MN GT Silverstone 1979 - Race Results

Event: Crompton Trophy Meeting Silverstone		Date: 17.6.1979
Track: Silverstone (United Kingdom), 2.588 kms	Organiser: BRDC
MN GT Silverstone
Motoring News Donington GT Car Championship (round 4)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
1^st	1	Doug Niven	Volkswagen Beetle Chevrolet	Border Reivers	12	11:23.2000	101.6800	1^st	SpGT+2.5	1^st	Class A	55.9000	166.6637
2^nd	36	Rob Mason	Sunbeam Stiletto Ford	Earl Developments Ltd.	12	11:34.7000	99.9900	1^st	SpGT2.5	1^st	Class B	56.4000	165.1831
3^rd	35	Tony Sugden	Škoda Coupe Ford	Price Road Haulage Ltd./Brockhire Liverpool	12	11:44.4000		2^nd	SpGT2.5	2^nd	Class B	57.9000
4^th	38	Paul Berman	Lotus Elan JW79 Mk II Ford	Hendon Way Motors	12	11:59.3000		3^rd	SpGT2.5	3^rd	Class B	58.2000
5^th	34	Bob Trotter	Ford Escort RS 2000 Cosworth	City Link	12	12:04.7000		4^th	SpGT2.5	4^th	Class B	58.7000
6^th	31	Jim Price	Škoda 110 R Ford	Jim Price	12	12:07.5000		5^th	SpGT2.5	5^th	Class B	59.0000
7^th	39	Max Payne	Lotus Elan 77 Ford	Arthur Hough Pressings/Castrol Ark Racing	12	12:17.3000		6^th	SpGT2.5	6^th	Class B	1:00.5000
8^th	49	Peter Baldwin	Marshall Mini Stantune Ford	Peter Baldwin	11	11:28.3000	92.5100	1^st	SpGT1.5	1^st	Class C	1:01.5000	151.4875
9^th	4	Bill Cox	WRC Capri Chevrolet	Link Systems	11	11:29.2000		2^nd	SpGT+2.5	2^nd	Class A	1:01.1000
10^th	9	Tony Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera	Tony Wingrove	11	11:30.1000		3^rd	SpGT+2.5	3^rd	Class A	1:01.1000
11^th	8	Dudley Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dudley Wood	11	11:45.0000		4^th	SpGT+2.5	4^th	Class A	1:02.5000
12^th	40	Richard Ward	Lotus Elan Ford	Performance Unlimited - Southend	11	11:47.2000		7^th	SpGT2.5	7^th	Class B	1:02.7000
13^th	7	Patrick Keen	Morgan Plus 8 Rover	Patrick Keen	11	11:54.9000		5^th	SpGT+2.5	5^th	Class A	1:02.3000
14^th	58	John Schneider	Hillman Imp	John Schneider	11	12:03.8000	87.9800	1^st	SpGT1.0	1^st	Class D	1:03.7000	146.2572
15^th	44	Pat Longhurst	Davrian Mk.7 Imp	Pat Longhurst	11	12:04.1000		2^nd	SpGT1.5	2^nd	Class C	1:04.4000
16^th	55	David Enderby	Sunbeam Stiletto Chrysler	Corbeau GT Seats Racing with Cars & Car Conversions	11	12:09.1000		2^nd	SpGT1.0	2^nd	Class D	1:04.7000
17^th	59	Brian Stevenson	Davrian Mk.7 Imp	Bardena Automotive	11	12:12.4000		3^rd	SpGT1.0	3^rd	Class D	1:05.0000
18^th	37	Alan Smith	Ford Escort	Alan Smith	11	12:19.7000		8^th	SpGT2.5	8^th	Class B	1:05.0000
19^th	47	Ian Hall	Davrian Mk.7A BMC	Ian Hall	11	12:22.0000		3^rd	SpGT1.5	3^rd	Class C	1:05.4000
20^th	63	Jack Peat	Davrian Mk.7	Jack Peat	11	12:36.0000		4^th	SpGT1.0	4^th	Class D	1:05.3000
21^st	12	David Sutherland	Datsun 240Z	David Sutherland	10	11:26.1000		6^th	SpGT+2.5	6^th	Class A	1:06.5000
22^nd	48	Ian Hargreaves	Avonbar Cooper S	Avonbar Racing Ltd.	10	11:39.9000		4^th	SpGT1.5	4^th	Class C	1:08.3000
23^rd	52	Ian Harrison	Fiat 850 Coupe Ford	Ian Harrison	10	12:02.9000		5^th	SpGT1.0	5^th	Class D	1:10.0000

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time
69	Jim McGaughay	Hillman Imp	James McGaughay	8	Mechanical	SpGT1.0	Class D	1:07.7000
30	Alastair Lyall	Ford Escort		5	DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	59.7000
45	Vivien West	MG Sprite Mk.1 Longman	Vivien West	3	Mechanical	SpGT1.5	Class C	1:12.6000
24	Mick Hill	Škoda 130 RS Chevrolet (Taylors 24)	Dealer Team Skoda	0	Mechanical	SpGT+2.5	Class A
62	Terry Carthy	Clan Carthy Imp	Terry Carthy	0	Oil leak	SpGT1.0	Class D
33	Rodney Howarth	Mazda RX-3	Alan Wilde Car Repairs	0	DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
50	John Digby	Davrian Mk.7 Imp Chrysler	John Digby		SpGT1.0	Class D

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
2	Ron Lea	Jaguar E-type	Arleigh Caravan Equipment	SpGT+2.5	Class A
30	Graham Goode	Ford Escort Hart	Graham Goode	SpGT2.5	Class B
32	Tony Dickinson	Škoda 130 RS Coupe Hart	Dealer Team Skoda	SpGT2.5	Class B
41	Alan Humberstone	Sunbeam Stiletto Ford	Earl Developments Ltd.	SpGT1.5	Class C
42	Bruce Walters	MG Midget BMC	Bruce Waters	SpGT1.5	Class C
43	Dave Wilson	Škoda Coupe Ford	Auto Engine Services (Harrow) Reconditioned Engines	SpGT1.5	Class C
46	John Travis	BMC Mini Cooper S	John Travis	SpGT1.5	Class C
51	Mike Parkes	Maguire RTS Mini BL	Ring Tread System - Advanced Retreading Techonology	SpGT1.0	Class D
61	Tom Shephard	Maguire Imp	John Maguire Racing	SpGT1.0	Class D