Pole position: Woodman in 1.27,17
Fastest lap: Spice in 1.30,18
Distance:
Average speed: 149,28 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1980 Cars
Gordon Spice and Andy Rouse were back in command in the Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship round at Thruxton on Sunday, the two team-mates finishing first and second, a few seconds ahead of Jeff Allam's Rover. Win Percy again took the 2.5 litre class with his Mazda RX7. Richard Lloyd the 1600 division in his Audi 80 GLE, and Alan Curnow the 1300 category in his Fiesta, Lloyd and Richard Longman cracking their class lap records. |
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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 | 1 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 30.28,78 | 2 | 1.27,19 | 1.30,18 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Andy Rouse, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 30.31,87 | 3 | 1.27,7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 12 | Triplex Esso Motor Team Rover 3500 SD1 |
Jeff Allam, GB |
3495 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 30.35,64 | 6 | 1.30,05 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 30.49,88 | 4 | 1.29,27 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Triplex Esso Motor Team Rover 3500 SD1 |
Rex Greenslade, GB |
3495 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 31.07,73 | 7 | 1.30,77 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 20 | TWR Pentax Mazda RX-7 |
Win Percy, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | C | 20 laps, 31.10,42 | 8 | 1.30,80 | 1.32,00 | |
| 7 | 6 | 18 | Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Nick Whiting, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 laps, 31.32,26 | 5 | 1.29,91 | ||
| 8 | 2 | TWR Pentax Mazda RX-7 |
Pete Lovett, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | C | 20 laps, 31.40,56 | 12 | 1.33,35 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 44 | GTI Engineering / Akai Audi 80 GLE |
Richard Lloyd, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 31.41,57 | 10 | 1.31,74 | 1.33,20 | |
| 10 | 2 | 43 | GTI Engineering / Akai Audi 80 GLE |
Stirling Moss, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 31.41,88 | 14 | 1.33,98 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
Erik Høyer, DK |
1993 | L4 | C | 19 | 16 | 1.34,49 | |||
| 12 | 3 | Morris Vulcan Ltd VW Scirocco GTI |
John Morris, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 19 | 17 | 1.34,71 | |||
| 13 | 4 | 57 | The Colt Car Co Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer |
David Morgan, GB |
1597 | L4 | B | 21 | 1.35,77 | |||
| 14 | 5 | 56 | The Colt Car Co Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1597 | L4 | B | 18 | 1.34,90 | Engine | ||
| 15? | 4 | TWR Pentax? Mazda RX-7 |
Tom Pitcher, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | C | 25 | 1.38,10 | ||||
| 1 | 61 | Datapost ‘A Royal Mail Service’ Ford Fiesta 1.3 |
Alan Curnow, GB |
1298 | L4 | A | 19 | 20 | 1.35,70 | |||
| 2 | 66 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Jon Dooley, GB |
1286 | B4 | A | 19 laps, 0,3 sec behind Curnow | 23 | 1.36,48 | |||
| 3 | Datapost ‘A Royal Mail Service’ Ford Fiesta 1.3 |
Richard Longman, GB |
1298 | L4 | A | 19 | 22 | 1.35,86 | 1.35,97 | |||
| 4 | Mini 1275 GT |
Tim Goss, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 28 | 1.39,69 | |||||
| 5 | Stanfield and White Talbot Avenger 1300 GT |
John Spiller, GB |
1295 | L4 | A | 30 | 1.40,65 | |||||
| 6 | Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica GT |
Martin Brundle, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 15 | 1.34,12 | Clutch | ||||
| 63 | Mini 1275 GT |
Jon Mowatt, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 24 | 1.38,06 | |||||
| 47? | Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint |
Derrick Brunt, GB |
1498 | B4 | B | 10 | 26 | 1.39,27 | Blown engine | |||
| 49 | VW Scirocco GTI |
John Hammersley, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 29 | 1.40,57 | |||||
| Toyota Celica GT |
John Tait, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 31 | 1.49,72 | ||||||
| DNF | 40 | GTI Engineering / Akai Audi 80 GLE |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 6 | 11 | 1.32,88 | Clutch | ||
| DNF | 3 | Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 1 | 1.27,17 | Blown engine | |||
| DNF | 71? | Ford Fiesta 1.3 |
Geunda Eadie, GB |
1298 | L4 | A | 12 | 19 | 1.35,39 | Rocker, misfire | ||
| DNF | 46 | Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica GT |
Chris Hodgetts, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 13 | 1.33,57 | Electrics | |||
| DNS | 11 | Kamasa Tools Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Graham Goode, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 9 | 1.31,70 | Rollbar change fouled steering | |||
| DNS | 70 | Ford Fiesta 1.3 |
Terry Nightingale, GB |
1298 | L4 | A | 27 | 1.39,49 | Blown engine | |||