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RAC Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 23/9/1973
Track length: 4.706 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 32
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Stuck in 1.32,7
Fastest lap: Mass and Stuck in 1.32,4 = 183,49 kmh

Distance: 2 x 2 hours
Average speed: 175,03 kmh; heat 1
Weather: dry
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1973 Cars

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The entry list showed the usual two works BMW’s and the Alpina duo, but no Schnitzer car this time. In the opposite corner, three works Capris and the unique Broadspeed car. A few local Camaros and a Mustang completed division 1. The small class was contested by a bunch of Escorts and the inevitable Autodelta GTAm’s, the last works outing for these cars.
Stuck claimed pole, but the mighty 7-litre Camaro was second, while the Capris had handling problems. Glemser was fastest in position 5, but Rouse was a close sixth, only 1/10 behind.

As usual, the Silverstone race was divided into two heats of two hours each. Gardner took the lead, followed by Ertl, Stuck, Hezemans and Mass. When Muir lost his front spoiler, Glemser braked but Rouse who was following close was too late and crashed into Glemser’s rear. Glemser spun and hit the wall into retirement.
Now Gardner came in for fresh tires, and Stuck did the same. When Gardner ran out of slicks after his next stops, he had to continue on intermediates. Stuck retired with gearbox trouble, Rouse broke his crankshaft, so the first heat was won by Ertl, followed by Mass, Fitzpatrick and Hezemans.

The second heat saw Gardner retire after yet another tire gave up, so now we had a battle for the lead between Mass and Quester, then Bell and Fitzpatrick (on 5 cylinders). Ertl’s lead from the first heat was now reduced to 19 seconds, with Quester closing the gap each lap. But three laps from the end, Quester was gone: he had run out of fuel, a miscalculation from the team. So he missed victory and second place in the championship. Still, a deserved victory for Alpina, and a championship for Hezemans and BMW.

Division 1 and 2: 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 55 Alpina
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Harald Ertl, A
 3498 L6 Div. 2 76 laps, 2:01.29,8 3 1.33,4    
2 2 43 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 Jochen Mass, D
 2999 V6 Div. 2 75 laps, 2:01.41,4 8 1.34,5    
3 3 45 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2999 V6 Div. 2 75 laps, 2:02?.01,6 9 1.35,1   Piston
4 4 52 BMW Motorsport
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 3498 L6 Div. 2 74 laps, 2:00.27,2 4 1.33,6   Fuel
5 1 22 Jose de Uriarte
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Jose de Uriarte, E
 1996 L4 Div. 1 71 laps, 2:00.31,0 17 1.39,0    
6 2 31 Rafael Barrios
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Rafael Barrios, E
 1840 L4 Div. 1 71 laps, 2:01.15,2 19 1.41,0    
7 5 59 Howes Motors
AMC Javelin		 David Howes, GB
 6390 V8 Div. 2 70 laps, 2:00.56,4 10 1.36,1   Exhaust/gearbox
8 3 35 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Carlo Facetti, I
 1999 L4 Div. 1 69 laps, 2:01.10,0 20 1.42,8    
9 6 53 Alpina / Dealer Team BMW
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Brian Muir, AUS
 3498 L6 Div. 2 68 laps, 2:00.05,6 7 1.34,4    
10 4 17 VMW Motors
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Vince Woodman, GB
 1996 L4 Div. 1 68 laps, 2:00.07,2 13 1.38,3 1.37,4  
11 5 18 The Barbarians
Ford Escort 1300 BDA		 Peter Hanson, GB
 1298 L4 Div. 1 67 21 1.43,7    
12 7 57 Research Consultants Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro		 Terry Sanger, GB
 5736 V8 Div. 2 66 11 1.37,7    
13 6 24 Klaus X. Verbrüggen
BMW 1602		 Karl-Heinz Tibor, D
Dieter Hegels, D
 1600 L4 Div. 1 66 25 1.48,1    
DNF 8 56 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Sigmund Ogrodowcyk, D
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
 3303 L6 Div. 2 65 18 1.39,3   Valve gear
15 7 21 Franz Heine
Opel Manta		 Franz Heine, D
Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1897 L4 Div. 1 64 27 1.49,3    
16 8 1 George Bevan
Sunbeam Imp		 Bill McGovern, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 63 28 1.50,0    
17 9 58 SCA Freight Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 7000 V8 Div. 2 63 2 1.32,9   Tyres
18 9 6 Les Nash
Sunbeam Imp		 Les Nash, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 61 31 1.51,1    
19 10 12  
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Jon Mowatt, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 1 61 26 1.49,3    
20 10 54 Herbert Müller Racing/Eggenberger
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Cox Kocher, CH
 3303 L6 Div. 2 61 15 1.38,7   Gearbox
21 11 19 Datsun UK Ltd.
Datsun Sunny coupé GX		 Alec Poole, IRL
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
 1295 L4 Div. 1 61 22 1.44,3    
22 12 37 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Walter Dona, I
 1999 L4 Div. 1 56 24 1.44,8   Misfire
23 13 7 Swiftune Engineering Ltd
BMC Mini Cooper		 Jim Burrows, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 54 30 1.50,9    
DNF 14 36 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
 1999 L4 Div. 1 53 23 1.44,4   Misfire
DNF   28 Broadspeed & Ford of Britain/Begium
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Andy Rouse, GB
 2999 V6 Div. 2   6 1.34,2   Crankshaft
DNF   51 BMW Motorsport
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 3498 L6 Div. 2   1 1.32,7 1.32,45 Clutch
DNF   44 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 Dieter Glemser, D
 2999 V6 Div. 2   5 1.34,1   Accident
DNF   60 Dennis Leech
Ford Mustang		 Dennis Leech, GB
 7030 V8 Div. 2   12 1.37,8    
DNF   11 Selhurst Business machines Ltd.
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Mike Drinkwater, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 1   32 1.51,6    
DNF   5  
Sunbeam Imp		 Melvyn Adams, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1   29 1.50,7    
DNF   27 Gerry Edmonds
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Nick May, GB
 1850 L4 Div. 1   16 1.38,9    
DNF   30 Timex Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Bo Emanuelsson, S
 1840 L4 Div. 1   14 1.38,6    
DNS   23 Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 2002		 Helmut Kelleners, D
Harald Menzel, D
 1990 L4 Div. 1         Engine
DNQ   47 Duckhams Oils
Ford Capri 3000 GT		 John Brindley, GB
Barry Boult, GB
 2993 V6 Div. 1          
DNQ   46 Hermetite Products
Ford Capri 3000 GT		 Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
John Moss, GB
 2993 V6 Div. 2          
DNQ   48  
Ford Capri 3000 GT		 Ed McDonough, GB
 2993 V6 Div. 2          
DNQ   41 United Service Garage Portsmouth
Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300		 Dennis Thorne, GB
(Gerry Marshall, GB)
 2279 L4 Div. 2          
DNP      
Ford Mustang Boss		 Martin Birrane, IRL
Martin Thomas, GB
 5700 V8 Div. 1         Engine

Division 1 and 2: 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 55 Alpina
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Derek Bell, GB
 3498 L6 Div. 2 74 laps, 2:00.39,8        
2 2 53 Alpina / Dealer Team BMW
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Brian Muir, AUS
 3498 L6 Div. 2 74 laps, 2:01.08,8        
3 3 54 Herbert Müller Racing/Eggenberger
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Cox Kocher, CH
 3498 L6 Div. 2 73 laps, 2:00.25,4        
DNF 4 52 BMW Motorsport
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Dieter Quester, A
 3498 L6 Div. 2 72 laps, 1:55.12,4       Fuel
5 5 43 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 Jochen Mass, D
 2999 V6 Div. 2 72 laps, 2:01.16,0     1.32,4  
6 1 22  
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Hervé Le Guellec, F
 1996 L4 Div. 1 69 laps, 2:00.03,2     1.41,2  
7 2 35 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Carlo Facetti, I
 1999 L4 Div. 1 69 laps, 2:01.07,6        
8 3 31 Rafael Barrios
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Emilio Zapico, E
 1840 L4 Div. 1 69 laps, 2:01.21,4        
9 4 19 Datsun UK Ltd.
Datsun Sunny coupé GX		 Tom Walkinshaw, GB
 1295 L4 Div. 1 67 laps, 2:01.05,6        
10 5 18 The Barbarians
Ford Escort 1300 BDA		 Peter Hanson, GB
 1298 L4 Div. 1 66 laps, 2:01.52,4        
11 6 21 Franz Heine
Opel Manta		 Franz Heine, D
Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1897 L4 Div. 1 61        
12 7 1 George Bevan
Sunbeam Imp		 Bill McGovern, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 61        
13 8 37 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Walter Dona, I
 1999 L4 Div. 1 57        
14 9 36 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
 1999 L4 Div. 1 54        
DNF 6 45 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 Dieter Glemser, D
 2999 V6 Div. 2 53       Engine
16 10 24 Klaus X. Verbrüggen
BMW 1602		 Dieter Hegels, D
Karl-Heinz Tibor, D
 1600 L4 Div. 1 52        
17 7 57 Research Consultants Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro		 Mike Crabtree, GB
 5736 V8 Div. 2 49       Blackflagged: exhaust
18 11 6 Les Nash
Sunbeam Imp		 Les Nash, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1 48        
DNF   58 SCA Freight Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 7000 V8 Div. 2          
DNF   59 Howes Motors
AMC Javelin		 David Howes, GB
 6390 V8 Div. 2         Blackflagged: loose wheel

Division 1 and 2: Final 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 55 Alpina
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Derek Bell, GB
Harald Ertl, A
 3498 L6 Div. 2 150 laps, 4:02.09,6        
2 2 43 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 Jochen Mass, D
 2999 V6 Div. 2 147 laps, 4:01.57,4        
3 3 53 Alpina / Dealer Team BMW
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Brian Muir, AUS
 3498 L6 Div. 2 142 laps, 4:01.14,4        
4 1 22  
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Jose de Uriarte, E
Hervé Le Guellec, F
 1996 L4 Div. 1 140 laps, 4:00.34,2        
5 2 31  
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Rafael Barrios, E
Emilio Zapico, E
 1996 L4 Div. 1 140 laps, 4:02.36,6        
6 3 35 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Carlo Facetti, I
 1999 L4 Div. 1 138 laps, 4:02.17,6        
7 4 54? Herbert Müller Racing/Eggenberger
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Cox Kocher, CH
 3498 L6 Div. 2 134 laps, 4:01.52,8        
8 4 18 The Barbarians
Ford Escort 1300 BDA		 Peter Hanson, GB
 1298 L4 Div. 1 133 laps, 4:01.52,8        
9 5 19 Datsun UK Ltd
Datsun Sunny coupé GX		 Alec Poole, IRL
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
 1295 L4 Div. 2 128 laps, 4:01.23,0        
10 6 21 Franz Heine
Opel Manta		 Franz Heine, D
Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1897 L4 Div. 2 125 laps, 4:02.02,2        
11? 7 1 George Bevan
Hillman Imp		 Bill McGovern, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1          
12? 8 24 Klaus X. Verbrüggen
BMW 1602		 Karl-Heinz Tibor, D
Dieter Hegels, D
 1600 L4 Div. 1          
13? 5 57 Research Consultants Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro		 Terry Sanger, GB
Mike Crabtree, GB
 5736 V8 Div. 2          
14? 9 37 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Walter Dona, I
 1999 L4 Div. 1          
15 9 6 Les Nash
Hillman Imp		 Les Nash, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1