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Silverstone International Trophy Meeting - GKN Forgings Trophy

Silverstone, Great-Britain

Date: 26/4/1970
Track length: 4.710 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Gardner in 1.39,4
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.39,1

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars

 



Touring Cars class A-D
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 20 laps, 35.43,9 1 1.39,4 1.39,1  
2 2   Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Brian Muir, AUS
4956 V8 D 20 2 1.40,0    
3 1   Duncan Hamilton Racing
Ford Escort TC
John Hine, GB
1594 L4 C 19 4      
4 2   Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort TC
Chris Craft, GB
1594 L4 C 19 3 1.40,7 1.45,4  
5 1 28 Equipe Arden
Morris Mini Cooper S
Gordon Spice, GB
1293 L4 B 19 19      
6 2 24 Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1298 L4 B 19 10 1.48,3 1.49,2  
7 3   Shaw & Kilburn Ltd.
Vauxhall Viva GT
Gerry Marshall, GB
1994 L4 C 19 12      
8 4   Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Rod Mansfield, GB
1594 L4 C 19 7      
9 5   Team Diamond
Ford Escort TC
Dave Garrett, GB
1594 L4 C 19 13      
10 3   Ovaltine Racing
Ford Mustang
Martin Thomas, GB
4800 V8 D 19 11      
11 1   George Bevan
Hillman Imp
Bill McGovern, GB
998 L4 A 18 17 1.54,0 1.54,9  
12 3    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Bob Fox, GB
1293 L4 B 18 18      
13 6   S.M.T.
Vauxhall Viva GT
Bill Dryden, GB
1975 L4 C 18 16      
14 4   D.J. Bond Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S
Terry Harmer, GB
1293 L4 B 18 24      
15 2   Andrew Mylius Graphics
Hillman Imp
Mike Freeman, GB
998 L4 A 18 25      
16 3   Jean Mop Boutiques
Hillman Imp
Reg Hargrave, GB
998 L4 A 18 30      
17 7    
Ford Escort TC
Graham Bean, GB
1594 L4 C 18 14      
18 4   VMW Motors
Ford Escort 1.0
Vince Woodman, GB
994 L4 A 18 34      
19 5   Peter Vickers
Austin Mini Cooper S
Ian Bax, GB
1293 L4 B 18 20      
20 6    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Mac Ross, GB
1293 L4 B 18 27      
21 5   Jim Howden
Hillman Imp
Tony Charnell, GB
998 L4 A 17 28     Driveshaft
22 7    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jon Mowatt, GB
1293 L4 B 17 21      
23 8    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Mike Drinkwater, GB
1293 L4 B 17 38      
24 8   Gerry Edmonds Racing
Ford Escort TC
Lawrie Hickman, GB
1594 L4 C 17 5      
25 9    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Bob Jones, GB
1293 L4 B 17 26      
26 9    
BMW 2002 TI
Keith Blaynee, GB
1990 L4 C 17 23      
27 6   Antique Automobiles
Morris Mini Cooper
Malc Leggate, GB
998 L4 A 17 33      
28 10   Bob Fox
BMC Mini Cooper S
David Buckett, GB
1293 L4 B 17 37      
29 7   Jeremy Nightingale
Hillman Imp
James Hunt, GB
998 L4 A 16 29      
30 11    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Martin Ridehalgh, GB
1293 L4 B 16 22      
DNF     Willy Kay
Ford Escort TC
Willie Green, GB
1594 L4 C   32     Accident
DNF      
Ford Escort TC
Zekia Redjep, GB
1594 L4 C   9     Engine
DNF     Cars and Car Conversions/WRA Engineering
Ford Escort TC
Graham Whitehead, GB
1594 L4 C   8     Oil scavenge
DNF      
Ford Mustang
Martin Birrane, IRL
6997 V8 D   36     Engine
DNF     Bill Shaw Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4956 V8 D   35     Oil pressure
DNF     John Willment Racing
Ford Escort TC
Mike Crabtree, GB
1594 L4 C   6     Gearbox
DNS      
Ford Escort TC
Derek Ridler, GB
1594 L4 C   15     Oil pressure
DNS      
BMC Mini Cooper S
Chris Montague, GB
1293 L4 B   31      
DNQ     Wylie's of Glasgow
Ford Escort TC
Graham Birrell, GB
1594 L4 C   39      
DNQ     Colin Youle Cars
BMW 2002 TI
Colin Youle, GB
1990 L4 C   40      
DNQ      
Ford Escort TC
Pat Mannion, GB
1594 L4 C   41      
DNQ      
BMC Mini Cooper
Jeremy Bean, GB
998 L4 A   42      
DNF     Pierre de Plessis
Chevrolet Camaro
David Hobbs, GB
5736 V8 D   43      
DNQ     Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Susan Tucker-Peak, GB
1298 L4 B   44      
DNQ     Downton Engineering Ltd.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Richard Longman, GB
1293 L4 B   45