Non-championship Formula Atlantic race
Oulton Park, 13 May 1973
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | John Lepp | Chevron B25 [25-73-08] - Ford BDA Smith #158 Central Garage [Mirfield] Ltd (see note 1) |
15 | 0.25.41.8 96.7 |
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| 2 | Mike Mather | March 722 [29] - Ford BDA Richardson #161 |
15 | 0.25.45.6 |
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| 3 | Ken Bailey | March 722 [39] - Ford BDA Eden #153 Graham Eden Racing Team |
15 | 0.26.22.4 |
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| 4 | Brian Robinson | Ensign LNF2/72 [F2-1] - Ford BDA Titan #165 Titan Engine Services |
15 | 0.26.37.4 |
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| 5 | Martin Webb | Chevron B25 [25-73-05] - Ford BDA Hart #152 (see note 2) |
15 | 0.27.28.6 |
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| 6 | Syd Fox | Huron SS0 A2 - Ford BDA Smith #151 R.A.McKinistry |
14 | ||||||
| R | Robin Smythe | March 723 [9] - Ford twin cam #162 |
11 | oil pressure | |||||
| R | Jas Patterson | March 722 [24] - Ford BDA Hart #156 Texaco Team Racing/RIR |
6 | accident | |||||
| R | Allen Karlberg | March 712M [17] - Ford BDA RES #160 |
1 | spin | |||||
| R | Stephen Choularton | March 73B [1] - Ford BDA Autovita #155 |
0 | accident | |||||
| DNA | Reg James | Brabham BT28/35 [38] - Ford BDA James #154 Super- SER Luxury Refrigerators |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Jim Murdoch | Tui BH2 [2] - Ford BDA Smith #157 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Ian Mawby | Lotus 69 [71/69.8.FB] - Ford BDA Norvic #159 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Colin Andrews | March 712M [11 as '9'] - Ford BDA #166 Promoto Racing Services |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Stan Mathews | Ensign LNFB/73 - Ford BDA Richardson #167 Promoto Racing Services |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | David Purley | March 722 [10] - Ford BDA #168 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | TBA | March 722 #163 Robin Smythe |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Lepp | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B25 [25-73-08] - Ford BDA Smith | 1m 32.2s | |||
| 2 | Mike Mather | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 722 [29] - Ford BDA Richardson | 1m 32.4s | |||
| 3 | Ken Bailey | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 722 [39] - Ford BDA Eden | 1m 32.6s | |||
| 4 | Stephen Choularton | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 73B [1] - Ford BDA Autovita | 1m 34.2s | |||
| 5 | Jas Patterson | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 722 [24] - Ford BDA Hart | 1m 34.6s | |||
| 6 | Brian Robinson | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF2/72 [F2-1] - Ford BDA Titan | 1m 35.0s | |||
| 7 | Syd Fox | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Huron SS0 A2 - Ford BDA Smith | 1m 36.0s | |||
| 8 | Martin Webb | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B25 [25-73-05] - Ford BDA Hart | 1m 36.0s | |||
| 9 | Robin Smythe | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 723 [9] - Ford twin cam | 1m 40.6s | |||
| - | Allen Karlberg | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 712M [17] - Ford BDA RES | not listed | |||
Notes on the cars:
- Chevron B25 [25-73-08] (John Lepp): The car run by John Lepp and George Silverwood through 1973 in Formula Atlantic. Also used by Lepp in the first European F2 round at Mallory Park, with the 1.6 BDA still in it. (Motoring News 15 Mar 1973 p12 says that Lepp's car was officially Birrell's, but looked like his regular Atlantic car. Autosport comments that Derek Bennett had to do some negotiating to have the car accepted for the race with the Atlantic engine in it.) Sold to Patsy McGarrity at the end of 1973, loaned back by him to works to use in F2 for John Watson at Albi. (MN 20 Sept 1973 comments that he used the car raced by Lepp at Mallory.) Used by McGarrity throughout the 1974 Irish Atlantic season, then sold on to Pat Woods 1975-77 (Autosport 9 Jan 1975 p18); Paddy Farrelly 1978-84. From 1985 through Jeremy Bouckley, Roy Lane, and Mark Colton in 1989. Then to Richard Budge 1990-2002 to Keith Harris who supplied this provenance. Retained by Harris 2006.
- Chevron B25 [25-73-05] (Martin Webb): Used by Martin Webb for the first half of the British Atlantic season but without a great deal of success, and also in libre events. By a process of elimination the car seems to go in 1974 to Chris Skellern, who uses it in libre races, hill climbs and sprints. For sale by Skellern Autosport 16 May 1974 p64 with Hart BDA; again 27 Mar 1975. The ad in 1975 is perfectly timed to meet the acquisition of a B25 by Harrold McGarrity for the Irish season. The Peck car (chassis 4) is on the market much at the same time, but this went to Shortall, so it is a reasonable assumption that chassis 5 was McGarrity's. Retained by Harrold McGarrity to 1977 and a strong candidate for the 'B27' of Bosco O'Brien in 1978 (though there is a possibility that this was a real B27).
Sources
The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' orginal results.
The British race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in Autosport and Motoring News reports in the UK plus the information supplied by a wide range of contributors on the Atlas F1 and 10 Tenths forums.
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