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Scottish Hill Climb Championship round

Kinkell, 23 Mar 1975

ResultsTime 
1 Barrogill Angus (Modsports) 1-litre Davrian - Imp
32.79s 1st in class
2 Ted Dzierzek 1.6-litre Hawke DL6A [1] - Ford BDA
32.89s 1st in class
3 Alan Thomson 1.6-litre Chevron B17 [17.70.08] - Ford twin cam Holbay
(see note 1)
33.55s
4 Peter Chamberlain (Special Saloon) 1-litre Shannon Imp - Imp
33.59s 1st in class
5 Jim Campbell (1600cc racing car) 1.6-litre Brabham BT35 [44] - Ford BDA Hart
John Young (see note 2)
33.78s
6 Bill Wood (Modsports) 1.3-litre MG Midget
34.06s
7 Bill Smith (1100cc racing car) 1.1-litre Ginetta G17 - Imp
34.24s 1st in class
8 John Whyte (Special Saloon) 1.3-litre Mini Cooper S - BMC
34.63s 1st in class
9 Hamish Fergus (Modsports) 1-litre Ginetta G15 - Imp
34.69s
10 Jimmy Jack (Special Saloon) 1-litre Hillman Imp
Jack, Stevedoring & Crane Hire, Evanton
34.77s
Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. Chevron B17 [17.70.08] (Alan Thomson): New to Ken Sedgley and raced in British F3 and libre racing in 1970, using Holbay engines. Retained for 1971 and converted to the new 1600cc F3, again with Holbay engines, but rarely seen. Sold to John Finch (Chesterfield) in July 1971 and used in F3 for the rest of the season. Updated to B17c specification and retained by Finch for 1972, now sharing with Graham Lynch, but did not actually race very often. Converted to Formula Atlantic specification for 1973 but used with more success in Formule Libre. Sold to Alan Thomson (Edinburgh, Scotland) in early 1974, still with its Holbay twin cam engine, and used in Scottish and northern English sprints and hillclimbs, winning the Scottish Hillclimb championship in 1975 and 1976. It was then sold to Russell Paterson (Glasgow, Scotland) for hillclimbs and sprints in Scotland in 1977 and then in libre races at Croft and Ingliston in 1978. It is reported to have been wrecked at some point. Later via dealer Bobby Howlings (Alderley Edge, Cheshire) to "M Wakefield-Brand" in 1978, then to David Pullen (Guildford, Surrey) in 1991. Raced by Pullen in HSCC Classic Racing Car Championship events in 2004. The car was made available by Pullen for a test by Alexander Sims in Autosport in February 2011. Later owner Jonathan Sharp reports that Pullen "sold the car to a lady for somebody to drive it at which time it was in a very poor state". Its next owner was John Pearson who "did one race at Brands Hatch before deciding single seaters weren't for him", and he sold it to Jim Blockley (Stroud, Gloucestershire) in 2015. Raced by Blockley in HSCC racing until sold by him to Jonathan Sharp (Alderley Edge, Cheshire) in September 2021 to use in the HSCC Historic F3 series plus selected events in Europe.
  2. Brabham BT35 [44] (Jim Campbell): Husband-and-wife hillclimbers Gray and Agnes Mickel (Glasgow, Scotland) bought a new Brabham BT35 for hillclimbs in 1972. It was fitted with a Hart twin-cam and first appeared at the Kinkell Braes hill climb in March 1972. Retained by the Mickels for 1973 and used in British and Scottish championship hillclimbs, acquiring a Hart BDA engine some time during that year. The car was advertised by the Mickels in November 1973 and was bought by Jim Campbell (Bothwell, Scotland) 1974 who raced it until 1978. It was then used by Chris Dowson (Pershore, Worcestershire) in hillclimbs in 1979 and 1980. Fred Edwards (Warboys, Cambridgeshire) bought it in 1985 and used it in Monoposto and HSCC events until 1991 but it was then unused until bought by David Irwin (Evergreen, Colorado) in 2001. Irwin still had it in 2004. It was restored by J&L restorations and had moved to Don Roose (Bainbridge Island, Washington) by 2005. Advertised by Roose in 2007. Sold to Allen Nicholas (California) in December 2009 and used in west coast historic events. Sold by Nicholas to Peter McLaughlin (New Hampshire) in December 2014 but not raced. Sold to David Smoker (South Australia) in April 2016.

Sources

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