Scottish Hill Climb Championship round

Doune, 21 Jun 1981

Notes on the cars:

1. Toleman TG280H [10] (Chris Cramer): New to Chris Cramer (Stroud, Gloucestershire) and fitted with a 2.5-litre Hart engine for the British Hill Climb Championship in 1981. Retained by Cramer for 1982. Sold to Jimmy Jack (Evanton, Scotland) and Jim McGaughey for 1983 and converted to a GT with Lancia 037 bodywork and a BMW F2 engine. Debuted by Jack at Doune and raced by McGaughey in British GT racing in 1984 and 1985. In 1994, the car reappeared in Finland where it was raced by Ahti Juusela with a Ford engine, and in 1995 with a Mazda engine. It was then acquired by Jari Kämäräinen's team and raced by him, still with the Mazda engine, from 1996 to 2000, winning the Finnish championship in 1997. After a change to the rules, the car was stored until 2006 when it was raced again under Estonian rules. The engine broke after a race in 2007. Subsequent history unknown.
2. Toleman TG280H [10] (Jimmy Jack): New to Chris Cramer (Stroud, Gloucestershire) and fitted with a 2.5-litre Hart engine for the British Hill Climb Championship in 1981. Retained by Cramer for 1982. Sold to Jimmy Jack (Evanton, Scotland) and Jim McGaughey for 1983 and converted to a GT with Lancia 037 bodywork and a BMW F2 engine. Debuted by Jack at Doune and raced by McGaughey in British GT racing in 1984 and 1985. In 1994, the car reappeared in Finland where it was raced by Ahti Juusela with a Ford engine, and in 1995 with a Mazda engine. It was then acquired by Jari Kämäräinen's team and raced by him, still with the Mazda engine, from 1996 to 2000, winning the Finnish championship in 1997. After a change to the rules, the car was stored until 2006 when it was raced again under Estonian rules. The engine broke after a race in 2007. Subsequent history unknown.
3. March 792 [5] (Max Harvey): New to Brian Henton's BFO Racing Team for Wolfgang Locher to drive in F2 in 1979, using Hart engines. "Cocho" Lopez took over the drive for the last few races. The car was then sold to Max Harvey for British hillclimbs in 1980 and completely rebuilt over the 1979/80 winter by Lawrie Billings before being tested at Silverstone in mid-March. Harvey was a director of Netherton & Worth who sponsored the car in 1980, using 2-litre and later 2.2-litre Hart engines. However, Harvey's car was observed carrying the chassis plate 792-21, so at some point he acquired the ex-Tiga car in place of the ex-Henton car. Based on a few chassis plate observations, it is currently assumed that Harvey used 792-21 in 1980 and 792-5 in 1981. His car had significantly modified nose and sidepods in 1981. As 792-21 is known to have gone to Doc Willoughby in 1984, it is likely that 792-5 is the car that Nicolas Brebsom (Bettendorf, Luxembourg) acquired in 1982 or 1983. Its bodywork matched that used by Harvey in 1981. Used by Brebsom in Luxembourg hillclimbs until 1988 at least. Subsequent history unknown.

Sources

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