British Sprint Championship Round
Mallory Park, 23 Jun 1984
| Results | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Fry | 2.5-litre Pilbeam MP54 [1] - Hart 425R |
50.71s | |||
| 2 | Ray Rowan | (1600cc racing car) 1.6-litre Chevron B45 [B42 78-14] - Ford BDA Cosworth |
53.73s | |||
| 3 | Roy Lane | 2.7-litre Pilbeam MP42/MP50 [1] - BMW M12/7 Euroracing |
54.43s | |||
| 4 | Jonathan Toulmin | 1.6-litre Elfin 600B [7018] - Ford twin cam |
54.92s | |||
| 5 | David Render | 2.8-litre Lola T560 [HU2] - Hart 428R (see note 1) |
55.39s | |||
| 6 | Terry Clifford | 1.6-litre Pilbeam MP45C [1] - Ford BDA |
55.58s | |||
| 7 | Colin Cordy | (sports racing) 3.5-litre Martin BM18 - Rover V8 |
55.76s | |||
| 8 | Stuart Ridge | (1600cc racing car) 1.6-litre Hawke - Ford BDA |
56.04s | |||
| 9 | Graham Priaulx | 2.1-litre Tiga SC80 - Cosworth BDX |
59.25s | |||
| 10 | Ken Ayers | 5.7-litre Chevron B32 [32-75-01] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 2) |
64.94s | |||
| DNS | Martin Bolsover | 2.5-litre Pilbeam MP43 [2] - Hart 425R |
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| DNS | Ted Williams | 2.5-litre Pilbeam MP54 [1] - Hart 425R |
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| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- Lola T560 [HU2] (David Render): First seen as a Lola T550 with Holbay Abarth engine for Roberto Marazzi at the Silverstone F2 race in March 1977, but did not start. Not raced in 1977, but tested by Bruce Allison and Bob Evans in December. Alo Lawler was due to run the car in 1978, but abandoned the project after persistent engine problems. Sold to David Render for sprints in 1979, still with the Abarth engine borrowed from Holbay, and used until 1982 when the Abarth was returned, the Lola fitted with a 2.8-litre Hart engine, and used in this form until 1985. Sold to Jonathan Toulmin for 1988, who continued to run it with the Hart engine, then to Alan Newton, who bought the Abarth motor from Holbay and refitted it. Sold to Colin Pool in 1996, who sold it on to Francesco Molino. Sold by Molino to Thomas Steinke (Hamburg, Germany) in 2012, but later sold back to Molino.
- Chevron B32 [32-75-01] (Ken Ayers): New to John Cussins (Leeds, West Yorkshire) with a 5.7-litre Chevrolet V8 for the British Hill Climb Championship in 1975 and 1976. Then to Noel le Tissier and Tom Coughlan in Guernsey for 1977 and 1978, and raced by Brian Redman in a bike versus car challenge on the Isle of Man in 1979. Then to Andy Sauvarin (Channel Islands) for Sprints in 1980, then unknown until owned by Roy Lane in 1984, and run in Sprints by Ken Ayers. To Chevron enthusiast Richard Budge (Retford, Notts) by 1990 and driven by Mike Wilds in historic events. To Richard Maurice Jones (Rhyl, North Wales) and was rebuilt in 2002 with a 5-litre Chevrolet V8. Then to Mike Wrigley (Ashbourne, Derbyshire), then to Hamish Paterson (Auckland, New Zealand) in 2008. Raced by Paterson in the Tasman Revival series in 2009, 2010 and 2011, after which it was stored for five years before being sold to Karl Zohs (Rotorua, New Zealand), who raced it in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The car was then for sale until Zohs' death in October 2021. In November 2021 it was sold to Alastair Chalmers (Hastings, New Zealand). More information about the Chevron B32
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 Sprint Championship results were originally provided by Paul Parker and Steve Wilkinson and are based on material drawn from Motoring News, Autosport and Speedscene magazines plus results sheets and programmes provided by former competitors and by the organising clubs.
The identification of individual cars is based on the Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 5000 and Formula Atlantic research work presented elsewhere on the site.
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