RAC Championship Thruxton 1970 - Race Results

Event: W.D. & H.O. Wills Trophy International Thruxton		Date: 30.3.1970
Track: Thruxton Circuit (United Kingdom), 3.792 kms	Organiser: BARC
RAC Championship Thruxton
RAC Sports Car Championship (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	5	Jo Siffert	Porsche 917	David Piper	25	33:37.4000	1^st	S5.0
2^nd	34	Brian Redman	Chevron B16 Ford	Chevron Racing Team	25	33:41.6000	1^st	P2.0
3^rd	8	Jo Bonnier	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet	Ecurie Bonnier	25	33:49.6000	2^nd	S5.0
4^th	9	Barrie Smith	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet	Avalon Racing (Thanet) Ltd.	25	34:38.0000	3^rd	S5.0
5^th	27	Reine Wisell	Porsche 908/02	Richard Brostrom Sports Cars/Switzerland	25	34:41.6000	1^st	P3.0
6^th	37	John Burton	Chevron B16 Ford	Worcestershire Racing Association	25	34:44.0000	2^nd	P2.0
7^th	18	John Lepp	Chevron B8 BMW	George Pitt	24	34:50.0000	1^st	S2.0
8^th	45	Tony Lanfranchi	Nomad Mk.2 BRM	Mark Konig	24	35:51.6000	3^rd	P2.0
9^th	21	George Silverwood	Chevron B8 BMW	Central Garage (Mirfield) Ltd.	23	33:55.2000	2^nd	S2.0
10^th	20	Trevor Twaites	Chevron B8 BMW	Trevor Twaites	23	33:59.4000	3^rd	S2.0
11^th	23	John Bamford	Chevron B6 BMW	Worcestershire Racing Association	23	34:08.0000	4^th	S2.0
12^th	24	David Farnell	Chevron B6 BMW	David Farnell	23	34:11.8000	5^th	S2.0
13^th	14	Lambert Hofer	Porsche 910	Bosch Racing Team Austria	23	34:41.0000	6^th	S2.0
14^th	39	Peter Smith	Chevron B8 Ford	Peter Smith	23	34:47.8000	4^th	P2.0
15^th	7	David Piper	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet	David Piper	23	34:59.6000	4^th	S5.0
16^th	32	Tony Beeson	Chevron B8 Climax	Tony Beeson	22	33:55.2000	5^th	P2.0
17^th	19	James Tangye	Chevron B8 BMW	Worcestershire Racing Association	22	33:55.8000	7^th	S2.0
18^th	46	Ian Tee	Ginetta G16 BRM	W. J. Tee	22	34:48.8000	6^th	P2.0
19^th	38	Ian Skailes	Chevron B16 Ford	Ian Skailes	22	34:50.4000	7^th	P2.0
20^th	35	Peter Lawson	Chevron B16 Ford	Red Rose Motors	15	34:35.0000	8^th	P2.0

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
49	Jeremy Richardson	Daren Mk.2 Ford	Daren Cars	12	Drive shaft doughnut	P2.0
26	Chris Craft	McLaren M8C Ford	Ecurie Evergreen	7	Engine cut-out	P3.0
31	Alistair Cowin	Chevron B12 Repco	The Paul Watson Racing Organisation	7	Crankcase oil seal	P3.0
2	Gianpiero Moretti	Ferrari 512 S	Picchio Rosso	2	Accident	S5.0
15	Paul Vestey	Porsche 910	Road & Racing Accessories	2	Broken seat	S2.0
22	David Purley	Chevron B8 BMW	LEC Refrigeration	1	Overheating	S2.0

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
1	Georg Loos	Ferrari 512 S	Georg Loos	Unable to get ferry in time to arrive for practice	S5.0
4	Tony Dean	Porsche 917	Tony Dean	Car not delivered	S5.0
10	Terry Croker	Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet	A & J Motors (Chadwell Heath)	No transistorised ignition parts	S5.0
12	Jeff Edmonds	Ferrari Dino	Jeffrey Edmonds	Not known	S2.0
16	Nick Gold	Porsche 910	Nick Gold	Not known	S2.0
28	José Juncadella	Porsche 908	Jose Juncadella	Car not ready	P3.0
36	Digby Martland	Chevron B16 Ford	Digby Martland Racing	Not known	P2.0
41	Roger Nathan	Astra RNR2 Ford	Roger Nathan Racing Ltd.	Mechanical problems	P2.0
44	Malcolm Payne	Tadec Mk.2 Ford	Tadec Cars	No bag tank	P2.0
48	John Hine	Piper G6 BRM	Polydor Chris Barber Racing	No engine	P2.0
50	Peter Crossley	Crossley Spyder Ford	Peter Crossley	Car not completed	P2.0