1977 B.R.S.C.C. Trophy

The 1977 B.R.S.C.C. Trophy was a non-championship Formula Three race, held at the Mallory Park circuit, in Leicestershire, England, on 4 September. The race saw Stephen South, who won the previous year’s corresponding race (Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy), return to win again.[1]

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Entry

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A total of just 17 F3 cars were entered for the event. However, of those, only 11 took part in qualifying and the race. Those that were entered but did not arrive included both the Unipart Racing Team’s cars and a car that would have been driven by English driver, Nigel Mansell.[1]

Qualifying

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Stephen South took pole position, with a time of 44.2 secs.[1]

Race

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After 20 laps of the Mallory Park circuit, South took the chequered flag, in a time of 15:07.0 mins. averaging a speed of 107.166 mph. Second place went to Mario Pati, who was over 28 secs. behind. Just 0.2 of second separate Pati from Ian Grob who completed the podium. The race however saw four taken out following a startline crash, leaving just seven cars running after Gerard’s, the first corner.[1]

Classification

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Race

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Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 12   Stephen South Team BP March-Toyota 763 15:07.0
2nd 11   Mario Pati Automovel Club Paulista Ralt-Toyota RT1 15:35.2
3rd 24   Ian Grob Alan Docking Racing Chevron-Toyota B38 15:35.4
4th 26   Chris Farrell Chris Farrell Chevron-Toyota B38 15:35.6
5th 33   Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich-Toyota RP9 15:52.6
6th 44   Wyatt Stanley Wyatt Stanley March-Toyota 753 18
DNF 23   Patrick Gaillard Patrick Gaillard Chevron-Toyota B38 2 Accident damage
DNF 3   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt-Toyota RT1 0 Startline crash
DNF 27   Ian Flux Ockley Team Racing Ralt-Toyota RT1 0 Startline crash
DNF 42   Paul Bernasconi Paul Bernasconi Ralt-Toyota RT1 0 Startline crash
DNF 40   John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft-Toyota R18 0 Startline crash

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Formula 3 1977 - Mallory Park, 04.09". Formula2.net. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Mallory Park, 4 Sep 1977 « British Formula 3 «". Oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 21 July 2013.