4 | 1 | 1.45,4 | 1.45,2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
4956 | V8 | D | 19 | 2 | 1.47,0 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Dennis Leech, GB |
4955 | V8 | D | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 35.17,2 | 3 | 1.49,8 | 1.49,2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort TC |
Chris Craft, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 34.04,6 | 6 | 1.52,2 | 1.52,4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Mobil Racing Ford Escort TC |
Kalle Lamminen, SF |
1594 | L4 | C | 18 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | Shaw & Kilburn Ltd. Vauxhall Viva GT |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
1994 | L4 | C | 18 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | Ovaltine Racing Ford Mustang |
Martin Thomas, GB |
4800 | V8 | D | 18 | 8 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | Equipe Arden Morris Mini Cooper S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | Cars and Car Conversions/WRA Engineering Ford Escort TC |
Graham Whitehead, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 18 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | S.M.T. Vauxhall Viva GT |
Bill Dryden, GB |
1975 | L4 | C | 18 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | Team Diamond Ford Escort TC |
Dave Garrett, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 18 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | Peter Vickers Austin Mini Cooper S |
Ian Bax, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Chris Montague, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 | 22 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | Bob Fox BMC Mini Cooper S |
David Buckett, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | Hillman Imp |
Jeremy Nightingale, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 16 laps, 34.44,2 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 14 | 16 | 1.56,0 | 1.55,2 | ||
| DNF | Ford Escort TC |
Ken Coffey, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 16 | 24 | Oil pressure | ||||
| DNF | Bob Fox BMC Mini Cooper S |
Bob Fox, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 10 | 19 | |||||
| DNF | Andrew Mylius Graphics Hillman Imp |
Mike Freeman, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 6 | 23 | Distributor | ||||
| DNF | Duncan Hamilton Racing Ford Escort TC |
John Hine, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 4 | 4 | 1.51,4 | Gearbox | |||
| DNF | Team Diamond Ford Escort TC |
Rod Mansfield, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 2 | 7 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | Mobil Racing Ford Escort TC |
Matti Kemilainen, SF |
1594 | L4 | C | 13 | Coil | |||||
| DNF | Melton Racing Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 12 | Gearbox | |||||
| DNF | Willy Kay Ford Escort TC |
Willy Kay, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 15 | Suspension | |||||
| DNF | Vauxhall Viva GT |
Mike Davies, GB |
1975 | L4 | C | 21 | Overheating | |||||
| DNS | Ford Escort TC |
Tony Algieri |
1594 | L4 | C | 26 | ||||||