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Hitachi Formula Atlantic Series Race

Mallory Park, 10 Aug 1980

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 David Leslie Ralt RT4/80 [185] - Ford BDA Nicholson
#8 Hope Scott Garage
25 17m 58.1s
112.70 mph
2 Phil Dowsett March 79B [782-6] - Ford BDA Racing Fabrications
#5 Pinch Plant/Martins (see note 1)
25 18m 05.8s
3 Ian Flux Ehrlich RP5 - Ford BDA Ehrlich
#15 Dr. J. Ehrlich
25 18m 16.6s
4 David Duffield Ralt RT1 [145] - Ford BDA Swindon
#20 Caledon Coal Co.
25 18m 25.4s
5 Alo Lawler Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDA Smith
#3 L&B Excavations
25 18m 32.8s
6 Nick Adams March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Nelson
#11 Maclean Business Publications
24
7 Roger Orgee March 782/79B - Ford BDA Richardson
#4 Baric Computing Services
24
8 Roger Andreason Druid 79A [377-01] - Ford BDA Andreason
#14 Andreason Racing and Tuning
24
9 Tony Westwood March 78B - Ford BDA Swindon
#6 Datamatic Ltd (see note 2)
24
10 John Bowtell March 77B [Bowtell] - Ford BDA Swindon
#50 (see note 3)
24
R Ian Briggs Ralt RT1/77 [72] - Ford BDA Swindon
#36
20
R Richard Piper Wimhurst - Ford BDA Cosworth
#12
19

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.

Qualifying
1 David Leslie (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [185] - Ford BDA Nicholson 0.42.0
2 Phil Dowsett (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [782-6] - Ford BDA Racing Fabrications 0.42.7
3 Alo Lawler (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDA Smith 0.43.0
4 Ian Flux (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ehrlich RP5 - Ford BDA Ehrlich 0.43.2
5 Ian Briggs (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/77 [72] - Ford BDA Swindon 0.43.3
6 David Duffield (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 [145] - Ford BDA Swindon 0.43.8
7 Nick Adams (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Nelson 0.44.1
8 Richard Piper (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Wimhurst - Ford BDA Cosworth 0.44.1
9 Roger Orgee (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 782/79B - Ford BDA Richardson 0.44.2
10 Roger Andreason (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Druid 79A [377-01] - Ford BDA Andreason 0.44.9
11 Tony Westwood (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDA Swindon 0.45.5
12 John Bowtell (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B [Bowtell] - Ford BDA Swindon 0.45.9

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 79B [782-6] (Phil Dowsett): Alex Ribeiro's Hart-engined car at Thruxton 27 Mar 1978 and presumably all season. Hired by Wolfgang Locher for Hockenheim 26 Sep. To Phil Dowsett (Maldon, Essex) for British Formula Atlantic in 1979, converted to 79B specification and supported by Pinch Plant and Martin the Newsagent. Retained by Dowsett for 1980, then unraced in 1981. Advertised by Dowset as a 782/79B in September 1981. To Dave Hoban (Horncastle, Lincolnshire) for British Formula Atlantic in 1982, then retained for libre racing in 1983 and in 1984.
  2. March 78B (Tony Westwood): Tony Westwood (Cardiff/Caerphilly/Eaton Hastings) raced a March "78B" or March "79B" with Swindon engines in British Formula Atlantic in 1980 and early 1981. He was sponsored by Datamatic Limited ("Pacemakers in Continuous Print") and entered as #6 in 1980 and #2 in 1981. He was last seen in April 1981. Subsequent history unknown
  3. March 77B [Bowtell] (John Bowtell): In September 1978, John Bright (Leicester) advertised a March "77P" which he described as being a F2 rolling chassis and "same as Giacomelli's". He also advertised his 773 Formula 3 car which had been rebuilt on a new monocoque in August 1978. It is therefore possible that the "77P" had been built using the 773's repaired original monocoque. The car was sold to John Bowtell (Witney, Oxfordshire), who fitted it with a 2-litre BDX bought from Ray Mallock and ran it in libre in 1979. He then fitted it with a 1600cc Swindon BDA and raced it in the British Formula Atlantic series in 1980. He then retired from racing, and advertised the car in January 1981. Subsequent history unknown.

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 British race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in Autosport and Motoring News reports in the UK plus the 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.