Goldfields "100"
Goldfields Raceway (Welkom), 11 Feb 1978
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Scheckter | March 78B - Ford BDD Nicholson #1 Lexington Racing |
32 | 37m 33.6s |
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| 2 | Bobby Scott | March 77B [17] - Ford BDD #21 Sportsman Lager Racing [Andrew Thompson] |
32 | ||||||
| 3 | Mike Domingo | March 76B ['1A'] - Ford BDD #9 Team Domingo-Bodycraft |
31 | ||||||
| 4 | Evan Boddy | Chevron B34 [34.76.02] - Ford BDD Nicholson #16 South Coast Motors Racing |
31 | ||||||
| 5 | Tony Martin | Chevron B45 [45.78.01] - Ford BDD Swindon #3 Lucky Strike Racing (see note 1) |
29 | ||||||
| 6 | Dave Charlton | March 76B [1] - Ford BDD #6 Dave Charlton (see note 2) |
29 | Collision with Trochanni | |||||
| R | Dorino Trochanni | Chevron B29 [29.75.15] - Ford BDD #20 Dorino Troccani |
Collision with Charlton | ||||||
| R | Derek Bell | Kauhsen-Jabouille 2J [7702?] - Ford BDD Richardson #12 Khausin [sic] |
26 | Engine | |||||
| R | Nols Nieman | March 77B [18] - Ford BDD #4 Benson and Hedges/BP Racing [Alex Blignaut] |
2 | Damage from collision with van Rooyen | |||||
| R | Trevor van Rooyen | March 77B [8] - Ford BDD #7 Team Gunston |
0 | Accident | |||||
| DNS | Roy Klomfass | March 77B [11] - Ford BDD #8 Team Uniewinkels [Martin Flint/Roger Taylor] |
Did not start (Cam belt in warm up session) |
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| UNKE | Len Booysen | Kauhsen-Jabouille 2J - Ford BDD Richardson #5 Khausin [sic] |
On entry list | ||||||
| UNKE | Joe Domingo | Chevron B25 - Ford BDA #11 Team Domingo |
On entry list | ||||||
| UNKE | Desiré Wilson | Chevron B34 [34.76.08] - Ford BDD Swindon #13 Team Laddiers Fashion Stores |
On entry list | ||||||
| UNKE | TBA | March 77B - Ford BDA #14 Benson and Hedges/BP Racing [Alex Blignaut] |
On entry list | ||||||
| UNKE | Clive Cooke | Donnelly JD201 - Ford BDD #15 BP Racing/Rally Motors |
On entry list | ||||||
| UNKE | Geoff Frizell | Chevron B25 - Ford BDD #18 Geoff Frizelle |
On entry list | ||||||
| UNKE | Mike Hoffmann | Chevron B25 - Ford BDD #22 Team Valcoline (Rackrite Special Chevron) |
On entry list | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Scheckter | |||
| 2 | Bobby Scott | |||
| 3 | Mike Domingo | |||
| 4 | Evan Boddy | |||
| 5 | Tony Martin | |||
| 6 | Dave Charlton | |||
| 7 | Dorino Trochanni | |||
| 8 | Derek Bell | |||
| 9 | Nols Nieman | |||
| 10 | Trevor van Rooyen | |||
| 11 | Roy Klomfass | |||
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Scheckter | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDD Nicholson | |||
| 2 | Roy Klomfass * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B [11] - Ford BDD | |||
| 3 | Bobby Scott | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B [17] - Ford BDD | |||
| 4 | Tony Martin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B45 [45.78.01] - Ford BDD Swindon | |||
| 5 | Trevor van Rooyen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B [8] - Ford BDD | |||
| 6 | Dave Charlton | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [1] - Ford BDD | |||
| 7 | Derek Bell | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Kauhsen-Jabouille 2J [7702?] - Ford BDD Richardson | |||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Chevron B45 [45.78.01] (Tony Martin): New to Tony Martin and used in the South African Formula Atlantic series in 1978, initially wearing Chevron B39 bodywork. Retained for 1979, but Martin also had an older Chevron B34 which was used at several races. The B45 was then fitted with a 3-litre Ford V6 engine for the new Formula South Africa that started in July 1979. The car was retained for 1980, but destroyed in a garage fire.
- March 76B [1] (Dave Charlton): Presumed to be the car of Ian Scheckter, used in the 1976 South African season. Racing tradition has it that Scheckter always had the first car of any of March's production runs, and South African expert Ian Hebblethwaite suggests that Scheckter had both the first chassis of the 76B and 77B production. A/S report of the race at Welkom in February 1976 says that Scheckter's car is "the first of the production examples". Badly damaged in testing accident after the race at Aldo Scribante in March 1976, and at Roy Hesketh Scheckter appears in a car that is described as "brand new" by Autsport and as having a "new tub" by Motoring News. Subsequent evidence suggests that the latter was the case, and the rebuilt car, if it still carried a plate, probably kept the identity of chassis 1 to avoid fresh import duties on a new car. The remains of the old tub were sold to the Domingo brothers, who built it up with spares to become 76B-1A in 1977. Sold to Len Booysen in 1977, and loaned by him to Dave Charlton and Bernard Tilanus in 1978.
Sources
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' original results.
The South African race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in Autosport and Motoring News plus information supplied by a wide range of contributors.
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.
Individual sources for this event
Entry list from programme kindly provided by Richard Coe.