The Akai Atlantic Challenge Race
Ingliston, 26 Jul 1981
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | David Duffield | Ralt RT4/80 [185] - Ford BDA Swindon #20 Caledon Coal Company |
30 | 23m 31.7s 78.8 mph |
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2 | Alo Lawler | Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDA Smith #1 Lep Group of Companies/L&B Excavations |
30 | 23m 53.5s |
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3 | Geoff Byman | Lola T760 [HU1] - Ford BDA Smith #9 Irby Racing (see note 1) |
29 | ||||||
4 | Carlos Ulibarri | March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Swindon #19 Nick Adams Motor Sport |
28 | ||||||
R | Ian Flux | Ehrlich RP5B [1] - Ford BDA Ehrlich #15 Dr J.Ehrlich |
10 | Electrics | |||||
DNS | Dave Muter | Barton JTB3 - Ford BDA Cosworth #11 (see note 2) |
Did not start (ran in Libre Cars class as #6 instead) |
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  | Ian Taylor | Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDA Nelson #3 Queensgate Racing |
On entry list | ||||||
  | Kim Mather | March 792 [31] - Ford BDA #21 Aycliffe Newtown (see note 3) |
On entry list |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
Qualifying | |||||
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Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- Lola T760 [HU1] (Geoff Byman): New to Alo Lawler (Newton le Willows, Lancashire) for the 1979 British Formula Atlantic series, using Alan Smith engines and sponsored by L&B Excavations Racing. Lawler won the opening round at Mallory Park in the rain, but at other races the car proved uncompetitive. Sold to Geoff Byman (Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) late 1980 and used in Formula Atlantic in 1980 and 1981, and also in The Donington Open series and other Formula Libre. Retained for Formula Atlantic and Formula Libre in 1982 and 1983. Following the cancellation of British Formula Atlantic, the car was taken out to India and was raced by Jim Crawford there in 1986. It was then owned and raced by Harish Samtani in India from 1987 to 1989. It returned to the UK in early 1989 and was used by John Russell and John Malley in sprints and hillclimbs. Jeremy Bouckley then used it in hillclimbs in 1991. Its history is then unknown until 2006, when it was bought by Dermot Healy for a customer. It then passed to Martin Walker (Notts) later in 2006. It was with Peter Hiscocks by 2009, and then with Martyn Donn by 2012, who used it in HSCC and other historic events until 2017. It was then sold to George Coghill (Halkirk) who used it in historic hillclimbs in 2018 and 2019. It was offered for sale by Steve Worrad in May 2020. It then moved to Lothar Oberlaber (Austria) for Histo Cup events. Advertised by Oberlaber in December 2023.
- Barton JTB3 (Dave Muter): In May 1977, Andy Barton (Newcastle upon Tyne) bought a Sana tub and parts from John Thompson, who had fabricated the San RD9 and RD11. He built these up with his usual 2-litre BDA engine as the Sana JTB2 and raced it with great success in Formula Libre in 1977 and 1978. For 1979, it was sold to David Muter (Seghill, Northumberland), who raced it in libre in 1979, 1980, 1981 and early 1982. Subsequent history unknown.
- March 792 [31] (Kim Mather): New to John Cooper to drive in the Aurora AFX series in 1979, using Hart engines. Also raced by Eddie Jordan in the Donington Park F2 race in August. Not seen in 1980, but reappeared in 1981 when it was used by Kim Mather in F2 and Formula Atlantic. Also driven by Jim Evans that year in libre racing. To John Travis for libre in 1982.
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 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.
Individual sources for this event
Autosport 6 Aug 1981 p54. Programme kindly provided by Richard Coe.