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Event: Championship Motor Racing Donington			Date: 15.4.1979
Track: Donington Park (United Kingdom), 3.149 kms		Organiser: Donington Racing Club
MN GT Donington
Motoring News Donington GT Car Championship (round 1)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
1^st	1	Doug Niven	VW Beetle Chevrolet	Border Reivers	15	19:29.1	145.5008	1^st	SpGT+2.5	1^st	Class A	1:15.6000
2^nd	3	Jimmy Robertson	Škoda - Ford	Jimmy Robertson	15	19:39.6		2^nd	SpGT+2.5	2^nd	Class A	1:17.3000
3^rd	33	Tony Sugden	Škoda 110 R Swindon BDX	Price Road Haulage Ltd. - Brookhure Liverpool	15	19:40.2	144.1328	1^st	SpGT2.5	1^st	Class B	1:16.8000	147.6412
4^th	32	Tony Dickinson	Škoda 130 RS Hart	Dealer Team Skoda	15	19:57.6		2^nd	SpGT2.5	2^nd	Class B	1:17.5000
5^th	36	Rob Mason	Sunbeam Stiletto Ford	Earl Developments Ltd..	15	20:07.4		3^rd	SpGT2.5	3^rd	Class B	1:18.9000
6^th	44	Dave Bettinson	Caterham Super 7	Fleet Advertising Ltd.	15	20:29.7		4^th	SpGT2.5	4^th	Class B	1:20.4000
7^th	34	Bob Trotter	Ford RS 2000 Cosworth	City Link	15	20:30.4		5^th	SpGT2.5	5^th	Class B	1:19.4000
8^th	11	Barry Robinson	Porsche 911 Carrera	Scotts Corner Garage - T. W. Robinson Demolition	15	20:30.6		3^rd	SpGT+2.5	3^rd	Class A	1:20.5000
9^th	43	Richard Ward	Lotus Elan	Performance Unlimited - Southend	14	20:03.5		6^th	SpGT2.5	6^th	Class B	1:23.4000
10^th	10	William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8	Morris Stapleton Motors Morgan Agents	14	20:05.5		4^th	SpGT+2.5	4^th	Class A	1:24.4000
11^th	31	Jim Price	Škoda Coupé Ford	Jim Price	14	20:21.2		7^th	SpGT2.5	7^th	Class B	1:24.9000
12^th	8	Ken Pickering	Ford Cortina	Ken Pickering	13	19:50.9		5^th	SpGT+2.5	5^th	Class A	1:29.6000
13^th	28	Richard Cleare	Porsche 911 S	Richard Cleare	13	19:54.4		8^th	SpGT2.5	8^th	Class B	1:29.7000
14^th	45	Paul Howarth	Triumph TR2	Rutland Leathergoods Ltd.	11	19:40.1		9^th	SpGT2.5	9^th	Class B	1:45.5000

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
2	John Kirk	Ford Escort Cosworth	DWS Cash & Carry / All Car Equipe	11			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:19.1000
12	Tony Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera	Tony Wingrove	11			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:23.7000
42	Nicky Ellis	Lotus Elan	Cowgate Motors - Toyota Dealer for Newcastle	9			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:20.4000
24	Mick Hill	Škoda 130 Chevrolet	Dealer Team Skoda Taylor's 24	8			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:15.5000	150.2001
30	Derek Walker	Škoda Coupé LB14 Ford	Flowflex Components - Yarwood Sunroofs	8			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:20.5000
4	Walter Robertson	DFVW Ford	S. G. Baker - Sportstune - Lothian Van Rental	5			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:20.6000
41	Max Payne	Lotus Elan	Arthur Hough Pressings - Castrol Ark Racing	5			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:24.8000
39	Richard Jenvey	Lotus Esprit	Richard Jenvey	4			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:20.1000
6	Brian Morris	Chevrolet Camaro	Harper High Performance Motoring Centre, Middlesbrough	1			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:46.3000

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
5	George Potter	Škoda Coupé	Swinton Insurance Brokers		SpGT+2.5	Class A
7	Ron Lea	Jaguar E-type	Arleigh Caravan Equipment		SpGT+2.5	Class A
9	P. D. Leek	Ford Escort LeekTurbo 2000	P. D. Leek		SpGT+2.5	Class A
14	Dudley Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dudley Wood		SpGT+2.5	Class A
15	David Sutherland	Datsun 240Z	E. T. Sutherland & Son Ltd..		SpGT+2.5	Class A
16	Bill Cox	WRC Capri Chevrolet	Link System		SpGT+2.5	Class A
17	Colin Blower	TVR 3000 M	Bradtex Building Products		SpGT+2.5	Class A
18	Paul Haywood-Halfpenny	Vauxhall Baby Bertha	Paul Haywood Automobiles		SpGT+2.5	Class A
35	Alastair Lyall	Ford Escort Cosworth	Swancar of Loughborough		SpGT2.5	Class B
37	Graham Goode	Ford Escort Hart	Grahan Goode		SpGT2.5	Class B
40	Ian Marshall	Lotus Esprit	Ian Marshall		SpGT2.5	Class B
47	Ron Perry	Vauxhall Viva GT	Ron Perry		SpGT2.5	Class B

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