1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race

  1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race Grand Prix

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 mi)
Distance	35 laps, 149.135 km (93.209 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Kenny Bräck	Madgwick International
Time	1:27.670
Podium
First	Jan Lammers	Vortex Motorsport
Second	Kenny Bräck	Madgwick International
Third	Richard Dean	Madgwick International
Lap leaders Jan Lammers (1-35)

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.

Summary

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 an other 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

Qualifying

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 Panchryz	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

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 Panchryz	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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