Pole position: Dron in 1.31,6
Fastest lap: Percy and Dron in 1.31,6 = 149,01 kmh
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 149,01 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1977 Cars
Practice for the fifth round of the Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship was one forty minute session which started out very damp but getting drier for the second half when most drivers opted to intermediates and then full slicks for the last ten minutes. On pole, and determined to make up for Easter Monday, was lanky Tony Dron who whirled the Broadspeed Triumph Dolomite Sprint round in 1m31 .6s. The motor noter's only real problem came towards the end of the session when Stuart Graham spun his Capri right in front of the Dolomite at Church, Dron claiming that he missed the errant Capri by a whisker while the phlegmatic Graham thought it was more! Just 0.4s slower than Dron was the inevitable Chris Craft in his Hammonds Sauce Capri, and then came a similar gap before Graham who stayed on intermediaries too long. Three cars tied on 1.33,0 with Gordon Spice's Capri recording it first from Win Percy's Samuri/Bradshaw Plant Hire Capri and the ebullient Gerry Marshall (2.3 DTV Vauxhall Magnum). |
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 | Hammonds Sauce Group Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Chris Craft, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 30.53,8 | 2 | 1.32,0 | |||
2 | 1 | British Leyland Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Tony Dron, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 30.55,4 | 1 | 1.31,6 | 1.31,6 | ||
3 | 2 | BMW racing with Castrol BMW 530i US |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
2985 | L6 | C | 20 | |||||
4 | 3 | Triplex Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Colin Vandervell, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | |||||
5 | 4 | Fabergé Racing Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Stuart Graham, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 3 | 1.32,4 | |||
6 | 5 | Esso Uniflo Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | |||||
7 | 2 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Brian Muir, AUS |
1998 | L4 | C | 20 | |||||
8 | 3 | Dealer Team Vauxhall Castrol Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 20 | 6 | ||||
1 | Mopar Chrysler Avenger 1300 GT |
Bernard Unett, GB |
1295 | L4 | A | 20 laps, 31.36,2 | 1.38,0 | |||||
2 | Patrick Motor Group Mini 1275 GT |
Richard Longman, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 20 laps, 31.41 | 1.38,0 | |||||
3 | Marshall Wingfield Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1290 | L4 | A | |||||||
1 | VW Golf GTI |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 31.46,8 | 1.39,0 | |||||
2 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT |
Peter Hilliard, GB |
1570 | L4 | B | |||||||
3 | Toyota Celica GT |
Martin Williams, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | |||||||
Gordon Spice Group Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 4 | Puncture | ||||||
DNF | Toyota Celica GT |
Martin Brundle, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | |||||||
DNF | Samuri Racing with Bradshaw Hire Plant Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Win Percy, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 12 | 5 | 1.31,6 | Handling |