Amongst the Historic Touring contingent, a total of seventy-five entrants ensured there would be two separate grids for one of the world’s best historic race meetings. A different split this year – Under 2 litres and Over 2 litres - placed the rotary-powered Mazda RX-2s with the big boys. With races from Friday through to Sunday, it was a big test of man and machine…
UNDER 2 LITRES AND INVITED CARS
Qualifying
David Brown (Datsun 1600) grabbed pole with a 1.54.4 lap, just over half a second clear of Group S Alfa racer Adriano Dimauro, who was enjoying a guest steer behind the wheel of Rob Burns’s Alfa GTV. The second row was made up of BDA Escort punters David Noakes and Mark Lenstra from New South Wales, while Rob van Stokrom qualified fifth in the BMW 2002 ahead of Peter van Summeren’s Lotus Cortina.
Race 1, Friday afternoon
Dimauro showed immediate speed to lead the field in the opening race, while Brown had a great battle with van Stokrom until the former fell off at the tight MG corner, re-joining behind Noakes.
Keeping pace in the top five was van Summeren, while Richard Hill (Mini Cooper S),
