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Rothmans F5000 Championship round

Mondello Park, 22 Jul 1973

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Keith Holland Trojan T101 [101] - Chevrolet Smith V8
#25 (see note 1)
60 56m 01.2s
2 Guy Edwards Lola T330 [HU16] - Chevrolet Smith V8
#4 (see note 2)
60 56m 15.0s
3 Gijs van Lennep Lola T330 [HU18] - Chevrolet Smith V8
#1 (see note 3)
60 56m 22.8s
4 Tony Dean Chevron B24 [24-73-01] - Chevrolet Morand V8
#8 (see note 4)
60 56m 32.6s
5 Bob Evans Trojan T101 [104] - Chevrolet Smith V8
#61 (see note 5)
60 56m 45.4s
6 David Oxton Begg FM5 [1] - Chevrolet Morand-Begg V8
#39
60 57m 27.6s
7 Teddy Pilette Chevron B24 [24-73-04] - Chevrolet Morand V8
#33 (see note 6)
59
8 Tom Belsø Lola T330 [HU2] - Chevrolet Smith V8
#208 (see note 7)
59
9 Ian Ashley Lola T330 [HU17] - Chevrolet Smith V8
#6 (see note 8)
59
10 Brett Lunger Trojan T101 [102] - Chevrolet Smith V8
#2 (see note 9)
59
11 Steve Thompson Chevron B24 [24-73-06] - Chevrolet RES V8
#15 (see note 10)
58
12 Chris Craft Chevron B24 [24-73-07] - Chevrolet Morand V8
(see note 11)
57
13 Peter Gethin Chevron B24 [24-73-08] - Chevrolet Morand V8
#32 (see note 12)
45
14 Clive Santo Lola T330 [HU21] - Chevrolet Smith V8
(see note 13)

15 Trevor Twaites Lola T330 [HU6] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 14)

16 Graham McRae McRae GM1 [015] - Chevrolet Bartz V8
#22 (see note 15)

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Keith Holland300.27.16.881.82
2Gijs van Lennep300.27.28.2
3Tony Dean300.27.28.4
4Guy Edwards300.27.28.6
5Bob Evans300.27.40.8
6Ian Ashley300.27.47.0
7Tom Belsø300.27.48.0
8Teddy Pilette300.27.48.0
9Brett Lunger300.27.48.6
10David Oxton300.27.55.2
11Clive Santo300.28.00.0
12Steve Thompson29
13Peter Gethin29
14Chris Craft29
15Graham McRae13Puncture
16Trevor TwaitesLost rear wing
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Keith Holland300.28.44.4
2Guy Edwards300.28.46.4
3Gijs van Lennep300.28.54.6
4Tony Dean300.29.04.2
5Bob Evans300.29.04.6
6David Oxton300.29.32.4
7Steve Thompson29
8Teddy Pilette29
9Tom Belsø29
10Ian Ashley29
11Brett Lunger29
12Trevor Twaites28
13Chris Craft28
14Clive SantoDamaged suspension
15Graham McRaeGave up
16Peter Gethin16Damaged bodywork
Qualifying
1 Keith Holland (F5000) 5-litre Trojan T101 [101] - Chevrolet Smith V8 53.2s
2 Graham McRae (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [015] - Chevrolet Bartz V8 53.2s
3 Brett Lunger (F5000) 5-litre Trojan T101 [102] - Chevrolet Smith V8 53.2s
4 Gijs van Lennep (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU18] - Chevrolet Smith V8 53.2s
5 Tony Dean (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-01] - Chevrolet Morand V8 53.4s
6 Ian Ashley (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU17] - Chevrolet Smith V8 53.4s
7 Guy Edwards (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU16] - Chevrolet Smith V8 53.6s
8 Tom Belsø (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU2] - Chevrolet Smith V8 53.8s
9 Bob Evans (F5000) 5-litre Trojan T101 [104] - Chevrolet Smith V8 53.8s
10 Peter Gethin (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-08] - Chevrolet Morand V8 54.0s
11 Clive Santo (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU21] - Chevrolet Smith V8 54.0s
12 David Oxton (F5000) 5-litre Begg FM5 [1] - Chevrolet Morand-Begg V8 54.2s
13 Steve Thompson (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-06] - Chevrolet RES V8 54.4s
14 Teddy Pilette (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-04] - Chevrolet Morand V8 54.6s
15 Chris Craft (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-07] - Chevrolet Morand V8 54.8s
16 Trevor Twaites (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU6] - Chevrolet V8

Notes on the cars:

  1. Trojan T101 [101] (Keith Holland): See full history: Trojan T101/101.
  2. Lola T330 [HU16] (Guy Edwards): See full history: Lola T330 HU16.
  3. Lola T330 [HU18] (Gijs van Lennep): See full history: Lola T330 HU18.
  4. Chevron B24 [24-73-01] (Tony Dean): Built for 1973 season. Tony Dean: raced in UK 1973, US 1973, UK 1974 (crashed at R1 - Dean then buys B24-73-08), also used to settle a bet at the BARC Harewood hill climb 4 Aug 1974; UK 1975 (driven by Dean 3 races, Alain Peltier 1 DNS, Roelof Wunderink 1 DNS). Presumably the car raced by Dean at the Easter Rufforth meeting, winning the libre event. Raced by Dean at Aintree 19 Apr 1975, setting a new circuit record as he won the libre race by over a lap. Crashed and written off by Wunderink Zandvoort (practice) 17 May 1975. Wreckage scrapped.
  5. Trojan T101 [104] (Bob Evans): See full history: Trojan T101/104.
  6. Chevron B24 [24-73-04] (Teddy Pilette): Built for 1973 season. VDS for Teddy Pilette: raced in UK 1973 and Tasman 1974 - Roelof Wunderink: raced in UK 1974. Then via Tony Dean to Richard Simms and used in libre racing in 1975 and 1976. To John Lambert (York) 1977: used in hillclimbs in 1978 and 1979. Then via Ian Webb and Alex Seldon to Chris Townrow (Crantock, Cornwall) for sprints in Cornwall and Devon. To historic racer Richard Piper (Greenwich, London) and partner Patric Capon and raced by Piper in libre and HSCC racing in 1983 and 1984. To Dennis Humphries (Canterbury, Kent) and damaged in testing at West Malling airfield. Repaired and sold to John Harper (late 1980s/early 1990s) then via Tony Ingram (Atlanta, GA) and Lee Chapman (New Milford, CT) to Fred Gunther (Trumbull, CT). Later via Vintage Racing Services (Stratford, CT) to Alex Seiler (NY, NY) c1998. Following a restoration, it was raced in VARA events at Willow Springs and Phoenix and driven on occasion by Casey Annis, publisher of Vintage racecar Magazine. In 2000, it was sold to Stan Beck (Seattle, WA) restored again before it was sold on to Miles Jackson (Seattle, WA) in 2006.
  7. Lola T330 [HU2] (Tom Belsø): See full history: Lola T330 HU2.
  8. Lola T330 [HU17] (Ian Ashley): See full history: Lola T330 HU17.
  9. Trojan T101 [102] (Brett Lunger): See full history: Trojan T101/102.
  10. Chevron B24 [24-73-06] (Steve Thompson): Built for 1973 season. Alan Brodie for Steve Thompson: raced in UK 1973, UK 1974 - Dennis Leech (Exeter, UK): raced in UK 1975 (heavily crashed in practice at R15 Mallory Park 12 Oct 1975 and not seen again). Subsequent history unknown but presumably wrecked.
  11. Chevron B24 [24-73-07] (Chris Craft): New to VDS for Chris Craft in 1973 UK series, then for Peter Gethin in 1974 Tasman series. Loaned to Adlards Crowne Racing for Craft UK 1974; returned to VDS, converted to B24/B28 specification and used by Vern Schuppan to win at Brands Hatch October 1974. Sold to Tony Dean for the UK and US series in 1975, but confiscated by UK Customs & Excise on its return from the US. Bought by Don Gray (Sittingbourne, Kent) at auction, and raced in UK 1977. To Keith Holland for 1978 Australian Internationals 1978, and sold there to Barry Singleton 1978, who raced it in Australia in 1978/79. To Jim Lowe 1980/81, but crashed at Surfers Paradise in early 1981 and heavily damaged. Wreck sold to Russel Gomersall, then to Peter Phillips, then Laurie O'Neill, then Dr Bill Marshall sometime around 1985. Run in Australian historic racing 1986-1988. To George Parlby early 1990s. To Aaron Lewis (Cessnock, NSW) late 2005, and raced in the F5000 Tasman Revival series from 2006 to 2010. Robert Tweedie (Sydney, NSW) 2012, and raced by his son Tom Tweedie, in historic racing from 2013 onwards. More information about Chevron B24 B24-73-07
  12. Chevron B24 [24-73-08] (Peter Gethin): See full history: Chevron B24 'B24-73-08'.
  13. Lola T330 [HU21] (Clive Santo): See full history: Lola T330 HU21.
  14. Lola T330 [HU6] (Trevor Twaites): New to Australian Colin Hyams who raced it in the UK series in early 1973. To Trevor Twaites June 1973, and raced by him in the UK series in 1973, 1974 and 1975. Later to John Jordan (UK), who entered it for Tom Belso in 1977, and raced it himself in libre in 1978. Entered by Jordan for Dave Williams in libre racing 1983, and then for Tony Trimmer in the BRSCC Libre Championship from 1984 to 1989, winning the championship in 1986 and finishing second in 1987 and in 1988. At some point between 1985 and 1988, the T330 was dismantled and parts used by Dave Finnigan (Biggleswade, UK) to construct T332 "HU42" for Jordan's team. The original HU6 chassis remained with Finnigan until early 2000 when sold to Richard Lines (UK), then to Kevan McLurg (UK) 2005 and built into a complete car by McLurg and then by John Crawford's Motorsport Solutions NZ Ltd by July 2009. Owned by this time by Lindsay Willis of Wilco Racing (Rotorua, NZ), and raced by his son Brett Willis (Rotorua, NZ) in the F5000 Tasman Revival series every season from 2010/11 to 2017/18. More information about Lola T330 HU6
  15. McRae GM1 [015] (Graham McRae): Longer wheelbase car built for Graham McRae and raced in the 1973 British season. To Ian Ward Racing early 1974 and modified as "Ward KS1" but not raced in this form. It was then sold to Chris Featherstone and raced by him once at the end of 1974, then through the 1975 and 1976 seasons. After a single race at the start of 1977, the car was raced by Keith Holland in four races later in the year, and then by Featherstone in the Australian Rothmans series in February 1978. To Gary Dumbrell (Australia) 1978, then to Bob Tomlinson 1978, and then to Salt Walther 1979 for the 1979 Rothmans series, but it may be that Lee Seaton of Thomson Motor Auctions owned it though this period. Sold to Ray Gibbs (Australia) September 1979 and kept by him until sold to Stuart Lush (Auckland, New Zealand) 2000, and raced at Historic Sandown that year and in 2001. Lush raced it in the Tasman Cup Revival series from 2003 to 2015, during which time it was also raced by Chris Hyde in the 2009/10 season and by Greg Thornton in the 2012/13 season. Lush also raced the car in England during the Kiwis' visits to the UK in 2005 and 2008, and at Road America in 2014. Lush sold it to its former driver Garry Dumbrell in 2016, and after Dumbrell died in October 2021, it was sold to Peter Brennan (Melbourne, Australia) in December 2021. More information about McRae GM1-015

Sources

Note that 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' published 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 (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.