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Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch Short Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 25/8/1975
Track length: 1.996 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Rouse (A-B); Graham (C-D)
Fastest lap: Walkinshaw in 0.56,2 (A-B); Graham in 0.54,8 (C-D)

Distance: 24 laps
Average speed: 125,80 kmh (A-B); 127,91 kmh (C-D)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1975 Cars

 

Race 1
The smaller capacity Southern Organs race nearly lost both its star turns at the end of practice when Andy Rouse spun his Broadspeed Dolomite and collected Barrie Williams' Arian Mazda. After a lot off hard graft, a very battered Triumph came to the line for Rouse to claim his pole position, but sadly Whizzo could not fill his second place slot. Completing the depleted front row, and easily quickest of the 1600s, was Win Percy's Samurai-prepared Toyota Celica GT. Rouse went to the fore from the word go and held on until he saw the chequered flag, but this time it was a hard won victory. His car was still badly battered, and the opposition got a lot closer than usual. For a lap it was Broadspeed team-mate Roger Bell who filled his mirrors, but then Allan Wilkinson moved into second place with his Escort RS2000 and at once set about Rouse's lead. He looked like getting it, too, but coming out of Bottom Bend for the fifth time he spun, and very nearly collected Tom Walkinshaw's RS as he slewed back across the road. Restarting, Wilkinson climbed back to fifth before a broken gear-lever forced him out late in the race.

Percy was in a class of his own, striding away with the 1600 laurels with little difficulty, and setting a new class record. Brian Cutting made it a 1-2 for the team, but his was a more entertaining race, for he had Stan Clark's Alfa Romeo in his slipstream right to the line.

Race 2
Stuart Graham was fastest in the tiny practice period for larger touring cars contesting this round of the Southern Organs Championship. Alongside Graham's 7.4-litre Camaro was Vince Woodman's similarly-engined Camaro, while on the outside John Handley's Opel Commodore headed the 4-litre times. When Graham lit out in front from the line, it looked like another of his familiar walkovers, but as he powered onto Top Straight for the sixth time the Faberge Camaro was obliterated by a vast spume of impenetrable smoke.

This left Woodman with a fairly comfortable run to the flag, his VMW Motors/Esso Uniflo car winning for the second time in nine days. Richard Lloyd's Simoniz car was 3.2s down at the flag, but was still over half a minute clear of Al Cowin's smoky third-placed Camaro.

In the battle for the 4-litre class that followed Cowin over the line, Handley's DOT Commodore defeated the rival Opels of Shaun Jackson and Peter Hanson by a few scant lengths after a duel from start to finish.


Touring Cars class A-B
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   Triumph Team Piranha
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Andy Rouse, GB
 1998 L4 B 24 laps, 22.50,5 1      
2 2   Shellsport
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Brian Muir, AUS
 1998 L4 B 24        
3 3   Triumph Team Piranha
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Roger Bell, GB
 1998 L4 B 24        
4 4   London Sportscar Centre
Ford Escort RS 2000		 Tom Walkinshaw, GB
 1993 L4 B 24     0.56,2  
  1   Samurai Racing with Toyota GB
Toyota Celica GT		 Win Percy, GB
 1588 L4 A 24 laps, 23.21,7 3   0.57,4  
  2   Samurai Racing with Toyota GB
Toyota Celica GT		 Brian Cutting, GB
 1588 L4 A 24        
  3   Penthouse Racing
Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior		 Stan Clark, GB
 1570 L4 A 24        
DNF     Allen of Romford
Ford Escort RS 2000		 Allan Wilkinson, GB
 1993 L4 B         Gear lever
DNS     Team Castrol
Mazda Savanna RX-3		 Barrie Williams, GB
 2 x 491 R2 B   2     Accident in practice

Touring Cars class C-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   VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Vince Woodman, GB
 7443 V8 D 24 laps, 22.27,9 2      
2 2   Think Automotive/Simoniz Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Richard Lloyd, GB
 7443 V8 D 24 laps, 22.31,1 4      
3 3    
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Alistair Cowin, GB
 7443 V8 D 24 laps, ca. 23.02 5      
4 1   Dealer Opel Team
Opel Commodore GS/E		 John Handley, GB
 2784 L6 C 24 laps, 23.06,1 3   0.56,8  
5 2   Ottershaw Motors
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Shaun Jackson, GB
 2784 L6 C 24        
6 3   Wingfield Marshall
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Peter Hanson, GB
 2784 L6 C 24     0.56,8  
  4   Wisharts Garages
Ford Capri II 3.0 GT		 Chris Craft, GB
 2993 V6 C          
  5   Adlards of Brixton
Ford Capri II 3.0 GT		 John Hine, GB
 2993 V6 C          
DNF     FabergĂ© Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Stuart Graham, GB
 7443 V8 D 6 1   0.54,8 Power steering oil pipe
DNF     General Relays
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Brian Pepper, GB
 5736 V8 D 10       Accident
DNF     Yankee Doodle Dandies/D.B. Motors of Leicester
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Nigel Stovin-Bradford, GB
 5736 V8 D 10       Accident