The Rothmans 50,000 was a
motor race held at the
Brands Hatch circuit on 28 August 1972 with a prize fund of £50,000.
The race was held to
Formula Libre rules, but the top placing three cars were all
Formula One cars - with
Emerson Fittipaldi winning the race from pole in a
Lotus 72,
Brian Redman in a
McLaren M19A
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Design
With Gordon Coppuck preoc ...
taking second and
Henri Pescarolo driving a
March 711
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finishing third.
The race was run over 118 laps of the full GP circuit and initial plans were for an entry of up to 100 cars with a race for the first thirty qualifiers and a secondary race for qualifiers in positions 30 to 60.
The entry list was ultimately lower than expected but a secondary race was still run. This was won by
Dave Morgan (
Brabham
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BT38), with
Ian Ashley (
Lola T191) and
Tony Dean (
Brabham BT30/36) second and third respectively.
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Classification
Qualifying
Race
References
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1972 in British motorsport
Auto races in the United Kingdom