BARC RACE MEETING SATURDAY 31 JULY & SUNDAY 1 AUGUST 2021 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME WWW.BARC.NET BARC racE MEETING BRANDS HATCH BRANDS HATCH RACE CIRCUIT Saturday 31st July & Sunday 1st August 2021 SATURDAY Practice 09.10 - 09.25 Britcar Endurance C’ship - Endurance & Praga Category Qualifying 09.30 - 09.45 Jaguar Enthusiasts Club Saloon & GT C’ship & OFFICIALS Burton Power Products Blue Oval Salooon This meeting is organised by the British Automobile Series (BOSS) Racing Club, and held under the General 09.55 - 10.10 Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Cars C’ship & Regulations of Motorsport UK, (incorporating the Simply Serviced Pre-2003 Touring Cars C’ship provisions of the International Sporting Code of the 10.20 - 10.35 Edmundson Electrical Classic & Historic Thunder FIA) and the Supplementary Regulations issued by Saloons Championship the organising club. 10.45 - 11.00 Shell Oil Pre 83′Touring Car Championship Motorsport UK permit number: 11.10 - 11.40 Britcar Endurance C’ship - Endurance & Praga Interclub (Endurance): 120960 Category Interclub: 120961 11.50 - 12.05 Pre ’66 Touring Cars Motorsport UK Steward: Chris Hobson 12.05 - 12.50 Lunch Break Club Stewards: Bryan Hull, Jim Keenan Senior Clerk of the Course: Racing Vickie MacClinton (Britcar) Race 1 12.50 Jaguar Enthusiasts Club Saloon & GT C’ship & Clerks of the Course: Carol Glenn (Operations), Burton Power Products Blue Oval Salooon Andrew Harris (CTCRC-Pre 93/03, CTCRC Thunder) Series (BOSS) 15mins Andrew Outterside (Britcar Deputy, Kumho BMW) Race 2 13.20 Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Cars C’ship & Derek Stanley (CTCRC JEC/BOSS, CTCRC Pre 83, Simply Serviced Pre-2003 Touring Cars C’ship 15mins CTCRC Pre 66) Race 3 13.50 Britcar Endurance C’ship - Endurance & Praga Richard Sneader (Trainee – Assistant CTCRC) Category 60mins Secretary of the Meeting: Michelle Harland Race 4 15.05 Edmundson Electrical Classic & Historic Judges of Fact: Bryan Degerlund, Sally Weeks Thunder Saloons Championship 15mins Chief Scrutineer: Terry Cox Chief Marshal: Chris Bird, Amanda Bird (Dep) Chief Incident: Alec Knyvett Qualifying Chief Observer: Peter Chubb, Trevor Jackson (Dep) 15.35 - 15.55 Junior Saloon Car Championship Race Phones: Rachel Day, Chris Knyvett 16.05 - 16.20 Kumho BMW Championship Chief Medical Officer: Clare Morden Chief Startline Marshal: Nick Allison Race 5 16.30 Shell Oil Pre 83′Touring Car Championship 15mins Chief Pits Marshal: Kevin Holcolmbe Race 6 17.00 Britcar Endurance C’ship - Endurance & Praga Chief Assembly Marshal: Ian Ratcliffe Chief Timekeeper: Category 60mins Lisa Sneader, Timing Solutions Ltd Commentators: Tony Coales SUNDAY Event Officials: Members of the BARC & other Qualifying MSUK recognised clubs 10.00 - 10.20 Britcar Endurance Championship - Trophy Rescue Unit: BARC HQ Breakdown Vehicles: Racing Trackside Recovery Services Ltd Race 7 10.30 Junior Saloon Car Championship 15mins + 1 Lap Safety Car Driver: John Busby Safety Car Observer: Sam Waters Race 8 11.00 Pre ’66 Touring Cars 15mins Race 9 11.30 Kumho BMW Championship 20mins Eligibility may be checked by a member of Race 10 12.05 Jaguar Enthusiasts Club Saloon & GT C’ship & the Technical Commission listed: - R.E.Bassett, Burton Power Products Blue Oval Salooon J.E.Crook, P.M.Danbury, G.Doe, J.C.Hopwood, Series (BOSS) 15mins P.H.Loveridge, R.J.McDonald, C.A.Mount, Race 11 12.35 Britcar Endurance Championship - Trophy 50mins R.W.Ratley, P.C.Riches, S.Riches Race 12 13.40 Laser Tools Pre-93 Touring Cars C’ship & Simply Serviced Pre-2003 Touring Cars C’ship 15mins These Technical Commissioners will be considered to be “JUDGES OF FACT” within the regulations laid down. 13.55 - 14.40 Lunch Break Design: Shadow Design Race 13 14.40 Edmundson Electrical Classic & Historic T: 01202 805532 Thunder Saloons Championship 15mins W: shadowdesignbournemouth.co.uk Race 14 15.10 Shell Oil Pre 83′Touring Car Championship 15mins Race 15 15.40 Junior Saloon Car Championship 15mins + 1 Lap CHAMPIONSHIP Information All championships are organised and administered Race 16 16.10 Pre ’66 Touring Cars 15mins by the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) Race 17 16.40 Kumho BMW Championship 20mins in accordance with the General Championship Race 18 17.15 Britcar Endurance Championship - Trophy 50mins Prescriptions of Motorsport UK and these Championship Regulations unless otherwise stated. The organisers reserve the right to issue additional PLEASE NOTE: All times are provisional and maybe changed without notice. It statements clarifying items in the rules and is the competitor’s responsibility to watch the progress of the meeting and to be regulations and all such statements will be issued to all registered drivers by posting to the address in the race assembly area no later than 20 minutes prior to the start of the race. details on the registration form. Failure to comply may result in space being given to reserves. 2 BARC racE MEETING BRANDS HATCH CIRCUITINFORMATION CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION FLAGSIGNALS Motor racing is dangerous and persons attending the meeting do so entirely at their own risk. It is a condition BLUE of admission that all persons having any connection with (Steady) the promotion and/or organisation and/or conduct of the Another competitor is close. meeting, including the owners of the land and vehicles, (Waved) are absolved from all liability arising out of accidents, Another competitor is trying to pass. howsoever caused, resulting in damage and/or personal injury to spectators, pass and ticket holders, or to their YELLOW goods and vehicles. (Waved) Danger ahead; no overtaking, slow down, be prepared to stop. PROGRAMME & COPYRIGHT (Double Waved) The promoters reserve the right to amend or cancel the Great danger ahead; no overtaking, meeting without notice or refund. All literary matter in slow down, be prepared to stop. this programme, including the list of competitors and their racing numbers, is copyright and any person found making illegal use thereof will be prosecuted. Although every WHITE Service vehicle or very slow car on circuit. effort is made to avoid inaccuracies in the description of competing cars, the Club accepts no responsibility for any errors that may occur. YELLOW/RED STRIPES Slippery surface ahead. It is a condition of admission to these premises that photography, video, sound or any other visual or audio use, GREEN Proceed, hazard indicated has been cleared. including making copies of the recording or reproduction, causing or permitting it to be seen or heard in public, broadcasting, diffusing, selling, renting, exchanging or RED lending for gain is strictly forbidden. STOP RACING, proceed slowly to pits or startline as instructed by a marshal (at startline & individual marshal’s posts). The promoters reserve the right to retain possession of any Race stopped. photographs or film made if required without its express consent in writing. BLACK/ORANGE DISC Warning of mechanical failure which SPECTATOR NOTICES might not be obvious to the driver; call Please do not leave litter about the grounds – take it with into pits immediately. you. BLACK/WHITE DIAGONAL This is a race track – the roads away from here are not! Warning to drivers that his/her behaviour Remember to drive with care and caution when leaving (e.g corner cutting) is suspect and he/she the grounds to safeguard both competitors and public. may be black flagged ANIMALS ARE NOT ADMITTED. BLACK PROHIBITED AREA NOTICES Driver must call in immediately and The public are not permitted to the areas where these report to the Clerk of the Course. notices are displayed. The fences are there for protection and any person caught trespassing or wilfully damaging BLACK & WHITE CHEQUERED trees, fences etc., will be prosecuted by the promoters. End of the race. ENQUIRY OFFICE WARNING All enquiries relating to property lost or found, children lost Despite the organisers taking all or found wandering, theft from cars or signs of tampering, reasonable precautions, unavoidable emergency messages for spectators and any other serious accidents can happen.In respect problems relating to persons or property, should be of these you are present directed to the Circuit Office. 3 BARC racE MEETING BRANDS HATCH BRITCAR ENDURANCE BATTLE SPEEDS INTO BRANDS HATCH WORDS: STEVE WOOD PHOTO: ©STEVE BOROWICK Four weeks ago, the two-hour race on the Silverstone GP configuration in changeable conditions proved challenging, and now the tight twisty confines of the Brands Hatch Indy layout could throw down it’s own set of challenges. The Pragas have locked out the front rows of the grid most recently, but will the GT3 cars get back on top here? Mixed fortunes in the Praga category have seen the consistency of “Chippy” Wesemael and Richard Morris rise to the top of the points table, though won the last three races and lead the watch out for Mark Cunningham’s probably the most rapid pairing is Championship, while the big Nissan rapid starts from mid-grid. Alex Kapadia and Richard Wells, GT3 of Richard Wheeler/ Danny while the star-turn last time out, Jack Harrison, and Jonny MacGregor’s Rear wheel drive, or front wheel drive, Fabby and Charlie Martin, will be unique Taranis, shared with Ben which does Brands Hatch favour? looking for redemption after losing Sharich, have led races and have That’s the conundrum in Class 4, their Silverstone win to a post-race winning potential. which pits GT4 machines against penalty for a pit-stop infringement. It’s Ferrari vs Porsche in Class 3, with TCR-specification cars. Battling it out With former “Stig” Ben Collins now Nathan Wells’ BMW M3 adding at the front of the class in friendly in the fray, partnering Special Forces variety. The pro-am pairings of Johnny and respectful rivalry will be Ash personality Jay Morton too, action is Mowlem/Bon Grimes and Charlie Woodman and Martin Byford in the guaranteed.