1970 1000km of Brands Hatch

The 1970 BOAC 1000 km was an endurance race held at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England, United Kingdom on April 12, 1970.

The challenging, bumpy and undulating Brands Hatch circuit near London saw New Zealander Chris Amon return temporarily to Ferrari to drive one of their 512's, and he qualified his car on pole position.

Amon's fellow countryman Denny Hulme drove a works Porsche 917K with factory driver Vic Elford.

[1] On the day of the race, the conditions were made awful by heavy rain, wind and cold air- a common occurrence during spring in England.

At the end of the first lap, Barrie Smith in a privately entered Lola crashed heavily on the pit straight, and yellow flags were shown at the site of the accident.