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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">PRIVILEGE INSURANCE BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">24/06/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Three Hour</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Sportscar Race</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/HourSporPRI.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">No, not a Privilege 3 hour race. John Elwin explains:<BR> <BR> This year is Snetterton's 50th Anniversary as a race track. The very first meeting was run by the Aston Martin Owners Club in October 1951, and this weekend being their annual visit to the UK's premier circuit (well, I've been going there since 1954, haven't missed a season yet, and for me it's tops!) they chose to mark the occasion. <BR> <BR> The feature event was a three-hour sportscar race run on Saturday evening. <BR> The race was effectively a re-creation of the 'Autosport' 3 Hour Race, which was run annually during the late fifties / early sixties and proved very popular. <BR> <BR> The field comprised a delectable selection of Aston Martins (naturally), <BR> Jaguars, Lotuses, Marcos, Cooper, Lister etc. but they all struggled to match the performance of the outright winner, the Chevron B16 of Simon Hadfield / Michael Schryver. Despite losing a considerable amount of time in the pits when switching drivers at half distance they covered 126 laps in the three hours, some four laps more than the second-place Lotus 23B of Denis Welch / Martin Walford. Third overall went to the Lister Jaguar Costin of Andrew Garner and Gary Pearson. <BR> <BR> The reason for that long Chevron pit stop? Well, it transpired that Hadfield had driven much of the first stint with a v-e-r-y long brake pedal, the right-hand front caliper having detached itself. <BR> <BR> Fourth overall went to the Lotus Elan 76-years-young Sid Marler was sharing with his son Andrew and Richard Hayhow. Quote of the day just has to go to Sid Marler who himself has been competing for 50 years. Emerging from the Elan after a rather hot first hour, he quipped: "76-years-old and 76 degrees in there. I shouldn't be doing this at my age but I can't get it out of my system. I gave up sex years ago but at least I can do this sitting down!" <BR> <BR> <BR> Despite the Chevron's runaway victory the race was always interesting with a lot going on. It was enjoyed by one and all and it is hoped that it might become an annual event. <BR> <BR> <BR> Snetterton had a long association with the locally-built Listers (the first ones) and their driver Archie Scott-Brown, to whom there is a permanent memorial at the side of the scrutineering bay. For this weekend a dark blue Lister, race no. 50, was parked in front of the memorial (see attached picture). The words read:<BR> W. A. SCOTT-BROWN<BR> 1927-1958<BR> HE REPRESENTED<BR> EVERYTHING THAT<BR> WAS BEST IN<BR> THE SPORT<BR> <BR> Thank you John. A fascinating tale. To complete the Lister weekend, David Warnock and Mike Jordan won the Privilege GT race at Castle Combe today - which is reason enough to post this item in this section. <BR> <BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>