Guards F5000 Championship round

Oulton Park, 20 Sep 1969

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Mike Walker Lola T142 [SL142/35] - Chevrolet V8
McKechnie Racing Organisation 		40 1.03.10.0
104.9
2 Alan Rollinson Lola T142 [SL142/22] - Chevrolet V8
Doug Hardwick 		40 1.03.57.4
3 Keith Holland Lola T142 [SL142/36] - Chevrolet V8
#63 		40 1.03.58.2
4 Ulf Norinder Lola T142 [SL142/37] - Chevrolet V8
#17 		40 1.05.35.6
5 Derrick Williams Lola T142 [SL142/42] - Chevrolet V8
#33 D.J.Bond Racing 		38
6 Steve Thompson (F2) 1.6-litre Lola T60 [SL60/5] - Ford twin cam
(see note 1) 		38
7 Terry Sanger (F5000) 4.7-litre BRM P83 [8301] - Ford V8
#22 		37
8 Graham Eden (F2) 1.6-litre Chevron B10 [F2.2] - Cosworth FVA
(see note 2) 		36
9 Tony Charnell (F2) 1.6-litre Lola T55 [SL64/1] - Ford twin cam
(see note 3) 		35
10 Mike Coombe (F5000) 4.7-litre Cooper T66 [F1-2-63] - Ford V8
34
11 John Millar (libre) 2-litre Brabham BT21 [33] - BMW M10
34
12 Jim Charnock (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21A [2] - Ford twin cam
34
13 Willie Forbes Lola T142 [SL142/31] - Chevrolet V8
#9 		34
14 Peter Gethin McLaren M10A [M10A-1] - Chevrolet V8
#7 Church Farm Racing Team 		30
15 Ian Ashley (F5000) 4.7-litre Kitchiner K3 [01] - Ford V8
#99 		28
16 Mike Hailwood Lola T142 [SL142/40] - Chevrolet V8
#3 Epstein Cuthbert Racing 		17
17 Trevor Taylor Surtees TS5 [006] - Chevrolet V8
#25 Team Elite 		8
18 Tony Dean (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23C [10] - Cosworth FVA
8
19 Kaye Griffiths (F5000) 4.7-litre BRP 2 [BRP-2-64] - Ford V8
#10 		7
20 Tony Barchou (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT14 [FL-7-65] - Ford twin cam
Ian Raby Racing 		4
DNS Dave Berry (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT16 [F2-19-65] - Ford twin cam
(see note 4) 		Did not start
(engine)

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Mike Hailwood (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/40] - Chevrolet V8 1.31.6
2 Peter Gethin (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A [M10A-1] - Chevrolet V8 1.31.8
3 Mike Walker (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/35] - Chevrolet V8 1.32.8
4 Alan Rollinson (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/22] - Chevrolet V8 1.33.6
5 Keith Holland (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/36] - Chevrolet V8 1.33.6
6 Trevor Taylor (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5 [006] - Chevrolet V8 1.33.8
7 Tony Dean (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT23C [10] - Cosworth FVA 1.36.0
8 Ulf Norinder (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/37] - Chevrolet V8 1.37.2
9 Willie Forbes (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/31] - Chevrolet V8 1.38.2
10 Derrick Williams (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/42] - Chevrolet V8 1.39.0
11 Ian Ashley (F5000) 4.7-litre Kitchiner K3 [01] - Ford V8 1.39.2
12 Terry Sanger (F5000) 4.7-litre BRM P83 [8301] - Ford V8 1.40.6
13 Steve Thompson (F2) 1.6-litre Lola T60 [SL60/5] - Ford twin cam 1.41.0
14 Dave Berry * (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT16 [F2-19-65] - Ford twin cam 1.41.4
15 Graham Eden (F2) 1.6-litre Chevron B10 [F2.2] - Cosworth FVA 1.44.2
16 Kaye Griffiths (F5000) 4.7-litre BRP 2 [BRP-2-64] - Ford V8 1.48.8
17 Jim Charnock (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21A [2] - Ford twin cam 1.50.4
18 Tony Charnell (F2) 1.6-litre Lola T55 [SL64/1] - Ford twin cam 1.51.2
19 John Millar (libre) 2-litre Brabham BT21 [33] - BMW M10 1.52.4
20 Tony Barchou (F2) 1.6-litre Brabham BT14 [FL-7-65] - Ford twin cam 1.53.6
21 Mike Coombe (F5000) 4.7-litre Cooper T66 [F1-2-63] - Ford V8 1.54.6
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Lola T60 [SL60/5] (Steve Thompson): Lola records show this as a red F3 car going to Frank Lythgoe. Then in F2 trim in libre in 1966 raced by Steve Thompson and retained by Thompson for F3 in 1967 and then libre and F2 with a 1.6-litre Ford twin-cam in 1968, 1969 and 1970. Hugely successful in libre racing in 1969. Then to Chris Featherstone to replace his original T60 which had been wrecked. With Peter Denty in 2003.
  2. Chevron B10 [F2.2] (Graham Eden): The second Chevron B10 was completed in July 1968 and raced by Bennett himself at a libre race before being sold to Mike MacDowel and Bob Jennings in August for hilllclimbs. They ran it until the end of the season but then bought a new Brabham BT30X and the Chevron was sold to Graham Eden who first used an oversized Ford twin-cam and then returned the car to FVA specification. It was upgraded to B17 specification for 1970 and at the end of that season passed to Bill Creasey and then on to Bob Ellice for the 1971 season. Ellice ran it in the new Formula Atlantic series with a twin-cam engine, entered by John Deuxberry.
  3. Lola T55 [SL64/1] (Tony Charnell): Driven by a variety of drivers for MRP in 1964 and 1965, then sold to Bill Jones for Phillip Robinson to drive in 1966. To Tony Charnell for 1967 and fitted with a 1.6-litre Ford twin-cam; retained In 1968 and 1969. Later with Ted Dzierzek for Scottish hill climbs in 1971.
  4. Brabham BT16 [F2-19-65] (Dave Berry): Jack Brabham's works SCA-engined BT16, used during the 1965 mid-season and also raced by Chris Irwin when the Honda project was revived. To Robs Lamplough for 1966 and retained for 1967. To John Watson for Irish racing in 1968 and fitted with a Lotus-Ford twin-cam. Then to Dave Berry in 1969 and retained until 1971.

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.

1969-1976 UK results have been researched and collated by Chris Townsend based primarily on material in Autosport and Motoring News. Information has been added from the growing collection of entry lists from programs.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen if you can add anything.

Individual sources for this event

Motoring News 25 Sep 1969 p8. Tony Dean had his "latest acquisition, the ex-Malcolm Payne/Garth McGillewie F2 Brabham-FVA BT23C which Tony had picked up from South Africa". Apart from Millar's Brabham-BMW and Eden's Chevron-FVA, all the other 2-litre entries had twin-cam engines.