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Event: Championship Motor Racing Donington			Date: 27.5.1979
Track: Donington Park (United Kingdom), 3.149 kms		Organiser: Donington Racing Club
MN GT Donington
Motoring News Donington GT Car Championship (round 2)

(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	19:03.6000	148.7356	1^st	SpGT+2.5	1^st	Class A	1:15.3000	150.6024
2^nd	4	Walter Robertson	DFVW Ford	S.G. Baker - Sportstune - Lothian Van Rental	15	19:04.0000		2^nd	SpGT+2.5	2^nd	Class A	1:15.3000	150.6024
3^rd	33	Tony Sugden	Škoda Coupé Ford	Price Road Haulage Ltd - Brookhire Liverpool	15	19:50.6000	142.8615	1^st	SpGT2.5	1^st	Class B	1:17.8000	145.7583
4^th	2	John Kirk	Ford Escort Cosworth	DWS Cash & Carry All Car Equipe	15	19:53.4000		3^rd	SpGT+2.5	3^rd	Class A	1:16.1000
5^th	44	Dave Bettinson	Caterham Super 7	Fleet Advertising Ltd.	15	20:13.0000		2^nd	SpGT2.5	2^nd	Class B	1:19.4000
6^th	41	Max Payne	Lotus Elan	Arthur Hough Pressings - Castrol Ark Racing	15	20:14.2000		3^rd	SpGT2.5	3^rd	Class B	1:19.4000
7^th	34	Bob Trotter	Ford Escort Cosworth	City Link	14	19:08.4000		4^th	SpGT2.5	4^th	Class B	1:19.5000
8^th	10	William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8	Stapleton Motors	14	19:55.5000		4^th	SpGT+2.5	4^th	Class A	1:23.4000
9^th	16	Bill Cox	WRC Capri Chevrolet	Link Systems	14	20:15.5000		5^th	SpGT+2.5	5^th	Class A	1:24.9000
10^th	51	Dave Wilson	Škoda Coupé Ford	Auto Engine Services (Harrow) Reconditioned Engines	13	20:00.6000	122.7930	1^st	SpGT1.5	1^st	Class C	1:26.3000	131.4029
11^th	74	Mike Welch	Austin Mini	The Gearbox (Exeter/Sidmouth) Dynaglaze Polish	13	20:18.5000		2^nd	SpGT1.5	2^nd	Class C	1:31.7000
12^th	47	Lee Barton	Turner Mk II Ford	Gilburn Freight Services	13	20:48.3000		5^th	SpGT2.5	5^th	Class B	1:33.5000
13^th	75	Tom Hewlett	Fiat 128	Tom Hewlett	12	19:11.4000		3^rd	SpGT1.5	3^rd	Class C	1:31.8000
14^th	46	Rodney Howarth	Mazda RX-3	Alan Wilde Car Repairs	11	19:06.3000		6^th	SpGT2.5	6^th	Class B	1:40.6000
15^th	72	Anthony Edwards	Turner Mk II Ford	Lee Barton	11	20:30.2000		4^th	SpGT1.5	4^th	Class C	1:45.7000
16^th	40	Chris Sims	Vauxhall Sirch Firenza	Sirch Racing	3	20:40.5000		7^th	SpGT2.5	7^th	Class B	1:41.0000

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
35	Alastair Lyall	Ford Escort Cosworth	Swancar of Loughborough	13			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:11.9000
14	Dudley Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dudley Wood	12			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:24.8000
15	David Sutherland	Datsun 240Z	David Sutherland	5			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:26.1000
36	Rob Mason	Sunbeam Stiletto Ford	Earl Developments	2			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:21.8000
85	Ian Harrison	Fiat 850 Coupé Ford	Ian Harrison	2			DNF	SpGT1.5	Class C	1:36.7000
24	Mick Hill	Škoda 130 RS Chevrolet (Taylors 24)	Dealer Team Skoda	0			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A
94	J. M. Tulley	Austin Mini Cooper S Ford	J. M. Tully	0			DNF	SpGT1.5	Class C

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
5	George Potter	Škoda Coupé Chevrolet	Swinton Insurance Brokers		SpGT+2.5	Class A
11	Barry Robinson	Porsche Carrera	Scotts Corner Garage - T.W. Robinson Demolition		SpGT+2.5	Class A
12	Tony Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera	Tony Wingrove		SpGT+2.5	Class A
17	Colin Blower	TVR 3000 M	Bradtex Building Products		SpGT+2.5	Class A
31	Jim Price	Škoda 110 R Ford	Jim Price		SpGT2.5	Class B
37	Graham Goode	Ford Escort Hart	Graham Goode		SpGT2.5	Class B
38	Paul Berman	Lotus Elan	Hendon Way Motors		SpGT2.5	Class B
39	John Fyda	Lotus Elan	Agra Precision Engineering Co		SpGT2.5	Class B

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