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Donington Spring International

Donington Park National Circuit, Derby, Great-Britain

Date: 25/3/1984
Track length: 3.149 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 23
Finishers: 19

Pole position: Pond in 1.20,07
Fastest lap: Rouse in 1.20,19 = 141,40 kmh

Distance: 30 laps
Average speed: 135,47 kmh
Weather: Rain after lap 23
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1984 Cars

 

Andy Rouse overcame the challenges of both the weather and Steve Soper to take his privately entered Rover Vitesse to victory in the opening round of the Trimoco British Saloon Car Championship at Donington on Sunday. The weekend was plagued by atrocious weather conditions, rendering Saturday's first practice session a complete washout. The second wasn't a lot better but saw Tony Pond, making his race debut in a Rover, celebrating in fine form with pole position. Steve Soper, shaking down one of TWR's ETCC Rovers made the best start in the race to head Rouse, but the latter was soon past and was never challenged. BMW's weekend was something of a tale of woe, considering the potential shown by the marque at the Leicestershire circuit last season. Vince Woodman crashed badly in practice and in the race Frank Sytner lost any chance he had of challenging the leaders with tyre troubles. James Weaver was a victim of heavy rain late on in the 30 lap race. Patrick Watts took a comfortable win in Class B at the wheel of his Metro Turbo, whilst Chris Hodgetts entertained a damp crowd with a Class C winning performance in his Escort RS1600i. (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
1 1 7 Industrial Control Services Ltd.
Rover Vitesse
Andy Rouse, GB
3532 V8 A 30 laps, 41.50,95 2 1.20,07 1.20,19  
2 2 20 Austin Rover Group Ltd.
Rover Vitesse
Steve Soper, GB
3532 V8 A 30 laps, 41.53,06 3 1.20,17    
3 3 11 Team Sanyo Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Tony Pond, GB
3532 V8 A 30 laps, 42.05,46 1 1.20,07    
4 4 10 Team Sanyo Racing with Esso
Rover Vitesse
Pete Lovett, GB
3532 V8 A 30 laps, 42.25,11 6 1.20,88    
5 5 9 Sytner BMW Racing with GSI
BMW 635 CSi
Frank Sytner, GB
3475 L6 A 30 laps, 42.26,57 5 1.20,40    
6 6 14 Team Toyota GB / Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Celica Supra MA61
Win Percy, GB
2759 L6 A 30 laps, 43.27,58 7 1.21,28    
7 7 4  
Rover Vitesse
Dennis Leech, GB
3532 V8 A 29 8 1.21,72    
8 8 6 BMW GB Ltd.
BMW 635 CSi
James Weaver, GB
3475 L6 A 29 4 1.20,28    
9 1 34 Computervision Racing with Esso
MG Metro Turbo
Patrick Watts, GB
1275 tc L4 B 29 10 1.22,59 1.24,14  
10 1 69 Brooklyn Motorsport
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Chris Hodgetts, GB
1598 L4 C 29 14 1.25,27    
11 2 32 The Canned Salmon Bureau / Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Rob Kirby, GB
2491 V6 B 29 15 1.25,36    
12 3 30 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Jon Dooley, GB
2491 V6 B 29 13 1.25,11    
13 4 33  
VW Scirocco GTI 1.8
John Morris, GB
1781 L4 B 29 17 1.25,82    
14 2 51 Ordibell UK Ltd.
VW Golf GTI
Alan Greenhalgh, GB
1588 L4 C 29 18 1.26,24 1.25,44  
15 3 66 Royal Mail Datapost
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Alan Curnow, GB
1598 L4 C 28 19 1.27,81    
16 4 77 Royal Mail Datapost
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Richard Longman, GB
1598 L4 C 28 20 1.28,13    
17 5 41 Terry Drury Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Paul Smith, GB
2491 V6 B 28 16 1.25,55    
18 6 38  
Nissan Bluebird Turbo
Graham Goode, GB
1770 tc L4 B 27 21 1.31,57    
19 7 31 Hampshires of Dorking
Vauxhall Astra GTE
Andrew Thorpe, GB
1796 L4 B 26 23 1.36,11    
DNF   18 Colt Cars Dealer Racing Team
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183
Dave Brodie, GB
1998 tc L4 A 4 9 1.21,91   Engine
DNF   84 Barry Lee Racing
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Barry Lee, GB
1598 L4 C 3 22 1.32,89   Fuel pressure
DNF   40 Terry Drury Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Phil Dowsett, GB
2491 V6 B   11 1.23,23   Accident
DNF   35 Computervision Racing with Esso
MG Metro Turbo
Robin Brundle, GB
1275 tc L4 B 26 12 1.24,10   Gearbox
DNS   5 BMW GB Ltd.
BMW 635 CSi
Vince Woodman, GB
3475 L6 A         Accident in practice