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Event: John Player Race Day Donington			Date: 9.9.1979
Track: Donington Park (United Kingdom), 3.149 kms		Organiser: Donington Racing Club
MN GT Donington
Motoring News Donington GT Car Championship (round 7)

(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	10	12:38.1000	149.5885	1^st	SpGT+2.5	1^st	Class A	1:14.3000	152.6302
2^nd	4	Walter Robertson	DFVW Ford	S. G. Baker (Leith) Ltd. - Sportstune -Lothian Van Rental	10	12:56.5000		2^nd	SpGT+2.5	2^nd	Class A	1:14.4000
3^rd	32	Tony Sugden	Škoda Coupé Swindon BDX	Price Road Haulage Ltd. - Brookhire Liverpool	10	13:00.4000	145.3077	1^st	SpGT2.5	1^st	Class B	1:16.3000	148.4620
4^th	44	Max Payne	Lotus Elan	Arthur Hough Pressings - Castrol Ark Racing	10	13:09.2000		2^nd	SpGT2.5	2^nd	Class B	1:17.4000
5^th	5	George Potter	Škoda Coupé Chevrolet	Swinton Insurance Brokers	10	13:36.4000		3^rd	SpGT+2.5	3^rd	Class A	1:19.8000
6^th	33	Richard Simms	Škoda 110 R Cosworth	Richard Simms	10	13:36.5000		3^rd	SpGT2.5	3^rd	Class B	1:19.5000
7^th	45	Mike Chittenden	Ginetta G4	Mike Chittenden	10	13:37.1000		4^th	SpGT2.5	4^th	Class B	1:18.6000
8^th	9	Paul Edwards	Porsche 934	Scotts Corner Garage	10	13:48.7000		4^th	SpGT+2.5	4^th	Class A	1:20.7000
9^th	38	Bob Trotter	Ford Escort	City Link	10	13:56.7000		5^th	SpGT2.5	5^th	Class B	1:20.2000
10^th	18	William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8	Morris Stapleton Motors	10	13:58.1000		5^th	SpGT+2.5	5^th	Class A	1:22.5000
11^th	14	Dudley Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dudley Wood	10	14:00.2000		6^th	SpGT+2.5	6^th	Class A	1:22.5000
12^th	12	Tony Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera	Tony Wingrove	9	12:48.2000		7^th	SpGT+2.5	7^th	Class A	1:23.0000
13^th	8	Julian Unsworth	Mazda - Chevrolet	Mr. Shoes Ltd.	9	13:12.0000		8^th	SpGT+2.5	8^th	Class A	1:24.6000
14^th	42	Richard Cleare	Porsche 911	Richard Cleare	9	13:13.9000		6^th	SpGT2.5	6^th	Class B	1:25.7000
15^th	39	Alan Smith	Ford Escort t/c	Alan Smith	9	13:29.7000		7^th	SpGT2.5	7^th	Class B	1:28.2000
16^th	15	David Sutherland	Datsun 240Z	David Sutherland	9	13:31.5000		9^th	SpGT+2.5	9^th	Class A	1:26.1000
17^th	6	Bill Cox	WRC Capri Chevrolet	Link Systems	9	14:22.4000		10^th	SpGT+2.5	10^th	Class A	1:30.0000
18^th	49	Rodney Howarth	Mazda RX-3	Alan Wilde Car Repairs	8	12:53.1000		8^th	SpGT2.5	8^th	Class B	1:31.9000

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
31	John Fyda	Lotus Elan	Agra Precision Engineeing	9			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:19.8000
24	Mick Hill	Škoda 130 RS Chevrolet (Taylors 24)	Dealer Team Skoda	7			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:15.3000
47	John Williams	Lotus Elan	John Williams	5			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:28.2000
7	Michael Jayes	Ford Capri II	Michael Jayes	4			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:47.5000
3	Keith Bowmaker	Ford Escort	Keith Bowmaker	2			DNF	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:34.7000

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
2	John Kirk	Ford Escort Cosworth	DWS Cash & Carry		SpGT+2.5	Class A
11	Adrian Yates-Smith	Porsche 911 SC	Tuckers Fast Food Franchise Ltd.		SpGT+2.5	Class A
34	Derek Walker	Škoda Coupé Richardson	Flowflex Components - Yarwood Sunroofs		SpGT2.5	Class B
36	Rob Mason	Sunbeam Stiletto Imp Hart	Earl Developments Ltd.		SpGT2.5	Class B
37	Malcolm Johnstone	Stilletto - Cosworth BDX	Malcolm Johnstone		SpGT2.5	Class B
41	Dave Bettinson	Caterham Super 7	Fleet Advertising Ltd.		SpGT2.5	Class B

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