1979 Hitachi Trophy

thumb|Brands Hatch (1976–1987) The 1979 Hitachi Trophy was a non-championship race open to Formula Two and Formula Atlantic cars. The race was held at Brands Hatch on 15 April 1979 as a support race for the 1979 Race of Champions. It was won by British driver Norman Dickson in the Dickson's of Perth's March-Hart 792. The Formula Atlantic class win went to Ray Mallock, who finished in fourth place in the overall standings.Formula 2 1979 - Hitachi Trophy, Brands Hatch http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150408191423/http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm 2015-04-08 live 2013-06-27 Report Entry Only nine F2 cars were entered for the event, however of those, only seven took part in qualifying and race compared with the maximum grid of 26 starters which took part in the European Formula 2 race at Thruxton the next day. An additional 16 Formula Atlantic cars were entered, of which five of these did not arrive.Formula 2 1979 - Hitachi Trophy, Brands Hatch http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150408191423/http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm 2015-04-08 live 2013-06-27 Brands Hatch, 15 Apr 1979 « British Formula Atlantic « OldRacingCars.com Allen Brown http://oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=B79S https://web.archive.org/web/20130315044440/http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=B79S 2013-03-15 live 2013-06-27 Qualifying Norman Dickson took pole position, with a lap time of 1:26.2. This time would have placed Dickson 19th on the grid for the Race of Champions race being run the same day. John Cooper was only one tenth of a second behind in his March-Hart 792, with Divina Galica took an encouraging third place. Next up was Ray Mallock's Ralt-Ford RT1 who was the top Formula Atlantic qualifier in fourth place.Formula 2 1979 - Hitachi Trophy, Brands Hatch http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150408191423/http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm 2015-04-08 live 2013-06-27 Brands Hatch, 15 Apr 1979 « British Formula Atlantic « OldRacingCars.com Allen Brown http://oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=B79S https://web.archive.org/web/20130315044440/http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=B79S 2013-03-15 live 2013-06-27 1979 Race of Champions - ChicaneF1.com http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1979&gp=Race%20of%20Champions&r=1&type=qual https://web.archive.org/web/20140414045608/http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1979&gp=Race%20of%20Champions&r=1&type=qual 2014-04-14 live 2013-06-27 Race After 25 laps of the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, Dickson took the chequered flag after 35:16.1 mins. of racing, averaging a speed of 111.16 mph. Second place went to Galica, who was the only other driver on the lead lap. She was too eager at the start, however and incurred a 60sec penalty for a false start. Brian Robinson rounded out the podium for the F2 brigade.Formula 2 1979 - Hitachi Trophy, Brands Hatch http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20150408191423/http://www.formula2.net/F279_5.htm 2015-04-08 live 2013-06-27 Brands Hatch, 15 Apr 1979 « British Formula Atlantic « OldRacingCars.com Allen Brown http://oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=B79S https://web.archive.org/web/20130315044440/http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=B79S 2013-03-15 live 2013-06-27 Classification Race Pos. Class Pos. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out 1 F2 - 1 GBR Norman Dickson Dickson's of Perth March-Hart 792 35:16.1 2 F2 - 2 GBR Divina Galica Divina Galica March-Hart 792 37:21.8 incl 60sec pen. for false start 3 F2 - 3 GBR Brian Robinson Grange Performance Cars Chevron-Hart B42 24 4 FA - 1 GBR Ray Mallock Mario Deliotti Racing Ralt-Ford RT1 35:31.6, 24 5 FA - 2 GBR Bernard Hunter Ralt-Ford RT1 24 6 FA - 3 GBR Phil Dowsett Wilding Office Equipment/Glaister Card Shops March-Ford 79B 24 7 F2 - 4 Belgium Germain Garon Germain Garon Chevron-Hart B42 23 8 FA - 4 GBR Martin Mansell Lola-Ford T360 23 9 FA - 5 GBR Roger Andreason Druid-Ford 79A 23 10 FA - 6 GBR Geoff Byman March-Ford 75B 23 DNF FA Republic of Ireland Alo Lawler L&B Excavations Racing Lola-Ford T760 15 Collision with Jeffrey DNF FA GBR Andrew Jeffrey The Hope Scott Garage Chevron-Ford B49 15 Collision with Lawler DNF F2 GBR John Cooper JC Racing March-Hart 792 11 Clutch DNF F2 Luxembourg Lucien Lampach Allomo Racing Lampach 7 Engine DNF F2 GBR Tony Dean AG Dean Racing Chevron-Hart B42 5 Gear selectors DNF FA GBR Jim Crawford SDC Racing Chevron-Ford B45 1 Accident DNF FA GBR Rick Gorne Barratt Developments Racing with Anglia Cars Argo-Ford JM1X 0 Accident DNS FA GBR Dave Allen Savon Team Uniroyal Surtees-Ford TS10 Fastest lap: Norman Dickson, 1:23.3. References 30em Category:Formula Two races Hitachi Trophy