John Hine's first race in the B19 for John Bridges' Red Rose Racing Team was at the Oulton Park Daily Express meeting in April 1971, round 1 of the RAC British Sportscar Championship, where engine problems saw him non-starting.
On April 18th, the car was then entered for a one-off race in the Red Rose Racing team B19 to Brian Redman and Richard Attwood at Paul Ricard for the opening round of the European 2-litre Championship, 1971 where they qualified 11th and finished 8th in a field of 28 cars.
One month later things improved considerably when Hine, setting a new lap record, finished 2nd at Silverstone for round 3 of the British championship. Two weeks later Hine finished 4th in the second round of the European 2-litre Championship at the Salzburgring.
A problem with a fuel pressure relief valve saw Hine retire from the Martini International Trophy at Silverstone in June after qualifying 3rd.
On June 20th at Clermont Ferrand for the Auvergne Trophy, John Hine crashed during the race and damaged the chassis at which time the car was put aside by the Red Rose Racing team where it stayed for more than 10 years after which John Sheldon bought it from John Bridges (owner of Red Rose Racing), rebuild it and raced successfully in various historic events in the early 90's. The current owner then bought it from John Sheldon in 2000 and had the car totally rebuild in its present form...... for more information visit www.RMD.be |