A truly wonderful entry of MGBs, TR4s and TVRs from the 1960's spiced up with singleton entries of Gilbern GT, TR3A, Alfa GTA, Lotus Elite and Spitfire, and, as an added bonus, a pair of XK120s, made up a fantastic grid. Lots of close racing right down the field with a superb duel at the front between poleman Tom Smith's MGB and Malcolm Johnson's TVR. Johnson grabbed the early lead and resisted Smith's heroic attempts to get by for several laps. Eventually, Smith hit the front but the role reversal saw an immediate and sustained counter-attack by Johnson. In his attempts to stay ahead, Smith was putting the power on earlier and earlier out of Russell, and eventually he applied it a tad too early and got slightly out of shape. The slight loss in momentum was enough to allow Johnson to draw alongside on the Senna Straight and with the inside line into Riches, he retook the lead which he never again relinquished. The pair were split slightly through backmarkers, and although Smith came back strongly, he was not quite close enough to launch a further attack before the flag came out. A superb scrap:-
Allan Ross-Jones gets it all wrong going into Russell's, in his very smart TR4, but he recovered to finish 17th. A swarm of 'B's avoid him - David Wood (55 -19th), Andrew Burroughs (61 - 21st), Mark Way (41 - 16th), and Paul Freeman (13 - 26th):-
David Wozencroft took his TR4 to 13th, whilst the XK120 of Nick Wilkins finished 29th:-
Great to see the Gilbern 1800GT of Michael Bell. A 24th place finish was recorded:-
