Pole position: Rouse in 1.52,76
Fastest lap: Muir in 33.46,69 = 170,45 kmh
Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 167,81 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1982 Cars
The last Tricentrol Group 1 Championship race stunned onlookers with some amazing aerobatics included in a race that provided the most apt point for Gp1 to make way for Group A in 1983. Eighth-fastest qualifier Peter Lovett won in a plethora of tire-melting late-braking maneuvers that saw early leader Gordon Spice's Ford Capri pit for new rubber. Big class Championship contenders Vince Woodman (Capri) and Jeff Allam (Rover) fought for much of the race over that title in the toughest struggle ever seen for supremacy in this division, Woodman visiting the track side scenery at least twice, courtesy of Rover V8 power. The wounded Capri eventually finished seventh and Allam fifth, the latter despite having a lack of brakes for the last quarter of this hectic 20-lapper. In scenes of championship confusion Allam and Woodman were both feted by their teams as class winners, but by Monday the RAC had informed us that the decision - justly in view of his shrewd performance and on-track position - had gone to the works-backed Rover of Jeff Allam for the second year. |
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 | 19 | Team Sanyo Racing with Esso Rover 3500 S |
Pete Lovett, GB |
3495 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 33.45,41 | 8 | 1.56,50 | ||
2 | 2 | 6 | Patrick Motorsport with Duckhams Oil/ICI Petrol Rover 3500 S |
Brian Muir, AUS |
3495 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 33.46,69 | 3 | 1.52,85 | 1.39,63 | |
3 | 3 | 9 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Andy Rouse, GB |
2993 | V6 | A | 20 laps, 34.10,66 | 1 | 1.52,76 | ||
4 | 4 | 4 | Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
2993 | V6 | A | 20 laps, 34.18,87 | 6 | 1.55,73 | ||
5 | 5 | 1 | Team Sanyo Racing with Esso Rover 3500 S |
Jeff Allam, GB |
3495 | V8 | A | 20 laps, 34.21,87 | 4 | 1.53,58 | ||
6 | 6 | 20 | Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB |
2993 | V6 | A | 20 laps, 34.30,42 | 9 | 1.56,74 | ||
7 | 7 | 3 | Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB |
2993 | V6 | A | 20 laps, 34.42,70 | 5 | 1.54,41 | Accident | |
8 | 1 | 25 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6 |
Jon Dooley, GB |
2491 | V6 | B | 19 laps, 33.53,90 | 17 | 2.02,88 | ||
9 | 1 | 40 | Hughes of Beaconsfield/Toyota GB Toyota Corolla GT |
Win Percy, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 33.58,72 | 7 | 1.56,07 | 1.44,77 | |
10 | 2 | 33 | Ford Escort RS 2000 |
Tony Dickinson, GB |
1993 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 34.02,54 | 25 | 2.07,20 | ||
11 | 2 | 35 | Morris Vulcan Ltd with Triang Toys VW Golf GTI |
John Morris, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 34.03,18 | 10 | 1.57,11 | ||
12 | 3 | 32 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Hamish Irvine, GB |
1998 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 34.33,78 | 18 | 2.02,90 | ||
13 | 3 | 36 | TL Racing VW Scirocco GTI |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 34.34,52 | 12 | 1.59,82 | ||
14 | 1 | 74 | Hepolite Glacier Racing Austin Metro |
Steve Soper, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 19 laps, 34.58,19 | 11 | 1.59,49 | 1.48,30 | |
15 | 4 | 30 | Team Electroplan Mazda RX-7 |
Terry Nightingale, GB |
2 x 573 | R2 | B | 19 laps, 35.11,04 | 28 | 2.11,30 | 1.44,59 | |
4 | 44 | Julian May Racing Ford Fiesta 1.6 |
Jock Robertson, GB |
1599 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 35.12,26 | 20 | 2.03,36 | |||
2 | 77 | Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS |
Richard Longman, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 19 laps, 35.12,50 | 15 | 2.01,69 | |||
8 | 8 | Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB |
2993 | V6 | A | 18 | 2 | 1.52,80 | Tire change | ||
3 | 73 | Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing Austin Metro 1300 HLS |
Neil McGrath, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 18 laps, 33.54,88 | 19 | 2.02,96 | |||
4 | 72 | Team Wadham Stringer / Castrol Austin Metro 1300 HLS |
Roger Saunders, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 18 laps, 34.05,58 | 30 | 2.14,79 | |||
5 | 58 | Toyota Corolla GT |
Tony Crudgington, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 24 | 2.06,62 | ||||
6 | 68 | Stanfield and White Talbot Sunbeam TI |
John Spiller, GB |
1598 | L4 | C | 27 | 2.09,76 | ||||
5 | 99 | GM Dealer Sport Vauxhall Astra 1.3 |
David da Costa, GB |
1297 | L4 | D | 26 | 2.08,13 | ||||
DNF | 16 | Graham Goode Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Graham Goode, GB |
2993 | V6 | A | 3 | 14 | 2.00,98 | Oil pressure | ||
DNF | 71 | Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS |
Alan Curnow, GB |
1275 | L4 | D | 4 | 22 | 2.05,18 | Fuel pressure | ||
DNF | 82 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Rob Kirby, GB |
1286 | B4 | D | 23 | 2.06,05 | Engine bearings | |||
DNF | 52 | Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint |
Andrew Thorpe, GB |
1498 | B4 | C | 29 | 2.12,58 | Piston ring | |||
DNF | 12 | Rover 3500 S |
Dennis Leech, GB |
3495 | V8 | A | 10 | 16 | 2.01,84 | Accident, holed sump | ||
DNF | 37 | Audi 80 GLE |
Robin Brundle, GB |
1596 | L4 | C | 13 | 2.00,09 | Driveshaft | |||
DNF | 51 | Race Time Marketing Ltd VW Golf GTI |
Alan Greenhalgh, GB |
1588 | L4 | C | 21 | 2.03,97 |