1976 Thruxton Group 8

ShellSport Group 8 European Championship

Sunday, September 12, 1976

Race winner:

Brian McGuire

Round:

Laps:

Pole position:

Brian McGuire

Fastest Lap:

McGuire, 1m11.2

Country:

Britain

Circuit:

Thruxton

1976 season:

Results

Position	Driver	Team	Vehicle	Time	Points
1	Brian McGuire	Brian McGuire	Williams FW04-Ford	36m 35.400s	22
2 ↑ 11	Damien Magee	Hexagon Racing	Penske PC3-Ford	37m 9.000s +33.600s	15
3 ↑ 1	Valentino Musetti	Dave Price Racing	March 752-Ford	37m 11.000s +35.600s	12
4 ↑ 2	Andy Sutcliffe	RAM Racing	Brabham BT44B-Ford	37m 14.000s +38.600s	10
5 ↑ 2	Mike Wilds	Team PR Reilly	Ensign N174-Ford	37m 19.400s +44.000s	8
6 ↑ 6	Keith Holland	Len Gibbs Racing	Lola T400-Chevrolet	37m 44.000s +1m 8.600s	6
7 ↑ 7	Divina Galica	ShellSport Whiting	Surtees TS16/4-Ford		4
8 ↑ 11	Emilio de Villota	Roger Heavens Racing	Lyncar 006-Ford		3
9 ↑ 7	Bernard de Dryver	Bob Salisbury Racing	March 752-BMW		2
10 ↑ 11	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	Chevron B28-Chevrolet		1
11 ↑ 6	Peter Wardle	Peter Wardle	Surtees TS15-Ford		0
12 ↑ 10	Mike King	Brauch Racing	Lola T360-Ford		0
13 ↑ 7	Derek Worthington	Roger Heavens Racing	March 762-Ford		0
14 ↑ 9	Chris Featherstone	Chris Featherstone	McRae GM1-Chevrolet		0
15 ↓ 6	Norman Dickson	Dicksons of Perth	Modus M3-Ford		0
16 ↑ 8	Allan Kayes	Allan Kayes	Lola T330-Chevrolet		0
NC	Adrian Russell	Adrian Russell	Lola T460-Ford		0
R	Brian Henton	Brian Lewis Racing	Boxer PR276-Ford		0
R	Richard Scott	Dicksons of Perth	Modus M3-Ford		0
R	Bob Evans	McKechnie Racing Organisation	McLaren M25-Chevrolet		0
R	Roy Baker	Roy Baker	March 75B-Ford		0
R	John Nicholson	Pinch Plant	March 752-Ford		0
R	David Purley	Lec Refrigeration Racing	Chevron B30-Ford		0
R	John Wingfield	Marshall Wingfield	Ralt RT1-Ford		0
R	Ray Mallock	Ardmore Racing	March 742-Ford		0
R	Terry Perkins	Graham Eden Racing	Sana RD9-Ford		0
DNS	Derek Cook	Derek Cook	Chevron B27-Ford		0
DNS	Chris Choat	Chris Choat	Trojan T101-Chevrolet		0
DNS	Jeremy Sumner	Jeremy Sumner	Chevron B27-Ford		0

Qualifying

Grid	Driver	Team	Time
1	Brian McGuire	Brian McGuire	1m 11.000s
2	David Purley	Lec Refrigeration Racing	1m 11.400s
3	Brian Henton	Brian Lewis Racing	1m 11.400s
4	Valentino Musetti	Dave Price Racing	1m 11.800s
5	Ray Mallock	Ardmore Racing	1m 12.000s
6	Andy Sutcliffe	RAM Racing	1m 12.200s
7	Mike Wilds	Team PR Reilly	1m 12.800s
8	John Nicholson	Pinch Plant	1m 12.800s
9	Norman Dickson	Dicksons of Perth	1m 13.000s
10	John Wingfield	Marshall Wingfield	1m 13.000s
11	Bob Evans	McKechnie Racing Organisation	1m 13.000s
12	Keith Holland	Len Gibbs Racing	1m 13.400s
13	Damien Magee	Hexagon Racing	1m 13.600s
14	Divina Galica	ShellSport Whiting	1m 13.800s
15	Derek Cook	Derek Cook	1m 14.200s
16	Bernard de Dryver	Bob Salisbury Racing	1m 14.400s
17	Peter Wardle	Peter Wardle	1m 14.400s
18	Terry Perkins	Graham Eden Racing	1m 14.800s
19	Emilio de Villota	Roger Heavens Racing	1m 15.000s
20	Derek Worthington	Roger Heavens Racing	1m 15.400s
21	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	1m 15.600s
22	Mike King	Brauch Racing	1m 16.000s
23	Chris Featherstone	Chris Featherstone	1m 18.000s
24	Allan Kayes	Allan Kayes	1m 19.800s
25	Roy Baker	Roy Baker	1m 20.200s
26	Adrian Russell	Adrian Russell	1m 21.800s
27	Chris Choat	Chris Choat	1m 24.200s
28	Jeremy Sumner	Jeremy Sumner
29	Richard Scott	Dicksons of Perth

Circuit

Thruxton

Country:

Britain

Location:

Thruxton, Hampshire

Type:

Permanent road course

Length:

2.356 (miles)

Record:

Earl Goddard (Reynard 95D-Cosworth), 1m01.96, 136.888 mph, Boss Formula (F3000), 2000

First race:

1968 Thruxton F2