Pole position: Spice in 1.43,78
Fastest lap: Spice in 1.54,27 = 148,66 kmh
Distance: 12 laps, shortened because falling darkness
Average speed: 146,29 kmh
Weather: Wet
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1979 Cars
Tires played a major part in determining the outcome of the first, rain soaked, round of the Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship, the Goodyear equipped Gordon Spice Racing Capris of Spice (the easy winner) and Chris Craft dominating the event, while the Dunlop runners struggled with their new radials. |
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 | 1 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 12 laps, 23.13,41 | 1 | 1.43,78 | 1.54,27 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Chris Craft, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 12 laps, 23.18 | 5 | |||
3 | 3 | Allam Motor Services racing with BP Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Jeff Allam, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 12 laps, 23.26 | 2 | 1.43,89 | |||
4 | 1 | TWR Pentax Mazda RX-7 |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | C | 12 laps, 24.27,28 | 1.56,05 | ||||
5 | 4 | Browne & Day Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Brian Muir, AUS |
2993 | V6 | D | 12 | |||||
6 | 5 | Esso Uniflo Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 12 | |||||
7 | 6 | Fabergé Racing Lee Jeans Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Stuart Graham, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 12 | 3 | ||||
8 | 2 | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Barrie Williams, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 12 | |||||
9 | 3 | Team Triplex with Esso and Motor Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Rex Greenslade, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 12 | |||||
10 | 4 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Tony Strawson, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 12 | |||||
11 | 1 | The Akai Golf VW Golf GTI |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 12 laps, 24.27,28 | 1.59,17 | ||||
12 | 5 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Roger Saunders, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 12 | |||||
13 | 1 | Datapost Mini 1275 GT |
Alan Curnow, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 11 laps, 23.16,97 | 2.03,35 | ||||
14 | 2 | Patrick Motorsport Mini 1275 GT |
Richard Longman, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 11 laps, 23.16,97 | |||||
2 | VW Scirocco GTI |
John Morris, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | |||||||
3 | Team Toyota Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica GT |
Win Percy, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | |||||||
4 | VW Golf GTI |
Louis Parsons, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | |||||||
5 | Talbot Avenger 1600 GT |
Terry Watts, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | |||||||
3 | Mini 1275 GT |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 11 | ||||||
4 | Simca Rallye 3 |
Rodney Posner, GB |
1294 | L4 | D | 11 | ||||||
5 | Mini 1275 GT |
Tom Pitcher, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | |||||||
Aquabatten Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Colin Vandervell, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | ||||||||
Demon Tweeks VW Scirocco GTI |
Alan Minshaw, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | ||||||||
DNS | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Derrick Brunt, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 12 | Uncompetitive, engine |