1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race

The 1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race was a non-championship Formula 3000 race held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in South Africa. Jan Lammers won the race after passing polesitter Kenny Bräck in the first turn.

1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race
Race details
Date 29 January 1995 (1995-01-29)
Official name Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race
Location Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Course Asphalt
Course length 4.26 km (4.26 miles)
Distance 35 laps, 149.135 km (93.209 miles)
Pole position
Driver Madgwick International
Time 1:27.670
Podium
First Vortex Motorsport
Second Madgwick International
Third Madgwick International
Lap leaders
  • Jan Lammers (1-35)

Summary

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Number two starter Jan Lammers had a very good start and passed polesitter Kenny Bräck for the lead in the opening lap. Lammers opened up a gap towards Bräck having a seven-second advantage at one point. South African driver Stephen Watson was running in fourth place until he tried to overtake Richard Dean. This resulted in Watson losing two spots. Less than a lap later he went off course attempting to overtake another driver. He damaged his rear wing and had to retire. Near the end of the race Bräck was closing in on Lammers. But as he attempted a pass for the lead the Swedish driver spun. As he completed a perfect 360 degree spin he did not lose a spot but could not threaten Lammers for the win.[1]

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos Driver Team Constructor Time
1   Kenny Bräck Madgwick International Reynard 94D-Judd 1:27.670
2   Jan Lammers Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 1:27.670
3   Tarso Marques Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 1:28.142
4   Phil Andrews Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:28.553
5   Sascha Maassen Team Monninghoff Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:28.627
6   Richard Dean Madgwick International Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:29.175
7   Stephen Watson Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 1:29.277
8   Klaus Panchyrz Team Monninghoff Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:29.414
9   Dino Morelli Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 1:29.474
10   Gareth Rees Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 1:29.670
11   Hilton Cowie Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 1:29.847
12   Pekka Herva Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 1:31.078
13   Dominic Chappell Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:31.369
14   Nigel Smith Team Schemes Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:31.628
15   Guido Dacco Weylock Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 1:33.008
16   Iain Pepper Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 90D-Cosworth 1:33.173
17   Frederico Careca Weylock Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:33.223
18   David Mercer Weylock Racing Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:38.119

Race result

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Pos Driver Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired
1   Jan Lammers Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 35 53:15.833
2   Kenny Bräck Madgwick International Reynard 94D-Judd 35 53:18.130
3   Richard Dean Madgwick International Reynard 92D-Cosworth 35 53:57.773
4   Gareth Rees Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 35 54:02.119
5   Dino Morelli Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 35 54:02.981
6   Hilton Cowie Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 35 54:20.451
7   Pekka Herva Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 35 54:38.463
8   Sascha Maassen Team Monninghoff Reynard 93D-Cosworth 34 Out of fuel
9   Dominic Chappell Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 34 Running
10   Frederico Careca Weylock Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 34 Running
11   Guido Dacco Weylock Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 34 Running
12   Tarso Marques Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 33 Spin
13   Klaus Panchyrz Team Monninghoff Reynard 92D-Cosworth 32 Out of fuel
14   David Mercer Weylock Racing Reynard 92D-Cosworth 32 Running
Ret   Phil Andrews Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 29 Spin
Ret   Nigel Smith Team Schemes Reynard 92D-Cosworth 13 Input shaft
Ret   Stephen Watson Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 8 Accident
DNS   Iain Pepper Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 90D-Cosworth 0 Ignition

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References

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  1. ^ "Kyalami Invitational report". motorsport.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race - Kyalami (ZA), January 29th 1995". Unofficial F3000. Retrieved 12 April 2014.