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

Formula Three race April 2025 November 2013 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.http://www.formula2.net/F377_54.htm Formula 3 1977 – Mallory Park, 04.09 Formula2.net 2013-07-21 Report Entry 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. Qualifying Stephen South took pole position, with a time of 44.2 secs. 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. Classification Race Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car – Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1st 12 GBR Stephen South Team BP March-Toyota 763 15:07.0 2nd 11 Brazil Mario Pati Automovel Club Paulista Ralt-Toyota RT1 15:35.2 3rd 24 GBR Ian Grob Alan Docking Racing Chevron-Toyota B38 15:35.4 4th 26 Australia Chris Farrell Chris Farrell Chevron-Toyota B38 15:35.6 5th 33 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich-Toyota RP9 15:52.6 6th 44 GBR Wyatt Stanley Wyatt Stanley March-Toyota 753 18 DNF 23 France Patrick Gaillard Patrick Gaillard Chevron-Toyota B38 2 Accident damage DNF 3 GBR Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt-Toyota RT1 0 Startline crash DNF 27 GBR Ian Flux Ockley Team Racing Ralt-Toyota RT1 0 Startline crash DNF 42 Australia Paul Bernasconi Paul Bernasconi Ralt-Toyota RT1 0 Startline crash DNF 40 GBR John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft-Toyota R18 0 Startline crash Fastest lap: Stephen South, 44.6secs (108.96 mph). http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=F37748 Mallory Park, 4 Sep 1977 « British Formula 3 « Oldracingcars.com 2013-07-21 References Category:British Formula Three Championship B.R.S.C.C. Trophy