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Event: Radio Trent International Formula 3 Meeting Donington			Date: 15.7.1979
Track: Donington Park (United Kingdom), 3.149 kms		Organiser: Donington Racing Club
MN GT Donington
Motoring News Donington GT Car Championship (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
1^st	24	Mick Hill	Škoda 130 RS Chevrolet (Taylors 24)	Dealer Team Skoda	12	15:14.92	148.7356	1^st	SpGT+2.5	1^st	Class A	1:14.4400
2^nd	2	John Kirk	Ford Escort Cosworth	DWS - All Car Equipe	12	15:42.50		2^nd	SpGT+2.5	2^nd	Class A	1:16.6300
3^rd	32	Tony Sugden	Škoda Coupé Ford	Price Road Haulage Ltd. - Brookhire Liverpool	12	15:42.50	144.3743	1^st	SpGT2.5	1^st	Class B	1:15.9900	149.2345
4^th	34	Jim Price	Škoda 110 R Ford	Jim Price	12	15:55.08		2^nd	SpGT2.5	2^nd	Class B	1:16.8700
5^th	46	Nicky Ellis	Lotus Elan	Cowgate Motor Co. (Toyota Dealers)	12	15:57.56		3^rd	SpGT2.5	3^rd	Class B	1:18.0900
6^th	31	Derek Walker	Škoda Coupé Ford	Flowflex Components - Yarwood Sunroofs	12	16:04.29		4^th	SpGT2.5	4^th	Class B	1:18.5700
7^th	33	Richard Simms	Škoda 110 R Cosworth	Richard Simms	12	16:08.24		5^th	SpGT2.5	5^th	Class B	1:18.4300
8^th	41	Dave Bettinson	Caterham Super 7	Fleet Advertising Ltd.	12	16:10.64		6^th	SpGT2.5	6^th	Class B	1:29.2400
9^th	35	Rob Mason	Sunbeam Stiletto Hart	Earl Developments Ltd.	12	16:27.83		7^th	SpGT2.5	7^th	Class B	1:18.4200
10^th	38	Bob Trotter	Ford Escort Cosworth	City Link	12	16:36.66		8^th	SpGT2.5	8^th	Class B	1:18.6700
11^th	9	Paul Edwards	Porsche 934	Scotts Corner Garage	12	17:06.08		3^rd	SpGT+2.5	3^rd	Class A	1:19.5600
12^th	14	Dudley Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dudley Wood	11	15:34.96		4^th	SpGT+2.5	4^th	Class A	1:23.1200
13^th	6	Bill Cox	WRC Capri Chevrolet	Link Systems	11	15:41.69		5^th	SpGT+2.5	5^th	Class A	1:24.0200
14^th	42	Richard Cleare	Porsche 911 S	Richard Cleare	11	16:26.26		9^th	SpGT2.5	9^th	Class B	1:27.5700
15^th	40	John Connell	Triumph Dolomite	John Connell	11	17:07.94		10^th	SpGT2.5	10^th	Class B	1:28.4200
16^th	10	Barry Robinson	Porsche Carrera	Scotts Corner Garage	10	15:37.65		6^th	SpGT+2.5	6^th	Class A	1:30.8400

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
1	Doug Niven	VW Beetle Chevrolet	Douglas Niven				DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:15.0100
36	Tony Dickinson	Škoda 130 RS Hart	Dealer Team Skoda				DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:15.7400
4	Walter Robertson	DFVW Ford	S. G. Baker (Leigh) Ltd. - Sportstune - Lothian Van Rental				DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:13.6500	153.9659
43	Paul Berman	Lotus Elan	Paul Berman				DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:17.9300
45	Mike Chittenden	Ginetta G4	Upstairs-Downstairs				DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:29.4400
48	Chris Sims	Sirch Firenza	Sirch Racing Developments				DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:26.0200
39	Colin Spence	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Colmoworth Engineering				DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:30.2600
47	John Williams	Lotus Elan	John Williams				DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:36.3500

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
12	Tony Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera	Tony Wingrove		SpGT+2.5	Class A
17	Ron Lea	Jaguar E-type	Arleigh Caravan Equipment		SpGT+2.5	Class A
30	Rodney Howarth	Mazda RX-3	Alan Wilde Car Repairs		SpGT2.5	Class B

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
5	George Potter	Škoda - Chevrolet	Swinton Insurance Brokers		SpGT+2.5	Class A
37	Alastair Lyall	Ford Escort Cosworth	Swancar of Loughborough		SpGT2.5	Class B
44	Max Payne	Lotus Elan	Arthur Hough Pressings - Castrol Ark Racing		SpGT2.5	Class B
49	Chris Watkins	Sirch Viva GT	Sirch Racing Developments		SpGT2.5	Class B

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