Ford Escort ITC Broadspeed - RAC TT Silverstone 1970 - Stewart/Craft 1:18

This is the #17 Escort ITC which was campaigned by Jackie Stewart and Chris Craft in the 1970 RAC TT at Silverstone. 1970 marked the first time that the Silverstone TT was a round of the European Touring Car Championship, with Jackie Stewart the ‘star’ attraction to pull the crowds in. And a star he certainly was, mixing it with the faster Division 3 cars in his Division 2 Escort. Thankfully, motor racing is a lot easier to follow these days; in 1970 the TT comprised two heats that were each two hours, with some entries shared by a driver in each heat and some campaigned by a single driver for the entire meeting. Then the heats were aggregated, then… Anyway, Stewart finished an impressive fourth overall in his heat, easily winning Division 2. In the second heat the Ford, driven by Chris Craft, suffered ignition failure.

Product code: PG708117