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Silverstone

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 4/10/1981
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 33
Starters: 30
Finishers: 21

Pole position: Dougall in 1.48,50
Fastest lap: Allam in 1.41,72 = 167,00 kmh

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 165,22 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1981 Cars

 

Jeff Allam completed his hat-trick of wins in the Tricentrol Saloon Car Championship, by winning the final round at Silverstone on Sunday. Although not starting from his customary position on the front row, Allam was always with the leading bunch and spent most of the race protecting 3500cc Championship leader and team-mate Peter Lovett from attack. The TWR Rovers took little time to dispose of Rad Dougall, making his first appearance in one of the Patrick Motorsports Rovers and once by, built up a commanding lead. However, with just three laps to go, Lovett's rival for the class, Andy Rouse, retired when his Capri blew its engine, so Allam was allowed past to win and take second place in the big class championship. Dougall started from pole, but after leading the first few laps became embroiled in a hectic dice with fellow PMG Rover-man Brian Muir, which only held them both up. Eventually, Muir retired his car with mechanical problems, but by that time the leaders were long gone and Dougall was under pressure from the soon-to-retire Rouse. Only two Capris finished (in the hands of Vince Woodman and Charles Sawyer-Hoare, fourth and fifth respectively) while Jon Dooley made sure of victory in the 1300cc Championship with lights to flag win in his Alfasud Ti.
A superb dice for the lead of the 1600cc Class saw John Morris emerge on top in his Morris Vulcan Golf GTi from the Toyota Celica GT of Chris Hodgetts. There was no quarter asked and absolutely none given, but not once did these two drivers (who have the utmost respect for each other) touch. After weeks of deservedly bad publicity, this was a fine advertisement for Gp1 racing.
However, yet another protest of the TWR Rovers by certain members of the Capri camp, prompted Tom Walkinshaw to reply with his own action against those self-same teams, and discussions went on far into the evening, the results being provisional. But in the end, all protests were rejected since the parc fermé rules were not followed; some of the cars were close to the transporters, and one even had left the track. Percy’s TWR’s Mazda wasn’t even raced here; already being champion, the risk of disqalification was simply too high...
(MN)

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 9 TWR - Daily Express
Rover 3500 S 		Jeff Allam, GB
 3495 V8 A 20 laps, 34.16,41 4 1.50,32 1.41,72  
2 2 10 TWR - Daily Express
Rover 3500 S 		Pete Lovett, GB
 3495 V8 A 20 laps, 34.19,11 2 1.49,23 1.41,86  
3 3 18 Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 S 		Rad Dougall, ZA
 3495 V8 A 20 laps, 34.30,65 1 1.48,50 1.43,39  
4 4 3 Equipe Esso VMW Motors
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Vince Woodman, GB
 2993 V6 A 20 laps, 34.43,03 8 1.52,55 1.42,46  
5 5 5 CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
 2993 V6 A 20 laps, 35.16,44 15 1.55,06 1.44,42  
6 1 44 Morris Vulcan Ltd
VW Golf GTI		 John Morris, GB
 1588 L4 C 20 laps, 35.53,05 13 1.54,94 1.46,08  
7 2 40 Hughes of Beaconsfield/Toyota GB
Toyota Celica ST		 Chris Hodgetts, GB
 1588 L4 C 20 laps, 35.54,24 14 1.55,02 1.45,88  
8 3 56 The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR		 Barrie Williams, GB
 1597 L4 C 19 laps, 34.41,99 18 1.57,03 1.48,19  
9 4 57 The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR		 David Morgan, GB
 1597 L4 C 19 laps, 35.11,13 19 1.58,40 1.49,43 Spin
10 1 81 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti		 Jon Dooley, GB
 1286 B4 D 19 laps, 35.18,63 22 2.00,06 1.49,76  
11 2 77 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS		 Richard Longman, GB
 1275 L4 D 19 laps, 35.22,48 20 1.59,44 1.50,51  
12 3 70 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS		 Alan Curnow, GB
 1275 L4 D 19 laps, 35.23,14 28 2.04,72 1.50,24  
13 4 83 Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing
Austin Metro 1300 HLS		 Neil McGrath, GB
 1275 L4 D 19 laps, 35.23,37 23 2.00,48 1.50,21  
14 5 43 Team BP Audi
Audi 80 GLE		 Stirling Moss, GB
 1596 L4 C 19 laps, 35.37,01 17 1.56,76 1.48,74 Throttle linkage
15 6 51 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint		 Rob Kirby, GB
 1498 B4 C 19 laps, 36.06,71 21 1.59,98 1.52,52  
16 5 99 Haynes
Ford Fiesta 1.3		 David da Costa, GB
 1298 L4 D 19 laps, 36.06,92 24 2.01,42 1.52,10  
17 1 27  
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Mike Buckley, GB
 1993 L4 B 18 laps, 34.19,96 26 2.02,61 1.52,72  
18 2 26 Park West Motorsd and Supreme Carpets
Toyota Celica 2000 LB		 James Burrows, GB
 1968 L4 B 18 laps, 34.33,42 33 2.13,59 1.52,55  
19 7 48  
Toyota Celica LB		 Robin Carlisle, GB
 1588 L4 C 18 laps, 34.33,79 27 2.04,31 1.52,85  
20 8 66  
VW Golf GTI		 Andy Driver, GB
 1588 L4 C 18 laps, 34.51,35 30 2.05,84 1.53,37  
21 9 50  
Toyota Celica GT		 John Tait, GB
 1588 L4 C 18 laps, 36.05,42 32 2.12,68 1.57,64  
DNF   6 CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Andy Rouse, GB
 2993 V6 A 15 7 1.51,38 1.42,50 Blown engine
DNF   11  
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Graham Goode, GB
 2993 V6 A 15 10 1.53,62 1.43,59 Wheel bearing
DNF   8 Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 S 		Rex Greenslade, GB
 3495 V8 A 13 6 1.51,34 1.42,27 Puncture, accident
DNF   74 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS		 Tim Goss, GB
 1275 L4 D 13 29 2.05,69 1.54,45 Dropped valve
DNF   2 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Phil Martin-Dye, GB
 2993 V6 A 12 9 1.53,39 1.44,14 Puncture
DNF   1 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Gordon Spice, GB
 2993 V6 A 11 5 1.51,17 1.42,54 Transmission
DNF   7 Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 S 		Brian Muir, AUS
 3495 V8 A 10 3 1.50,10 1.42,22 Transmission
DNF   29  
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 John Bishop, GB
 1998 L4 B 10 25 2.02,61 1.52,66  
DNF   24  
Mazda RX-7		 Chuck Nicholson, GB
 2 x 573 R2 B 2 11 1.53,87 2.23,23 Ignition
DNF   42 Team BP Audi
Audi 80 GLE		 Martin Brundle, GB
 1596 L4 C 3 16 1.55,64 1.49,22 Overheating
DNF   41 Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Corolla GT		 Dave Brodie, GB
 1588 L4 C   12 1.54,47 no time Accident
DNS   72 Sigma
Austin Metro 1300 HLS		 Roger Saunders, GB
 1275 L4 D   31 2.07,97