Thread: March 702
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Old 31 Jan 2006, 10:28 (Ref:1512582)   #2
Chris Townsend
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Chris Townsend should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Rob

March 702s racing in the US seem to be rare, and most of the cars seem to be recorded in Europe until the late 1970s at least - either hillclimbing and sprinting or
buried in a garage [in the case of the ex BMW car]. The only references I can find are in 1972 when Tim and Frank Simpson race a 702 at Road America and Watkins Glen in FB and then in 1973 when Pistritto races one at Watkins Glen. [The latter car was entered by RaceShop - Joe Grimaldi and Doug Shierson's operation, and was red and white] In reading the ads of a wide range of American mags between 1973 and 1987 I've never come across an ad for a 702 nor anything described as a March that might be suspected of having a 702 underneath it.
I'd suspect that if your car has American history it might well have been the Simpson/Pistritto car, but at yet we have little evidence.

Chris
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