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Tricentrol British Saloon Championship Raceday

Thruxton, Great-Britain

Date: 20/9/1981
Track length: 3.862 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Woodman
Fastest lap: Allam in 1.28,60 = 154,06 kmh

Distance:
Average speed: 151,09 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1981 Cars

 

You can always spot the easy winner of a race in the paddock afterwards. As the others wander around, faces long, rueing their luck or searching out the perpetrator of their fate, the winner is irritatingly happy. He rubs in his dominance by innocently enquiring of his rivals: "What happened to you? It was getting boring up at the front..." Then he neatly ducks the right swing and continues on his playful way.
Such a man at the past two Tricentrol rounds has been Jeff Allam. At Thruxton on Sunday, as at Brands Hatch three weeks earlier, Allam's Daily Express Rover simply stormed off into the distance leaving the others to fight for second place. And at Thruxton there was too much fighting, too many bent cars and too many angry drivers...
Lost in it all was that Win Percy has clinched the championship for the second year running. Homologation problems saw Percy's closest rival Chris Hodgetts start his Toyota Celica from the back of the grid, only to fall foul of class rivals - twice - to finish fourth in class. With competitors having to drop two results from the 11 rounds, Percy's total cannot now be caught. Hodgetts' demise saw the class go to Martin Brundle's Audi, while no fewer than three Datapost Metros turned up in a bid to demote Jon Dooley's class leading Alfasud further down the order. It almost worked, two of the three beating the Alfa.
(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   TWR - Daily Express
Rover 3500 S
Jeff Allam, GB
3495 V8 D 20 laps, 30.06,89 3   1.28,60  
2 1   Mazda Motorsport/TWR
Mazda RX-7
Win Percy, GB
2 x 573 R2 C 20 laps, 30.20,81 5   1.29,45  
3 2   TWR - Daily Express
Rover 3500 S
Pete Lovett, GB
3495 V8 D 20 laps, 30.25,04 6      
4 3   Equipe Esso VMW Motors
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 30.37,35 1      
5 4   CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Andy Rouse, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 30.39,64 7      
6 5   Equipe Esso VMW Motors
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 30.41,07 8      
7 6   Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Gordon Spice, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 30.41,94 4      
8 2    
Mazda RX-7
Chuck Nicholson, GB
2 x 573 R2 C 20 laps, 30.57,75 12      
9 7   CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
2993 V6 D 20 laps, 31.05,15 10      
10 1   Team BP Audi
Audi 80 GLE
Martin Brundle, GB
1588 L4 B 20 laps, 31.38,13 16?      
16     Richard Grant Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Nick Whiting, GB
2993 V6 D   13      
  3    
Ford Escort RS 2000
Mike Buckley, GB
1993 L4 C          
  2   The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR
David Morgan, GB
1597 L4 B          
  3   Morris Vulcan Ltd
VW Golf GTI
John Morris, GB
1588 L4 B   15?     Gear linkage
  4   Hughes of Beaconsfield/Toyota GB
Toyota Celica ST
Chris Hodgetts, GB
1588 L4 B   last   1.32,61 Times disallowed (non-homologated rear spoiler)
  5   Team BP Audi
Audi 80 GLE
Stirling Moss, GB
1588 L4 B   20?      
  6   Demon Tweeks
VW Golf GTI
Alan Minshaw, GB
1588 L4 B          
  1   Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS
Richard Longman, GB
1275 L4 A   18?      
  2   Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS
Alan Curnow, GB
1275 L4 A   17?   1.33,96  
  3   Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Jon Dooley, GB
1286 B4 A   22?      
  4   Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso
Austin Metro 1300 HLS
Tim Goss, GB
1275 L4 A   21?      
  5   Sigma
Austin Metro 1300 HLS
Roger Saunders, GB
1275 L4 A          
  6   Haynes
Ford Fiesta 1.3
David da Costa, GB
1298 L4 A          
      Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Corolla GT
Dave Brodie, GB
1588 L4 B   14      
      Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Phil Martin-Dye, GB
2993 V6 D   11      
DNF      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Dennis Leech, GB
2993 V6 D   19?     Accident
DNF      
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
John Bishop, GB
1998 L4 C         Accident
DNF     Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 S
Brian Muir, AUS
3495 V8 D   2     Puncture
DNF     The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Lancer GSR
Barrie Williams, GB
1597 L4 B 18       Spin, clutch
DNF     Patrick Motorsport
Rover 3500 S
Rex Greenslade, GB
3495 V8 D 19 9     Blown engine
DNS     Park West Motorsd and Supreme Carpets
Toyota Celica 2000 LB
James Burrows, GB
1968 L4 C