Pole position: Percy in 1.41,6
Fastest lap: Allam in 1.41,5 = 149,19 kmh
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 148,08 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1981 Cars
Jeff Allam finally took his first Tricentrol win of the year at Brands Hatch on Monday, leading comfortably from flag to flag. Having qualified in the middle of the front row, Allam made sure he wasn't caught up in any first corner argey-bargey and then really hammered it for the first few laps to give himself a comfortable cushion. That done he eased off on the run into the line with a new lap record of 1m41.5s to boot. Win Percy followed the Rover into second place with the Mazda RX7, pursued by the second TWR Rover of Peter Lovett, giving Tom Walkinshaw his third consecutive one-two Tricentrol finish, and his first one-two-three. Percy started the race from pole position but came into contact with Brian Muir's Rover at Paddock, which put the PMS car out of the race on the spot. Fourth place fell to Gordon Spice's Capri after a hectic duel with the similar car of Andy Rouse which gradually succumbed to tyre problems and fell back to fifth. Rouse apparently made the wrong tyre choice and pushed too hard in the opening stages but Spice was also using a different carb for this race and seemed to have an advantage. Chuck Nicholson brought his new Mazda into the point's for the first time by finishing sixth, followed by Phil Martin-Dye's British Airways-backed Capri. Chris Hodgetts again won the 1600 cc class in his Toyota Celica, setting a new record along the way, followed by Martin Brundle who put on a brave display early on in the Audi 80. Richard Longman took his second win in a row with the Datapost Metro with team mate Alan Curnow forming the rear guard and fending off the Alfasud of Jon Dooley. |
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 | TWR - Daily Express Rover 3500 S |
Jeff Allam, GB |
3495 | V8 | D | 20 laps, 34.05,3 | 2 | 1.41,9 | 1.41,5 | ||
2 | 1 | Mazda Motorsport/TWR Mazda RX-7 |
Win Percy, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | C | 20 laps, 34.17,6 | 1 | 1.41,6 | 1.42,0 | ||
3 | 2 | TWR - Daily Express Rover 3500 S |
Pete Lovett, GB |
3495 | V8 | D | 20 | 4 | ||||
4 | 3 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 6 | ||||
5 | 4 | CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Andy Rouse, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 5 | 1.42,4 | |||
6 | 2 | Mazda RX-7 |
Chuck Nicholson, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | C | 20 | 10 | ||||
7 | 5 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Phil Martin-Dye, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20 | 14 | 1.45,6 | |||
8 | 1 | Hughes of Beaconsfield/Toyota GB Toyota Celica ST |
Chris Hodgetts, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 20 laps, 35.20,1 | 9 | 1.43,4 | 1.44,0 | ||
DSQ | Team BP Audi Audi 80 GLE |
Martin Brundle, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 20 | 13 | Illegal repositioning of the fuel injection nozzles | ||||
9 | 2 | Morris Vulcan Ltd VW Golf GTI |
John Morris, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 20 | 15 | 1.45,8 | |||
10 | 6 | Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Dennis Leech, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20? | 12 | ||||
11 | 7 | CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 20? | 11 | 1.44,5 | |||
12 | 3 | The Colt Car Co Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer GSR |
David Morgan, GB |
1597 | L4 | B | 19 | 16 | ||||
13 | 4 | The Colt Car Co Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer GSR |
Barrie Williams, GB |
1597 | L4 | B | 19 | 17 | ||||
14 | 1 | Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso Austin Metro |
Richard Longman, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 19 | 21 | 1.48,2 | |||
15 | 2 | Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso Austin Metro |
Alan Curnow, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 19 | 20 | 1.48,6 | |||
16 | 3 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Jon Dooley, GB |
1286 | B4 | A | 19 | 19 | 1.48,6 | |||
17 | 4 | Haynes Ford Fiesta 1.3 |
David da Costa, GB |
1298 | L4 | A | 19 | 28 | ||||
18 | 5 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint |
Rob Kirby, GB |
1498 | B4 | B | 19 | 25 | ||||
19 | 5 | Sigma Austin Metro |
Roger Saunders, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 19 | 24 | ||||
20 | 6 | Toyota Celica LB |
Robin Carlisle, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 19 | 31 | ||||
21 | 7 | Stanfield and White Talbot Sunbeam TI |
John Spiller, GB |
1598 | L4 | B | 19 | 27 | ||||
22 | 6 | Ford Fiesta 1.3 |
David Grimshaw, GB |
1298 | L4 | A | 18 | 29 | ||||
23 | 3 | Ford Escort RS 2000 |
Mike Buckley, GB |
1993 | L4 | C | 18 | 32 | ||||
24 | 8 | Toyota Celica GT |
John Tait, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 18 | 30 | ||||
25 | 9 | Toyota Corolla GT |
Gordon Mayers, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 18 | 26 | ||||
DNF? | VW Golf GTI |
Andy Driver, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 34 | ||||||
DNF? | Park West Motorsd and Supreme Carpets Toyota Celica 2000 LB |
James Burrows, GB |
1968 | L4 | C | 35 | ||||||
DNF? | Ford Fiesta 1.3 |
Stuart Fowler, GB |
1298 | L4 | A | 33 | ||||||
DNF? | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Terry Nightingale, GB |
1998 | L4 | C | 22 | ||||||
DNF | Equipe Esso VMW Motors Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | D | 7 | Dropped valve | |||||
DNF | Patrick Motorsport Rover 3500 S |
Rex Greenslade, GB |
3495 | V8 | D | 17 | 8 | Engine | ||||
DNF | Patrick Motorsport Rover 3500 S |
Brian Muir, AUS |
3495 | V8 | D | 3 | 1.41,9 | |||||
DNS | Team BP Audi Audi 80 GLE |
Stirling Moss, GB |
1588 | L4 | B | 18 | 1.48,5 | Withdrawn: engine, handling, motivation? | ||||
DNS | Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing Austin Metro |
Neil McGrath, GB |
1275 | L4 | A | 23 | Accident in practice |