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GKN Transmissions Trophy

Silverstone, Great-Britain

Date: 23/4/1972
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Pole position: Gardner in 1.34,8
Fastest lap: Gardner in 1.35,3

Distance: 20 laps
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Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars

 

Prospects for a really grand thrash in the 20 lap fourth round of the Wiggins Teape Paperchase/RAC Saloon Car Championship never materialised as Frank Gardner's SCA European Road Services Chevrolet Camaro ran away from a field headed by Brian Muir in the WT/Gartlan Capri. On his way to a 7.6 second victory in the 5.7-litre Camaro raced by SCA last season, Gardner knocked a tenth of a second off the outright Group 2 record he held jointly with Muir, and left the fastest lap average at 110.68 mph.
After practice it looked as though the battle for the 1301-2000 cc class honours would be a cracker too, but Dave Matthews stayed unruffled to keep his unbroken string of class wins in the Melton Racing/Broadspeed Escort RS, finishing third overall.
Jonathan Buncombe (1.3 Richard Longman Cooper S) and Vince Woodman (1.3 VMW Motors/Broadspeed Escort GT) fought bumper to bootlid for 1001-1300 cc points, but eliminated each other after they collided at Stowe - leaving the class to the Woodhead Shock Absorbers Escort GT driven by Brian Peacock. Surely there's no need to tell you who won the little class?
For those who haven't been attending for the past two years, let's record the fact that Bill McGovern's George Bevan Sunbeam Imp scored maximum points in the sub-1000 cc category to hold on to the joint championship lead with Matthews.


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 5 SCA Freight Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 5736 V8 D 20 laps, 32.52,8 1 1.34,8 1.35,3  
2 2 8 Malcolm Gartlan Racing/Wiggings Teape Ltd.
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Brian Muir, AUS
 2940 V6 D 20 laps, 33.00,4 2 1.37,3    
3 1 30 Melton Racing with Broadspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Dave Matthews, GB
 1798 L4 C 20 laps, 33.38,8 6 1.39,8 1.39,2  
4 3 10 Research Consultants Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Terry Sanger, GB
 4956 V8 D 20 laps, 33.52,9 4 1.39,1    
5 2 28 Norman Reeves/Stirling Cooper
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Dave Brodie, GB
 1987 L4 C 20 laps, 33.55,8 7 1.40,3    
6 3 32 Willy Kay
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Willie Green, GB
 1800 L4 C 20 laps, 33.56,5 5 1.39,5    
7 4 3 Cona Coffee
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 Martin Birrane, IRL
 ca. 5000 V8 D 20        
8 5 2  
AMC Javelin		 David Howes, GB
 6390 V8 D 20 8 1.41,5    
9 6 6  
Ford Mustang Boss 429		 Dennis Leech, GB
 7030 V8 D 19        
10 1 52 Woodhead Shock Absorbers
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Brian Peacock, GB
 1298 L4 B 18 laps, 33.05,4 11 1.48,5    
11 2 57 AVJ Developments
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Paul Ridgway, GB
 1298 L4 B 18 13 1.50,2    
12 3 62 Ken Costello
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Rob Mason, GB
 1293 L4 B 18 14 1.50,7    
13 4 59  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Jon Mowatt, GB
 1293 L4 B 18 17 1.51,8    
14 5 70 VMW Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Ted Savory, GB
 1298 L4 B 18        
15 7 7  
Ford Capri 3000 GT		 Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
 2993 V6 D 18        
16 1 71? George Bevan
Hillman Imp		 Bill McGovern, GB
 998 L4 A 18 laps, 34.34,0 16 1.51,5 1.53,1  
17 6 63  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Chris Montague, GB
 1293 L4 B 18 15 1.51,5    
18 7 68  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Gordon Dawkins, GB
 1293 L4 B 17        
19 2 78 Stapleton Motors Racing Promotions
Hillman Imp		 Adrian Webb, GB
 998 L4 A 17        
20 3 80  
Hillman Imp		 Melvyn Adams, GB
 998 L4 A 17   1.56,1    
21 4 79  
Sunbeam Imp		 Ivor Goodwin, GB
 998 L4 A 17        
22 8 66  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Mike Drinkwater, GB
 1293 L4 B 17        
23 9 67 Richard Piper
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Chris Parsons, GB
 1293 L4 B 17        
24 5 81  
Hillman Imp		 Trevor Willcocks, GB
 998 L4 A 17        
25 6 82  
BMC Mini Cooper		 Jeremy Bean, GB
 998 L4 A 16        
26 10 51  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Andrew Rollason, GB
 1298 L4 B 16        
DNF   26 John Willment Racing
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Mike Crabtree, GB
 1930 L4 C 7 9 1.42,6   Core plug
DNF   4 W.M.G. Marketing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Martin Thomas, GB
 5736 V8 D 4 3 1.37,8   Piston
DNF   61 Richard Longman & Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Jonathan Buncombe, GB
 1293 L4 B 2 12 1.49,2   Collision damage
DNF   55 VMW Motors
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Vince Woodman, GB
 1298 L4 B 2 10 1.47,9 1.48,1 Collision damage
DNF      
Ford Escort TC		 Zekia Redjep, GB
 1594 L4 C         Blown engine
DNS      
BMW 2002		 David Alexander, GB
 1990 L4 C         Slow/gearbox?