1.
SV START OF RACE
0.11

2.
GV CARS ROUND BEND
0.21

3.
GV WRECK NO. 6
0.26

4.
SCU DRIVER HELPED OUT OF WRECK & TAKEN AWAY PAN BACK TO WRECKAGE TAKEN OFF TRACK
0.35

5.
GV MAN WAVES YELLOW FLAG TO COMPETITORS
0.38

6.
SV CAR NO. 60 SKIDDED PAST CAMERA
0.45

7.
GV CAR NO. I ROUND BEND
0.50

8.
GV CAR NO. 10 DITTO
0.58

9.
GV CAR OUT OF PITS
1.01

10.
GV & LV CAR PAST ??? CAMERA
1.09

11.
GV PITS
1.11

12.
GV WINNER NO. 10 & OTHER CROSS FINISH LINE
1.26

13.
SV WINNER WITH TEAM-MATES
1.39

14.
SV CROWD
1.41

15.
SV WINNERS WITH GARLANDS PRESENTED
1.47



Initials PH/V/AS/SGM


SPORT: CAR RACING

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Background: MEXICAN GRAND PRIX ACE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ AND HIS FINISH CO-DRIVER LEO KINNUNEN SWEPT TO THEIR SECOND VICTORY IN THE 1970 WORLD SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIP, WHEN THEY WON THE BOAC INTERNATIONAL ONE-THOUSAND-KILO-METRES (APPROX. 620 MILES) RACE AT BRANDS HATCH, ENGLAND, TODAY (SUNDAY. APRIL 12TH).

DRIVING A FOUR-AND-A-HALF LITRE PORSCHE 917, THEY COVERED 235 LAPS OF THE RAIN-LASHED CIRCUIT IN SIX-HOURS 45-MINUTES 29.6 SECONDS, AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 92.15 MPH (148.29 KPH).

RODRIGUEZ AND KINNUNEN, WHO CAPTURED THE DAYTONA RACE FOR PORSCHES, ARE NOW EXPECTED TO START FAVOURITES FOR LE MANS FOLLOWING TODAY'S PERFORMANCE.

THE GERMAN PORSCHES DOMINATED THE RACE, FILLING FIVE OF THE FIRST SIX PLACES. A WORKS ENTERED PORSCHE 9178 DRIVEN BY NEW ZEALAND'S DENNY HULME AND FORMER BRITISH RALLY DRIVER VIC ELFORD WERE SECOND, FIVE LAPS-13-MILES (20.92 KM) BEHIND. THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY WEST GERMAN HANS HERRMAN AND BRITAIN'S RICHARD ATTWOOD, ALSO IN WORKS ENTERED 9178.

A THREE-LITRE PORSCHE, DRIVEN BY HANS LAINE OF FINLAND, AND GIJS VAN LENNEP, OF HOLLAND, WAS FOURTH.