1976 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy

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The 1976 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy was a non-championship Formula Three race, held at the Mallory Park circuit, in Leicestershire, England, on 26 September. The race saw Stephen South score his first International race victory. [1]

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Report

Entry

A total of 26 F3 cars were entered for the event, however of those, only seventeen took part in qualifying and race. Of the nine, who were entered, but did not arrive included the BARC BP Super Visco British F3 Champion, Rupert Keegan. [2]

Qualifying

Stephen South took pole position, ahead of Brazilian Paulo Gomes. Another Brazilian, Aryon Cornelsen-Filho took third with Geoff Lees completing the second row of the grid. [2]

Race

After 18 laps of the Mallory Park circuit, South took the chequered flag, in a time of 13:35.4 mins., averaging a speed of 107.28 mph. Second place went to Lees, who was just 1.4secs behind. Gomes was a little further adrift in third, completed the podium. [2] [1]

Classification

Race

Pos.No.DriverEntrantCar - EngineTime, LapsReason Out
1st1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen South Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham March-Toyota 76313:35.4
2nd18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond Chevron-Toyota B3413:36.8
3rd25 Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Gomes Team Modus LtdModus-Toyota M113:43.2
4th11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt-Toyota RT1/7613:44.6
5th29 Flag of Brazil.svg Aryon Cornelsen-Filho March Racing Ltd March-Toyota 76313:45.4
6th28 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Boy Hayje F & S Properties Ralt-Toyota RT1/7613:46.4
7th30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barrie Maskell Jeff SharpeDastle-Ford Mk 10B (or Mk 12)
8th6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Bernasconi Paul Bernasconi Ralt-Toyota RT1/76
9th26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Keen Team Modus LtdModus-Toyota M1
10th22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph EhrlichEhrlich-Toyota ES5/6
DNF16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Lain Imado Watch Company LtdModus-Ford M1
DNF8 Flag of Sweden.svg Torsten Palm Ralt-Toyota RT1/76
DNF27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce Coate-Bond Waves (Car Displays) March-Toyota 753
DNF20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Andreason GRD-GRD 374
DNF2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Giordano Regazzoni March-Toyota 753
DNF21 Flag of Spain.svg Luis de Almenara Ray Race InternationalRay-Toyota 376
DNF5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Dron March-Toyota 763

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Formula 3 1976 - Mallory Park, 26.09". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mallory Park, 26 Sep 1976 « British Formula 3 «". Oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
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