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Aberdeen & District MC Hill Climb

Fintray, 2 Aug 1970

ResultsTime 
1 Gray Mickel 2-litre Brabham BT23B [1] - Climax FPF 4
(see note 1)
32.36s 1st in class
2 Sandy Watson (sports racing) 1.6-litre Mallock U2 Mk 8
33.05s 1st in class
3 Agnes Mickel 2-litre Brabham BT23B [1] - Climax FPF 4
(see note 2)
33.31s
4 Dave Millar (sports racing) 1.6-litre Mallock U2 Mk 8
33.72s
5 Ted A. Clark (FF) 1.6-litre Lotus 51 - Ford
33.97s 1st in class
6 Jim Dickson (Special Saloon) 1.33-litre Mini Cooper S - BMC
BVRT
34.21s 1st in class
7 John Fyda (Special Saloon) 1-litre Hillman Imp - Imp
35.08s 1st in class
8 Peter Stewart 1.1-litre Cooper T72 - BMC
35.68s
9 Alex Brown 0.6-litre Walker JW4 - Triumph
35.69s
10 Eric Preston (FF) 1.6-litre Lotus 51 - Ford
35.80s
C3 Bob Hamilton (libre) 4.7-litre Cooper - Chevrolet V8
3rd in large racing car class
Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT23B [1] (Gray Mickel): Sold to Mike Hawley (Solihull) and used in British hillclimbs with a 2-litre Climax engine. Won the RAC championship round at Great Auclum in August. Retained early 1968 but rarely seen and sold mid-season to Curborough sprint specialist Bob Rose (Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire). Sold again to Scottish hillclimbers Gray and Agnes Mickel for 1969 and used in the national championship, guest driven by Mike MacDowel on one occasion. Retained for 1970 but advertised in October that year and sold to Bernard Worth (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, later Navenby, Lincolnshire) for £1600. Bernard and Sue Worth ran the car at Prescott, Croft, Silverstone and Curborough during the early 1970s, and it was also raced by John Walmsley at Curborough and Prescott. It was sold in 1976/77 to Richard Thwaites (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) who wanted the engine for his Brabham BT8. Then unknown until acquired some time around 1990 by Joe Applegarth (Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham). Still in his ownership in 2010.
  2. Brabham BT23B [1] (Agnes Mickel): Sold to Mike Hawley (Solihull) and used in British hillclimbs with a 2-litre Climax engine. Won the RAC championship round at Great Auclum in August. Retained early 1968 but rarely seen and sold mid-season to Curborough sprint specialist Bob Rose (Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire). Sold again to Scottish hillclimbers Gray and Agnes Mickel for 1969 and used in the national championship, guest driven by Mike MacDowel on one occasion. Retained for 1970 but advertised in October that year and sold to Bernard Worth (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, later Navenby, Lincolnshire) for £1600. Bernard and Sue Worth ran the car at Prescott, Croft, Silverstone and Curborough during the early 1970s, and it was also raced by John Walmsley at Curborough and Prescott. It was sold in 1976/77 to Richard Thwaites (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) who wanted the engine for his Brabham BT8. Then unknown until acquired some time around 1990 by Joe Applegarth (Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham). Still in his ownership in 2010.

Sources

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