Pole position: Walkinshaw in 1.45,87
Fastest lap: Walkinshaw in 1.46,47 = 142,21 kmh
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 138,01 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1976 Cars
Vince Woodman was as lucky as he was overjoyed to win the Keith Prowse Touring Car Championship round at Brands Hatch on Sunday. Throughout the early stages of the race his Team Esso Uniflo Capri lay an unremarkable fifth, plagued in his own words by "diabolical understeer", and as the race wore on his engine began to tighten up with alarming progressiveness. But Tom Walkinshaw, Chris Craft, Colin Vandervell and Andy Rouse all had trouble in front of him, and on the last lap Woodman whistled past Craft's ailing Capri to take the chequered flag just 1.4s before Derek Bell's Dolomite got there. In the smaller classes Bernard Unett at last prised open a clear lead in the championship with his Chrysler Avenger. Up until Brands, he and Win Percy had won their classes every time, and it was clearly going to be a matter of who fell off first. Percy was the unlucky one, blowing his Toyota Celica's engine on the 16th of the 20 laps. |
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Touring Cars class A-D
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| Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Esso Uniflo Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 36.34,28 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 21 | British Leyland Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Derek Bell, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.35,55 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 29 | Dealer Team Vauxhall Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.36,39 | 12 | 1.47,86 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Tricentrol Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Chris Craft, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 36.38,06 | 3 | 1.46,43 | Cam follower | |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Stuart Patterson, GB |
2784 | L6 | D | 20 laps, 37.13,55 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 10 | Team Castrol Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 37.21,26 | 1 | 1.45,87 | 1.46,47 | |
| 7 | 3 | 27 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Martin Thomas, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 37.21,40 | ||||
| 8 | 5 | 19 | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Jean-Claude Lagniez, F |
2784 | L6 | D | 20 laps, 37.46,00 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 28 | Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
Thomas Hunt, GB |
2 x 491 | R2 | C | 20 laps, 37.55,46 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 44 | Samuri Racing with Toyota GB Toyota Celica GT |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 36.37,11 | (2) | ca. 1.55,0 | 1.52,09 | |
| 11 | 1 | 64 | Mopar Hillman Avenger 1300 |
Bernard Unett, GB |
1295 | L4 | A | 19 laps, 37.18,21 | (1) | 1.56,21 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 62 | Campari/Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Simon Kirkby, GB |
1186 | B4 | A | 19 laps, 37.27,52 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 43 | Toyota Celica GT |
Patrick Cobb, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 37.40,13 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 71 | Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Rex Greenslade, GB |
1286 | B4 | A | 19 laps, 38.01,45 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 65 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior |
Peter Hilliard, GB |
1290 | L4 | A | 19 laps, 38.03,36 | ||||
| 16 | 5 | 69 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
David Hedges |
1293 | L4 | A | 19 laps, 38.04,09 | ||||
| 17 | 6 | 63 | Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Malcolm Wayne, GB |
1186 | B4 | A | 19 laps, 38.12,24 | ||||
| 18 | 6 | 14 | Ottershaw Motors Opel Commodore GS/E |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
2784 | L6 | D | 18 laps, 36.55,68 | 4 | |||
| DNF | 40 | Samuri Racing with Toyota GB Toyota Celica GT |
Win Percy, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 16 | (1) | 1.54,53 | Blown engine | ||
| DNF | 20 | British Leyland Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Andy Rouse, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 15 | 8 | 1.48,75 | 1.47,86 | Overdrive/clutch | |
| DNF | 11 | Norman Reeves Ltd. Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
2993 | V6 | D | 10 | 11 | Fan belt | |||
| DNF | 15 | Triplex Safety Glass Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Colin Vandervell, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 9 | 7 | Engine | |||
| DNF | 22 | Mazda Dealer Team Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
Dave Brodie, GB |
2 x 491 | R2 | C | 8 | 9 | Engine | |||
| DNF | 61 | Campari/Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Jon Dooley, GB |
1186? | B4 | A | 7 | Bottom end | ||||
| DNF | 70 | Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Derek Lawrence, GB |
1186? | B4 | A | 6 | Wheel bearing | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Shellsport Ford Capri 3000 GT |
Stuart Rolt, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 5 | 12 | ||||
| DNF | 7 | Wisharts Garages Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 1 | 2 | 1.46,09 | Throttle cable | ||
| DNF | 67 | Renault R 5 TS |
Marc Smith, GB |
1289 | L4 | A | ||||||