British Formula Atlantic Championship Race
Mallory Park, 5 Apr 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Mallock | Ralt RT4/81 [218] - Ford BDA Swindon #6 Cliff Smith Racing/Chemtex |
40 | 28m 35.48s |
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| 2 | Alo Lawler | Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDA Smith #1 L&B Excavations |
40 | 28m 49.85s |
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| 3 | Phil Dowsett | March 81A [15] - Ford BDA Nicholson #5 Pinch Plant |
40 | 29m 15.68s |
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| 4 | Richard Hawkins | Ralt RT1 [9] - Ford BDA Nicholson #22 The Lep Group of Companies |
39 | ||||||
| 5 | Geoff Byman | Lola T760 [HU1] - Ford BDA Smith #9 |
38 | ||||||
| 6 | Tony Westwood | March 79B - Ford BDA Swindon #2 Datamatic Ltd (see note 1) |
38 | ||||||
| R | Ian Flux | Ehrlich RP5B - Ford BDA Ehrlich #15 |
32 | Airbox | |||||
| R | Malcolm Hull | March 782 - Ford BDA Richardson #18 Neil Fletcher Racing |
Not known | ||||||
| R | Ian Taylor | Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDA Nelson #3 Queensgate Racing |
14 | Engine | |||||
| R | Colin Lees | Argo JM9 [057-FA] - Ford BDA Smith #7 Goodwin Racing |
7 | Suspension | |||||
| DNA | Mike Catlow | Ralt RT1 [71?] - Ford BDA Hart #17 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Carlos Ulibarri | March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Swindon #19 Neil Edwards Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | David Duffield | Ralt RT4/80 [185] - Ford BDA Swindon #20 Caledon Coal Company |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Mark Thatcher | Ehrlich RP5A - Ford BDA Ehrlich #16 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Mallock | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [218] - Ford BDA Swindon | 0.48.14 | ||
| 2 | Alo Lawler | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDA Smith | 0.48.27 | ||
| 3 | Ian Flux | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ehrlich RP5B - Ford BDA Ehrlich | |||
| 4 | Ian Taylor | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDA Nelson | |||
| 5 | Colin Lees | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Argo JM9 [057-FA] - Ford BDA Smith | |||
| 6 | Richard Hawkins | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 [9] - Ford BDA Nicholson | |||
| 7 | Phil Dowsett | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [15] - Ford BDA Nicholson | |||
| 8 | Malcolm Hull | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 782 - Ford BDA Richardson | |||
| 9 | Geoff Byman | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T760 [HU1] - Ford BDA Smith | |||
| 10 | Tony Westwood | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDA Swindon | |||
Notes on the cars:
- March 79B (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
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.