British Formula Atlantic Championship Race
Silverstone, 5 Jun 1983
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Alo Lawler | Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDD Swindon #1 The LEP Group of Companies |
25 | 0.22.00.3 109.38 |
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2 | Trevor Templeton | Ralt RT4/82 [332] - Ford BDD Swindon #4 Trevor Templeton |
25 | 0.22.08.5 |
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3 | Ian Flux | Ralt RT4/81 [218] - Ford BDD Swindon #18 Abdex Racing |
25 | 0.22.23.1 |
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4 | Neil Crang | Tiga FA82 [200] - Ford BDD Alan Smith #10 Tiga Racing Services |
25 | 0.22.33.5 |
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5 | Mike Catlow | Ralt RT1 [71?] - Ford BDD Richardson #2 Mike Catlow |
25 | 0.22.38.8 |
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6 | Geoff Byman | Lola T760 [HU1] - Ford BDA Cosworth #9 Normans Toys/Peerless Plant/Robertson Trophies |
24 | ||||||
7 | David Newall | March 78B - Ford BDA #22 Staggers Jeans/McDonald Eng. |
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8 | Stewart Phillips | March 80A [1] - Ford BDD Swindon #7 Winchmore Hill Garage Ltd Leyland Dealers (see note 1) |
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DNS | Vin Malkie | Chevron B45 [45-78-04] - Ford BDA Hart #25 (see note 2) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNA | Robert Baxter | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDA Richardson #11 Bob Baxter |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Jeremy Fish | March 792/812 - Ford BDA Holbay #12 MH Plant Hire |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Dave Hoban | March 78B [782-6] - Ford BDA #14 David Hoban (see note 3) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Dan Daly | Chevron B42 - Ford BDA #27 Dan Daly |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Pat Fitzpatrick | Chevron B42 [42-78-12] - Ford BDA #29 Pat Fitzpatrick |
Did not arrive |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Alo Lawler | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [199] - Ford BDD Swindon | |||
2 | Ian Flux | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [218] - Ford BDD Swindon | |||
3 | Trevor Templeton | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [332] - Ford BDD Swindon | |||
4 | Mike Catlow | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 [71?] - Ford BDD Richardson | |||
5 | Neil Crang | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Tiga FA82 [200] - Ford BDD Alan Smith | |||
6 | Geoff Byman | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T760 [HU1] - Ford BDA Cosworth | |||
7 | Vin Malkie * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B45 [45-78-04] - Ford BDA Hart | |||
8 | David Newall | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDA | |||
9 | Stewart Phillips | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [1] - Ford BDD Swindon | |||
* Did not start |
Notes on the cars:
- March 80A [1] (Stewart Phillips): New to Bernard Hunter (Edinburgh, Scotland) and raced in the British Formula Atlantic series and libre racing, entered by Colin Bennett Racing. Retained for the first libre races at the start of 1981, then raced by Stuart Lawson and Ted Dzierzek in Scottish libre in April and May. To Tony Brown, and raced in hillclibs in early 1982, but Brown soon returned to the Martin BM16 that he had run from 1979 to 1981. The 80A was acquired by Stewart Phillips (Enfield, Middlesex) and raced in libre races from July 1982 onwards, entered by Winchmore Hill Garage.
- Chevron B45 [45-78-04] (Vin Malkie): To Fred Opert Racing for North American Formula Atlantic as a second car. Used as a spare by Keke Rosberg and as his race car at Lime Rock. Also raced by Eje Elgh and by Arturo Merzario at Trois-Rivières. Raced by Rosberg at Macau in November 1978. Then sold to Mike Peers and entered in the revived British series for Jim Crawford. Fitted with a BDX engine for 1980 and run by Plygrange Racing for Crawford in the F2 class of the Aurora series. Stayed with Plygrange for 1981 when raced by Vin Malkie (Northwich, Cheshire) in libre racing. Reappeared in 1983 when raced by Duncan Gray in the British Formula Atlantic series. It was entered by Peers himself in libre in 1984. Then to Steve Raine for Sprints, co-driven by Robin Boucher, and then hired to Bob Fearnley's RK Racing for Tiff Needell to drive in a pair of races in India in early 1985. Then reportedly to Stuart Ridge for 1986. To John Lloyd then to Simon Hadfield (Shepshed, Leicestershire) but damaged in an accident at Mallory Park. Restored with original Excita condoms bodywork and sold in 1998 to Jeff Wright, a Scotsman then living in Canada. Still with Wright (Wilmington, NC) in 2014 and raced regularly in vintage racing.
- March 78B [782-6] (Dave Hoban): Alex Ribeiro's Hart-engined car at Thruxton 27 Mar 1978 and presumably all season. Hired by Wolfgang Locher for Hockenheim 26 Sep. To Phil Dowsett for Formula Atlantic in 1979 and converted to 79B spec. To Dave Hoban in 1982 and retained until 1984.
Sources
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' original 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 9 Jun 1983 pp63-64.