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Pace Petroleum Trophy Meeting

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 25/8/1980
Track length: 4.207 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 34
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Spice in 1.43,4 = 146,45 kmh

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 145,16 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1980 Cars

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Win Percy won the RAC Tricentrol British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch on Bank Holiday Monday. Percy's Mazda RX7 had very little opposition from outside his own TWR teams and the West Country garage owner was able to stroke home to a comfortable class win that puts him out of striking distance of all his rivals with two rounds of the series still to run. There was, in contrast, action in the other classes. Gordon Spice led home Andy Rouse to make it a one-two for the Spice Capris at the head of the field, Spice having to drive very hard to keep ahead of his team-mate. Further down the field Tony Lanfranchi took an excellent 1600 cc class win, pipping team-mate Stirling Moss's Akai Audi to the line, after a good charge through the field. Jon Dooley took a comfortable 1300 cc class win.


Touring Cars class A-D
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 20 laps, 34.46,0 1   1.43,4  
2 2 2 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Andy Rouse, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 34.46,7 2      
3 3 19 The Toleman Group
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Rad Dougall, ZA
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 34.59,5 4      
4 4 3 Equipe Esso
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 35.00,3 5      
5 5 6 Triplex Esso Motor Team
Rover 3500 SD1
Rex Greenslade, GB
3495 V8 D 20 laps, 35.25,2 6     Slow puncture
6 6 9 Mann’s Garage
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 35.29,6 8      
7 1 20 TWR Pentax
Mazda RX-7
Win Percy, GB
2 x 573 R2 C 20 laps, 35.47,1 10   1.46,1  
8 2 21? TWR Pentax
Mazda RX-7
Pete Lovett, GB
2 x 573 R2 C 20 laps, 35.47,6 12      
9 7    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Dave Brodie, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 36.09,2 34     4th fastest in qualifying but underweight; started from the back with 10 sec penalty
10 1 40 GTI Engineering / Akai
Audi 80 GLE
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
1588 L4 B 20 laps, 36.11,1 33 no time   Missed practice; started from the back with 10 sec penalty
11 2 43 GTI Engineering / Akai
Audi 80 GLE
Stirling Moss, GB
1588 L4 B 20 laps, 36.11,1 15      
DSQ   44 GTI Engineering / Akai
Audi 80 GLE
Richard Lloyd, GB
1588 L4 B 20 laps, 36.16,2 13   1.46,1 Slow puncture
12 3 57 The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer
David Morgan, GB
1597 L4 B 20 laps 19      
13 4   Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Celica GT
Martin Brundle, GB
1588 L4 B 20 laps 14     Fuel starvation
14 5 41 Datapost ‘A Royal Mail Service’
Ford Fiesta 1.6
Richard Longman, GB
1599 L4 B 19 20      
  1 66 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Jon Dooley, GB
1286 B4 A 19 22   1.50,1  
  2 63  
Mini 1275 GT
Jon Mowatt, GB
1275 L4 A 19 28      
  3 71?  
Ford Fiesta 1.3
Geunda Eadie, GB
1298 L4 A 19 27      
  4   Stanfield and White
Talbot Avenger 1300 GT
John Spiller, GB
1295 L4 A 18 29      
    12 Triplex Esso Motor Team
Rover 3500 SD1
Jeff Allam, GB
3495 V8 D 18 7     Accident damage
    18  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Nick Whiting, GB
2993 V6 D 16 3     Throttle cable
    47?  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Derrick Brunt, GB
1498 B4 B   23      
    23 Wadham Stringer Equipe Esso
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Roger Saunders, GB
1998 L4 C   18      
      TWR Pentax
Mazda RX-7
Tom Pitcher, GB
2 x 573 R2 C   32     “Road car”
    5  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
2993 V6 D   11      
    56 The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer
Barrie Williams, GB
1597 L4 B   21     Engine
    74?  
Ford Fiesta 1.3
Colin Hawker, GB
1298 L4 A   30      
       
Toyota Celica GT
John Tait, GB
1588 L4 B   31      
      Morris Vulcan Ltd
VW Scirocco GTI
John Morris, GB
1588 L4 B   17      
    70  
Ford Fiesta 1.3
Terry Nightingale, GB
1298 L4 A   24      
       
Mini 1275 GT
Tim Goss, GB
1275 L4 A   26      
DNF   11 Kamasa Tools
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Graham Goode, GB
2993 V6 D   9      
DNF     Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Celica GT
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
1588 L4 B 5 16     Broken seat, lost radiator cap
DNF   61 Datapost ‘A Royal Mail Service’
Ford Fiesta 1.3
Alan Curnow, GB
1298 L4 A   25     Fuel pump