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]

Report

Entry

A total of just 17 F3 cars were entered for the event, however of those, only 11 took part in qualifying and race. Of those who were entered, but did not arrive included both the Unipart Racing Team’s cars and neither did one for up and coming young English driver, Nigel Mansell.[1]

Qualifying

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

Race

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

Race
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

[1][2]

References
  1. "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.
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