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The Akai Atlantic Challenge Race

Ingliston, 26 Jul 1981

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 David Duffield Ralt RT4/80 [185] - Ford BDA Swindon
#20 Caledon Coal Company
30 23m 31.7s
78.8 mph
2 Alo Lawler Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDA Smith
#1 Lep Group of Companies/L&B Excavations
30 23m 53.5s
3 Geoff Byman Lola T760 [HU1] - Ford BDA Smith
#9 Irby Racing
29
4 Carlos Ulibarri March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Swindon
#19 Nick Adams Motor Sport
28
R Ian Flux Ehrlich RP5B [1] - Ford BDA Ehrlich
#15 Dr J.Ehrlich
10 Electrics
DNS Dave Muter Barton JTB3 [Sana RD11] - Ford BDA Cosworth
#11
Did not start
(ran in Libre Cars class as #6 instead)
  Ian Taylor Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDA Nelson
#3 Queensgate Racing
On entry list
  Kim Mather March 792 [31] - Ford BDA
#21 Aycliffe Newtown (see note 1)
On entry list

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.

Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 792 [31] (Kim Mather): New to John Cooper to drive in the Aurora AFX series in 1979, using Hart engines. Also raced by Eddie Jordan in the Donington Park F2 race in August. Not seen in 1980, but reappeared in 1981 when it was used by Kim Mather in F2 and Formula Atlantic. Also driven by Jim Evans that year in libre racing. To John Travis for libre in 1982.

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.

The British race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in Autosport and Motoring News reports in the UK plus the information supplied by a wide range of contributors.

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

Autosport 6 Aug 1981 p54. Programme kindly provided by Richard Coe.