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Event: Ilford Films 500 Mile GT Race Brands Hatch			Date: 8.5.1966
Track: Brands Hatch Circuit (United Kingdom), unknown length		Organiser: BRSCC
Brands Hatch 500 Miles
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	1	Piper / Bondurant	Shelby Cobra 427	The Chequered Flag	175	124.0965	1^st	S+2.5
2^nd	5	Sutcliffe / Liddell	Ford GT40	P. Sutcliffe	168		2^nd	S+2.5
3^rd	25	Enever / Poole	MGB	R. Enever	167		1^st	S2.5
4^th	11	Salmon / Hobbs	Ferrari 250 LM	D. Piper	165		3^rd	S+2.5
5^th	34	Ellice / Greene	Lotus Elan	Uptune (Racing) Ltd.	163		2^nd	S2.5
6^th	9	Plumstead / Pearce	Jaguar E-type	D. Plumstead	161		4^th	S+2.5
7^th	24	Nicholson / Bunce	MGB	W. Nicholson	159		3^rd	S2.5
8^th	21	Pugh / Kendall	Morgan Plus 4	A. J. Pugh	156		4^th	S2.5
9^th	26	Delmar-Morgan / Walton	MGB	A. J. Longden	153		5^th	S2.5
10^th	39	Tucker / Blyth	Morgan Plus 4	J. S. Tucker	152		6^th	S2.5
11^th	6	Simpson / Hardwick	TVR Griffith 200	P. J. Simpson	151		5^th	S+2.5
12^th	27	Denton / Denton	MGB	Mrs. J. Denton	147		7^th	S2.5
13^th	43	Beach / Daykin	MG Midget	Southend Racing Partnership	145		1^st	S1.15
14^th	23	Fernando / Costello	MGB	D. Andree	142		8^th	S2.5
15^th	44	Garton / Corderoy	Austin-Healey Sprite	Corture Engineering Co. Ltd.	135		2^nd	S1.15
16^th	42	Goodwin / Powell	Triumph Spitfire	M. Goodwin	123		3^rd	S1.15
17^th	45	Grant / White	Austin-Healey Sprite	K. L. Grant	122		4^th	S1.15
18^th	37	Dewar / Ramsden	MGB	R. Dewar	120		9^th	S2.5
19^th	10	Merrick / Harper	Jaguar E-type	M. C. D. Merrick	110		6^th	S+2.5

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
2	Pike / Irwin	Shelby Cobra	The Chequered Flag			Engine	S+2.5
7	Unett / Calcutt	Sunbeam Tiger	Alan Fraser Racing Team			Wheel bearing	S+2.5
22	Hone / Morris	Porsche 904 GTS	Mefco Racing			Distributor	S2.5
28	Lanfranchi / Marshall	TVR 1800S	Barnet Motor Co. Ltd.			Lost wheel	S2.5
29	Wingfield / Entwistle	TVR 1800S	J. B. Wingfield			DNF	S2.5
31	St. John / Arnold	Lotus Elan	Radio London Racing			Accident	S2.5
32	Lepp / Gethin	Lotus Elan	Sports Motors (Machester) Ltd.			Piston	S2.5
36	Eric Falce	Lotus Elan	E. P. Falce			Differential, spun	S2.5
38	Ham / Ham	TVR 1800S	Ronway Engineering Co. Ltd.			Accident	S2.5
41	Hunt / Thomson	Triumph Spitfire	E. Hunt			DNF	S1.15
46	Jon Samuels	Diva GT	Sir Jon Samuels			Head gasket, fuel starvation	S1.15
8	Oliver / Baker	Jaguar E-type	D. R. Racing Division	85		Accident	S+2.5
35	Miles / Hine	Lotus Elan	C. Barber	65		Valve spring	S2.5
4	Ireland / Amon	Ford GT40	F. English Ltd.	12		Accident	S+2.5

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
3	Dangerfield / Flory	Shelby Cobra	N. H. Dangerfield	Fatal accident in practice - Flory	S+2.5
33	Creasey / Cox	Lotus Elan	P. Creasley	Starter	S2.5
40	Polak / Council	MGB	Ecurie Barracuda	Broken wheel spokes	S2.5

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
12	Napier / Templeton	Ferrari 275 GTB	H. Napier		S+2.5
14	Collings / Jackson	Austin-Healey 3000	R. A. Collings		S+2.5
15	Lionel Mayman	Austin-Healey 3000	L. Mayman		S+2.5
16	Konig / Clarke	Ferrari 250 LM	P. Clarke		S+2.5
30	Peter Mould	Lotus Elan	Mefco Racing		S2.5

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