Pole position: Walkinshaw
Fastest lap: Rouse in 1.33,25 = 146,38 kmh
Distance: 22 laps
Average speed: 143,42 kmh
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1976 Cars
Tom Walkinshaw certainly made up for his long series of saloon disappointments over Easter. After winning at Oulton Park on Good Friday his run of success held up at Thruxton on Monday as well when he won another round of the Keith Prowse RAC Touring Car Championship in his familiar Hermetite 3-litre Capri. Once again British Leyland's challenge ended prematurely with a broken valve spring as Andy Rouse's immaculate blue and white Dolomite Sprint dropped back into second place after leading Walkinshaw's Capri for the first six of the race's 22 laps. Gordon Spice's Capri just fended off a determined Chris Craft's similar car in a doorhandle-to-doorhandle confrontation on the last lap, and Gerry Marshall's Vauxhall Magnum vanquished Colin Vandervell's Capri in a similarly tense dispute. |
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Joanna Carlin Touring Car Race
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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 | 10 | Team Castrol Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 22 laps, 34.53,75 | 1 | 1.33,27 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 7 | MM Plant Hire Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 22 laps, 35.14,03 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Hammonds Sauce Group Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Chris Craft, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 22 laps, 35.14,75 | 6 | 1.34,39 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 29 | Dealer Team Vauxhall Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 22 laps, 35.25,98 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 15 | Triplex Safety Glass Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Colin Vandervell, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 22 laps, 35.26,19 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Esso Uniflo Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 22 laps, 35.32,11 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 40 | Samuri Racing with Toyota GB Toyota Celica GT |
Win Percy, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 22 laps, 35.54,26 | (1) | 1.36,78 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 21 | Leyland Cars Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Steve Thompson, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 22 laps, 35.54,73 | 4 | |||
| 9 | 6 | 9 | MM Plant Hire Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Peter Clark, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 22 laps, 36.16,00 | ||||
| 10 | 7 | 8 | Shellsport Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Stuart Rolt, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 22 laps, 36.32,07 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 42 | Samuri Racing with Toyota GB Toyota Celica GT |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 21 laps, 34.55,34 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 27 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Martin Thomas, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 21 laps, 34.56,16 | 10 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 32 | Eichberg Racing Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Hartmut Bauer, D |
1998 | L4 | C | 21 laps, 35.33,31 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 43 | Samuri Racing with Toyota GB Toyota Celica GT |
Brian Cutting, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 21 laps, 36.05,77 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 64 | Chrysler Competition Centre Hillman Avenger 1300 |
Bernard Unett, GB |
1295 | L4 | A | 21 laps, 36.30,02 | (1) | 1.42,87 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 65 | Dependable Delivery with Squadra Alfa Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior |
Peter Hilliard, GB |
1290 | L4 | A | 20 laps, 35.09,67 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | 61 | Campari/Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Jon Dooley, GB |
1186 | B4 | A | 20 laps, 35.35,52 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 66 | Mario Deliotti Ltd. Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Derek Lawrence, GB |
1186 | B4 | A | 20 laps, 35.50,40 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 62 | Campari/Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Simon Kirkby, GB |
1186 | B4 | A | 19 laps, 35.50,98 | ||||
| DNF | 69 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
David Hedges |
1275 | L4 | A | 16 | |||||
| DNF | 30 | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Tim Stock, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 8 | |||||
| DNF | 11 | Norman Reeves Ltd. Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Brian Muir, AUS |
2993 | V6 | D | 8 | Overheating | ||||
| DNF | 20 | British Leyland Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Andy Rouse, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 7 | 2 | 1.33,25 | Valve spring | ||
| DNF | 25 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Paddy Loughnane |
1998 | L4 | C | 3 | Spin, steering | ||||
| DNF | 14 | Ottershaw Motors Opel Commodore GS/E |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
2784 | L6 | D | 3 | no time | Oil pressure | |||
| DNF | 2 | Hermetite Products Ford Capri II 3.0 |
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 3 | 8 | Overheating | |||
| DNF | 22 | Mazda Dealer Team Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
Dave Brodie, GB |
2 x 491 | R2 | C | 3 | 5 | Fan belt | |||
| DNF | 73 | Westune Ltd Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
John Myerscough, GB |
1186 | B4 | A | 1 | Holed piston | ||||
| DNS | 3 | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Stuart Patterson, GB |
2784 | L6 | D | ||||||
| DNQ | 68 | Renault R 5 TS |
Marc Smith, GB |
1289 | L4 | A | ||||||