Caithness Car Club Hill Climb
Rumster, 23 Aug 1970
| Results | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted A. Clark | (FF) 1.6-litre Lotus 51 - Ford |
30.66s | 1st in class | ||
| 2 | Gray Mickel | 2-litre Brabham BT23B [1] - Climax FPF 4 (see note 1) |
30.96s | 1st in class | ||
| 3 | Agnes Mickel | 2-litre Brabham BT23B [1] - Climax FPF 4 (see note 2) |
31.21s | |||
| 4 | Andrew Smith | 2-litre Cooper FJ Mk III 'T59' - Climax FPF 4 |
31.46s | |||
| 5 | Jim Dickson | (Special Saloon) 1.33-litre Mini Cooper S - BMC BVRT |
32.04s | 1st in class | ||
| 6 | Barrogill Angus | (Special Saloon) 1-litre Hillman Imp - Imp |
32.69s | 1st in class | ||
| 7 | Andrew C. Goodfellow | (libre) 4.7-litre Cooper - Chevrolet V8 |
32.71s | |||
| 8 | Bob Smith | 1.33-litre Mini Cooper S - BMC |
32.85s | |||
| 9 | Ricky Gauld | 1.3-litre Mini Cooper S - BMC |
33.14s | 1st in class | ||
| 10 | Ernie Blackadder | (sports racing) 1-litre Nathan GT - Imp |
33.51s | |||
| RAN | Bob Hamilton | (libre) 4.7-litre Cooper - Chevrolet V8 |
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| Qualifying | |||||
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| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- 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.
- 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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