Rothmans F5000 Championship round
Mugello, 23 Jun 1974
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | David Hobbs | Lola T330 [HU15] - Chevrolet Falconer & Dunn V8 #14 (see note 1) |
11 | 25m 26.0s 84.574 mph |
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| 2 | Bob Evans | Lola T332 [HU36] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #9 (see note 2) |
11 | 25m 57.0s |
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| 3 | Teddy Pilette | Chevron B28 [28-74-01] - Chevrolet Morand V8 #1 (see note 3) |
11 | 26m 21.5s |
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| 4 | Brian Robinson | McLaren M19C [2] - Chevrolet Morand V8 #37 (Entered as #19) |
11 | 28m 26.6s |
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| 5 | Roelof Wunderink | Chevron B24 [24-73-04] - Chevrolet Morand V8 #43 (see note 4) |
11 | 28m 46.5s |
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| 6 | Lella Lombardi | Lola T330 [HU18] - Chevrolet Smith-Oates V8 #208 (see note 5) |
11 | 28m 52.7s |
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| 7 | Clive Santo | Lola T330 [HU21] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #69 (Entered as #11) (see note 6) |
11 | 29m 09.9s |
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| 8 | Brian McGuire | Lola T332 [HU40] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #42 (see note 7) |
10 | ||||||
| 9 | Ian Ashley | Lola T330 [HU17] - Chevrolet RES V8 #62 (see note 8) |
9 | did not finish | |||||
| 10 | Trevor Twaites | Lola T330 [HU6] - Chevrolet Bolthoff V8 #41 (see note 9) |
9 | ||||||
| 11 | Peter Gethin | Chevron B28 [28-74-02] - Chevrolet Morand V8 #8 (see note 10) |
8 | ||||||
| 12 | Patrick Sumner | Trojan T101 [104] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #35 (see note 11) |
4 | ||||||
| 13 | Tony Trimmer | McLaren M19A [1] - Chevrolet V8 #24 |
3 | ||||||
| DNS | René Arnoux | McLaren M19A [1] - Chevrolet V8 #77 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNA | Tony Dean | Chevron B24 [24-73-01] - Chevrolet Morand V8 #2 (see note 12) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Guy Edwards | Lola T332 [HU34] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #5 (see note 13) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Clive Santo | Lola T330 [HU21] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #11 (see note 14) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Ian Ashley | Lola T330 [HU17] - Chevrolet RES V8 #12 (Entered as #12) (see note 15) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Brian Robinson | McLaren M19C [2] - Chevrolet Morand V8 #19 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Damien Magee | Lola T330 [HU4] - Chevrolet Eisert V8 #27 (see note 16) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Nick Wattiez | Lola T330 [HU16] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #34 (see note 17) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Allan Kayes | McLaren M14A [2-2] - Chevrolet Smith V8 #36 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Willie Wood | Trojan T101 [101] - Chevrolet V8 #45 (see note 18) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.
| Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Hobbs | 7 | 15m 52.7s | 138.736 kph |
| 2 | Bob Evans | 7 | 15m 53.4s | |
| 3 | Peter Gethin | 7 | 15m 56.0s | |
| 4 | Ian Ashley | 7 | 16m 00.2s | |
| 5 | Brian McGuire | 7 | 16m 40.9s | |
| 6 | Teddy Pilette | 7 | 16m 55.4s | |
| 7 | Brian Robinson | 7 | 17m 01.0s | |
| 8 | Lella Lombardi | 7 | ||
| 9 | Roelof Wunderink | 7 | 17m 43.3s | |
| 10 | Clive Santo | 7 | 17m 48.4s | |
| 11 | Trevor Twaites | 5 | ||
| 12 | Patrick Sumner | 4 | crankshaft | |
| 13 | Tony Trimmer | 1 | ||
| Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teddy Pilette | 4 | 09m 26.1s | |
| 2 | David Hobbs | 4 | 09m 33.2s | |
| 3 | Bob Evans | 4 | 10m 03.6s | |
| 4 | Roelof Wunderink | 4 | 11m 03.2s | |
| 5 | Clive Santo | 4 | 11m 21.5s | |
| 6 | Brian Robinson | 4 | 11m 25.6s | |
| 7 | Lella Lombardi | 4 | 11m 48.5s | |
| 8 | Trevor Twaites | 4 | 12m 37.0s | |
| 9 | Brian McGuire | 3 | ||
| 10 | Ian Ashley | 2 | spin | |
| 11 | Tony Trimmer | 2 | ||
| 12 | Peter Gethin | 1 | spin | |
| Patrick Sumner | did not start | |||
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Ashley | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU17] - Chevrolet RES V8 | 1m 52.4s | ||
| 2 | Bob Evans | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU36] - Chevrolet Smith V8 | 1m 52.5s | ||
| 3 | Teddy Pilette | (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B28 [28-74-01] - Chevrolet Morand V8 | 1m 53.4s | ||
| 4 | Lella Lombardi | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU18] - Chevrolet Smith-Oates V8 | 1m 54.0s | ||
| 5 | Roelof Wunderink | (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-04] - Chevrolet Morand V8 | 1m 54.3s | ||
| 6 | Peter Gethin | (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B28 [28-74-02] - Chevrolet Morand V8 | 1m 54.6s | ||
| 7 | Brian McGuire | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU40] - Chevrolet Smith V8 | 1m 55.7s | ||
| 8 | Clive Santo | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU21] - Chevrolet Smith V8 | 1m 57.8s | ||
| 9 | David Hobbs | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU15] - Chevrolet Falconer & Dunn V8 | 1m 59.2s | ||
| 10 | Brian Robinson | (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M19C [2] - Chevrolet Morand V8 | 1m 59.7s | ||
| 11 | Patrick Sumner | (F5000) 5-litre Trojan T101 [104] - Chevrolet Smith V8 | 2m 01.2s | ||
| 12 | Trevor Twaites | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU6] - Chevrolet Bolthoff V8 | 2m 09.9s | ||
| 13 | Tony Trimmer | (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M19A [1] - Chevrolet V8 | 2m 17.2s | ||
| 14 | René Arnoux * | (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M19A [1] - Chevrolet V8 | 8m 57.5s | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Lola T330 [HU15] (David Hobbs): See full history: Lola T330 HU15.
- Lola T332 [HU36] (Bob Evans): See full history: Lola T332 HU36.
- Chevron B28 [28-74-01] (Teddy Pilette): See full history: Chevron B28 74-01.
- Chevron B24 [24-73-04] (Roelof Wunderink): Built for 1973 season. VDS for Teddy Pilette: raced in UK 1973 and Tasman 1974 - Roelof Wunderink: raced in UK 1974. Then via Tony Dean to Richard Simms and used in libre racing in 1975 and 1976. To John Lambert (York) 1977: used in hillclimbs in 1978 and 1979. Then via Ian Webb and Alex Seldon to Chris Townrow (Crantock, Cornwall) for sprints in Cornwall and Devon. To historic racer Richard Piper (Greenwich, London) and partner Patric Capon and raced by Piper in libre and HSCC racing in 1983 and 1984. To Dennis Humphries (Canterbury, Kent) and damaged in testing at West Malling airfield. Repaired and sold to John Harper (late 1980s/early 1990s) then via Tony Ingram (Atlanta, GA) and Lee Chapman (New Milford, CT) to Fred Gunther (Trumbull, CT). Later via Vintage Racing Services (Stratford, CT) to Alex Seiler (NY, NY) c1998. Following a restoration, it was raced in VARA events at Willow Springs and Phoenix and driven on occasion by Casey Annis, publisher of Vintage racecar Magazine. In 2000, it was sold to Stan Beck (Seattle, WA) restored again before it was sold on to Miles Jackson (Seattle, WA) in 2006.
- Lola T330 [HU18] (Lella Lombardi): See full history: Lola T330 HU18.
- Lola T330 [HU21] (Clive Santo): See full history: Lola T330 HU21.
- Lola T332 [HU40] (Brian McGuire): See full history: Lola T332 HU40.
- Lola T330 [HU17] (Ian Ashley): See full history: Lola T330 HU17.
- Lola T330 [HU6] (Trevor Twaites): New to Australian Colin Hyams who raced it in the UK series in early 1973. To Trevor Twaites June 1973, and raced by him in the UK series in 1973, 1974 and 1975. Later to John Jordan (UK), who entered it for Tom Belso in 1977, and raced it himself in libre in 1978. Entered by Jordan for Dave Williams in libre racing 1983, and then for Tony Trimmer in the BRSCC Libre Championship from 1984 to 1989, winning the championship in 1986 and finishing second in 1987 and in 1988. At some point between 1985 and 1988, the T330 was dismantled and parts used by Dave Finnigan (Biggleswade, UK) to construct T332 "HU42" for Jordan's team. The original HU6 chassis remained with Finnigan until early 2000 when sold to Richard Lines (UK), then to Kevan McLurg (UK) 2005 and built into a complete car by McLurg and then by John Crawford's Motorsport Solutions NZ Ltd by July 2009. Owned by this time by Lindsay Willis of Wilco Racing (Rotorua, NZ), and raced by his son Brett Willis (Rotorua, NZ) in the F5000 Tasman Revival series every season from 2010/11 to 2017/18. More information about Lola T330 HU6
- Chevron B28 [28-74-02] (Peter Gethin): See full history: Chevron B28 74-02.
- Trojan T101 [104] (Patrick Sumner): See full history: Trojan T101/104.
- Chevron B24 [24-73-01] (Tony Dean): Built for 1973 season. Tony Dean: raced in UK 1973, US 1973, UK 1974 (crashed at R1 - Dean then buys B24-73-08), also used to settle a bet at the BARC Harewood hill climb 4 Aug 1974; UK 1975 (driven by Dean 3 races, Alain Peltier 1 DNS, Roelof Wunderink 1 DNS). Presumably the car raced by Dean at the Easter Rufforth meeting, winning the libre event. Raced by Dean at Aintree 19 Apr 1975, setting a new circuit record as he won the libre race by over a lap. Crashed and written off by Wunderink Zandvoort (practice) 17 May 1975. Wreckage scrapped.
- Lola T332 [HU34] (Guy Edwards): See full history: Lola T332 HU34.
- Lola T330 [HU21] (Clive Santo): See full history: Lola T330 HU21.
- Lola T330 [HU17] (Ian Ashley): See full history: Lola T330 HU17.
- Lola T330 [HU4] (Damien Magee): See full history: Lola T330 HU4.
- Lola T330 [HU16] (Nick Wattiez): See full history: Lola T330 HU16.
- Trojan T101 [101] (Willie Wood): See full history: Trojan T101/101.
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.
Individual sources for this event
These results were corrected and updated using Autosprint's race report on 24 Oct 2020.