BRSCC Northern Formule Libre Championship Race
Aintree, 1 Aug 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
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| 1 | Val Musetti | (F1) 3-litre Fittipaldi F5B [3?] - Cosworth DFV V8 Colin Bennett |
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| 2 | Stuart McPherson | (F2) 2-litre Chevron B42 [42-78-05] - Hart 420R #2 |
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| 3 | Vin Malkie | (libre) 2-litre Chevron B45 [45-78-04] - Ford (see note 1) |
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| 4 | Bob Fernley | (unknown) Chevron B42 #28 |
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| Qualifying | |||||
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| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- Chevron B45 [45-78-04] (Vin Malkie): New to Fred Opert Racing for North American Formula Atlantic as a second car. Used as a spare by Keke Rosberg and as his race car at Lime Rock. Also raced by Eje Elgh and by Arturo Merzario at Trois-Rivières. Raced by Rosberg at Macau in November 1978. Advertised by Opert from ATS Engineering, where he had moved to become team manager, in March 1979 as a lightweight B45 with 1979 rear suspension and F2 fuel tanks. Then sold to Mike Peers and entered in the revived British series for Jim Crawford in 1979, winning five races and finishing second in the championship. Fitted with a BDX engine for 1980 and run by Plygrange Racing for Crawford in the F2 class of the Aurora series. Stayed with Plygrange for 1981 when raced by Vin Malkie (Northwich, Cheshire) in libre racing. Reappeared in 1983 when raced by Duncan Gray in the British Formula Atlantic series. It was entered by Peers himself in libre in 1984. Then to Steve Raine for Sprints, co-driven by Robin Boucher, and then hired to Bob Fearnley's RK Racing for Tiff Needell to drive in a pair of races in India in early 1985. Then reportedly to Stuart Ridge for 1986. To John Lloyd then to Simon Hadfield (Shepshed, Leicestershire) but damaged in an accident at Mallory Park. Restored with original Excita condoms bodywork and sold in 1998 to Jeff Wright, a Scotsman then living in Canada. Still with Wright (Wilmington, NC) in 2014 and raced regularly in vintage racing. By 2019, the car had moved to Scotland and was owned by George Coghill (Halkirk, Highland) and was prepared by Steve Worrad (Whitchurch, Shropshire) for sprints.
Sources
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