LOTUS 47-GT-63 |
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Listed
below are the known results of the Lotus 47-GT-63 originally purchased by
Wallace Harper, Hong Kong. |
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Year |
Event |
Driver |
Grid Pos |
Race Pos |
Comments |
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1968 |
Singapore Grand Prix |
Steve Holland |
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3rd |
Fastest lap 2m 20.6s. Completed
57 out of 60 laps |
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1968 |
Singapore Sports Car Race |
Steve Holland |
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3rd |
Won 1,300 - 1,600cc class |
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1968 |
Macau Sports Car Race |
Steve Holland |
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1st |
Time 30m 41.1s. |
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1968 |
Macau Grand Prix |
Steve Holland |
4th |
15th |
DNF |
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1969 |
Singapore Sports Car Race |
Steve Holland |
- |
- |
DNF. Set fastest lap of the race
at 2m 18.5s before retiring with electrical problems. |
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1969 |
MSCHK Omega Autumn Slalom
Series. Round 2., Sek Kong, Hong Kong |
John Macdonald |
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1st |
FTD with a 1m 13.78s. |
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1969 |
Macau Sports Car Race |
John Macdonald |
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1st |
Practice: 2m 56.0s. Race time: 45m
13.66s. |
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1969 |
Macau Grand Prix |
Fred Scholle |
11th |
5th |
Completed 38 out of 45 laps. |
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1970 |
MSCHK Wallace Harper Hill Climb
Series. Round 1. Golden Hill, New Territtories, Hong Kong. |
John Macdonald |
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1st in class |
39.31s. Only beaten by his run
in the Brabham BT10. |
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1970 |
MSCHK Wallace Harper Hill Climb
Series. Round 2. Wong Nei Chong, New Territtories, Hong Kong. |
John Macdonald |
- |
1st in class |
32.61s. Only beaten by his run
in the Brabham BT10. |
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1970 |
MSCHK Wallace Harper Hill Climb
Series. Round 4. Wong Nei Chong, New Territtories, Hong Kong. |
John Macdonald |
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FTD |
32.86s. |
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1970 |
Singapore Sports Car Race |
John Macdonald |
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1st |
Fastest lap: 2m 20.3s. Race
time: 48m 45.8s. Race speed : 77.33 mph. |
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1970 |
Selangor Sports Car Race |
John Macdonald |
2nd |
2nd |
Bent a valve! |
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1970 |
MSCHK Omega Slalom Series. Round
1., Sek Kong, Hong Kong |
John Macdonald |
- |
1st in class |
1m 16.26s. Only beaten by his
run in the Brabham BT10. |
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1970 |
MSCHK Omega Slalom Series. Round
2., Sek Kong, Hong Kong |
John Macdonald |
- |
1st in class |
1m 18.05s. Only beaten by his
run in the Brabham BT10. |
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1970 |
Malaysian SportsCar Race |
John Macdonald |
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DNF |
Retired when running 2nd. |
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1970 |
Macau Sports Car Race |
John Macdonald |
Pole |
2nd |
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1970 |
Macau Grand Prix |
Fred Scholle |
4th |
10th |
DNF. Engine failure when well
placed. |
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1971 |
Singapore Sports Car Race |
John Macdonald |
- |
DNF |
Caught fire! |
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Wallace
Harper (Hong Kong) owned a white Lotus 47 but I cannot confirm either the
chassis number or its purchase date. Besides the above results the car was
almost certainly used in the 1968 Selangor Grand Prix which was held the week
following the 1968 Singapore GP. The car could also have been used in the
Malaysian and Johor GP's held later that year. Its history showed it to be a
troublesome car and it was sold to Schomac Racing, Hong Kong, in the summer /
autumn of 1969. The car was road registered in Hong Kong, number AH 969.
Schomac Racing was a partnership between Fred Scholle and John Macdonald.
Macdonald drove the car in sports car races while Scholle drove in the
GP's (Macdonald had a single seater
for the GP's). The car was repainted red with a black central stripe and it
was found that the windscreen had been shattered at some time in the car's
life. The car came with a Cosworth Ford twin-cam 1,600cc running
Tecalmet-Jackson fuel injection coupled to a Hewland FT 200 gearbox. During
Schomac's ownership the car caught fire at least three times. |
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Besides the international Far East meetings it was regularly
raced in the Motor Sports Club of Hong Kong hill-climbs and slaloms. In early
1971 the Twin-cam engine was replaced by a Cosworth FVA (engine #002) and the
car was taken to the Easter meetings in Singapore and Selangor where it
caught fire during the Sports Car race in Singapore. After repairing the
damage, it was sold to David Ma of Hong Kong in October 1971and he entered it
in the 1971 Macau Grand Prix but was tragically killed in an accident during
qualifying. The car was totally destroyed and the remains were dumped at sea
during the return crossing by lighter from Macau to Hong Kong by lighter. |
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