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44th Halford's RAC Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 14/9/1980
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance: 8.000
Entries accepted: 50
Starters: 44
Finishers: 28 (classified)

Pole position: Grano in 1.39,19
Fastest lap: Werginz in 1.39,21 = 171,218 kmh

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 164,45 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1980 Cars

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For the fifth year running, a BMW coupé won the Silverstone TT. It was won by a 635 CSi driven by Werginz, Grano and Neger, fighting off a second 635 which retired at mid-race. The Group 2 Rover 3500 retired as well, so the Zakspeed Escort seemed to finish second - and then was disqualified for having illegal front suspension mountings. Now the BMW 320 of Kelleners and Müller Jr finished second, running like clockwork and having the smoothest of pit stops.


Division 1-5
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 2 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 635 CSi
Harald Neger, A
Heribert Werginz, A
Umberto Grano, I
3475 L6 Div. 5 107 laps, 3:04.12,36 1 1.39,19 1.39,21  
DQ - 26 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Jürgen Hamelmann, D
(Klaus Niedzwiedz, D)
Klaus Ludwig, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 107 laps, 3:04.43,35 5 1.41,24 1.40,64 Illegal front suspension mounting
2 1 21 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Helmut Kelleners, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 107 laps, 3:05.34,64 6 1.41,81    
3 1    
Audi 80 GTE
Freddy Kottulinsky, S
Fred Rosterg, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 104 16 1.44,38 1.44,10  
4 2 31 Abex Pagid Racing
Audi 80 GTE
Manfred Trint, D
Peter Seikel, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 103 22 1.44,92    
5 1    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
Bernd Ringshausen, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 103 24 1.45,14    
6 2 11  
BMW 3.0 CSi
Marco Micangeli, I
Maurizio Micangeli, I
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
2985 L6 Div. 4 103 14 1.43,89    
7 3 17?? Equipe Esso
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE? 103 11 1.43,24    
8 3   Audi Motorsport
Audi 80 GTE
Willi Bergmeister, D
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 103 22 1.44,92    
9 4 12  
BMW 3.0 CSi
Michel Delcourt, B
Jean-Marie Baert, B
2985 L6 Div. 4 102 17 1.44,59    
10 2 53 Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 SD1
Brian Muir, AUS
Dave Brodie, GB
3495 V8 Div. 5 101 21 1.44,84    
11 2    
BMW 320
Dieter Quester, A
Dieter Kindlmann, D
Ludwig Linder, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 101 9 1.42,26    
12 4 35 MS Team Fiat
Fiat Ritmo 75CL
Walter Dona, I
Enzo de Vito, I
ca. 1500 L4 Div. 2 101 27 1.47,16    
13 5    
Audi 80
Richard Lloyd, GB
Tony Dron, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2 101 18 1.44,71    
14 1 41  
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
(Jan Senkyr, CS)
1298 L4 Div. 1 98 29 1.49,05 1.50,82  
CL 2   Haribo Racing Team
Audi 50
Heinz Pütz, D
Bodo Eichner, D
Reinhold Pütz, D
ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1 95 40 1.52,38    
15/16 5    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Jacques Cleutjens, NL
Frans Lubin, NL
2993 V6 Div. 4   25 1.45,51    
17 6   Dealer Opel Team
Opel Monza 3.0E
John Cleland, GB
Chuck Nicholson, GB
2998 L6 Div. 4/TTE   30 1.49,13    
19 7?    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
Nick Mason, GB
Peter Clark, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE   26 1.46,95   Brakes
21 6   Kilian Tuning
Audi 80
Wolfgang Wolf, D
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
1596 L4 Div. 2   19 1.44,72    
23 3 44 úAMK
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Martinovsky, CS
Adolf Fesárek, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 93 36 1.51,10    
24 3 27  
Ford Escort II RS
Dave McPherson, GB
Pete King, GB
1840 L4 Div. 3   8 1.41,99    
CL 4    
Mini 1275 GT
Steve Soper, GB
Paul Taft, GB
Melvyn Johnson, GB
1275 L4 Div. 1   41 1.53,98    
CL 5?    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Jon Dooley, GB
Leo Bertorelli, GB
(Rob Kirby, GB)
1962 L4 Div. 3   37 1.51,31 1.50,23  
CL      
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Axel Felder, D
Helmut Gall, D
(Hartmut Bauer, D)
1993 L4 Div. 3/TTE   28 1.47,90    
CL      
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Hartmut Bauer, D
Axel Felder, D
(Helmut Gall, D)
1993 L4 Div. 3/TTE   35 1.50,67    
DNF   3  
BMW 635 CSi
Dieter Schmid, D
Eddy Joosen, B
(Karl Hurler, D)
3475 L6 Div. 5   2 1.40,12   Head gasket
DNF   25? Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Klaus Ludwig, D
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
1840 L4 Div. 3   3 1.40,26    
DNF   20 Jolly Club
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
2200 L4 Div. 4   4 1.40,80 1.40,69 Differential
DNF   1 David Price Racing
Rover 3500 SD1 Group 2
Tiff Needell, GB
Jeff Allam, GB
3495? V8 Div. 5 62 7 1.41,94   Engine
DNF     Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Marco Vanoli, CH
Enzo Calderari, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3   10 1.43,11    
DNF   18 Müller-Bräu Team Valvoline
Mazda RX-7
Fritz Müller, D
Heinz Kühn-Weiss, D
2 x 573 R2 Div. 4   12 1.43,71    
DNF     Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Andy Rouse, GB
Gordon Spice, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE   13 1.43,73 1.44,38 Spinoff
DNF     Triplex Esso Motor Team
Rover 3500 SD1
Rex Greenslade, GB
Brett Riley, NZ
Roger Clark, GB
3495 V8 Div. 5   15 1.43,89   Engine
DNF   17 Manns of Chiddingfold
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Ian Devin, GB
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4   23 1.45,10   Accident
DNF      
Datsun B110 Sunny
Jon Mowatt, GB
Ian Harrower, GB
Martin Pearson, GB
1296 L4 Div. 1   31 1.50,00    
DNF      
Opel Monza 3.0E
Herbert Herler, D
Hanno Schumacher, D
2998 L6 Div. 4/TTE   32 1.50,30    
DNF   43  
Skoda 130 RS
Oldrich Vanícek, CS
Antonín Charouz, CS
Tony Dickinson, GB
1298 L4 Div. 1 6 33 1.50,43    
DNF   42  
Skoda 130 RS
Jan Senkyr, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1   34 1.50,51    
DNF      
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Peter Prang, D
Frank Ossenberg, D
1993 L4 Div. 3   38 1.52,05    
DNF      
VW Scirocco
Thomas Lindström, S
Leif Lindström, S
Stanley Dickens, S
1588 L4 Div. 2/TTE   39 1.52,23 1.53,74  
DNF      
VW Scirocco GTI
Christopher Knight, GB
John Hammersley, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2   42 1.54,12    
DNF     Dealer Team Renault
Renault R 5 Gordini
Neil McGrath, GB
Mike Wilds, GB
1400? L4 Div. 2   43 1.55,49    
DNF      
Talbot Avenger 1600
John Spiller, GB
Terry Watts, GB
Dud Moseley, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2   44 1.55,92