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Donington

Donington Park National Circuit, Derby, Great-Britain

Date: 14/8/1983
Track length: 3.149 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 27
Finishers: 15

Pole position: Stuck in 1.20,99
Fastest lap: Lovett in 1.22,10 = 138,13 kmh

Distance: 30 laps
Average speed: 135,01 kmh
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1983 Cars

 

Benefiting from the demise of Rover team mate Peter Lovett, and the last lap defeat in Class B of Andy Rouse, Steve Soper moved a step closer to the British Group A title at Donington Park last Sunday. In what was the best race so far in this year's Trimoco Group A series, the ninth of 11 races in all, Soper withheld a strong late challenge from poleman Hans Stuck, whose BMW 635 CSi suffered a lack of front brakes from a very early stage. The race was led initially by championship leader Lovett, until he spun into retirement on the ninth of 30 laps. Thereafter, Soper fended off all that Bavaria could throw at him to take a well-deserved victory. In the classes, Rouse looked to have things sewn up in the middle section, until he was caught on the last lap by Tony Pond, who recovered brilliantly from a second lap spin, which followed a contretemps with Tony Lanfranchi's Opel Monza. In the smallest class, a fine battle between the RS1600i of Chris Hodgetts and the VW Golf of Alan Minshaw finally went the way of the latter after the Escort driver lapsed onto three cylinders before the end. And of course there were the inevitable protests, involving the Rover and BMW camps. As the contest on the track finished, the technical argy-bargy off it resumed... Crossroads could do no better. (MN)


Touring Cars class A-C
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
DSQ 1 4 Hepolite Glacier Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Steve Soper, GB
3532 V8 A 30 laps, 41.59,72 3 1.21,11   Disq: Technical infringements
2 2 20 Cheylesmore BMW Motorsport
BMW 635 CSi
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
3475 L6 A 30 laps, 42.00,07 1 1.20,99    
3 3 1 Hughes of Beaconsfield/Toyota GB
Toyota Celica Supra MA61
Win Percy, GB
2759 L6 A 30 laps, 42.14,90 7 1.22,27    
4 4 5  
Rover Vitesse
Gordon Spice, GB
3532 V8 A 30 laps, 42.34,35 10 1.23,33    
5 5 9 Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd.
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Mike Newman, GB
2993 V6 A 30 laps, 43.21,87 14 1.24,61    
6 1 35 Unipart with Daily Express
MG Metro Turbo
Tony Pond, GB
1275 tc L4 B 29 6 1.21,97 1.25,37  
7 2 34 Industrial Control Services Ltd.
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Andy Rouse, GB
2491 V6 B 29 11 1.23,60    
8 1 86 Demon Tweeks Racing
VW Golf GTI
Alan Minshaw, GB
1588 L4 C 29 19 1.26,28 1.26,63  
9 2 69 Brooklyn Motorsport
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Chris Hodgetts, GB
1598 L4 C 29 17 1.25,27   Engine
10 6 11 GM Dealer Sport
Opel Monza 3.0E
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
2998 L6 A 29 12 1.23,62   Spin, pit stop
11 3 77 Royal Mail Datapost
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Richard Longman, GB
1598 L4 C 29 20 1.26,33    
12 4 66 Royal Mail Datapost
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Alan Curnow, GB
1598 L4 C 29 22 1.27,89    
13 5 83 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Rob Kirby, GB
1286 B4 C 29 21 1.27,85    
14 6 84 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Andrew Thorpe, GB
1286 B4 C 28 24 1.28,35    
15 7 87 RZ Racing
Toyota Corolla GT
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB
1588 L4 C 27 25 1.30,03   Spin, pit stop
DNF   36 Unipart with Daily Express
MG Metro Turbo
Patrick Watts, GB
1275 tc L4 B   8 1.22,35   Jammed throttle
DNF   88  
Talbot Sunbeam TI
Terry Watts, GB
1598 L4 C   26 1.38,27    
DNF   2 Team Sanyo Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Jeff Allam, GB
3532 V8 A   5 1.21,41   Front suspension
DNF   3 Team Sanyo Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Pete Lovett, GB
3532 V8 A   2 1.21,02 1.22,10 Accident
DNF   31 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Jon Dooley, GB
2491 V6 B   15 1.25,21   Overheating
DNF   18 Team Colt Cars Mid-West
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183
Dave Brodie, GB
1998 tc L4 A   9 1.22,42   Water loss
DNF   72 LLoyds of Stafford
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Rob Hall, GB
1598 L4 C 8 18 1.25,41   Blown engine
DNF   19 Grace International Racing
BMW 635 CSi
Frank Sytner, GB
3475 L6 A 14 4 1.21,17   Accident
DNF   70 Julian May Racing
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Jock Robertson, GB
1598 L4 C 7 23 1.28,13   Accident
DNF   30  
Mazda RX-7
Hamish Irvine, GB
2 x 573 R2 B   13 1.24,29   Oil pressure
DNF   60 Volkswagen Sport
VW Scirocco GTI
John Morris, GB
1588 L4 C   16 1.25,27   Overheating
DNF   10  
Rover Vitesse
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
3532 V8 A   27 no time   10 yards/10 second penalty; oil temperature