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Lombard North Central Formula Three Championship

Oulton Park, 8 Sep 1973

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Tony Brise March 733 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#2 Team Kent Messenger Racing
15 24m 17.6s
102.29 mph
2 Richard Robarts March 733 [24] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#12 Myson Racing
15 24m 24.4s
3 Masami Kuwashima March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#4 Reystan Racing
15 24m 26.0s
4 Alan Jones GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#10 DART Racing with GRD
15 24m 26.4s
5 Mo Harness March 733 [25] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#6 Team Modus Racing with Shellsport
15 24m 28.4s
6 Larry Perkins Brabham BT41 [31] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#22 Team Cowangie
15 24m 29.6s
7 Mike Wilds March 733 [26] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#5 Dempster International Racing Team
(see note 1)
15 24m 41.4s
8 Tony Rouff GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#14
15 24m 51.0s
9 Nicholas von Preussen March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#7 P&M Racing Preparations Ltd
15 24m 51.0s
10 Brian Henton GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#28
15 24m 52.6s
11 Russell Wood March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#3 The Chequered Flag (see note 2)
15 24m 55.8s
12 John MacDonald GRD 373 [372 025-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#31 (see note 3)
15 25m 13.8s
13 Thomas B Hilliar Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#15
15 25m 33.4s
R Angelo Piccione March 733 [27] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#30 Angeleri March Racing
8 Ignition
R Pedro Passadore GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#11 DART Racing with GRD
0 Pulled off at Water Tower after earlier spin
R "Teleco" March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam
#27 Angeleri March Racing Brazil
0 Accident at Old Hall
DNA Ian Taylor March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#1 Chris Andrews
Did not arrive
DNA Leonel Friedrich March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#8 (see note 4)
Did not arrive
DNA José Espírito Santo March 733 [6] - Ford twin cam Mohr
#9
Did not arrive
DNA Val Musetti Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#16 (see note 5)
Did not arrive
DNA Allan Davies Alpine A360 [3647] - Renault R16 Dudot
#17 Tullett & Riley
Did not arrive
DNA Mike Catlow Elden Mk12 - Ford twin cam
#18 Mitford Group-Team Elden
Did not arrive
DNA Jimmy Fuller Brabham BT38C [19] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#19 ADM Business Systems Ltd (see note 6)
Did not arrive
DNA Roelof Wunderink Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#20
Did not arrive
DNA Matt Spitzley March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Brown
#21
Did not arrive
DNA Bernard Chevanne Martini MK12 [006] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#23 Shell France
Did not arrive
DNA Pierre-François Rousselot March 733 [22?] - Ford twin cam
#24
Did not arrive
DNA Michel Leclère Alpine A364 [3649] - Renault R16 Dudot
#25 Alpine Renault
Did not arrive
DNA Alain Serpaggi Alpine A364 [3648] - Renault R16 Dudot
#26 Alpine Renault
Did not arrive
DNA Mike Tyrrell MRE Mk2 [P.1.73] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#29 Marc Gregory Property Developers
Did not arrive
DNA TBA GRD 373 - Ford twin cam
#32 GRS International
Did not arrive
DNA Bernard Vermillio Merlyn Mk 21B [445/F3/73] - Ford twin cam
#33 (see note 7)
Did not arrive
DNA Jacques Laffite Martini MK12 [005?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#34 BP Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Jean-Pierre Paoli Martini MK12 [007?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#35 BP Racing
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Alan Jones (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.35.2
2 Richard Robarts (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [24] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.35.6
3 Tony Brise (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.35.8
4 Mo Harness (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [25] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.36.2
5 Masami Kuwashima (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.36.4
6 Pedro Passadore (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.36.4
7 Larry Perkins (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT41 [31] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.36.6
8 Mike Wilds (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [26] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.37.0
9 Brian Henton (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay 1.37.4
10 Tony Rouff (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.37.8
11 "Teleco" (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam 1.37.8
12 Nicholas von Preussen (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.38.6
13 John MacDonald (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [372 025-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.39.4
14 Russell Wood (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.39.6
15 Thomas B Hilliar (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.40.2
16 Angelo Piccione (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [27] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.59.6

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 733 [26] (Mike Wilds): New to Dempster International Racing Team for Mike Wilds to drive in F3 from July 1973 onwards, replacing the 1972/73 Ensign with which he had started the season. It was then sold to Graham Watts (Faringham) for hillclimbs, appearing at Prescott in March 1974, when the car had a 1600cc Holbay engine. During 1975, the car was bought by Terry Smith (Felton, Somerset) to replace his highly successful 1-litre Vixen Imp. Smith raced the March in sprints and hillclimbs through the rest of 1975 and through 1976, using a 1600cc Holbay Ford twin cam engine, but in the summer of 1976, bought the ex-F1 McLaren M14D. The March was sold to Geoff Hunt (Andover, Hampshire), again with the Holbay twin cam, and used in sprints for quite a few years. Eventually traded to Richard Speakman for the ex-F3 Pilbeam MP51. Subsequent history unknown.
  2. March 733 [3] (Russell Wood): New to Russell Wood and run for him in the British F3 series by Peter Bloore Racing with backing from The Chequered Flag. Wood won three early round of the championship but had a heavy accident at Zandvoort in May and did not win again. Sold to Australian Ian Douglass for 1974 and rebuilt for Australian F2, using various 742 bits. The car was involved in a fire during private testing at Oran Park after the Lakeside race in December 1974 and was completely burnt to the ground.
  3. GRD 373 [372 025-F3] (John MacDonald): New to Reystan Racing Ltd for Masami Kuwashima to drive in British F3 in 1972, using Holbay engines. To John MacDonald for British F3 in 1973, when it was described as being the remains of Kuwashima's 1972 car built up around a new tub. Raced until October 1973, when it was said to have been sold to Ireland. Subsequent history unknown.
  4. March 733 [13] (Leonel Friedrich): New to Brazilian driver Leonel Friedrich (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and run for him by Peter Bloore Racing in the 1973 British Formula 3 season. Friedrich had not sat in a single-seater racing car before, but was the 1972 1600cc class Brazilian Touring Car Champion. For a novice, he was impressively quick straight away, eighth fastest in practice at his first race, and finishing second four times in his first dozen F3 races. His March was fitted with Holbay engines except for a brief mid-season flirtation with Novamotors. The car was then hired to another young Brazilian Alex Dias Ribeiro, and run for him by Angeleri March Racing Brazil in two races at the very end of the season. Subsequent history unknown.
  5. Royale RP11A [6] (Val Musetti): New factory car for Tom Pryce to drive, replacing the one wrecked at the 1972 Monaco GP F3 race. To Reystan Racing for 1973 for Andy Sutcliffe to drive, but Sutcliffe left the team in April, and his seat was taken over by Val Musetti, who had written off his own RP11 in testing. Raced by Musetti through to the end of the season. Converted to Formula Atlantic specification for 1974 and raced by Musetti in the British championship up to May. Sold later in the year to Mike Franey and raced in libre racing. Raced by Franey in a couple of British Formula Atlantic races in 1975. Subsequent history unknown.
  6. Brabham BT38C [19] (Jimmy Fuller): New to Canadian driver Chris O'Brien and raced in British F3 in 1972 using Holbay engines. To Jimmy Fuller for 1973, again in British F3 and again using Holbay engines. Advertised by Fuller from Sunbury-on-Thames as a "BT38/41" with two rebuilt Novamotor twin-cams, a spare monocoque and bodywork for £2,250 in November 1973. Formula 3 changed to 2000cc for 1974, and the BT38C was sold to David Taylor (Formy, Lancashire, later Merseyside) for Kim Mather to race in British Formula Atlantic in 1974. When the car first appeared, it had a RES BDA engine and still used F3 wheels, Mather recalling that he "just dropped a BDA in it". By the end of May it had a Richardson BDA and wider wheels, but it was still far off the pace of the leading cars, and this turned out to be its last Atlantic race. Taylor also used the car in sprints at Longridge, and Mather won two libre races at Aintree. Taylor advertised the car in September, complete with Richardson BDA, for £2,200 and sold it to Ted Payne (Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham). Payne had raced a BT38 earlier in the season with a Vegantune engine, but it appears he had sold that car and had bought Taylor's very similar one with its Richardson engine. Payne continued to race the car in 1975, and entry lists show that it was black with a Richardson engine, and generally entered as a BT38-40. It was advertised by Payne in November 1975 as a BT38/40 with a recently rebuilt Cosworth BDA engine, and with a spare monocoque. It was bought by Andrew Wareing (Kirkham, Fylde, Lancashire), whose recollection is that it came from Joe Applegarth, but Applegarth says he never owned a BT38. Wareing used it in sprints and libre in 1976. He advertised it in September 1976 as a BT38/40 with BDA engine, 10" and 14" wheels and a spare tub, and recalls that it went to a family of hillclimbers, father and sons. This must be John Hart (East Dulwich, London), who after hillclimbing a Brabham BT18 in 1976, transferred its Cosworth FVA engine into a Brabham BT38 for 1977. Hart recalls buying the BT38 in the Isle of Man, but it is quite plausible that the car had acquired an Isle of Man event sticker if Wareing had competed in one of the Longton & DCC events on the island. Hart raced this car in hillclimbs and sprints through 1977, being joined by his son Greg later that season. The pair retained the BT38 for 1978 but Greg wrecked it in a major accident at Shelsley Walsh in August, which he was lucky to escape. The car was briskly rebuilt using a BT40 monocoque acquired from MRD and raced again at Gurston Down just two weeks later. The car was renamed 'Hart JG79' for 1979, fitted with a 1600cc Richardson FVA and raced by Greg and John in 1979 and 1980. Doug Hart recalls that the BT40 was sold to Paul Squires, "who sadly died at a young age and before he finished the car". Subsequent history unknown.
  7. Merlyn Mk 21B [445/F3/73] (Bernard Vermillio): New to Bernard Vermillio for British F3 in 1973, but he failed to arrive for most of his races and had a poor season. The car was acquired from from Vermilio by Gordon Smiley (Mirriam, Kansas) who had come to England to race a works Merlyn Mk 25 in Formula Ford, and the Mk 21 was converted for him to also race in the Formula Atlantic series. His only race in the Mk 21 was in the Brands Hatch race in mid-March supporting the Race of Champions. He crashed during the very wet race and according to Clive Hayward, he "stuffed it pretty thoroughly". Smiley moved to the Elden F3 team.

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.

These British Formula 3 results have been compiled by Chris Townsend using the main British magazines Autosport and Motoring News but also the US magazine On Track which carried surprisingly good coverage of the British series.

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.