MN GT Silverstone 1979 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Crompton Trophy Meeting Silverstone		Date: 17.6.1979
Track: Silverstone (United Kingdom), 2.588 kms	Organiser: BRDC
MN GT Silverstone
Motoring News Donington GT Car Championship (round 4)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	24	Mick Hill	Škoda 130 RS Chevrolet (Taylors 24)	Dealer Team Skoda	56.2000
2^nd	1	Doug Niven	Volkswagen Beetle Chevrolet	Border Reivers	56.2000
4^th	35	Tony Sugden	Škoda Coupe Ford	Price Road Haulage Ltd./Brockhire Liverpool	57.8000
5^th	38	Paul Berman	Lotus Elan JW79 Mk II Ford	Hendon Way Motors	58.3000
6^th	34	Bob Trotter	Ford Escort RS 2000 Cosworth	City Link	59.0000
7^th	30	Alastair Lyall	Ford Escort		59.7000
8^th	39	Max Payne	Lotus Elan 77 Ford	Arthur Hough Pressings/Castrol Ark Racing	1:00.8000
9^th	49	Peter Baldwin	Marshall Mini Stantune Ford	Peter Baldwin	1:00.9000
10^th	31	Jim Price	Škoda 110 R Ford	Jim Price	1:01.2000
11^th	4	Bill Cox	WRC Capri Chevrolet	Link Systems	1:01.9000
12^th	9	Tony Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera	Tony Wingrove	1:02.4000
13^th	7	Patrick Keen	Morgan Plus 8 Rover	Patrick Keen	1:03.2000
14^th	8	Dudley Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dudley Wood	1:03.3000
15^th	44	Pat Longhurst	Davrian Mk.7 Imp	Pat Longhurst	1:04.0000
16^th	58	John Schneider	Hillman Imp	John Schneider	1:04.2000
17^th	59	Brian Stevenson	Davrian Mk.7 Imp	Bardena Automotive	1:05.1000
18^th	47	Ian Hall	Davrian Mk.7A BMC	Ian Hall	1:05.4000
19^th	37	Alan Smith	Ford Escort	Alan Smith	1:05.5000
20^th	40	Richard Ward	Lotus Elan Ford	Performance Unlimited - Southend	1:05.5000
21^st	12	David Sutherland	Datsun 240Z	David Sutherland	1:05.6000
22^nd	55	David Enderby	Sunbeam Stiletto Chrysler	Corbeau GT Seats Racing with Cars & Car Conversions	1:06.6000
23^rd	45	Vivien West	MG Sprite Mk.1 Longman	Vivien West	1:07.1000
24^th	50	John Digby	Davrian Mk.7 Imp Chrysler	John Digby	1:07.3000
25^th	63	Jack Peat	Davrian Mk.7	Jack Peat	1:07.6000
26^th	48	Ian Hargreaves	Avonbar Cooper S	Avonbar Racing Ltd.	1:08.3000
27^th	69	Jim McGaughay	Hillman Imp	James McGaughay	1:08.6000
28^th	52	Ian Harrison	Fiat 850 Coupe Ford	Ian Harrison	1:09.8000
29^th	62	Terry Carthy	Clan Carthy Imp	Terry Carthy	1:11.6000
30^th	33	Rodney Howarth	Mazda RX-3	Alan Wilde Car Repairs	1:12.4000

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
36	Rob Mason	Sunbeam Stiletto Ford	Earl Developments Ltd.

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2	Ron Lea	Jaguar E-type	Arleigh Caravan Equipment
30	Graham Goode	Ford Escort Hart	Graham Goode
32	Tony Dickinson	Škoda 130 RS Coupe Hart	Dealer Team Skoda
41	Alan Humberstone	Sunbeam Stiletto Ford	Earl Developments Ltd.
42	Bruce Walters	MG Midget BMC	Bruce Waters
43	Dave Wilson	Škoda Coupe Ford	Auto Engine Services (Harrow) Reconditioned Engines
46	John Travis	BMC Mini Cooper S	John Travis
51	Mike Parkes	Maguire RTS Mini BL	Ring Tread System - Advanced Retreading Techonology
61	Tom Shephard	Maguire Imp	John Maguire Racing