Pole position: Buncombe
Fastest lap: Craft in 1.43,21 = 164,59 kmh
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 162,37 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1979 Cars
"I'm going to win". There was no doubt in Gordon Spice's mind of that and, of course he did. But it was nevertheless a fabulous race, which saw four different leaders and dices throughout the field. Chris Craft bounced right back onto top form to follow his team mate home, ahead of Vince Woodman, who was later cruelly stripped of his third place for allegedly overtaking under yellow flags. Brian Muir was therefore the official third, ahead of early leader Jonathan Buncombe. The other early leaders, Andy Rouse and Stuart Graham dropped out with blown engines. In the 2300ce class, Rex Greenslade took the laurels for the first time this season, proving able to head Walkinshaw's record breaking Mazda for lap after lap. The Mazda eventually limped over the line with a sick engine. However, Gerry Marshall fared even worse, crashing out at Club and writing his car off. He suffered minor injuries. There was yet more drama in the 1600cc class, where the organisers stripped Win Percy of the laurels handing Richard Lloyd another victory. |
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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 Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 34.52,47 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Chris Craft, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 2 | 1.43,21 | |||
| DSQ | Esso Uniflo Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 5 | Overtaking under yellow flag | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 10 | Browne & Day Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Brian Muir, AUS |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Esso Uniflo Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 12 | Aquabatten Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Colin Vandervell, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Allam Motor Services racing with BP Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Jeff Allam, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 3 | Engine | |||
| 1 | 21 | Team Triplex with Esso and Motor Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Rex Greenslade, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 20 laps, 35.42,62 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | 24 | Stratstone Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Tim Goss, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 13 | |||||
| 3 | 19 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Tony Strawson, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 15 | |||||
| 4 | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Derrick Brunt, GB |
2279 | L4 | C | 14? | ||||||
| DSQ | 42 | Team Toyota Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica GT |
Win Percy, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | Overtaking under yellow flag | |||||
| 1 | 40 | The Akai Golf VW Golf GTI |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 35.18,93 | 17 | 1.50,25 | |||
| 2 | 41 | Team Toyota Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica GT |
Alec Poole, IRL |
1588 | L4 | B | 20 | |||||
| 3 | VW Scirocco GTI |
John Morris, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | |||||||
| 6 | Talbot Avenger 1600 GT |
Terry Watts, GB |
1594 | L4 | B | |||||||
| 1 | Patrick Motorsport Mini 1275 GT |
Richard Longman, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 1.53,23 | ||||||
| 2 | Datapost Mini 1275 GT |
Alan Curnow, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | |||||||
| 3 | Mini 1275 GT |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | |||||||
| 4 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Jon Dooley, GB |
1286 | B4 | A | |||||||
| 6 | Talbot Avenger 1300 GT |
John Spiller, GB |
1295 | L4 | A | |||||||
| 5 | 33 | TWR Pentax Mazda RX-7 |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | C | 10 | 1.45,50 | Engine | |||
| Patrick Motorsport Mini 1275 GT |
Stuart McCrudden, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | ||||||||
| DNF? | Mini 1275 GT |
Tom Pitcher, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | |||||||
| DNF | 9? | Browne & Day Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Andy Rouse, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 8 | Conrod | ||||
| DNF | 22 | Team Triplex with Esso and Motor Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Gerry Marshall, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 12 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | 5 | Fabergé Racing Lee Jeans Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Stuart Graham, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 7 | Blown engine | ||||