Brands Hatch 1000km race 1974

Gulf Mirage GR7

The 1974 Brands Hatch 1000 km race , also known as the British airways 1000 Kms World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch , took place on September 29 at the Brands Hatch circuit and was the ninth round of the Sports Car World Championship of that year.

The race

As with the championship races before the two were work - Matra MS 670C completely unchallenged at Brands Hatch in the race. For almost the entire duration of the race, the four drivers lapped the course in pairs. In the end, the Matra team leadership intervened and determined the long-time leaders Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier as the winning team. Two seconds behind came the second Matra, driven by Henri Pescarolo and Gérard Larrousse . The Gulf Mirage GR7 of Derek Bell and David Hobbs crossed the finish line in third overall, eleven laps behind .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	1	Equipe Gitanes	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier	Matra-Simca MS670C	235
2	S 3.0	2	Equipe Gitanes	Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670C	235
3	S 3.0	3	Gulf Research Racing	Derek Bell David Hobbs	Gulf Mirage GR7	224
4th	S 2.0	21st	Chevron Cars Ltd.	Peter Gethin Brian Redman	Chevron B26	224
5	S 3.0	5	Martini Racing Team	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	219
6th	S 3.0	7th	Joest Racing	Jürgen Barth Claude Haldi	Porsche 908/03	213
7th	S 2.0	23	Pedro Domecq Racing	Alain de Cadenet Christian Melville	Chevron B26	209
8th	S 3.0	12	Argyle Engineering with Coombe Racing	Bob Evans Richard Lloyd	March 74S	209
9	S 2.0	24	KVG Racing	John Hine Ian Grob	Chevron B26	208
10	S 2.0	33	Dorset Racing Associates	Keith Holland Tony Birchenhough Brian Joscelyne	Lola T294	206
11	GT	33	Gelo Racing	John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti	Porsche Carrera RSR	209
12	S 2.0	33	James Bell	Ian Harrower Ian Bracey Ian Taylor	Chevron B21	198
13	GT	54	Gelo Racing Team	Arturo Merzario Manfred Schurti John Fitzpatrick	Porsche Carrera RSR	197
14th	S 2.0	42	Hurford Jones	Nigel Clarkson Derek Worthington	Lola T292 / 4	197
15th	GT	51	Samson Kremer team	Paul Keller Hans Heyer Teddy Pilette	Porsche Carrera RSR	193
16	GT	59	Toblerone	Bernard Chenevière John De Stefano	Porsche Carrera RSR	188
17th	S 3.0	8th	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/03	181
18th	S 2.0	29	Peter Clark	Peter Clark Brian Martin	Chevron B23	168
Disqualified
19th	S 2.0	22nd	Pedro Domecq Racing	John Lepp Richard Scott	Chevron B26	32
Failed
20th	S 3.0	14th	Marco Racing	Raymond Touroul Aris Loumidis	Porsche Carrera RSR	138
21st	S 3.0	4th	Gulf Research Racing	Vern Schuppan Reine Wisell	Gulf Mirage GR7	115
22nd	S 2.0	38	SPI Racing	Pedro de Lamare Antônio Castro Prado	March 74S	115
23	S 2.0	28	Motor Race Consultants	Tony Goodwin Peter Smith Rupert Keegan	Chevron B23	112
24	S 2.0	31	Target racing	Dave Walker Martin Raymond	Lola T294	77
25th	S 2.0	32	Escuderia Montjuich	Hervé LeGuellec Martin Birrane	Lola T294	71
26th	GT	52	Samson Kremer team	Hans Heyer Bob Wollek	Porsche Carrera RSR	66
27	S 3.0	9	Jolly Club	Pino Pica Lella Lombardi	Lola T282	62
28	S 2.0	26th	Ecurie Ecosse	Héctor Rebaque Richard Robarts	Chevron B23	47
29	S 2.0	27	Victoria Sporting Club	Richard Jones Alan Jones	Chevron B23	44
30th	GT	53	Gelo Racing	Toine Hezemans Clemens Schickentanz John Fitzpatrick	Porsche Carrera RSR	44
31	S 2.0	44	John Cole	Mark Cole John Cole	Chevron B23	23
32	GT	56	Ecurie Francorchamps	Nick Faure Richard Bond Jean Blaton	Porsche Carrera RSR	15th
33	S 2.0	37	Paulenco Racing	John Sheldon Manuel Larama	March 74S	12
34	S 2.0	40	AW Brown	Buzz Buzaglo John MacDonald	Chevron B23	11
35	S 2.0	36	Paulenco Racing	Mike Beuttler Colin Andrews Chris Skeaping	March 74S	9
Not started
36	S 3.0	6th	Kurt Hild	Hans Müller-Perschl	KMW SP30	1
37	GT	57	Porsche Cars Great Britain	Win Percy Nick Faure	Porsche Carrera RSR	2
Not qualified
38	S 2.0	41	John Blanckley	John Calvert Brian Robinson John Blanckley	Scorpion JB5	3

¹ start ban, as only one driver was on the track ² engine damage in practice ³ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
39	S 3.0	10	Gulf Switzerland	Heinz Schulthess François Migault	Lola T284
40	S 3.0	11	Kurt Hild	Kurt Hild Eberhard Braun Manfred Anspann	KMW SP30
41	S 2.0	25th	Michel Dupont	Michel Dupont Bob Fisher	Chevron B23
42	S 2.0	34	Racing Organization Course	Laurent Ferrier Max Mamers Fred Stalder	Lola T294
43	S 2.0	35	Racing Organization Course	François Sérvanin Fred Stalder Laurent Ferrier	Lola T294
44	S 2.0	39	John Gillmeister	John Gillmeister John Wingfield John Blades	Rawlson CR11
45	S 2.0	43	Pinch Plant	Peter Williams	Chevron B26
46	S 2.0	45	Charles Graemiger	Bernard Béguin Emile Elias	Cheetah 01G
47	GT	58	Martino Finotto	Giorgio Schön Giovanni Borri	Porsche Carrera RSR

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Jean-Pierre Jarier		Matra-Simca MS670C	Overall victory
S 2.0	Peter Gethin	Brian Redman		Chevron B26	Rank 4
GT	John Fitzpatrick	Toine Hezemans	Manfred Schurti	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 47
• Started: 35
• Valued: 18
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 7000
• Weather on race day: light rain
• Route length: 4.265 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:47:33,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 235
• Total distance of the winning team: 1002.219 km
• Winner's average: 173.021 km / h
• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Beltoise - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 1) - 1: 23.300 = 184.312 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jean-Pierre Jarier - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 1) - 1: 22.500 = 186.098 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1974 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race report
• Results

Previous race 1000 km Le Castellet 1974

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Kyalami 1974