19 replies to this topic

[Darren Galpin]

I have been contacted by Luke Dugdale, who's late father raced in the British Lombard F3 championship in 1974, and the BP Series in 1975. He wishes to find out the results, as well as the names of the drivers his father competed against. I've been able to help him with top six results, but can anyone out there supply more detailed versions?

[Huw Jenjin]

Given a little bit of time, i could fish out some old programmes and have a look, but if you looked at a 1978 F1 grid you would pick a few out.

[bobdar]

I also am looking for 1974 F3 results. I own a '74 GRD/F3 car that Alex Ribiero drove in the Forward Thrust and Lombard Championships. Will share info with Dugsdale, email : abonfig@msn.com

[Don Capps]

I probably have this information, but it is not here in the library I maintain in my Quarters. I will try top remember to find the results and then pass them on...

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Yr fthfl & hmbl srvnt,

Don Capps

Semper Gumbi: If this was easy, we’d have the solution already…

[Milan Fistonic]

Bob
I don't know if you've received any results about Rebeiro's 1974 season but here are a few I've gleaned from Autocourse.

Monaco May 25, 1974

6th in Heat 1
6th in Final

Nurburgring June 17, 1974

5th in Heat 1
4th in Heat 2
5th on aggregate

Hockenheim July 14, 1974

4th

Thruxton August 18, 1974

2nd

Forward Trust F3 Championship

4th (3rd equal according to JPMSYB 1975)

Lombard North Central F3 Championship

2nd

A quote from John Player Motor Sport Yearbook 1975

GRD, so popular and successful in 1972, found it difficult to sell cars after an unhappy 1973 season. But Chairman and Supersalesman Mike Warner still won some orders, including the very valuable one of Alex Dias-Ribeiro, the little Brazilian who had just cleaned up in Formula Ford at home. Alex, his helmet covered with the hopeful motto "Jesus Saves" drove the works car throughout 1974 with increasing confidence. GRD considerably modified their Formula Three chassis during the winter, reverted to front radiator lay-out, and clothed the whole thing in an attractive new body.

By the end of the year Alex had switched to Atlantic.

[Don Capps]

I finally got the info to Luke, but haven't had a chance to look for the info on the Alex Ribiero GRD.

[bobdar]

MF: Thanks for the information, some of which I had already received from the Watkins Glen Library/Autocourse archives. I had a conversation with Alex last spring, and he recalled that he managed a few F3 wins in '74: Snetterton, Oulton Park and the season finale at Brands Hatch. He was particularly proud of the Brands Hatch result because he beat Brian Henton "outright" in that race. He was also quite proud of having the pole at Nurburgring. Alex stated that he was a privateer, but that the car was stabled at the GRD factory, and that as the season progressed, he received a lot of "upgrades" and help from GRD.

I don't have the dates for the Snetterton, Oulton Park or Brands Hatch events, but would be interested in any source of articles or pictures from those races. Thanks again.

[Milan Fistonic]

Bob
Here are some of Alex's races taken from Motoring News. It's getting late so I'll have to leave the rest till later.

Mallory Park - April 28, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

The main race of the day was delayed due to repair work on the fencing at Gerards after Hoyle’s incident. Eleven cars eventually came to the grid, all on wet tyres, non-starters being Teleco (who is rumoured to be getting a new GRD) and the two Ippokampos Racing March 743 Holbays of Buzz Buzaglo and his new team mate Hany Wiano.
On pole position was Pedro Passadore and his yellow GRD 374. Alongside with an identical time was Alex Riberio, who despite looking hairy is becoming a force to be reckoned with. Completing the front row, American Tony Rouff did well to record a time only 0.2 seconds slower, having practised on intermediates when caught out by a freak heavy hailstorm.
Passadore was first into Gerards but Rouff soon pressed ahead and at the end of lap one it was Rouff from Derek Lawrence in the Ehrlich, with Jose Chateaubriand in the works March, Riberio and Nicholas Von Preussen following close behind. The race strung out between nine cars as Luis Correia retired his Team Brazil GRD with water in the electrics and Simon Sherman his 1600 Royale RP 11A with a dead engine. There was little change in the race order except that Riberio slipped down to sixth after several indiscretions, promoting Jose Espirito Santo to an eventual fifth. The Shaft March finished only 0.2s behind Von Preussen, and may have taken him had it not been for a backmarker. So Rouff cruised home from Lawrence, Chateaubriand, Von Preussen and Santo; Passadore with a sick motor, Bob Arnott’s Modus M1 and Peter Dugdale in Richard Robarts’ old March completed the finishers.

1 T. Rouff, 1860 GRD-Vegantune 373, 14m 40.0s (82.84 mph)
2 D Lawrence, 1900 Ehrlich-Ehrlich ES2/3
3 J. Chateaubriand, 1900 March-Holbay 743
4 N. Von Preussen, 1930 March 733
5 J. Santo, 1900 March-Washer 743
6 A. Riberio, 1998 GRD 374

FL Rouff, 57.4s (84.69 mph)



Silverstone – May 5, 1974

Formula 3 and Monoposto – 10 laps

Fourteen F3 cars came to the grid with newcomers Ippokampos Racing providing new March 743 Holbays for the Australian Buzz Buzaglo and Japan’s Hany Wiano. Dick Parsons had Bev Bond’s original Ensign completely revamped by Pete Bloore and although the 1.8 Davron engine was not particularly powerful Parsons was feeling his way quite confidently.
Brian Henton had been quickest in practice but the works March driver complained bitterly of wayward Monopostos and incorrect gearing due to a strong head wind into Woodcote. Nevertheless Henton led lap one from a hard charging Alex Ribeiro (Hollywood GRD), Tony Rouff (GRD), Jose Chateaubriand (March), Derek Lawrence (Ehrlich) and Buzaglo (March). Rouff had got the upper hand over Ribeiro by lap four while Lawrence was dropping away from the battling duo of Chateaubriand and Buzaglo.
Buzaglo headed the Rodao March on lap five and began to close on third placed man Ribeiro. The Australian’s irresistible progress was halted on lap 7 by a wild moment on the grass at Woodcote during which he very nearly collected Chateaubriand’s March.
Henton’s progress was slowed by back markers but rain on lap eight caused the pace to slow dramatically. Despite a few sideways moments the slick shod March crawled over the line 4.4s ahead of Rouff’s GRD which was handicapped by a bent front canard. Rouff spun after the finish and was nearly collected by Ribeiro’s thid placed GRD….. Chateaubriand came next, followed by Lawrence, Von Preussen (March) and Buzaglo.

Overall and F3
1 B.Henton, March-Holbay 743, 10m 25.6s (92.53 mph)
2 T. Rouff, 2.0 GRD- Vegantune 373
3 A. Ribeiro, 2.0 GRD-Novamotor 374
4 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743

FL Henton, 58.2s (99.46 mph)




Snetterton – May 12, 1974

Formula 3 – 10 laps

With Alex Ribeiro almost living at Snetterton, it wasn’t surprising to see his Hollywood International Racing Team GRD-Nova 374 on pole for this Forward Trust round. Some 0.8s slower was Brian Henton’s works March-Holbay 743, while completing the front row on the same time as “Superhen” was Buzz Buzaglo’s very smart Ippokampos March-Holbat 743.
Howerver there was disappointment for Henton, for his engine blew on the warm up lap. It was Buzaglo who upheld Commonwealth honours by taking the lead at Riches but before the lap was over, he had been passed by both Ribeiro and Pedro Passadore’s Monzeglio GRD-Nova 374. Buzaglo was in turn being challenged by the second works March of Jose Chateaubriand and Tony Rouff, whose GRD started at the back of the grid after carburation problems in practice.
Rouff slotted into fourth place on lap two and third place a lap later, while on the fourth lap he found himself in second place when Passadore pitted with a puncture. This left Ribeiro and Rouff well out in front, and that’s where they stayed. Chayeaubriand found himself third at half distance, Buzaglo’s March retiring with an electrical problem while Prince Nicholas Von Preussen’s March 733 was equally safe in fourth place. Luis Correia in the newly formed Team Brazil’s GRD 374 finished fifth after a big last lap effort by Hany Wiano sent the Indonesian’s Ippokampos March into the pit rail.

1 A. Ribeiro, GRD-Novamotor 374, 10m 51.4s (105.20 mph)
2 A. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373
3 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743
4 N. Von Preussen, March-Brown 733
5 L. Correia, GRD-Holbay 374
6 P. Dugdale, March-Novamotor 733

FL Rouff, 1m 03.6s (107.75 mph) establishes record
Brands Hatch - May 17, 1974

Formula 3 – 12 laps

Eleven entries – eight starters plus Formula Ford cars that were too slow for their final!

No mention of Ribeiro in report

1 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743, 9m 52.0s (90.49 mph)
2 J. Santo, March-Washer 743
3 A. Rouff, March-Vegantune 373
4 N. Von Preussen, March-Neil Brown 733

FL Henton and Santo 48.2s (92.61 mph) establishes lap record




Monaco – May 25, 1974

Heat 1 – 16 laps

1 Tom Pryce, March-Holbay Pinto 743, 25m 51.0s (75.66 mph)
2 Tony Brise, Modus-Holbay Pinto M1
3 Sandro Cinotti, March- Nova Ford t/c 743
4 Giorgio Francia, March- Nova Toyota 743
5 Lamberto Leoni, March-Holbay Pinto 743
6 Alex Dias-Ribeiro, GRD-Nova Ford t/c 374

FL Pryce, 1m 36.0s (76.40 mph)


Heat 2 – 16 laps

1 Brian Henton, March-Holbay Pinto 743, 26m 07.7s (75.86 mph)
2 Alberto Colombo, GRD-Nova Ford t/c 374
3 Renzo Zorzi, March-Nova Ford t/c 743
4 Guadenzio Mantova, GRD-Holbay Pinto 374
5 J.E. Santo, March- Ford t/c 743
6 C. Andersson, March-Nova Toyota 743

FL Henton, 1m 36.1s (76.41 mph)


Final – 24 laps

1 Tom Pryce, March-Holbay Pinto 743, 38m 32.8s (76.20 mph)
2 Tony Brise, Modus-Holbay Pinto M1
3 Sandro Cinotti, March- Nova Ford t/c 743
4 Giorgio Francia, March- Nova Toyota 743
5 Renzo Zorzi, March-Nova Ford t/c 743
6 Alex Dias-Ribeiro, GRD-Nova Ford t/c 374 (lost half his GRD’s nose)

FL Pryce, 1m 35.0s (&&.20 mph)



Snetterton – June 30, 1974

Formula 3 – 20 laps

Grid
1 Henton, 1m 2.8s
2 Von Preussen, 1m 3.4s
3 Ribeiro, 1m 3.4s

Result
1 N. Von Preussen, March-Brown 733, 23m 57.0s (95.37 mph)
2 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743
3 B. Maskell, Dastle-Holt Mk 10B
4 A. Ribeiro, GRD-Novamotor 374 (2.6s behind Maskell)
5 D. Lawrence, Ehrlich-Vegantune ES3
6 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743

FL Henton, 1m 9.8s (98.18 mph)



Cadwell Park – July 21, 1974

Formula 3 – 10 laps

Handicapped by a temporary “small” engine Alex Ribeiro (GRD) held a good fourth place until the pressure from Maskell behind him told and he crashed out after four laps.



Oulton Park – July 27, 1974

Formula 3 – 10 laps

The two Marches of Henton and Santo were already beginning to pull clear by the end of lap one and Alex Ribeiro had moved his GRD up to third place, heading a tightly bunched quartet, the other members of which were Barrie Maskell’s Dastle, Rouff’s GRD and Danny Sullivan’s March 733.
… Henton won by 3.6s with Santo taking a clear second place. Ribeiro just hung onto third although Rouff was right alongside him as they took the flag.

1 B. Henton, 2.0 March-Holbay 743, 16m 00.0s (103.54 mph)
2 J. Santo, 2.0 March- Nova 743
3 A. Ribeiro, 2.0 GRD-Novamotor 374
4 A. Rouff, 2.0 GRD-Vegantune 373
5 D. Sullivan, 1.8 March-Vegantune 733
6 J. Chateaubriand, 2.0 March-Holbay 743

FL Henton, 1m 34.4s (105.29 mph)



Snetterton – July 28, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

At the start of the Lombard North Central round Alex Ribeiro (Hollywood International Racing GRD 374) used his pole position to the best advantage to lead the works Marches of Brian Henton and Jose Chateaubriand and the similar ’73 car of Nick Von Preusen. Henton was obviously not content to be the filling in a South American sandwich and out-braked Ribeiro into Riches on the second lap ….. extended his lead throughout to take a fine win and a new lap record.
Although outpaced by the exuberant Henton, Ribeiro had the measure of the others and finished a secure second.


1 B. Henton, 2.0 March-Holbay 743, 15m 52.0s (107.37 mph)
2 A. Ribeiro, 2.0 GRD-Novamotor 374
3 A. Rouff, 2.0 GRD-Vegantune 373
4 B. Maskell, Dastle-Holt Mk 10B
5 N. Von Preussen, March-Brown 733
6 P. Passadore, GRD-Vegantune 374

FL Henton, 1m 2.4s (109.82 mph) new lap record



Oulton Park – August 10, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

1 A. Ribeiro, 2.0 GRD-Novamotor 374, 26m 31.6s (93.67 mph)
2 N. Von Preussen, March-Brown 733
3 D. Lawrence, Ehrlich-Vegantune ES3
4 A. Rouff, 2.0 GRD-Vegantune 373
5 M. Moraes, 2.0 GRD-Holbay 374
6 B. Henton, 2.0 March-Holbay 743

FL Henton, 1m 42.0s (97.45 mph)

Henton and Chateaubriand finished first and fourth but were penalised 70 seconds for failing to stop their engines at the two-minute board and for jumping the start.




Brands Hatch – August 11, 1974

Formula 3 – 10 laps

The two who dominated the previous day’s Oulton Park thrash, Henton and Ribeiro shot away at the start, chased by Nick Von Preussen and Danny Sullivan in their March machines. Sullivan dived through into third place at Druids on the third lap and immediately made ground on Ribeiro, but with only 1800cc of Vegantune to Ribeiro’s Penistan/Novamotor power, Sullivan was having to work very hard. His best chance was an outbraking manoeuvre, but his big attempt at Druids on the eighth lap did not work, and in fact he fell back nearly into Von Preussen’s clutches again.
By the finish he was back on Ribeiro’s tail but did not have time to try any more heroics.

1 B. Henton, 2.0 March-Holbay 743, 8m 06.2s (91.81 mph)
2 A. Ribeiro, 2.0 GRD-Novamotor 374
3 D. Sullivan, 1.8 March-Vegantune 733
4 N. Von Preussen, March-Brown 733
5 D. Lawrence, Ehrlich-Vegantune ES3
6 J. Chateaubriand, 2.0 March-Holbay 743

FL Henton, 47.6s (93.78 mph) new lap record

[bobdar]

MF: Wow! Thank you for an unbelievable amount of information. This is invaluable information for the car's provenance as well as good material for an article I plan to write for our club's vintage magazine. Your considerable effort is appreciated.

I also see Peter Dugdale mentioned in a couple of the results; I dropped a line to Luke Dugdale to check out your post.

Is there any source for back issues of the Motoring News? Are there photos with the articles??

[Milan Fistonic]

Bob

Here are the rest of the results.

Mallory Park – August 25, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

1 T. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373, 11m 28.8s (105.84 mph)
2 D. Sullivan, March-Vegantune 733
3 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743
4 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743
5 M.Tyrrell, March-Brown 733
6 P. Neve, Brabham-Vegantune BT41B

FL Henton, 45.0s (108.00 mph)

No mention of Ribeiro in this race




Silverstone – August 26, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

A tremendous start from the second row of the grid saw Alex Dias-Ribeiro shoot straight into the lead in his Hollywood GRD, but the Brazilian only got as far as the exit of Copse before spinning and collecting compatriot Marcos Moraes. Both cars continued, although no longer in contention for the lead, while Len Smith’s GRD and Robert Joubert’s Brabham BT41 both spun at Becketts and got going again at the tail of the field.
By the end of the first lap Brian Henton had installed his works March 743 at the head of the field and never looked back from that point on, winning very neatly by just under three seconds from Tony Rouff’s GRD. Following his first lap mix-up, Ribeiro drove extremely well to recover third place at the end, although he was helped by the retirement of Mike Tyrrell’s pole-winning March 743 and a pit stop by Nicholas Von Preuseen to remove a loose undertray which was dragging on the circuit. Fourth place went to Marivaldo Fernandes in Teleco’s regular March, the Brazilian having made quite a name for himself in the 1970 Formula 3 Torneio in his home country, ahead of Ivor Goowin’s Modus, Preussen and Moraes, the latter having to make a pit stop to change the nose section on his GRD after it had been dislodged sufficiently to make contact with the car’s left front tyre.

1 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743, 14m 33.2s (99.44 mph)
2 T. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373
3 A. Ribeiro, GRD-Nova 374
4 M. Frenandes, March-Brown 733
5 I. Goodwin, Modus-Brown M1
6 N. von Preussen, March-Brown 733

FL Henton, 57.2s (101.20 mph)




Mallory Park – August 25, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

1 T. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373, 11m 28.8s (105.84 mph)
2 D. Sullivan, March-Vegantune 733
3 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743
4 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743
5 M.Tyrrell, March-Brown 733
6 P. Neve, Brabham-Vegantune BT41B

FL Henton, 45.0s (108.00 mph)

No mention of Ribeiro in this race


Silverstone – September 8, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

Possibly the largest grid of F3s yet seen in this country…
Mike Tyrrell on pole and made a copybook start to lead the pack away. Chaos reigned behind as Henton’s works March clipped the pit wall and Chris Smith (having his first F3 race) hit Von Preussens March with his Ehrlich – both out.
With Tyrrell driving away from everybody a big battle ensued for second place. Alex Ribeiro’s Hollywood International GRD led for a short while from Tony Rouff (GRD), Henton (March), Danny Sullivan (March), Jose Santo (March), Dick Parsons (Ensign), Chateaubriand (March) and Moraes (GRD). On lap six Chateaubriand cut it a bit too fine as he chopped in front of the Ensign sending Parsons onto the rough and himself into the Armco.
Rouf and Sullivan detached themselves from the group to finish second and third.
Henton was trying to make up for a power deficiency by running a smaller rear wing with the result that the works March was cornering very untidily. Unperturbed by his badly handling car Henton moved ahead of Ribeiro at Becketts on lap eight only to have the wild GRD driver comprehensively chop him at Woodcote. As the race wore on the March’s handling caused henton a few problems at Becketts in particular, so he risked no last lap dramatics with “Rocky” Ribeiro.



1 M.Tyrrell, March-Brown 733, 14m 29.6s (99.85 mph)
2 T. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373
3 D. Sullivan, March-Vegantune 733
4 A. Ribeiro, GRD-Nova 374
5 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743
6 J. Santo, 2.0 March- Penistan 743

FL Sullivan, 57.0s (101.56 mph)



Brands Hatch – September 15, 1974

Formula 3 – 12 laps

The rain really set in before the F3 cars came out so wet weather tyres were vital…
Pole position was occupied by the works March of Brian Henton (an updated ex-Williamson chassis with a Neil Brown engine because of a complicated set of circumstances) which had its engine protested , although this was over-ruled before the race. Team mate Chateaubriand and Alex Ribeiro’s GRD filled the front row, Rouff and Santo on row two.
Rouff led at the start from Henton - after one unsuccessful attempt Henton took the lead on lap three. Rouff had a number of moments and dropped back leaving Ribeiro in second place from Neve’s Brabham - Neve spun off at Bottom Bend and Ribeiro retired with body damage.
1 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743, 12m 17.2s (72.66 mph)
2 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743
3 R. Parsons, Ensign-Penistan LNF3
4 J. Santo, March- Penistan 743
5 D. Sullivan, March-Vegantune 733
6 P. Dugdale, March-Novamotor 733
7 T. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373

FL Henton, 1m 00.2s (74.15 mph)




Oulton Park – September 28, 1974

Formula 3 & Formula Ford 2000 –15 laps

Henton had new Holbay engine and qualified almost a second and a half quicker than Rouff. Ribeiro, von Preussen and Conny Andersson, who had just arrived from Sweden to compete in the remainder of the British F3 season, were next on the grid. Another wet race. Rouff led Henton and Andersson into the first lap. Henton’s rev counter broke and he had trouble changing gears. At Lodge Rouff locked his front brakes and just grazed the Armco dropping him back to ninth. Henton led at the end of lap one from Andersson, Preussen, Ribeiro, Chateaubriand and Tyrrell. Henton pulled away but the five following cars were having a tight battle. On lap four Andersson was demoted to fifth when Ribeiro, Preusen and Chateaubriand slithered past. Ribeiro held second place for three laps before Chateaubriand passed him. Von Preussen spun off but resumed to finish sixth. Henton’s winning margin was 27 seconds.

1 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743, 26m 08.6s (95.05 mph)
2 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743
3 A. Ribeiro, GRD-Nova 374
4 C. Andersson, March-Nova Toyota 743
5 T. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373
6 N. von Preussen, March-Brown 733

FL Henton, 1m 43.2s (96.31 mph)



Brands Hatch – October 13, 1974

Formula 3 – 15 laps

This was the big one, the one to show if Formula 3 really is on the return. On this evidence the answer is yes, and it seems quite unnecessary to cut the race from 20 laps to 15 when the earlier delays had already been recovered and the programme was running ahead of schedule. Fourteen cars eventually took the starting flag from an original entry of 18. Mike Tyrrell’s March expired on the warming-up lap with the gearbox lacking gears and making an awful noise, while Norman Pierce’s Dastle didn’t even get that far. Pierce spun off while practicing out of session with the Clubmans field in the morning and his car was clouted very heavily by Vernon Davies’ U2, putting them both out of action.
Visiting Swede Gunnar Nilsson had pole position in his March with a time equalled by the works car of Brian Henton. Alex Ribeiro completed the front row with his GRD. The first nine on the grid were covered by 0.8 of a second, which promised well for the race. Henton forged ahead at the fall of the flag but at Paddock it was Nilsson, Ribeiro, Chateaubriand (March) and then Henton. Tony Rouff came to grief at Druids on the opening lap, but hardly anyone noticed his absence as seven cars broke away in a tight bunch, with Henton moving ahead of his team mate at the end of lap one.
Ribeiro took the lead from Nilsson at Kidney on the third lap and Henton passed the Swede with a neat move at Clearways. It looked to be a matter of time before Henton took his customary lead, but Ribeiro kept his head and first place despite the pressure. Meanwhile Chateaubriand deprived Nilsson of third place with a hairy piece of outbraking at Paddock on lap five, and a lap later the first seven were still together, though a little more spread out than before.
At the two-thirds distance there were two pairs and a trio making up the top seven. Henton was trying everything he knew to depose Ribeiro, and Chateaubriand had Nilsson shadowing him. Jose Santo (March), Conny Andersson (March) and Danny Sullivan (Modus) were the trio, and it was quite a relief for the last two when “blocker” Santo slowed to a crawl with a sick car at the end of 11 laps. Nilsson called in for a check-up on the 12th after gesturing back at his engine for a couple of laps, and Andersson and Sullivan immediately started catching Chateaubriand for third place now that the Portuguese Santo was out of their way. Up at the front, on the penultimate lap Henton very nearly lost the March going up to Clearways, and on the final tour he approached the bend altogether too fast and spun. Although his car hardly stopped moving, the next three were past before he got it going in the right direction again.
So the Brazilian Ribeiro scored a great triumph and did a little war dance on the grid to celebrate. As a bonus, the double points awarded in this Lombard final boosted him to second in the championship behind Henton and a head of Rouff, who did not score. Chateaubriand’s surprise second place put him up to fourth in the points. Henton had the consolation of cracking the lap record again during his chase.

1 A. Ribeiro, GRD-Novamotor 374, 12m 01.4s (92.82 mph)
2 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743
3 C. Andersson, March-Novamotor 743
4 D. Sullivan, Modus-Holbay M1

FL Henton, March-Novamotor 743, 47.0s (94.98 mph) new lap record

This report has a pictur of Ribeiro (number 6) leading Henton.

[Dugs]

MF: Thanks for posting these results from 1974. This has been very helpful as my dad Peter Dugdale featured in the results for several races. I now know the dates for the races in 1974 and can try to work out when and where some of my dads photographs were taken. Do you have any results for the early part of 1975? My father raced during part of 1975 and had to retire when his main sponsor pulled out, but I am not sure when this happened. I know he raced at Silverstone during the early part of 1975.

Thanks also to Bob for bringing your posting to my attention.

Luke Dugdale

[FlagMan]

Dugs - If you could post the pictures here then some of us just might be able to spot where they were taken...

[bobdar]

MF:

Thank you, again. That was a lot of work on your part.

Luke Dugdale has Emailed some photos of his father's car, but I don't know how to post them. Assuming I get his permission, how does one go about posting photos??

Bob Darcey
abonfig@msn.com

[fines]

I don't know if Luke still follows this forum but I've found his dad in the results of round 2 of the BARC "BP Super Visco" F3 Championship in 1975 (Apr 27, Silverstone Short Circuit), he finished sixth behind Danny Sullivan (Modus/Ford M1), Mike Tyrrell (March/Ford 733), Hervé Regout (March/BMW 753), Peter Clarke (Modus/Ford M1) and Ingo Hoffmann (March/Toyota 753). Apparently, it was his only top 6 finish in the championship.

[MCS]

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Oulton Park – September 28, 1974

Formula 3 & Formula Ford 2000 –15 laps

Henton had new Holbay engine and qualified almost a second and a half quicker than Rouff. Ribeiro, von Preussen and Conny Andersson, who had just arrived from Sweden to compete in the remainder of the British F3 season, were next on the grid. Another wet race. Rouff led Henton and Andersson into the first lap. Henton’s rev counter broke and he had trouble changing gears. At Lodge Rouff locked his front brakes and just grazed the Armco dropping him back to ninth. Henton led at the end of lap one from Andersson, Preussen, Ribeiro, Chateaubriand and Tyrrell. Henton pulled away but the five following cars were having a tight battle. On lap four Andersson was demoted to fifth when Ribeiro, Preusen and Chateaubriand slithered past. Ribeiro held second place for three laps before Chateaubriand passed him. Von Preussen spun off but resumed to finish sixth. Henton’s winning margin was 27 seconds.

1 B. Henton, March-Holbay 743, 26m 08.6s (95.05 mph)
2 J. Chateaubriand, March-Holbay 743
3 A. Ribeiro, GRD-Nova 374
4 C. Andersson, March-Nova Toyota 743
5 T. Rouff, GRD-Vegantune 373
6 N. von Preussen, March-Brown 733

FL Henton, 1m 43.2s (96.31 mph)

......

There is some terrific information here on what was a strange, depleted season.

Here is Conny Andersson at Lodge Corner from the above race...

[Alan Cox]

Here is Conny Andersson at Lodge Corner from the above race...

I think I must have been standing next to you, Mark

Ribeiro - Chateaubriand - von Preussen

Marcos Moraes GRD 374

From the Oulton July meeting

Brian Henton

Barry Maskell - Dastle

Maskell returns to the paddock

[alansart]

I think I must have been standing next to you, Mark

Excellent picture. I'd forgotten Ribeiro drove a GRD.

[alansart]

Barry Maskell - Dastle

Maskell returns to the paddock

What's the tube over the rollover bar for. It can't be for the engine. Brakes, Oil Cooler?

[alansart]

Maskell returns to the paddock

It was obviously wet earlier on, but he's on slicks and the rear roll bar is disconnected. A late call for dry tyres?

[MCS]

I think I must have been standing next to you, Mark

It's funny, I was thinking much the same when I saw your 1977 British Grand Prix pictures from the inside of Copse the other day on another thread!!