Hitachi Formula Atlantic Series Race

Ingliston, 17 Aug 1980

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 David Leslie Ralt RT4/80 [185] - Ford BDA Nicholson
#8 Hope Scott Garage/Nixon Vehicle Wash Ltd
35
2 Cameron Binnie March 77B [3] - Ford BDA Smith
#1 Andy Barton Racing
35
3 David Duffield Ralt RT1 [145] - Ford BDA Swindon
#20 Caledon Coal Co.
35
4 Bernard Hunter March 80A [1] - Ford BDA Swindon
#7 Colin Bennett Racing
35
5 Andrew Jeffrey March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Nelson
#23
35
6 Tony Westwood March 78B - Ford BDA Swindon
#6 Datamatic Ltd

7 John Bowtell March 77B [Bowtell] - Ford BDA Swindon
#50

8 George Franchitti March 792 [11?] - Ford BDA
#16 All Car Equipment/W.M. Mitchell Soft Drinks

R Alo Lawler Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDA Smith
#3 L&B Excavations Ltd
4 Carburettor
R Roger Orgee March 782 [2/2] - Ford BDA Richardson
#4 Baric Computing Services

DSQ Ian Flux Ehrlich RP5 - Ford BDA Ehrlich
#15 Dr. J. Ehrlich
Ignored Black flag for rear wing
DNS Phil Dowsett March 79B [782-6] - Ford BDA Racing Fabrications
#5 Pinch Plant/Martin the Newsagent
(see note 1)
Did not start
DNA Nick Adams March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Nelson
#11 Maclean Business Publications
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.

Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 79B [782-6] (Phil Dowsett): Alex Ribeiro's Hart-engined car at Thruxton 27 Mar 1978 and presumably all season. Hired by Wolfgang Locher for Hockenheim 26 Sep. To Phil Dowsett for Formula Atlantic in 1979 and converted to 79B spec. To Dave Hoban in 1982 and retained until 1984.

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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