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Event: Radio 210 Racing Thruxton			Date: 27.8.1979
Track: Thruxton Circuit (United Kingdom), unknown length		Organiser: BARC
MN GT Thruxton
Motoring News Donington GT Car Championship (round 6)

(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	10	13:58.7	162.7530	1^st	SpGT+2.5	1^st	Class A	1:22.1000	166.2613
2^nd	4	Walter Robertson	DFVW Ford	SG Baker (Leith) LTD/ Sporstun/Lothian Van Rental	10	14:03.8		2^nd	SpGT+2.5	2^nd	Class A	1:22.1000	166.2613
3^rd	32	Tony Sugden	Škoda Coupe	Price Road Haulage Ltd/Brookhire Liverpool	10	14:10.5	160.4838	1^st	SpGT2.5	1^st	Class B	1:23.6000
4^th	36	Tony Dickinson	Škoda 130 RS	Dealer Team Skoda	10	14:10.8		2^nd	SpGT2.5	2^nd	Class B	1:23.5000	163.4772
5^th	44	Max Payne	Lotus Elan	Arthur Hough Pressings/Castrol Ark Racing	10	10:41.3		3^rd	SpGT2.5	3^rd	Class B	1:26.8000
6^th	51	Peter Baldwin	Mini	Peter Baldwin	10	14:52.5	152.9360	1^st	SpGT1.5	1^st	Class C	1:26.6000	157.6192
7^th	12	Tony Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera	Tony Wingrove	10	15:08.9		3^rd	SpGT+2.5	3^rd	Class A	1:28.5000
8^th	58	Pat Longhurst	Davrian Mk.7	Pat Longhurst	10	15:09.1		2^nd	SpGT1.5	2^nd	Class C	1:28.8000
9^th	53	Dave Wilson	Škoda Coupe	Auto Engine Services (Harrow) Reconditioned Engines	9	14:10.7		3^rd	SpGT1.5	3^rd	Class C	1:31.8000
10^th	72	David Enderby	Sunbeam Stiletto	Cars & Car Conversions/Corbeau	9	14:22.8	142.3787	1^st	SpGT1.0	1^st	Class D	1:33.5000
11^th	75	John Schneider	Hillman Imp	John Schneider	9	14:23.7		2^nd	SpGT1.0	2^nd	Class D	1:33.5000
12^th	14	Dudley Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dudley Wood	9	14:33.4		4^th	SpGT+2.5	4^th	Class A	1:33.6000
13^th	49	Alan Smith	Ford Escort	A. Smith	9	14:33.4		4^th	SpGT2.5	4^th	Class B	1:33.6000
14^th	70	John Digby	Davrian Mk.7 Imp	John Digby	9	14:35.2		3^rd	SpGT1.0	3^rd	Class D	1:33.2000	146.4503
15^th	69	Barry Barnes	Škoda 110 R Coupe	Barry Barnes	9	14:42.1		4^th	SpGT1.5	4^th	Class C	1:35.9000
16^th	29	Dick Whittington	Jaguar E-type	Dick Whittington	8	14:08.9		5^th	SpGT+2.5	5^th	Class A	1:41.2000

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
41	Dave Bettinson	Caterham Super 7	Fleet Advertising Ltd.	6			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:28.0000
35	Rob Mason	Sunbeam Stiletto Imp	Earl Develompnets Limited	5			DNF	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:25.0000
38	Bob Trotter	Ford Escort RS 2000	City-Link	4			Mechanical	SpGT2.5	Class B	1:33.7000
26	David Sutherland	Datsun 240Z	David Sutherland	4			Mechanical	SpGT+2.5	Class A	1:39.9000

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
1	Doug Niven	VW Beetle Chevrolet	Douglas Niven	Retired on warm up lap	SpGT+2.5	Class A
59	John Pugsley	Davrian Mk.6	John Pugsley		SpGT1.5	Class C
34	Nick Whiting	Škoda 110 R	Nick Whiting		SpGT2.5	Class B
42	Richard Cleare	Porsche 911	Richard Cleare		SpGT2.5	Class B
92	Terry Pryce	Hillman Imp	Terry Pryce		SpGT1.0	Class D
71	Jack Peat	Davrian Mk.7	Jack Peat		SpGT1.0	Class D
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.
27	Richard Gamble	Marcos GT	Radial Limited		SpGT+2.5	Class A
43	Paul Berman	Lotus Elan	Hendon Way Motors		SpGT2.5	Class B
50	Alan Humberstone	Stiletto Imp	Earl Developments Limited		SpGT1.5	Class C

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