1982 Tricentrol RAC British Saloon Car Championship - Discussion & Results

[Jesper OH]

1982 Tricentrol RAC British Saloon Car Championship
Round 1, Silverstone, 21 March, 20 laps

27 starters

Pos.

Cl.

#

Driver

Team

Cl.

Car

Grid

Time

FL

Laps

Time

Points

Notes

1.

1.

2

Jeff Allam

TWR/Sanyo+Esso

A

Rover 3500 V8

1.

1:40.20

1:41.88

20

34:29.89

10

FL

2.

2.

9

Andy Rouse

Gordon Spice Racing

A

Ford Capri 3.0S

4.

1:41.29

20

34:47.14

6

3.

3.

3

Vince Woodman

CC/Esso

A

Ford Capri 3.0S

2.

1:40.43

20

34:47.37

4

4.

4.

5

Rad Dougall

Patrick MotorSport

A

Rover 3500 V8

3.

1:40.81

20

34:47.76

3

5.

5.

8

Gordon Spice

Gordon Spice Racing

A

Ford Capri 3.0S

5.

1:41.60

20

34:55.52

2

6.

6.

12

Dennis Leech

Dennis Leech

A

Rover 3500 V8

9.

1:45.80

19

1

7.

1.

40

Win Percy

Team Toyota GB

C

Toyota Corolla GT

8.

1:44.83

1:44.20

19

10

FL

8.

1.

30

Terry Nightingale

Terry Nightingale

B

Mazda RX-7

11.

1:46.58

1:47.81

19

10

FL

9.

2.

35

John Morris

Morris Vulcan/Tri-Ang Toys

C

VW Golf GTI

10.

1:45.98

19

6

10.

1.

77

Richard Longman

Longman/Datapost+Esso

C

Austin Metro

13.

1:49.47

19

9

DNF

22?

Frank Sytner

TWR/Sanyo+Esso

A

Rover 3500 V8

6.

1:42.89

0

Engine/running #19?

DNF

20

Charles Sawyer-Hoare

Charles Sawyer-Hoare

A

Ford Capri 3.0S

7.

1:44.12

1

0

Engine

2.

27

Mike Buckley

Mike Buckley

B

Ford Escort RS2000

27.

1:56.47

6

3.?

26

James Burrows

James Burrows

B

Toyota Celica

19.

1:52.46

4?

DNF

25

Jon Dooley

Napolina ARDT

B

Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5

18.

1:52.14

0

Spin

DNF

31

Hamish Irvine

Hamish Irvine

B

Triumph Dolomite Sprint

17.

1:50.89

0

Snapped tie-bar

DNF

34

Gordon Bruce

R & C Developments

B

Mazda RX-7

14.

1:49.62

0

Ignition

DNA

33

Tony Dickinson

Tony Dickinson

B

Ford Escort RS2000

0

Car not ready

3.

36

Tony Lanfranchi

Tony Lanfranchi

C

VW Scirocco GTI

12.

1:47.36

4

4.

44

Jock Robertson

Pegasus Racing

C

Ford Fiesta XR2

24.

1:53.09

18?

3

DNF-engine

5.

52

Andrew Thorpe

Napolina ARDT

C

Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce

22.

1:52.91

2

6.

68

John Spiller

Stanfield & White

C

Talbot Sunbeam ti

23.

1:53.07

1

7?

50

John Tait

John Tait

C

Toyota Corolla

26.

1:54.91

0

DNS

51

Alan Greenhalgh

Race Time Marketing Ltd

C

VW Golf GTI

21.

1:52.86

0

Accident

DNS

37

Robin Brundle

Robin Brundle

C

Audi 80 GLE

no time

0

Engine

2.

71

Alan Curnow

Longman/Datapost+Esso

D

Austin Metro

16.

1:50.57

1:49.53

7

FL/incl. 10 seconds for missing chikane

3.

74

Steve Soper

Hepolite Glacier Racing

D

Austin Metro

15.

1:50.43

4

4.

73

Neil McGrath

Linden/Everest Double Glazing

D

Austin Metro

20.

1:52.79

3

5.

72

Roger Saunders

Wadham Stringer+Castrol

D

Austin Metro

25.

1:53.62

2

DNF

75

Stewart Fowler

Stewart Fowler

D

Ford Fiesta

28.

2:04.30

0

DNA

82

Rob Kirby

Napolina ARDT

D

Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti

0

Car not ready

Weather described as wet track with drizzle on the last four laps.

Tyres being an issue:
TWR contracted to Avon: Jeff Allam running Avon slicks, Frank Sytner on Michelin intermediates!
Gordon Spice Racing contracted to Goodyear: Gordon Spice on grooved Goodyear slicks, Andy Rouse on Dunlop slicks. Decided with a toss of the coin, Rouse borrowing the Dunlop from Charles Sawyer-Hoare.

Class A:
Jeff Allam winning a start-to-finish victory with Vince Woodman initially giving chase before dropping to third with failing oil pressure. Rad Dougall, Gordon Spice and Andy Rouse fought over third in the early going with Rouse winning, before setting off for Woodman and an eventual second. Spice held the advantage in fourth, but on lap 9 Dougall got by on held on to fourth. Dennis Leech had had little driving in his new acquisition before the race and took it easy in sixth.

Class B:
Terry Nightingale qualifying almost 3 seconds in front of fellow Mazda RX-7 driver Gordon Bruce. Nightingale quickly lost his advantage as he had difficulty locating the windscreen wiper contact for the early race spray! Bruce retired soon with ignition fault while Hamish Irvine broke a rear tie-rod, leaving Jon Dooley in a very standard GTV6 in second. Late in the race he spun off at Becketts and was unable to get traction on the muddy grass and was stuck, feeling it might have saved him from a seized transmission. Mike Buckley finally inherited second in his Escort while James Burrows in what was described as his ”painfully slow Celica” was final finisher.

Class C:
Win Percy, who had considering retirement before the season, dominated class C through out the weekend winning convinsingly in the new Corolla. John Morris suffered from a misfire in the early laps leaving it to fellow VW man Tony Lanfranchi to try and keep up with Percy. As the race progressed Morris' misfire cured itself while Lanfranchi felt the effects of a recent engine damage during a pre-season test, deciding second in favour of Morris. Lanfranchi was even passed by the Fiesta of Jock Robertson, only for Robertson to retire on the last lap with engine failure.
The Martin Brundle Audi dropped a valve almost as soon as the car was unloaded sending the team packing up again, while Alan Greenhalgh delayed his BSCC debut by shunting his Golf during qualifying.

Class D:
Steve Soper dominated the first half of the Metro class but lost his clutch and had no chance against the tag-teaming Richard Longman and Alan Curnow. Curnow missed the Woodcote chikane and was docked 10 seconds but still held on to second in class. Neil McGrath finished fourth and his entrant Linden Racing protested the Longman and Soper cars for running a dry coil and damper rear suspension, while Curnow and McGrath run's a Hydragas system. Rob Kirby should have been a starter in this class, but the Napolina team simply ran out of time trying to prepare three cars for the event.

Jesper

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Good work guys!

From what i've managed to did up so far, Sytner ran as no 19 in the early season, and Lovett returned to replace him. As he won the big class in '81(suspect we'll have to continue our discussion series with 1981 soon....)he must've then ran as No. 1 and Allam as #2 on the cars? Certainly from your entry list they didn't start out like that! TW probably practiced the 19 car.

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Is it possible that Jeff Allam ran the #1 car ? as I have these piccies showing the #1 car with Jeff's name on the roof.

These were taken in the Silverstone pit lane at the end of the '82 season during a Rover day for Auto Hebdo? magazine where Pierre Dieudonne(spelling ?)
drove the championship winning Rover cars for that season.

My brother Dave's Metro Challenge car (seen here on Avon tyres,which is another story in itself)
The Allam Rover
Rene Metge's? French Championship Rover
Richard Longmans Metro

It was a brilliant day,though cold and damp,with some puddles at the Stowe end of the circuit.

My brother was asked to drive the Allam car for the 'on circuit' photos, little knowing that in later years Richard Potter would buy that very car for him to drive in the '87 BTCC !!

David really enjoyed the experience,you could hear the cars breaking traction on the puddles on the slick shod cars from the other side of the circuit (open exhausts,lovely),The Sanyo car leading the French car out of woodcote onto the pit straight on full opposite lock,the TWR guy saying "There, I told you Dave would come round first"

Dave also drove the Longman Metro for a few quick laps,the Longman guys very impressed with him too.

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by KA

The info from the preview a few posts back lists Terry Nightingale as #30- was Kimpton using Nightingale's car at Donington, or is it simply a coincidence of race numbers?

I think the Nightingale car was listed for sale at more than one occasion during the season, so it might have been the same car. I'll look out for that.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by WOCCOWAYCER

Is it possible that Jeff Allam ran the #1 car ? as I have these piccies showing the #1 car with Jeff's name on the roof.

These were taken in the Silverstone pit lane at the end of the '82 season during a Rover day for Auto Hebdo? magazine where Pierre Dieudonne(spelling ?)
drove the championship winning Rover cars for that season.

My brother Dave's Metro Challenge car (seen here on Avon tyres,which is another story in itself)
The Allam Rover
Rene Metge's? French Championship Rover
Richard Longmans Metro

It was a brilliant day,though cold and damp,with some puddles at the Stowe end of the circuit.

My brother was asked to drive the Allam car for the 'on circuit' photos, little knowing that in later years Richard Potter would buy that very car for him to drive in the '87 BTCC !!

David really enjoyed the experience,you could hear the cars breaking traction on the puddles on the slick shod cars from the other side of the circuit (open exhausts,lovely),The Sanyo car leading the French car out of woodcote onto the pit straight on full opposite lock,the TWR guy saying "There, I told you Dave would come round first"

Dave also drove the Longman Metro for a few quick laps,the Longman guys very impressed with him too.

It seems as if Jeff Allam did race #1 during 1982! Checked the pictures (it helps) from the round 1 report in Autosport.
That must have been quite a day. Your brother must be David Carwell then?

Jesper

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

It seems as if Jeff Allam did race #1 during 1982! Checked the pictures (it helps) from the round 1 report in Autosport.
That must have been quite a day. Your brother must be David Carwell then?

Jesper

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Dave Carvell, yes.

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

I have found a preview for the opening round as well as the '82 season as a whole in Autosport 18 March 1982.

Class A (2500-3600 cc)

Equipe Esso Capris prepared by CC Motorsport
Gordon Spice Racing Capris prepared by CC or Spice?
Dennis Leech's Rover was an ex-Patrick MotorSport car
Charles Sawyer-Hoare run by Andy Rouse.
Ford Capris allowed to drop 25 kilos compared to 1981.
Dougall and Muir Patrick MotorSport Rovers run by Martin Thomas.

Class B (1601-2500 cc)

#34 likely to be either Gordon Bruce or Mike Kimpton, but the preview says that Ray Ellis will be the likely driver
Erik Høyer was entered under the Team Castrol name in contemporary Danish racing
The Arne Riis car was a Broadspeed Dolomite that was bought at the end of 1980 BSCC season.
All three Mazdas were all ex-TWR cars. Four of these cars were sold of early in 1982, three of which appear here, while the final car ended in South America.

Class C (1301-1600 cc)

Tony Crudgington and Chris Hodgetts running the same car, which might also have been the John Tait car.
#59 Nick Baugh never made it to the grid. Car was former Stirling Moss car.
#44 entered as Julian May Racing. Was this the outfit that ended as North Essex Racing?
#36 build by John Maguire, sponsored by VW Motorsport running a Swindon-engine by Lanfranchi himself.
#40 Team Toyota GB run by Hughes of Beaconsfield.

Class D (Under 1300 cc)

#95 Andy Driver never made it to the grid
#71 and #77 both Richard Longman Racing prepared and run.

Jesper

A few updates of start numbers mainly. TWR Rover running 1, 2 and 19, but also another number for Hamish Irvine.

Jesper

[chunterer]

Bit more info about the big class cars.

The Gordon Spice cars were apparently brand new for the season after Spice and Rouse rejoined forces after Rouse's initial foray on his own in '81. Now, I think that whilst CC would likely have been responsible for building the cars, they were then run separately from Spice's Silverstone workshops managed by Keith Greene (something touched on in the CC Capri thread).

One of the Rouse cars continued though in Sawyer-Hoare's hands, also taking in the TT that September when Charles was partnered by John Brindley.

Woodman's car might also have been a new build, but could just as easily have been his 1981 mount, but with further development over the winter. Johnathan Buncombe used Vince's older spare car on occasions(also to be CC tended) but Esso obviously didn't stump up the budget for a full season, a real waste of Buncombe's ability as he was more than a match for the other Capri front runners in previous seasons.

The PMG/Martin Thomas cars started out in 1980, a second one being added in 1981 for Rex Greenslade after he had left the works equipe. Rex wasn't to be seen in 1982 however being replaced by South African F2 driver Rad Dougall....

The Dennis Leech car was Rex Greenslade's from 1981, (a car he would continue to run for another 4 or 5 years in Group A and the second car formerly pedalled by Muir in 1980/81 and Dougall in 82 became Charles Sawyer-Hoare's mount from 1983.)

[racer69]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Win Percy, who had considering retirement before the season,

Is there any reason given for Percy considering retirement?


Great threads guys, very enjoyable and informative reading

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by racer69

Is there any reason given for Percy considering retirement?


Great threads guys, very enjoyable and informative reading

From an interview during the '82 season he tells of his garage needing investment and attention around the time he won his '81 title and decided it was nice to stop at the top - and almost immediately regretted! During the off season he got three high profile offers without being specific, having an early verbal agreement with the Hughes of Beaconsfield team and finally signing for them. Percy was a Mazda dealer at the time he won the '82 title.

Jesper

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

During the off season he got three high profile offers without being specific, having an early verbal agreement with the Hughes of Beaconsfield team and finally signing for them. Percy was a Mazda dealer at the time he won the '82 title.

Jesper

He later confirmed (he also mentions it on the '50 years of BTCC' DVD) that Walkinshaw wanted him to pilot one of the Sanyo cars for '82, but didn't come forward with a deal quickly enough so Win felt honour-bound to stay with the Hughes set up......

[Jesper OH]

Round 2 - Mallory Park, 28 March
Race for class A & B

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	1.	0:50,54	0:50,83	25	21:31,65	FL/record
2.	2.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	3.	0:50,76	0:50,83	25	21:32,05	FL/record
3.	3.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	2.	0:50,67		25	21:32,96
4.	4.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	4.	0:50,87		25	24:41,92
5.	5.	20	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	7.	0:51,98		25	21:55,55
6.	6.	16	Graham Goode	Graham Goode Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	6.	0:51,73		25	22:07,44
7.	1.	30	Terry Nightingale	Terry Nightingale	B	Mazda RX-7	9.	0:53,93	0:54,85	24		FL
8.	2.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	11.	0:54,90		24
9.	7.	2	Frank Sytner	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	8.	0:52,19		23
10.	3.	26	James Burrows	James Burrows	B	Toyota Celica	10.	0:54,51		23
DNF		5	Rad Dougall	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	5.	0:51,28				Gearbox/tyres
		27	Mike Buckley	Mike Buckley	B	Ford Escort RS2000	12.	0:55,89
DNA		33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000						DNA: car not finished

Race for class C & D

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	1.	0:52,01	0:52,18	25	22:23,85	FL/record
2.	2.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	2.	0:52,63		25	22:32,61
3.	3.	36	Tony Lanfranchi	Tony Lanfranchi	C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	3.	0:53,53		25	22:37,16
4.	4.	37	Robin Brundle	Robin Brundle	C	Audi 80 GLE	6.	0:54,23		25	23:06,33
5.	5.	50	John Tait	John Tait	C	Toyota Corolla	9.	0:55,26		24
6.	1.	81	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	11.	0:55,89		24
7.	2.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	13.	0:56,70		24
8.	6.		Terry Watts		C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	14.	0:57,70		23
9.	3.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	4.	0:53,91	0:54,09	20		FL
DNF		74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	5.	0:54,08				sheared wheel nuts
DNF		71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	7.	0:54,47				accident
DNF		52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	8.	0:55,15				Accident?
DNF		73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	10.	0:55,86				driveshaft
DNF		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	16.	no time				engine
DNS		44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	12.	0:56,18
DNS		75	Stewart Fowler	Stewart Fowler	D	Ford Fiesta	15.	1:04,72

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 3 - Oulton Park, 9 April

Race for class A & B

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	2.	1:06,25		20	24:49,92
2.	2.	5	Rad Dougall	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	5.	1:08,17		20	24:56,96
3.	3.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	4.	1:07,14		20	25:05,76
4.	4.	12	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	A	Rover 3500 V8	7.	1:09,47		20	25:43,12
5.	5.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	3.	1:06,93		20	26:00,86
6.	6.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	1.	1:06,01	1:07,66	19		FL/record
7.	1.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	10.	1:14,49	1:14,86	19		FL
8.	2.	25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	8.	1:12,35		19
9.	3.	30	Terry Nightingale	Terry Nightingale	B	Mazda RX-7	9.	1:12,99		19
10.	4.	27	Mike Buckley	Mike Buckley	B	Ford Escort RS2000	11.	1:12,99		19
	7.	20	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	6.	1:08,70
	5.	33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	12.	1:15,56
DNS		2	Frank Sytner	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8						practicing at Thruxton

Race for class C & D

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	1.	1:08,93	1:09,63	20	23:44,55	FL/record
2.	2.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	2.	1:10,14		20	24:02,55
3.	3.	36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	3.	1:10,37		20	24:04,24
4.	1.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	4.	1:12,05	1:12,13	20	24:28,97	FL/record
5.	4.	37	Robin Brundle	Robin Brundle	C	Audi 80 GLE	5.	1:12,53		20	24:37,84
6.	2.	74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	6.	1:12,63		20	24:39,56
7.	5.	52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	8.	1:12,93		20	24:54,77
8.	3.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	10.	1:13,80		19
9.	6.	68	John Spiller	Stanfield & White	C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	13.	1:14,31		19
10.	7.	44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	15.	1:16,17		19
		50	John Tait	John Tait	C	Toyota Corolla	14.	1:15,61
			Terry Watts		C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	16.	1:17,04
		51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	17.	1:18,00
DNF		71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	7.	1:12,64				broken driveshaft
DNF		81	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	9.	1:13,29
DNF		73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	11.	1:13,85				rocker shaft failure
DNS		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	12.	1:14,16				blown engine

Sorry, but no comments for about the races for now, but maybe at a later date.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 4 - Thruxton, 12 April

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	2.	1:26,15		20	29:30,89
2.	2.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	3.	1:26,31	1:26,36	20	29:36,29	FL/record
3.	3.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	4.	1:26,71		20	29:46,27
4.	4.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	1.	1:26,14		20	30:00,54
5.	5.	5	Rad Dougall	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	5.	1:27,07		20	30:02,25
6.	6.	20	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	8.	1:29,58		20	30:23,60
7.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	7.	1:29,53	1:29,35	20	30:37,47	FL/record
8.	7.	12	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	A	Rover 3500 V8	10.	1:31,72		20	30:52,32
9.	2.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	11.	1:32,08		20	30:56,58
10.	3.	36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	14.	1:32,87		19
	8.	2	Frank Sytner	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	9.	1:30,37		18		undriveable
15.	1.	25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	16.	1:33,29	1:33,90			FL
	2.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	20.	1:35,05
	3.	30	Terry Nightingale	Terry Nightingale	B	Mazda RX-7		no time
	4.		David Palmer		B	Mazda RX-7	12.	1:32,28
	5.	26	James Burrows	James Burrows	B	Toyota Celica	21.	1:35,72
DNF		33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	27.	1:37,84
DNF		27	Mike Buckley	Mike Buckley	B	Ford Escort RS2000	29.	1:39,92
11.	4.	37	Robin Brundle	Robin Brundle	C	Audi 80 GLE	17.	1:33,36
14.	5.	52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	19.	1:34,66
		44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	23.	1:36,14
		50	John Tait	John Tait	C	Toyota Corolla	26.	1:37,47
		68	John Spiller	Stanfield & White	C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	28.	1:38,01
		51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	30.	2:20,39
12.	1.	74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	18.	1:34,07
13.	2.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	13.	1:32,32	1:33,82			FL/record
	3.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	22.	1:36,14
	4.	82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	25.	1:36,43
DNF		71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	15.	1:33,24				overheating
DNF		73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	24.	1:36,19
DNS		2	Tom Walkinshaw	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	6.	1:28,66				no car
DNA			Terry Watts		C	Talbot Sunbeam ti						given up

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 5 - Thruxton, 31 May

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	1.	1:26,16	1:28,03	20	29:53,83	FL
2.	2.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	5.	1:27,56		20	29:57,88
3.	3.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	2.	1:26,38		20	29:57,88
4.	4.	5	Rad Dougall	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	3.	1:26,53		20	30:07,92
5.	5.	12	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	A	Rover 3500 V8	7.	1:29,93		20	30:30,88
6.	6.	16	Graham Goode	Graham Goode Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	9.	1:31,22		20	30:55,21
7.	7.	19	Peter Lovett	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	6.	1:27,74		20	30:59,24
8.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	8.	1:30,26	1:31,49	20	31:02,22	FL
9.	2.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	11.	1:33,45		19
10.	3.	36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	12.	1:34,03		19
DNF		1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	4.	1:27,14				puncture
NC	NC	33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	14.	1:34,16				disqualified: underweight (winning the class on the road)
	1.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	20.	1:35,71
	2.	27	Mike Buckley	Mike Buckley	B	Ford Escort RS2000	25.	1:37,79
	3.	25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	16.	1:34,91	1:34,35			FL
	4.	44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	15.	1:34,72
	5.	52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	17.	1:34,92
	6.	68	John Spiller	Stanfield & White	C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	28.	no time
			Pete Hall	Industrial Control Services	C	Toyota Celica	22.	1:36,16
		51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	23.	1:36,38
	1.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	10.	1:33,37
	2.	71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	13.	1:34,03	1:35,09			FL
	3.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	21.	1:35,87
	4.	73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	19.	1:35,40
	5.	99	David da Costa		D	Vauxhall Astra	27.	1:55,46
DNF		74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	18.	1:34,92		1		no oil
DNS		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	24.	1:37,05				engine
DNS		37	Robin Brundle		C	Toyota Celica	26.	1:40,51				handling

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 6 - Silverstone, 13 June

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	1.	1:39,32	1:39,61	20	33:48,56	FL/record
2.	2.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	3.	1:39,54		20	33:48,95
3.	3.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	4.	1:39,87		20	33:52,92
4.	4.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	2.	1:39,50		20	34:03,90
5.	5.	6	Brian Muir	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	7.	1:41,43		20	34:13,98
6.	6.	5	Rad Dougall	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	6.	1:40,50		20	34:15,21
7.	7.	16	Graham Goode	Graham Goode Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	9.	1:43,96		20	34:34,59
8.	8.	12	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	A	Rover 3500 V8	10.	1:44,41		20	35:04,94
9.	9.	19	Peter Lovett	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	5.	1:40,01		20	35:29,02
10.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	11.	1:44,54	1:44,26	19		FL/record
DNF		20	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	8.	1:43,11		8		engine
	1.	33	Tony Dickinson		B	Ford Escort RS2000	13.	1:47,60
	2.		Mike Kimpton		B	Mazda RX-7	32.	2:03,28
DNF		32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	15.	1:48,72				engine
DNF		25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	16.	1:49,02	1:46,67	8		alternator/FL
DNF		27	Mike Buckley	Mike Buckley	B	Ford Escort RS2000	17.	1:49,77
DNF		26	James Burrows	James Burrows	B	Toyota Celica	33.	2:10,94
DNS		28	Arne Riis	Arne Riis	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	18.	1:50,79				sick engine
	2.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	14.	1:48,67
	3.	37	Robin Brundle		C	Toyota Celica	21.	1:51,68
DNF		36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	12.	1:46,74
DNF			Pete Hall	Industrial Control Services	C	Toyota Celica	20.	1:51,50
DNF		68	John Spiller	Stanfield & White	C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	24.	1:52,11
DNF		52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	25.	1:52,45		6
DNF		51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	29.	1:53,40
		44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	22.	1:51,91				differential/gearbox
	1.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	23.	1:51,97
	2.	71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	19.	1:51,42
	3.	73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	26.	1:52,67	1:51,44			FL
DNF		74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	27.	1:52,79		2		accident damage
DNF		72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	28.	1:52,92
DNF		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	30.	1:56,04				blown engine
DNF		99	David da Costa		D	Vauxhall Astra	31.	1:59,07

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 7 - Donington Park, 4 July

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	3.	1:20,46	1:20,94	25	31:14,31	FL/record
2.	2.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	2.	1:20,10		25	34:17,07
3.	3.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	5.	1:21,03		25	34:37,41
4.	4.	19	Peter Lovett	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	1.	1:19,88		25	34:54,69
5.	5.	5	Rad Dougall	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	6.	1:21,55		25	35:02,61
6.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	9.	1:23,94	1:24,95	24		FL
7.	1.	33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	17.	1:26,87		24
8.	2.	36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	13.	1:25,97		24
9.	3.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	11.	1:24,64		24
10.	1.	74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	18.	1:26,98	1:26,85	24		FL/record
	2.	25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	10.	1:24,55	1:25,74			FL
	2.	71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	19.	1:27,20
	3.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	14.	1:26,04		23
	3.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	24.	1:28,82
	4.	44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	20.	1:27,35
	5.	68	John Spiller	Stanfield & White	C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	23.	1:28,41
	6.		Terry Watts		C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	27.	1:32,35
DNF		39	Chris Hodgetts		C	Toyota Corolla	16.	1:26,35				valve problem
DNF		37	Robin Brundle		C	Toyota Celica	21.	1:28,17				split brake line
DNF		8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	4.	1:20,49		6		broken gearlever
DNF		12	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	A	Rover 3500 V8	7.	1:22,06		9		broken halfshaft
DNF		16	Graham Goode	Graham Goode Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	8.	1:23,00				engine
DNF			Mike Kimpton		B	Mazda RX-7	12.	1:25,81		9		broken stub axle
DNF		77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	15.	1:26,15		23		accident
DNF		73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	22.	1:28,27				broken rocker
DNF		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	26.	1:29,97
DNS		52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	25.	1:29,04				engine fire

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 8 - Brands Hatch, 18 July
British Grand Prix support race

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	19	Peter Lovett	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	3.	1:39,18	1:39,80	20	33:42,09	FL/record
2.	2.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	2.	1:39,17		20	33:48,02
3.	3.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	4.	1:39,33		20	33:59,62
4.	4.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	1.	1:38,88		20	34:07,23
5.	5.	6	Brian Muir	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	7.	1:41,18		20	34:10,68
6.	6.	5	Rad Dougall	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	6.	1:40,86		20	34:28,90
7.	7.	20	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	10.	1:43,08		20	34:54,96
8.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	9.	1:43,00	1:43,44	20	35:15,46	FL/record
9.	2.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	11.	1:44,02		20	35:28,30
10.	1.	25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	13.	1:45,90	1:45,07	19		FL
DNF		9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	5.	1:40,25				ignition
DNF		12	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	A	Rover 3500 V8	8.	1:42,43				transmission
	2.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	12.	1:44,85
	3.		Erik Høyer	Team Castrol	B	Ford Escort RS2000	15.	1:46,01
	4.		Mike Kimpton		B	Mazda RX-7	19.	1:47,02
	5.	33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	22.	1:48,30
	6.	26	James Burrows	James Burrows	B	Toyota Celica	31.	1:51,87
DNF		28	Arne Riis	Arne Riis	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	28.	1:49,90				accident with Curnow
	3.	37	Robin Brundle		C	Toyota Celica	18.	1:46,81
	4.	68	John Spiller	Stanfield & White	C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	25.	1:49,28
DNF		36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	14.	1:45,99				driveshaft
DNF		44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	21.	1:47,83				no oil pressure
DNF		51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	24.	1:49,17		0	0:00,00
DNF		39	Chris Hodgetts		C	Toyota Corolla	26.	1:49,44
DNF		52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	30.	1:51,31				engine
DNF			Terry Watts		C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	33.	1:59,36
	1.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	17.	1:46,64	1:46,89			FL/record
	2.	74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	16.	1:46,21
	3.	73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	23.	1:48,96
	4.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	27.	1:49,60
	5.	99	David da Costa		D	Vauxhall Astra	32.	1:53,45
DNF		71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	20.	1:47,10				accident with Riis
DNF		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	29.	1:50,90				engine

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 9 - Donington Park, 15 August

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	3.	1:19,74	1:20,38	25	34:16,32	FL/record
2.	2.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	5.	1:20,35		25	34:24,17
3.	3.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	4.	1:20,22		25	34:25,64
4.	4.	16	Graham Goode	Graham Goode Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	7.	1:22,32		25	35:17,48
5.	5.	19	Peter Lovett	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	2.	1:19,69		24
6.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	8.	1:24,07	1:24,26	24		FL/record
7.	1.	33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	10.	1:25,28		24
8.	2.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	14.	1:26,68		24
9.	1.	74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	12.	1:26,16	1:26,51	24		FL/record
10.	2.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	11.	1:25,84		24
	2.	52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	25.	2:01,95
	3.		Tony Crudgington		C	Toyota Corolla	20.	1:29,81
	3.	73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	18.	1:28,09
	4.		Richard Hurdwell		D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	22.	1:29,89
DNF		3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	1.	1:19,63				engine
DNF		6	Brian Muir	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	6.	1:20,36				puncture
DNF		35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	9.	1:24,22				accident
DNF		36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	13.	1:26,64				head gasket
DNF		71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	15.	1:27,20		0	0:00,00	broken throttle linkage
DNF		44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	17.	1:27,90		1		no oil pressure
DNF		51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	19.	1:28,11
DNF		72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	21.	1:29,85				accident
DNF		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	23.	1:30,25				accident
DNF		25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	24.	1:40,34	1:24,26	9		broken valve seat/FL
DNS		37	Robin Brundle		C	Toyota Celica	16.	1:27,39				engine

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 10 - Brands Hatch, 30 August

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	4.	1:39,30		20	35:33,00
2.	2.	6	Brian Muir	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	6.	1:41,00		20
3.	3.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	3.	1:39,20	1:39,00	20		FL/record
4.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	7.	1:43,50	1:43,20	20		FL/record
5.	2.	36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	11.	1:45,40		20
6.	1.	74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	15.	1:46,20	1:45,70	20		FL/record
7.	2.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	12.	1:45,80		20
8.	3.	44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	18.	1:47,10		20
9.	4.	37	Robin Brundle		C	Audi 80 GLE	13.	1:45,80		19
10.	4.	19	Peter Lovett	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	2.	1:39,20		19
11.	5.	51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	19.	1:47,40
12.	1.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	10.	1:45,40	1:45,00			FL
	2.	33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	16.	1:46,30
	3.	26	James Burrows	James Burrows	B	Toyota Celica	20.	1:48,40
	6.	52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	21.	1:48,60
	3.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	24.	1:50,20
	4.	99	David da Costa		D	Vauxhall Astra	25.	1:51,90
	5.	71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	17.	1:46,90
	6.	82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	14.	1:46,10
			Tony Crudgington		C	Toyota Corolla	23.	1:49,70
DNF		8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	1.	1:39,00				broken crank
DNF		9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	5.	1:39,80		12		broken rocker arm
DNF		35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	8.	1:43,80				accident
DNF		25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	9.	1:45,30				dropped valve
DNF		73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	22.	1:48,70		1		blown engine

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Round 11 - Silverstone, 3 October

Pos.	Pos.	#	Driver	Team	Cl.	Car	Grid	Time	FL	Laps	Time	Notes
1.	1.	19	Peter Lovett	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	8.	1:56,50		20	33:45,41
2.	2.	6	Brian Muir	Patrick MotorSport	A	Rover 3500 V8	3.	1:52,85	1:39,63	20	33:46,69	FL
3.	3.	9	Andy Rouse	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	1.	1:52,76		20	34:10,66
4.	4.	4	Jonathan Buncumbe	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	6.	1:55,73		20	34:18,87
5.	5.	1	Jeff Allam	Team Sanyo Racing with Esso	A	Rover 3500 V8	4.	1:53,58		20	34:21,87
6.	6.	20	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	9.	1:56,74		20	34:30,42
7.	7.	3	Vince Woodman	Equipe Esso	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	5.	1:54,41		20	34:42,70
8.	1.	25	Jon Dooley	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	B	Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5	17.	2:02,88		19
9.	1.	40	Win Percy	Team Toyota GB	C	Toyota Corolla	7.	1:56,07	1:44,77	19		FL
10.	2.	33	Tony Dickinson	Tony Dickinson	B	Ford Escort RS2000	25.	2:07,20		19
	8.	8	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	2.	1:52,80		18
DNF		16	Graham Goode	Graham Goode Racing	A	Ford Capri 3.0S	14.	2:00,98		3		engine
DNF		12	Dennis Leech	Dennis Leech	A	Rover 3500 V8	16.	2:01,84				broken sump
	3.	32	Hamish Irvine	Hamish Irvine	B	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	18.	2:02,90
	4.	30	Terry Nightingale	Terry Nightingale	B	Mazda RX-7	28.	2:11,30	1:44,59			FL
	2.	35	John Morris	Morris Vulcan Ltd/Tri-ang Toys	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	10.	1:57,11
	3.	36	Tony Lanfranchi		C	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	12.	1:59,82
	4.	44	Jock Robertson	Julian May Racing	C	Ford Fiesta XR2	20.	2:03,36
	5.		Tony Crudgington		C	Toyota Corolla	24.	2:06,62
	6.	68	John Spiller	Stanfield & White	C	Talbot Sunbeam ti	27.	2:09,76
		37	Robin Brundle		C	Audi 80 GLE	13.	2:00,09
		51	Alan Greenhalgh	Race Time Marketing Ltd	C	Volkswagen Golf GTI	21.	2:03,97
		52	Andrew Thorpe	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking	C	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint Veloce	29.	2:12,58
	1.	74	Steve Soper	Hepolite Glacier Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	11.	1:59,49	1:48,30			FL/record
	2.	77	Richard Longman	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	15.	2:01,69
	3.	73	Neil McGrath	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	19.	2:02,96
	4.	72	Roger Saunders	Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	30.	2:14,79
	5.	99	David da Costa	GM Dealer Sport	D	Vauxhall Astra	26.	2:08,13
DNF		71	Alan Curnow	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	D	Austin Mini Metro 1.3HLS	22.	2:05,18		4		no fuel pressure
DNF		82	Rob Kirby	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	D	Alfa Romeo Alfasud 1.3Ti	23.	2:06,05

A correction to the class A limit: the class was 2501-3500 cc and not 3600 cc. The Rover SD1 threat has the details of how the V8 fitted, I believe.

End of season.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Yes, that's true. I'm sure someone will tell us why the Hinckley track was dropped, I always thought it was because Mallory couldn't hold a full grid of cars, after all the last few years of Group 1 had seen split races for Classes A&B and then C&D?

Regarding Mallory Park disappearing from the BSCC/BTCC post-1982. In late 1982 the track was for sale and Autosport even featured a sort of obituary - a history of the circuit with the future in doubt. Sources had it it was to close down, while other sources saw the group behind Brands Hatch was possible new owners.
Mallory Park did survive as races are still held on the circuit to this day, I believe, but for how long was negosiations going with the new owners before the circuit was in operation? Dropping spectator figures seems to have been a general problem for the circuit, but could the sale have inflicted on a possible 1983 BSCC date?

Jesper

[Barman1963]

It doesn't really fit into the thread, but whilst clearing out some stuff recently, I came across the race winners Tricentrol cap that Vince Woodman gave to me when I was but a mere whippet of an enthusiastic 17yr pit marshal.

[KA]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Regarding Mallory Park disappearing from the BSCC/BTCC post-1982. In late 1982 the track was for sale and Autosport even featured a sort of obituary - a history of the circuit with the future in doubt. Sources had it it was to close down, while other sources saw the group behind Brands Hatch was possible new owners.
Mallory Park did survive as races are still held on the circuit to this day, I believe, but for how long was negosiations going with the new owners before the circuit was in operation? Dropping spectator figures seems to have been a general problem for the circuit, but could the sale have inflicted on a possible 1983 BSCC date?

Jesper

That's a thought- I'd forgotten that Mallory's future had been under threat at one point in the early 80's. Combine that with the need to run separate races for the classes because of Mallory's smaller maximum grid compared to somewhere like Silverstone or Donington, possibly Mallory was becoming a less-attractive option for the series. The arrival of Donington in 1977 (which got two BTCC rounds in it's first season I think, and continued to do so), barely 20 miles away by road might not have helped either...

[Nordic]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Round 8 - Brands Hatch, 18 July
British Grand Prix support race


Jesper

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p4780805.html

The first lap melee

[KA]

Can't remember if I'd mentioned these before- found on the Autosport forum a while back, Mallory BTCC 1982 pics by Simon Arron.

Andy Rouse, Spice Ford Capri
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2632/scan0011sl3.jpg

Rad Dougall, Patrick Motorsport Rover SD1
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3738/scan0012gl8.jpg

Mike Buckley, Ford Escort RS2000
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9062/scan0013fv0.jpg

Terry Watts, Talbot Sunbeam Ti
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7638/scan0015do4.jpg

Jock Robertson, Pegasus Mouldings Ford Fiesta 1.6
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1451/scan0016lm0.jpg

Alan Curnow, Datapost Austin Metro
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3311/scan0014mb5.jpg