Pole position: Spice in 1.47,4
Fastest lap: Craft in 1.46,28 = 159,84 kmh
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 157,72 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1977 Cars
Chris Craft's legendary bad luck struck again in the first round of the Tricentrol British Touring Car Championship. After fighting a spirited battle with Gordon Spice's rival 3-litre Capri for most of the race's 20 laps, Craft at last seemed to be establishing the upper hand when, with barely ten miles to go, his Hammonds Sauce backed Capri jammed in top gear. As Craft coasted into the pits to retire, Spice sped on to take a slightly lucky victory with his Spectra and Piranha sponsored car. The other classes fell to Tony Dron's sick sounding works Dolomite Sprint, Peter Hilliard's almost unopposed 1600 Alfetta Coupe and Barrie Williams' Alfa GT Junior. Craft, Gerry Marshall (DTV Magnum) and Bernard Unett (Avenger 1300) all shattered their respective class lap records, in Unett's case by a massive 5,27s. |
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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 | Gordon Spice Group Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 35.54,17 | 1 | 1.47,40 | |||
| 2 | (2) | Triplex Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Colin Vandervell, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 36.00 | 6 | Not entered in the championship on time - no points | |||
| 3 | 3 | British Leyland Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Tony Dron, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 36.24,06 | 4 | 1.47,55 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Fabergé Racing Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Stuart Graham, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | Allam Motor Services Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Jeff Allam, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 20 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | Dealer Team Vauxhall Castrol Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 19? | 5 | 1.48,4 | 1.47,11 | Puncture | |
| 7 | 3 | Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Stuart Patterson, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 19 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | Mazda RX-2 |
Wendy Markey, GB |
2 x 491 | R2 | C | 19 | |||||
| 9 | 5 | Mario Deliotti Ltd. Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV |
Derek Lawrence, GB |
1962 | L4 | C | 19 | |||||
| 1 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT |
Peter Hilliard, GB |
1570 | L4 | B | 18 laps, 36.43,67 | (1) | 2.00,24 | ||||
| 2 | VW Golf GTI |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 18 | (2) | |||||
| 1 | Marshall Wingfield Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1290 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 36.28,55 | (2) | 2.00,69 | ||||
| 2 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Rex Greenslade, GB |
1186 | B4 | A | 18 | ||||||
| 3 | 67 | Renault Elf Renault R 5 TS |
Brian Muir, AUS |
1289 | L4 | A | 18 | |||||
| 4 | Renault R 5 TS |
Susan Tucker-Peak, GB |
1289 | L4 | A | 18 | (3) | 2.00,73 | ||||
| DNF | Hammonds Sauce Group Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Chris Craft, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 3 | 1.47,43 | 1.46,28 | Gearbox | |||
| DNF | Esso Uniflo Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 2 | 1.47,42 | Piston | ||||
| DNF | Linden Finance Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Mike Wilds, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 11 | Crank shaft oil leak | |||||
| DNF | Mopar Chrysler Avenger 1300 GT |
Bernard Unett, GB |
1295 | L4 | A | (1) | 1.57,76 | 1.58,09 | Radiator fan | |||
| DNF | BMW racing with Castrol BMW 530i US |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
2985 | L6 | D | 7 | Fuel pump | |||||
| DNF | Chingford Boat Centre Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Freddie Jacks, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 10 | Accident | |||||
| DNS | Samuri Racing with Bradshaw Hire Plant Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Win Percy, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | Holed piston in Friday testing | ||||||