Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Race
Thruxton, 23 Apr 1984
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Johnny Dumfries | Ralt RT3/83 [455A] - VW #1 Dave Price Racing |
20 | 24m 57.61s 113.26 mph |
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| 2 | Mario Hytten | Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW #15 Murray Taylor Racing |
20 | 24m 59.90s |
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| 3 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | Ralt RT3/84 [448] - VW Nicholson #4 Murray Taylor - RfB |
20 | 25m 03.38s |
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| 4 | Paul Radisich | Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW #8 Murray Taylor Racing |
20 | 25m 19.59s |
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| 5 | David Hunt | Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson #5 Eddie Jordan Racing |
20 | 25m 26.86s |
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| 6 | Carlos Abella | Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G #11 West Surrey Racing |
20 | 25m 32.74s |
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| 7 | Gary Evans | Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G #12 West Surrey Racing |
20 | 25m 35.10s |
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| 8 | Tony Trevor | Ralt RT3/83 [370] - Toyota 2T-G #28 |
20 | 25m 36.59s |
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| 9 | Paul Jackson | Sparton SE420 - VW #21 Valour Racing |
20 | 25m 49.83s |
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| 10 | Steve Bradley | Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G (see note 1) |
20 | 25m 54.26s |
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| 11 | Carlton Tingling | Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW (see note 2) |
20 | 25m 57.56s |
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| 12 | Gray Hedley | Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G |
20 | 26m 08.51s |
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| 13 | Ross Cheever | Ralt RT3/83 [383] - Toyota 2T-G #22 Valour Racing |
20 | 26m 27.87s |
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| 14 | Eric Lang | Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G #10 Alan Docking Racing |
20 | 26m 31.17s |
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| 15 | Keith Fine | Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW MAS Promotions |
19 | ||||||
| 16 | Allen Berg | Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G #2 Eddie Jordan Racing |
19 | ||||||
| 17 | Russell Spence | Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW #2 Intersport/Mint Engineering |
12 | Accident | |||||
| 18 | Cor Euser | Magnum 843 [02] - Toyota 2T-G #7 Team Magnum Racing |
9 | Engine | |||||
| 19 | Godfrey Hall | Lynx GH2/82 - Toyota 2T-G #63 |
5 | Misfire | |||||
| DNA | Thierry Heirman | Anson SA4/84 - Toyota 2T-G #13 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | TBA | Ralt RT3/84 - Toyota 2T-G Richard Trott Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Gregg Atkinson | March 793 [783-5] - Toyota 2T-G (see note 3) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | "Anton Soubriquet" | unknown Steve Bradley Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
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| 1 | Johnny Dumfries | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [455A] - VW | 1.13.85 | ||
| 2 | Allen Berg | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.14.03 | ||
| 3 | Cor Euser | (F3) 2-litre Magnum 843 [02] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.14.22 | ||
| 4 | Tony Trevor | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [370] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.14.22 | ||
| 5 | Mario Hytten | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW | 1.14.26 | ||
| 6 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [448] - VW Nicholson | 1.14.50 | ||
| 7 | Paul Radisich | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW | 1.14.64 | ||
| 8 | David Hunt | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson | 1.14.75 | ||
| 9 | Keith Fine | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW | 1.14.76 | ||
| 10 | Carlos Abella | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.14.85 | ||
| 11 | Russell Spence | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW | 1.14.98 | ||
| 11 | Gary Evans | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.14.98 | ||
| 13 | Eric Lang | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.15.42 | ||
| 14 | Ross Cheever | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [383] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.15.51 | ||
| 15 | Paul Jackson | (F3) 2-litre Sparton SE420 - VW | 1.15.92 | ||
| 16 | Steve Bradley | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.16.54 | ||
| 17 | Carlton Tingling | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW | 1.17.11 | ||
| 18 | Gray Hedley | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.18.05 | ||
| 19 | Godfrey Hall | (F3) 2-litre Lynx GH2/82 - Toyota 2T-G | 1.22.04 | ||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT3/81 [225] (Steve Bradley): Sold to Hope Scott Garage and used by David Leslie in the 1981 season. Sold to Mike Reed (Ivens Lumar Racing) Autosport 3 Sep 1981 p3. Ivens Lumar ran Alfonso Toledano in the car in early 1981 (Autosport 21 Jan 1982 p6). Rebuilt on an 82 spec tub after accident at R3 (Motoring News 1 Apr 1982 p20; the car is described as 'new' by Autosport when it reappears at Thruxton on 12 Apr). Then run for Roberto Moreno from Mallory Park 25 Apr.
- Ralt RT3/82 [337] (Carlton Tingling): Sold to Mint Engineering for Dave Scott in early July 1982. To Carlton Tingling for 1983 (Autosport 3 Mar 1982 p37) and retained 1984.
- March 793 [783-5] (Gregg Atkinson): Shown in March records for 1978 as delivered to Daniel Herregods, 19 January 1978, colour yellow with tub 78M25. To Rob Wilson in 1979 to replace his tiring Ralt RT1 and updated to 1979 specification. Autosport notes ‘ex Herregods’ and chassis number noted by F1R at Snetterton in August 1979. Sold to Gerry Amato for 1980 season, Autosport notes his car as ‘ex Wilson 1979’. Retained by Amato until 1982 then sold to Greg and Tim Atkinson.
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.