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East London

(South Africa)

Note: These statistics are based only on the results available in the RSC archive database.
They cannot be modified or updated on their own and do not cover all races ever held on the track
but rather just major sports car events plus meetings selected by RSC.

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General figures:
Data covers years:1956-1957, 1959-1966, 1968
Number of events:24
Total entries:133 (contains 118 finishers and 13 retirements, finishing ratio: 90%)
Photos in Gallery:6 (4% of all entries)
Winners:
Wins by drivers:Peter Sutcliffe (2), Bob Olthoff (2), Dawie Gous (2), Brausch Niemann (2), Frank Blewett (1), Dave Wright (1), Stirling Moss (1), Paul Frère (1), Garth McGillewie (1), Denis Joubert (1), Jan Hettema (1), John Whitmore (1), Paul Hawkins (1), David Prophet (1)
Wins by makes:Lotus (3), Jaguar (2), Porsche (2), McLaren (2), Simca (1), Shelby (1), GSM (1), Ferrari (1), Elva (1), Elfin (1), Cooper (1), Alfa Romeo (1), AC (1)
Notes of interest:
Most frequent drivers:Peter Sutcliffe (4), Lionel Rowe (4), Jack Holme (4), Henri le Roux (3), Dawie Gous (3), Bob Olthoff (3), Des Zank (3), Joss Viljoen (3), Peter Gough (3), Keith Berrington-Smith (3), John Rowe (3), Denis Joubert (3), Stirling Moss (2)
Most frequent makes:Lotus (25), GSM (23), Porsche (14), Elfin (7), Ford (6), Ferrari (5), Jaguar (5), Triumph (4), Simca (4), MG (4), Cooper (4), Austin-Healey (3)
Most frequent chassis:0154ED [225S] (3), S850666 (3), S6418 (3), 906-117 (2), M1A-20-13 (2), SL70/5 (2), XKC 404 (2), SL73/112 (1), M.10001 (1), GT40 P/1009 (1), CSX 2130 (1), CH-DBE-62 (1), 910-028 (1), 904-085 (1), 718-076 (1), 550A-0140 (1), 30/L/11 (1), 14 EB 1680 (1), 118 2 0884 (1), 0858 [330P4] (1), 0854 [412P] (1)
Most frequent championships:South African Sports Car Championship (6), Springbok (2)
83 - McLaren Elva Mark I Ford #M1A-20-13 (Trojan) - David Prophet Racing Ltd.62 - Elva - Porsche - L. J. Bothanone1 - Lotus Elite #EB 1680 (Bristol) - Team Competition Cars89 - Ford Cortina