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Mallory Park

Mallory Park, Leicester, Great-Britain

Date: 22/3/1981
Track length: 2.173 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Rouse in 0.52,7 (race 1); Hodgetts in 0.53,5 (race 2)
Fastest lap: Rouse in 0.52,1 (race 1); Hodgetts in 0.53,1 (race 2)

Distance: 25 laps
Average speed: 147,16 kmh (race 1); 143,04 kmh (race 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1981 Cars

 

Some sad Andy Rouse must have been mad to leave the number 1 Capri team, that of Gordon Spice. But he went his own way, teamed up with Charles Sawyer-Hoare, clocked pole and won the race unchallenged after he had passed early leader Percy, who won the 2300 cc class and was aiming this year for overall victories rather than the championship. It didn’t work out that way here, but second overall and a class win wasn’t anything to be ashamed of. Third went to Woodman and his Capri, while the best Rover finished fifth in the hands of Lovett. The Spice team had a miserable day: Spice had to pit early and Graham had a misfire, and the Rovers had their share of misfortune as well: Muir lost all his oil, Allam’s rear suspension collapsed (though he could continue) and Greenslade’s engine expired like Muir’s had done.

The under-1600 race was unexciting: Hodgetts was fastest by a huge margin, but lost his gearbox so Morris took over and held top spot with ease over the Audi brigade of Brundle and Moss. The 1300 cc class was won by Dooley while the new Metros both retired. (MN)


Touring Cars class C-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   CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Andy Rouse, GB
2993 V6 D 25 laps, 22.08,7 1 0.52,7 0.52,1  
2 1   Mazda Motorsport/TWR
Mazda RX-7
Win Percy, GB
2 x 573 R2 C 25 laps, 22.14,5 2 0.52,8 0.52,0  
3 2   Equipe Esso VMW Motors
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
2993 V6 D 25 laps, 22.26,0 3 0.53,0    
4 3   Richard Grant Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Nick Whiting, GB
2993 V6 D 25 laps, 22.31,5 6 0.53,3    
5 4   TWR - Daily Express
Rover 3500 S
Pete Lovett, GB
3495 V8 D 25 laps, 22.42,2 8 0.54,4    
6 5   Track Marshall
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Chuck Nicholson, GB
2993 V6 D 25 laps, 22.42,4        
7 6    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Graham Goode, GB
2993 V6 D   9 0.54,4    
8 7   TWR - Daily Express
Rover 3500 S
Jeff Allam, GB
3495 V8 D   7 0.53,7   Rear axle
9 8   CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
2993 V6 D   12? 0.55,1    
10 2    
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Mike Buckley, GB
1993 L4 C 25 laps, 22.14,5 2 0.52,8 0.52,0  
11     Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Gordon Spice, GB
2993 V6 D 24 4 0.53,1   Pit stop (spark plug)
      Richard Grant Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Mike Kimpton, GB
2993 V6 D 25 laps, 22.31,5   ca. 56,5    
DNF     Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Stuart Graham, GB
2993 V6 D   5 0.53,3   Misfire
DNF     Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 S
Rex Greenslade, GB
3495 V8 D   13? 0.55,5   Oil loss
DNF     Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 S
Brian Muir, AUS
3495 V8 D   11 0.54,7   Oil loss
DNF     Mazda Motorsport/TWR
Mazda RX-7
Barry Sheene, GB
2 x 573 R2 C   10 0.54,5   Accident

Touring Cars class A-B
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   Morris Vulcan Ltd
VW Golf GTI
John Morris, GB
1588 L4 B 25 laps, 22.47,0 3      
2 2   Team BP Audi
Audi 80 GLE
Martin Brundle, GB
1588 L4 B 25 laps, 22.51,9 2 0.54,1    
3 3   Team BP Audi
Audi 80 GLE
Stirling Moss, GB
1588 L4 B 25 laps, 23.16,0 4 0.55,6    
4 1   Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Jon Dooley, GB
1286 B4 A 24 7   0.56,0  
5 2   Haynes
Ford Fiesta 1.3
David da Costa, GB
1298 L4 A          
DSQ?      
VW Golf GTI
Andy Driver, GB
1588 L4 B          
7 3    
Ford Fiesta 1.3
Terry Nightingale, GB
1298 L4 A          
8 4   P.J. Green Racing
Mini 1275 GT
Tim Goss, GB
1275 L4 A          
  4   John Noyes Racing
VW Scirocco GTI
Peter Buxtorf, CH
1588 L4 B          
  5   Stanfield and White
Talbot Sunbeam TI
John Spiller, GB
1598 L4 B          
  6    
Toyota Celica GT
John Tait, GB
1588 L4 B          
DNF     Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS
Richard Longman, GB
1275 L4 A   8 0.57,0   Oil pipe
DNF     Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS
Alan Curnow, GB
1275 L4 A         Engine
DNF     The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR
Barrie Williams, GB
1597 L4 B   6 0.56,4   Spin
DNF     The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR
David Morgan, GB
1597 L4 B   5 0.56,1   Spin
DNF     Hughes of Beaconsfield/Toyota GB
Toyota Celica ST
Chris Hodgetts, GB
1588 L4 B   1 0.53,5 0.53,1 Gearbox