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Silverstone Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 13/9/1981
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 44
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Kelleners/Grano in 1.35,87
Fastest lap: Kelleners in 1.38,07

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 165,79 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1981 Cars

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Tom Walkinshaw took his second long-distance saloon car win of the year when he partnered Chuck Nicholson to victory in Sunday's Canon Tourist Trophy at Silverstone. Driving a Group 2 Mazda RX7, Walkinshaw inherited the lead just a few miles from the chequered flag, when the BMW 635 CSi of Umberto Grano/Helmut Kelleners slowed with a slipping clutch. Up to that point the BMW had looked invincible, with Kelleners doing his usual, excellent job of building up a huge lead that the slower Grano could maintain to the finish. The Mazda however, was not without its own problems and ran the entire race with fluctuating oil pressure, which must have worried Walkinshaw especially, as he homed in for the kill.
Gordon Spice/Andy Rouse took an excellent third place in their Gp1 Capri, after a spirited battle with the similar car of Vince Woodman/Jonathan Buncombe, which unfortunately slipped back to fourth place with tyre trouble. The Group 2 Metro of Richard Longman/ Alan Curnow performed respectably first time out, but was beaten to the 1300 cc laurels by the works Skoda of Zdenek Vojtech/Bretislav Enge/Jan Sekyr. Jonathan Palmer made his ETCC debut in Richard Lloyd's Group 2 Audi 80, and brought the car home in a creditable seventh place.


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 17 Chuck Nicholson
Mazda RX-7
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
Chuck Nicholson, GB
2 x 573 R2 Div. 4 107 laps, 3:02.30,94 2 1.37,40    
2 1 1 Eggenberger/BMW Italia
BMW 635 CSi
Umberto Grano, I
Helmut Kelleners, D
3475 L6 Div. 5 107 laps, 3:02.35,58 1 1.35,87    
3 2 54 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Gordon Spice, GB
Andy Rouse, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 104 laps, 3:02.41,88 9 1.42,12    
4 1 23 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320 *)
Marco Vanoli, CH
Enzo Calderari, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3 104 laps 8 1.41,90    
5 3 55 Equipe Esso VMW Motors
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 104 laps, 3:04.03,23 10 1.42,21    
6/NRF 2 21 Beccara Wohnbau Racing Team
BMW 320
Dieter Kindlmann, D
Dieter Quester, A
1998 L4 Div. 3 103 laps, 3:02.14,17 7 1.41,90    
7 4 12 ABR Ringhausen Rennsport
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
Bernd Ringshausen, D
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 103 laps, 3:03.23,01 6 1.41,23    
8 1 31 Canon / GTI Engineering
Audi 80 GTE
Richard Lloyd, GB
Jonathan Palmer, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2 103 laps, 3:03.31,13 14 1.43,91    
9 5 18 Müller-Bräu Team Valvoline
Mazda RX-7
Fritz Müller, D
Heinz Kühn-Weiss, D
2 x 573 R2 Div. 4 102 laps, 3:02.36,78 4 1.40,17    
10 6 56 Holman Blackburn
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
John Morrison, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 101 laps, 3:03.53,77 15 1.44,16    
11 3 24 Giuseppe Briozzo
BMW 320
Giuseppe Briozzo, I
Urs Knecht, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3 100 laps, 3:03.35,42 17 1.44,53    
12 7 58 Noble MacMilan Ltd
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Adam McMillan, GB
Tom Dodd-Noble, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 99 laps, 3:02.53,43 19 1.45,09    
13 2 33 IFM Efector
Audi 80 GLE
Hagen Arlt, D
Wolf-Dieter Feuerlein, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 99 laps, 3:03.12,67 23 1.46,94    
14 8 57 Equipe Esso VMW Motors
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Nick Mason, GB
Peter Clark, GB
Steve O'Rourke, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 98 laps, 3:02.54,95 18 1.45,02    
15 1 45 Skoda (GB) Ltd.
Skoda 130 RS
Bretislav Enge, CS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Jan Senkyr, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 98 laps, 3:03.25,38 25 1.47,23    
16 9 53 Duindistel
BMW 530i
Michel Delcourt, B
Jean-Marie Baert, B
2985 L6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 98 laps, 3:04.01,01 29 1.48,44    
17 4 73 Format Küchen
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Herbert Kummle, D
Winfried Vogt, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 / TTE 2500 97 laps, 3:02.40,16 27 1.48,32    
18 2 41 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS
Richard Longman, GB
Alan Curnow, GB
1275 L4 Div. 1 97 laps, 3:03.55,63 34 1.49,71    
19 5 74 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Hartmut Bauer, D
Helmut Gall, D
Dieter Gartmann, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 / TTE 2500 96 laps, 3:03.26,65 33 1.49,48    
20 10 59 Scuderia Calanda
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Peter Ullmann, CH
Berger
2993 V6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 96 laps, 3:03.31,84 31 1.49,11    
21 11 61  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Dennis Leech, GB
John Spiller, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500 96 laps, 3:04.15,35 16 1.44,52    
DNF   26 Spiess Tuning
Audi Coupé GT5S
Willi Bergmeister, D
Jaime Sanz de Madrid, E
1933 L5 Div. 3 95 laps 5 1.40,50   Accident
NC   84 Morris Vulcan Ltd
VW Golf GTI
John Morris, GB
Tom Shephard, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2 / TTE 1600 95 laps, 3:03.26,80 21 1.45,78    
NC 3 43 Skoda (GB) Ltd.
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Martinovsky, CS
Oldrich Vanícek, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 95 laps, 3:04.19,71 32 1.49,39    
NC   11 Autoveri Motorsport
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bodo Jähn, D
Gerd Ruch, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 94 laps, 3:03.30,92 22 1.46,38    
NC   83 AC Bad Honnef
VW Golf GTI
Hans-Jörn Ley, D
Josef Rietmann, D
1588 L4 Div. 2 / TTE 1600 92 laps, 3:03.09,02 42 1.52,64    
NC   42 Janspeed Engineering Ltd.
Datsun B110 Sunny
Jon Mowatt, GB
Martin Pearson, GB
1296 L4 Div. 1 92 laps, 3:03.25,33 35 1.50,07    
DNF   4 Luigi Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
Lella Lombardi, I
Anna Cambiaghi, I
5736 V8 Div. 5   3 1.39,78   Engine
DNF   27 Votex team Seikel
Audi Coupé GT5S
Peter Seikel, D
Fred Rosterg, D
1933 L5 Div. 3   11 1.42,57   Engine
DNF   15  
Opel Monza 3.0E
Johann Weisheidinger, A
Herbert Herler, D
2998 L6 Div. 4   12 1.43,07    
DNF   3  
BMW 635 CSi
Maurizio Micangeli, I
Dieter Schmid, D
(Frank Sytner, GB)
3475 L6 Div. 5   13 1.43,19   Oil leak
DNF   44 Skoda (GB) Ltd.
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Jan Senkyr, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1   28 1.48,39   Engine
DNF   46 Skoda (GB) Ltd.
Skoda 130 RS
Adolf Fesárek, CS
Josef Sivík, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1   39 1.51,72   Engine
DNF   34 Wykehams The London Golf GTI Specialists
VW Golf GTI
Bill Wykeham, GB
Brian Classic, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2 28 20 1.45,11   Overheating
DNF   75  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Joachim Scheefeldt, D
Schumacher, D
Karl-Heinz Gürthler, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 / TTE 2500   44 1.53,63   Engine on formation lap
DNF   77 Team Stratstone Racing
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Terry Nightingale, GB
Arne Riis, DK
1998 L4 Div. 3 / TTE 2500   26 1.48,31    
DNF   49 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Audi 50
Heinz Pütz, D
Bodo Eichner, D
1296 L4 Div. 1   37 1.51,36    
DNF   76 Brauneiser Renntechnik
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Axel Felder, D
Franz-Josef Bröhling, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 / TTE 2500   30 1.48,59    
DNF   81 Ravensbridge Racing
VW Scirocco GTI
Bob Meacham, GB
Bill Pinkney, GB
Bill Postins, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2 / TTE 1600   38 1.51,52    
DNF   29 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
Leo Bertorelli, GB
Rob Kirby, GB
Peter Hilliard, GB
1962 L4 Div. 3   40 1.51,89    
DNF   64 Dealer Opel Team
Opel Monza 3.0E
Jeremy Rossiter, GB
John Cleland, GB
2998 L6 Div. 4 / TTE +2500   41 1.52,38    
DNF   40 Dunnet/Premier Motors (Romford)
Austin Metro
Paul Taft, GB
Malcolm Harrison, GB
Steve Soper, GB
ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1   43 1.53,15    
DNF   48 Delta Racing Group
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Richard Mattozza, B
Pierre Jamin, B
1299 B4 Div. 1   45 1.54,51    
DNF   89 Holland Bros. Ltd.
Austin Metro
Tony Dickinson, GB
Malc Leggate, GB
1275 L4 Div. 2 / TTE 1600   46 1.58,10    
DNS   5  
AMC Spirit
John Markey, GB
Simon Phillips, GB
  V8 Div. 5   24 1.47,07    
DNS   47 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Jon Dooley, GB
Rob Kirby, GB
1286 B4 Div. 1   36 1.50,37    

Remarks: *) Initially disqualified (car too wide), but reinstated later