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 another 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.
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 Panchyrz 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 Panchyrz 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
References