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Guards F5000 Championship round

Hockenheim, 13 Sep 1970

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Reine Wisell McLaren M10B [400-06] - Chevrolet V8
#1
30 1h 01m 52.6s
2 Frank Gardner Lola T190 VLWB [190/F1/14] - Chevrolet Morand V8
#30
30 1h 02m 14.5s
3 Mike Walker McLaren M10B [400-18S] - Chevrolet V8
#4
30 1h 02m 58.2s
4 David Prophet McLaren M10B [400-04] - Chevrolet V8
#21
30 1h 03m 10.9s
5 Graham McRae McLaren M10B [400-11S] - Chevrolet V8
#2
30 1h 03m 49.2s
6 Roy Pike Leda LT22 [1] - Chevrolet V8
#11 (see note 1)
28
7 Rob Taylor (F5000) 4.7-litre Kitchiner K3A [1] - Ford 289 ci JW V8
#99
28
8 Kaye Griffiths Lola T142 [SL142/35] - Chevrolet Traco V8
#10 (see note 2)
28
9 Bob Miller (F5000) 4.7-litre Dulon LD8 [1] - Ford 289 ci JW V8
#98
24
10 Ray Calcutt Lola T142 [SL142/36] - Chevrolet Traco V8
#63 (see note 3)
23
11 Lingard Goulding Beattie P1100 ['1'] - Chevrolet Traco V8
#31 (see note 4)
21
12 Trevor Taylor Lola T190 [190/F1/7] - Chevrolet V8
#77 (see note 5)
20
13 Fred Place Cooper T86C [F1-3-68] - Ford Boss 302 V8
#17
16
14 Fred Saunders Crosslé 15F [C15F/69/42] - Rover V8
#66
6
15 Howden Ganley McLaren M10B [400-05] - Chevrolet V8
#12 (see note 6)
1

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Reine Wisell150.31.01.9
2Frank Gardner150.31.15.9
3Mike Walker150.31.31.7
4David Prophet150.31.39.4
5Trevor Taylor150.32.12.8
6Graham McRae150.32.52.5
7Roy Pike14
8Ray Calcutt14
9Rob Taylor14
10Lingard Goulding14
11Kaye Griffiths14
12Bob Miller11
13Fred Place8Damaged wheel
14Fred Saunders2Connecting rod
15Howden Ganley1Camshaft
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Reine Wisell150.30.50.7
2Graham McRae150.30.56.2
3Frank Gardner150.30.58.7
4Mike Walker150.31.26.5
5David Prophet150.31.31.5
6Roy Pike14
7Kaye Griffiths14
8Rob Taylor14
9Bob Miller13
10Ray Calcutt9
11Fred Place8
12Lingard Goulding7
13Fred Saunders4Oil leak
14Trevor Taylor0Valve spring
Qualifying
1 Frank Gardner (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 VLWB [190/F1/14] - Chevrolet Morand V8 2.02.4
2 Graham McRae (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-11S] - Chevrolet V8 2.03.3
3 Reine Wisell (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-06] - Chevrolet V8 2.03.4
4 Howden Ganley (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-05] - Chevrolet V8 2.04.1
5 David Prophet (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-04] - Chevrolet V8 2.04.3
6 Mike Walker (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-18S] - Chevrolet V8 2.06.1
7 Trevor Taylor (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/7] - Chevrolet V8 2.08.3
8 Roy Pike (F5000) 5-litre Leda LT22 [1] - Chevrolet V8 2.11.5
9 Fred Saunders (F5000) 5-litre Crosslé 15F [C15F/69/42] - Rover V8 2.16.2
10 Ray Calcutt (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/36] - Chevrolet Traco V8 2.16.5
11 Kaye Griffiths (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/35] - Chevrolet Traco V8 2.17.3
12 Rob Taylor (F5000) 4.7-litre Kitchiner K3A [1] - Ford 289 ci JW V8 2.18.0
13 Bob Miller (F5000) 4.7-litre Dulon LD8 [1] - Ford 289 ci JW V8 2.22.2
14 Fred Place (F5000) 5-litre Cooper T86C [F1-3-68] - Ford Boss 302 V8 2.29.1
15 Lingard Goulding (F5000) 5-litre Beattie P1100 ['1'] - Chevrolet Traco V8 2.31.5

Notes on the cars:

  1. Leda LT22 [1] (Roy Pike): Revised car built in time for Snetterton 31 Aug 1970. Qualified fourth and raced by Pike to sixth at Snetterton, and sixth again at Hockenheim two weeks later, but crashed in practice for Oulton Park in 19 September. Rebuilt but not ready in time for the final race of season. Subsequently sold to David Lazenby and renamed "Hawke DL7" as a planned F5000 project for 1971. The project was abandoned and the Leda "sold to a sprinter".
  2. Lola T142 [SL142/35] (Kaye Griffiths): See full history: Lola T142 SL142/35.
  3. Lola T142 [SL142/36] (Ray Calcutt): New to Alan Fraser for Keith Holland to drive in British F5000 in 1969 and 1970, and by Ray Calcutt when Holland left the team. Then via Harry Linney and Bob Miller to John Bowtell (Witney, Oxfordshire) who raced it in late 1971 and early 1972, entered by Andrew Cavell. Raced at Silverstone in April by Martin Ridehalgh, and by Bowtell again later in the year. To Richard Brown (Chieveley, Berkshire) for hillclimbs in 1973, then to Bob de la Haye for 1974 and 1975. Then unknown until acquired by John Peskett (Leicester) in 1978. Unused and stored until the car was featured on TV program 'Salvage Squad' broadcast in March 2002. Again unknown until advertised by Marcel Roks (Belgium) 2005 (blue with white stripe, #39). To Will Tomkins (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 2005 - Roger Deans (Baldock, Herts) 2006 and debuted at Shelsley Walsh in September 2006. See full history: Lola T142 SL142/36.
  4. Beattie P1100 ['1'] (Lingard Goulding): Built mid-1970 for Lingard Goulding to race in Formula 5000, and in occasional libre races. Retained for 1971 in 'P1100B' specification, but crashed heavily by Goulding at Mallory Park in early July and written off.
  5. Lola T190 [190/F1/7] (Trevor Taylor): New to Doug Hardwick's Henley Forklift team for the 1970 British Formula 5000 series. Raced by Mo Nunn (2 races), Davey Powell (7 races + 2 DNS) and Trevor Taylor (6 races) in 1970. To Kaye Griffiths (2 races + 1 DNQ), Terry Sanger (1 race only), Ian Ashley (3 races) and Tony Trimmer (1 race only) in 1971, during which time it was acquired by Rocky Plumridge. Retained by Plumridge for 1972 and raced by Ian Ashley (9 F5000 races, and DNQ for the Rothmans 50,000). Subsequent history unknown.
  6. McLaren M10B [400-05] (Howden Ganley): Barry Newman for Howden Ganley: UK 1970 (18 races, five second places) - Gordon Spice: Argentinean GP 1971; UK 1971 (11 races + 1 DNS). Rebuilt as 'Kitchmac' by Tony Kitchiner for 1972 season: driven by Gordon Spice (UK: 7 races + 1 DNS), John Kendall (UK: 2 races; US : 1 race only R3 Watkins Glen), Fred Saunders (UK: 1 DNS only), Alan Rollinson (UK: 1 race only), Roger Williamson (UK: 3 races); UK 1973: driven by Kaye Griffiths ( 1 race only), Richard Knight (5 races + 1 DNS). Not seen again after the end of 1973. It has been reported that this car was wrecked in an accident but it appears to have survived its final race in 1973 intact. Subsequent history unknown.

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.

1969-1976 UK results have been researched and collated by Chris Townsend based primarily on material in Autosport and Motoring News. Information has been added from the growing collection of entry lists from programs.

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.