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Silverstone Classic


Silverstone, 25 – 27 July 2008

Six months ago Motion works signed a 5 year deal with Silverstone to organise and promote the Silverstone Classic, to once again enjoy the popularity enjoyed by the Coys Historic Festival run at the track during the nineties. They certainly provided a packed programme for competitors and visitors alike, with twenty one races over the weekend, featuring some seven hundred cars and 900 drivers. Maybe the schedule was a little too ambitious as there are inevitable delays, given the propensity of historic race cars to shed parts or drop oil, notwithstanding drivers “red mist” creating incidents and causing full course yellows. Thus some of the display runs had to be cancelled, which wasn’t really fair on those who had made the effort to prepare cars for them, or for the paying public, who were denied the opportunity to see them run.

However, they pulled together a fantastic array of cars, and the weather gods were benign, with warm sunshine the whole weekend, making the whole experience thoroughly enjoyable. Apart from the large racing entry there were a large number of one make car club displays in the infield, together with a Bonhams auction, an automobilia shopping mall, plus musical entertainment at lunchtime and in the evening, hot air balloons, freefall parachutists, aerobatic displays, the Yakovlevs Display Team being particularly impressive. They also provided a continuous shuttle bus service using old Routemaster buses around the perimeter road, which judging by the number of passengers was much appreciated in the hot conditions. This was particularly so for the open top one, as top deck passengers could get a breeze and watch the racing, as they travelled from one point on the circuit to another.
The packed track schedule provided some great racing in the numerous categories. Particularly impressive were the 1966 – 1978 Grand Prix cars, with an impressively large, varied and colourful field, which showed how different the design ideas were then, compared to today’s almost homogeneous aerodynamic wizardry. The field for the 1957 – 1966 GT & Sports Endurance Cars, The Innes Ireland Trophy Race, had an enormous entry list, as did the Duncan Hamilton Trophy for 1948 – 1955 sports racing cars, and the grids for the Formula Junior and pre-1966 Grand Prix cars, whilst the Group “C” grid was also well subscribed, and provided a thrilling battle throughout. Although there were numerous full course yellows, for errant wheels and some accidents, fortunately with nothing worse than damaged cars and egos, overall the meeting provided great track action for the reported 57000 spectators roasting in the sun.

www.silverstoneclassic.co.uk

David O’Neill

07/2008


RACE 6 - CLASSIFICATION

Formula 1 Cars 1966 - 85

POS 

NO  CL  NAME  ENTRY  LAPS  GAP

10  Peter SOWERBY  Williams FW07C-14  7

Joaquin FOLCH  Brabham BT49C-10  10.911

Richard EYRE  Williams FW08-3  22.519

12  Katsu KUBOTA  Lotus 88B-2  22.640

29  Hubertus BAHLSEN  Arrows A4-3  24.960

11  Dan COLLINS  Lotus 88B-1  41.047

33  Mauro PANE  Tyrrell P34-5  41.839

18  David COPLOWE  Lotus 87-4  51.478

9

Steve HARTLEY  Arrows A6-4  52.157

10 

69  Michael FITZGERALD  March 761B  52.377

11 

Frank SYTNER  Hesketh 308-2  53.004

12 

Rodrigo GALLEGO  March 761/8  54.279

13 

14  David ABBOTT  Ensign N180  55.115

14 

37  Roy WALZER  Williams FW07D-16  55.462

15 

Andrea BAHLSEN  Tyrrell 008  1:26.188

16 

42  Richard PIPER  Theodore N183  1:26.352

17 

23  Abba KOGAN  Matra M820  1:27.032

18 

34  John GRANT  Shadow DN9A  1:28.345

19 

80  Sid HOOLE  Lotus 80  1:28.786

20 

John DELANE  Tyrrell 002  1:40.151

21 

30  Michel BAUDOIN  Shadow DN9  1 lap

NOT CLASSIFIED

DNF 

35  Peter DUNN  March 761/4  4 laps

DNF 

32  Jeremy SMITH  Surtees TS20-1  4 laps

DNF 

36  B  Mike LITTLEWOOD  BRM P201  5 laps


RACE 1 - CLASSIFICATION

Formula Junior Cars 1958 - 63
POS  NO  CL  NAME  ENTRY  LAPS  GAP
57 E Denis WELCH Merlyn Mk5/7 7
68 E Gavin PICKERING Lotus 20/22 7 10.781
3 83 E Martin WALFORD Lotus 22  7 11.204
4 61 E Simon DIFFEY Lotus 20  7 12.067
5 79 E Urs EBERHARDT Lotus 27  7 14.641
6 99 E Piero Enrico TONETTI  Brabham BT6 7 23.230
7 90 E Emanule BENEDINI Brabham BT6  7 24.351
8 51 E Michael HIBBERD Lotus 22  7 27.336
9 91 E Chris DRAKE Brabham BT6  7 29.354
10 86 E Erwin van GELDER Lotus 20/22  7 36.114
11 74 D Hans Jorgen KRAG Lola Mk3  7 46.178
12 85 D John CHISHOLM Gemini Mk3A  7 46.240
13 1 C John DELANE Lotus 18  7 54.045
14 33 C Neil DAWS Lotus 18  7 54.855
15 72 D James HICKS Caravelle MkIII  7 56.114
16 12 B Stuart ROACH Alexis Mk2  7 58.100
17 43 C Mark WOODHOUSE Dolphin  7 58.667
18 80 D Stephen GIBSON Lynx  7 59.023
19 38 C Dan COLLINS Lotus 18  7 1:00.678
20 65 E Urs MULLER Lotus 20/22  7 1:11.154
21 48 C Peter MULLEN Kieft  7 1:17.587
22 14 B Crispian BESLEY Elva 100  7 1:20.018
23 59 D David HALL BMC Huffaker MkII  7 1:31.827
24 31 C Kevin MUSSON Lotus 18  7 1:38.466
25 70 E Bob BIRRELL Brabham BT6  7 1:38.496
26 97 E David BROWN Brabham BT6  7 1:43.957
27 56 D Peter JACKSON Cooper  7 1:52.007
28 8 B Tony STEELE Lola MkII  7 1:53.353
29 4 A Jason WRIGHT Stanguellini  7 1:55.132
30 45 C Andrew TAYLOR Britannia  7 2:28.603
31  6 A Bruno FERRARI Stanguellini  7 2:31.943
32  11 B David STEVENSON Mallock U2  6 1 lap
33  7 B Duncan RABAGLIATI Alexis HF1  6 1 lap
34  64 A Daniel SALODINI Taraschi  6 1 lap
35  10 A Steve RUSSELL Stanguellini  6 1 lap
36  46 C Carlo DEL CONTE Wainier  6 1 lap
37  28 A Michael ASHLEY-BROWN Volpini  6 1 lap
38  66 A Patrizia SBARDOLINI Taraschi  6 1 lap
NOT CLASSIFIED
DQ  15 B Brendan ROBERTS Lola Mk2  7 1:02.485
DNS  29 B William GRIMSHAW Moorland Mk1  0
DQ  50 E Nicholas COLYVAS Lotus 27  6 1 lap
DNF  95  E Edwin JOWSEY Lotus 22  0
DNF  55  E Brian MITCHAM Wainer  0
DNF  93  D Chris CHILCOTT Lotus 20  1 6 laps

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