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British Sprint Championship Round

Bassingbourne, 29 Aug 1976

ResultsTime 
1 David Render (F1) 3-litre Lotus 76 [2 JPS10] - Cosworth DFV V8
27.96s
2 Simon Riley 3-litre Brabham BT33 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
28.75s
3 Dave Harris 5-litre McLaren M10B/M14D [400-06 (A)] - Chevrolet V8
29.68s
4 Johnty Williamson 5.7-litre Surtees TS11 [02] - Chevrolet V8
30.25s
5 Peter Fisk (1600cc racing car) 1.6-litre March 702 [6] - Ford BDA
(see note 1)
33.1s
DNS Clive Bracey 5-litre Vebra Mk1 - Chevrolet turbo
Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 702 [6] (Peter Fisk): Although given the number 702/6 by March, this was the development F2 car built using the very first Arch Motors frame. It raced just once in 1970 when Howden Ganley appeared in it at Mantorp Park in August. At the start of 1971, it was fitted with a Vegantune twin cam for Formula Atlantic, and was driven by David Morgan at the Mallory Park round in March, taking pole position and winning. He was second in the next race at Castle Combe, but then the car was advertised by March, and bought by John Nicholson, who used it for the rest of that season. Advertised by Nicholson (Ashford, Middlesex) in August 1972. Bought from Nicholson in October 1972 by Martin Steele (Faringdon, Oxfordshire) and used in sprints in 1973 and the first half of 1974. Sold in July 1974 to Peter Fisk (Cambridge) who raced it in speed events from 1974 to 1979. The car was fitted with a BDA engine, and Fisk sometimes shared with Robert Glass, also of Cambridge. Fisk advertised the car in October 1980 and sold it back to Steele in March 1981. Steele restored it and used it in UK historic racing in 1985 and 1986. Retained until sold in November 1998 to Mike Scott (Exeter, Devon) who drove it in FORCE events in 2003, and later appeared with it in Masters events in 2006. Sold in 2009 to Satoshi Onishi (Miharuno, Japan) and used by him in Japanese historic events.

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.

The British Sprint Championship results were originally provided by Paul Parker and Steve Wilkinson and are based on material drawn from Motoring News, Autosport and Speedscene magazines plus results sheets and programmes provided by former competitors and by the organising clubs.

The identification of individual cars is based on the Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 5000 and Formula Atlantic research work presented elsewhere on the site.

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.