Pole position: Fitzpatrick in 1.43,4
Fastest lap: Fitzpatrick in 1.43,3
Distance: 2 x 20 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1971 Cars
The opening round of the 1971 RAC Saloon Car Championship, the Hepolite-Glacier Trophy, was divided into two parts with an overall result based on aggregate performance. Some exciting racing featured a giant-killing act by the 1.7-litre Team Broadspeed-Castrol Escort driven by John Fitzpatrick, which scored an overall victory by 21.3s over Brian Muir in the 5-litre Z28 Chevrolet Camaro sponsored by Wiggins Teape; Fitzpatrick broke his own class record by 1.9s. Muir's Malcolm Gartlan prepared Camaro suffered a flat tyre in the first race, dropping it to a gallantly held second place, whilst in the second 20 lap thrash Muir just couldn't shake off the wailing Cosworth-Broad powered Escort, which was only 0.3s off Frank Gardner's Boss Mustang lap record. |
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Heat 1
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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 | 114 | Team Broadspeed Castrol Ford Escort RS 1600 |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1701 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.32,9 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
4956 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 36.54,6 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | Ford Motor Company Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Gerry Birrell, GB |
2873 | V6 | D | 20 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | SCA Freight Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
John Hine, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 20 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Dennis Leech, GB |
ca. 5000 | V8 | D | 20 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | Team Ford Mobil Ford Escort TC |
Matti Kemilainen, SF |
1594 | L4 | C | 20 | |||||
| 8 | 1 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | Melton Racing with Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | Luton Motor Corporation Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Rod Mansfield, GB |
ca. 1800 | L4 | C | 19 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 19 | |||||
| 12 | 3 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 13 | 4 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 27 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | CAM of Potters Bar Hillman Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 28 | |||||
| 16 | 4 | Jean Denton Racing Hillman Imp |
Herbie Denton, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 29 | 2.05,8 | ||||
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Heat 2
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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 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
4956 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 34.52,6 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 114 | Team Broadspeed Castrol Ford Escort RS 1600 |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1701 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 34.53,0 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Ford Motor Company Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Gerry Birrell, GB |
2873 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 35.37,5 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | SCA Freight Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
John Hine, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 36.20,1 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Dennis Leech, GB |
ca. 5000 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 36.43,8 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | Luton Motor Corporation Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Rod Mansfield, GB |
ca. 1800 | L4 | C | 19 | |||||
| 7 | 3 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | Ovaltine Racing Chevrolet Camaro |
Martin Thomas, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 19 | |||||
| 9 | 1 | Melton Racing with Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 19 | |||||
| 11 | 1 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 19 | |||||
| 4 | British Vita Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mette Kruuse, DK |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 | ||||||
| 3 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
David Morgan, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
| 4 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | |||||||
| 2 | CAM of Potters Bar Hillman Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 28 | ||||||
| 3 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 27 | ||||||
| 4 | Jean Denton Racing Hillman Imp |
Herbie Denton, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 29 | 2.05,8 | |||||
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Aggregate result
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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 | 114 | Team Broadspeed Castrol Ford Escort RS 1600 |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1701 | L4 | C | 40 laps, 1:11.25,9 | 1 | 1.43,4 | 1.43,3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 101 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
4956 | V8 | D | 40 laps, 1:11.47,2 | 2 | 1.43,4 | 1.43,4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 108? | Ford Motor Company Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Gerry Birrell, GB |
2873 | V6 | D | 40 | 3 | 1.46,1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 103 | SCA Freight Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
John Hine, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 40 | 4 | 1.47,5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 105 | Ford Mustang Boss 302 |
Dennis Leech, GB |
ca. 5000 | V8 | D | 40 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 2 | John Willment Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mike Crabtree, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 39 | 7 | 1.49,0 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 132 | VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Vince Woodman, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 39 laps, 1:13.47,1 | 14 | |||
| 8 | 3 | Luton Motor Corporation Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Rod Mansfield, GB |
ca. 1800 | L4 | C | 39 | 11 | 1.50,0 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 131 | Melton Racing with Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Dave Matthews, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 38 | 6 | 1.48,8 | 1.48,8? | |
| 10 | 5 | Ovaltine Racing Chevrolet Camaro |
Martin Thomas, GB |
5736 | V8 | D | 38 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 154 | George Bevan Hillman Imp |
Bill McGovern, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 38 laps, 1:13.19,1 | 12 | 1.50,4 | 1.52,5 | |
| 12 | 4 | Willy Kay Ford Escort TC |
Nick May, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 38 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 38 | 21 | 1.55,0 | |||
| 14 | 4 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 37 | 19 | 1.54,1 | |||
| 15 | 5 | Mobil Racing Ford Escort TC |
Zekia Redjep, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 37 | 16 | 1.52,9 | |||
| 16 | 6 | British Vita Racing Ford Escort TC |
Mette Kruuse, DK |
1594 | L4 | C | 37 | 17 | 1.53,3 | |||
| 17 | 5 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Peter Baldwin, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 23 | |||||
| 18 | 6 | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Dave Garrett, GB |
1298 | L4 | B | 20 | 1.54,1 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | CAM of Potters Bar Hillman Imp |
Adrian Webb, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 28 | |||||
| 20 | 3 | BMC Mini Cooper |
Jeremy Bean, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 27 | |||||
| 21 | 4 | Jean Denton Racing Hillman Imp |
Herbie Denton, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 29 | 2.05,8 | ||||
| 22 | 7 | Team Ford Mobil Ford Escort TC |
Matti Kemilainen, SF |
1594 | L4 | C | 13 | 1.50,6 | ||||
| 23 | 7 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
David Morgan, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 31 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | Don Moore BMC Mini Cooper S |
Rob Mason, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 | 1.54,0 | ||||
| DNF | Gerry Edmonds Racing Ford Escort TC |
Lawrie Hickman, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 8 | 1.49,5 | Clutch | ||||
| DNF | Antique Automobiles BMC Mini Cooper |
Malc Leggate, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 30 | ||||||
| DNF | Hillman Imp |
Trevor Willcocks, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 25 | Overheating | |||||
| DNF | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Mo Mendham, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 15 | 1.52,8 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | Hillman Imp |
Melvyn Adams, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 24 | Conrod | |||||
| DNF | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Bob Jones, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 26 | ||||||
| DNF | Guys Automobiles Hillman Imp |
John Turner, GB |
998 | L4 | A | 22 | 1.55,9 | |||||
| DNS | Wylie's of Glasgow Ford Escort TC |
Graham Birrell, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 32 | Dynamo | |||||
| DNS | 108T? | Ford Motor Company Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Dieter Glemser, D |
2873 | V6 | D | ca. 1.46,1 | |||||