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Istel RAC Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 9/9/1984
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance: 15.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 44
Finishers: 23

Pole position: Walkinshaw/Heyer in 1.34,68
Fastest lap: Walkinshaw in 1.38,77

Distance: 107 laps, 504,926 km
Average speed: 149,62 kmh
Weather: Sunshine at the start, then a thunderstorm
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1984 Cars

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It should have been a Jaguar feast, a victory would mean the championship was decided. And three Jags went in front after the start, and it stayed that way after the first routine stops. But then the clouds darkened, and a cloud burst flooded the track before the Woodcote chicane. First victim was Duez, who despite his rally talents could do nothing with slicks on a flooded track. He mowed down the catch fencing and hit the barriers. Next up was Nicholson, who took the same route and ended backwards next to the Rover. He stayed inside his car, and then Barrie Williams arrived in his BMW, touched the Jag and bursting into flames for a short while. When Barrie tried to get Nicholson out of this car, the next participant arrived in the form of Terry Drury’s Alfa Romeo. Williams had just enough time to climb on the Jaguar’s roof... The icing on the cake was Hall’s Metro, who neatly parked between the Alfa and the Jag - just a little forceful, maybe.
The race was stopped and continued after 20 minutes, and surprisingly it were the BMWs of Quester and Brancatelli in the lead, with the remaining Jaguars some way behind. Quester lost his lead over Brancatelli, and seven laps later Walkinshaw passed him for second, with only 10 of the 12 cylinders still working. When Major Tom had reduced the gap to Brancatelli to 12 seconds only, his engine expired. In the end, it was Calderari who salvaged second behind Kelleners, while Quester had dropped back to third.
Rover couldn’t repeat the success they had last year; Duez’ car crashed, Soper’s car retired with rear axle failure, while Pond had an endless pit stop and was not classified, 13 laps in arrears.


Division 1, 2 and 3
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 9 Eggenberger/BMW Italia
BMW 635 CSi
Helmut Kelleners, D
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
3475 L6 Div. 3 107 laps, 3:22.26,77 6 1.38,57    
2 2 2 TWR
Jaguar XJ-S
Enzo Calderari, CH
David Sears, GB
5344 V12 Div. 3 107 laps, 3:23.01,65 3 1.37,19    
3 3 4 Team Schnitzer
BMW 635 CSi
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
Dieter Quester, A
3475 L6 Div. 3 107 laps, 3:23.14,55 12 1.39,79    
4 4 7 CC Motorsport
BMW 635 CSi
Mike Thackwell, NZ
James Weaver, GB
3475 L6 Div. 3 107 laps, 3:34.06,09 7 1.38,58    
5 5 27 GTM Engineering
Volvo 240 Turbo
Michel Delcourt, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
Jean-Marie Baert, B
2141 tc L4 Div. 3 106 16 1.40,68    
6 6 26 TL Racing AB
Volvo 240 Turbo
Thomas Lindström, S
Anders Olofsson, S
2141 tc L4 Div. 3 106 13 1.39,96    
7 7 30 Sportpromotion
Volvo 240 Turbo
Ulf Granberg, S
Eje Elgh, S
2141 tc L4 Div. 3 106 10 1.39,64    
8 8 11 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 635 CSi
Georges Bosshard, CH
Philippe Haezebrouck, B
3475 L6 Div. 3 105 19 1.41,65    
9 9 17 Hartge Motorsport
BMW 635 CSi
Bretislav Enge, CS
Tony Garcia, USA
Heribert Werginz, A
3475 L6 Div. 3 104 17 1.40,86    
10 1 55 Jolly Club Milano
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Lella Lombardi, I
Giorgio Francia, I
2491 V6 Div. 2 103 26 1.42,41    
11 10 14 Auto Budde Team
BMW 635 CSi
Axel Felder, D
Jürgen Hamelmann, D
3475 L6 Div. 3 103 23 1.42,09   Victim of mass accident, probably restarted
12 11 28 GTM Engineering
Volvo 240 Turbo
Jean-Marie Pirnay, B
Patrick Nève, B
2141 tc L4 Div. 3 103 22 1.42,02    
13 2 53 Luigi Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Rinaldo Drovandi, I
Georges Cremer, B
Guy Pirenne, B
2491 V6 Div. 2 103 31 1.43,79    
14 3 54 Luigi Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Francois-Xavier Boucher, B
Marco Curti ("Spiffero"), I
(Guy Pirenne, B)
2491 V6 Div. 2 102 29 1.43,28    
15 12 16?  
BMW 635 CSi
John Clark, GB
David Sutherland, GB
3475 L6 Div. 3 100 24 1.42,38    
16 4 68  
VW Golf GTI 1.8
Alex Guyaux, B
Alfons Hohenester, D
1781 L4 Div. 2 99 32 1.44,26    
17 5 69  
VW Scirocco GTI 1.8
John Morris, GB
Bob Meacham, GB
? Bill Postins, GB
1781 L4 Div. 2 99 36 1.46,04    
18 13 8 BMW Italia
BMW 635 CSi
Umberto Grano, I
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
3475 L6 Div. 3 99 9 1.39,57    
19 1 71 Royal Mail Datapost
Ford Escort RS 1600i
Richard Longman, GB
Alan Curnow, GB
1598 L4 Div. 1 99 40 1.48,14    
20 6    
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Antonio Palma, I
Amerigo "Joe" Bigliazzi, I
2491 V6 Div. 2 98 34 1.45,17    
21 2 80 Haribo Racing Team
VW Golf GTI
Heinz Pütz, D
Wolfgang Kudrass, D
1596 L4 Div. 1 97 38 1.47,2    
22 7 61 Terry Drury Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Phil Dowsett, GB
Mike Smith, GB
2491 V6 Div. 2 96 35 1.45,57    
23 3 83  
Audi 80 GLE
Hagen Arlt, D
Elmar Hölscher, D
1596 L4 Div. 1 96 44 1.50,05    
NC   19 Austin Rover Group Ltd.
Rover Vitesse
Tony Pond, GB
Jean-Louis Schlesser, F
3532 V8 Div. 3 94 8 1.39,51    
DNF   1 TWR
Jaguar XJ-S
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
Hans Heyer, D
5344 V12 Div. 3 100 1 1.34,68   Engine
DNF      
VW Golf GTI
Alan Minshaw, GB
Hill
Andy Rouse, GB
1596 L4 Div. 1   37 1.46,54    
DNF   15 Sytner BMW Racing with GSI
BMW 635 CSi
Barrie Williams, GB
Frank Sytner, GB
3475 L6 Div. 3 ca. 60 15 1.40,48   Mass accident
DNF   63 Jolly Club Milano
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Terry Drury, GB
? Mike Wilds, GB
2491 V6 Div. 2 ca. 60 33 1.45,06   Mass accident
DNF   3 TWR
Jaguar XJ-S
Win Percy, GB
Chuck Nicholson, GB
5344 V12 Div. 3 ca. 60 2 1.36,48   Mass accident
DNF   51  
MG Metro Turbo
Rob Hall, GB
Patrick Watts, GB
1275 tc L4 Div. 2 ca. 60 21 1.41,75   Mass accident
DNF   20 Austin Rover Group Ltd.
Rover Vitesse
Jeff Allam, GB
Marc Duez, B
3532 V8 Div. 3 ca. 60 4 1.37,94   Mass accident
DNF   5 Team Schnitzer
BMW 635 CSi
Roberto Ravaglia, I
Christian Danner, D
3475 L6 Div. 3 107 20 1.41,69   Engine
DNF   21 Austin Rover Group Ltd.
Rover Vitesse
Steve Soper, GB
Armin Hahne, D
3532 V8 Div. 3 < 60 5 1.37,96   Rear axle
DNF   18 Hartge Motorsport
BMW 635 CSi
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Micangeli, I
(Tony Garcia, USA)
3475 L6 Div. 3 104 18 1.41,19    
DNF   73 Team Toyota Castrol
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
John Nielsen, DK
Jørgen Poulsen, DK
Erik Høyer, DK
1587 L4 Div. 1   43 1.49,96   Gearbox
DNF   6? CC Motorsport
BMW 635 CSi
Vince Woodman, GB
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
3475 L6 Div. 3 10 11 1.39,76    
DNF   31 IPS Racing
Volvo 240 Turbo
Per Stureson, S
Ingemar Persson, S
2141 tc L4 Div. 3   14 1.40,22    
DNF   25  
BMW 635 CSi
Roger Dorchy, F
Claude Ballot-Léna, F
3475 L6 Div. 3 ca. 60 25 1.42,39   Mass accident
DNF   59 Scuderia Autolodi Corse S.r.l.
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Emilio Rodriguez Zapico, E
Micangeli, I
2491 V6 Div. 2   27 1.42,84    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Dagmar Suster, YU
Romeo Camathias, I
2491 V6 Div. 2   28 1.43,21    
DNF   52  
MG Metro Turbo
Robin Brundle, GB
Tim Harvey, GB
1275 tc L4 Div. 2 95 30 1.43,40   Rear axle
DNF   62 Terry Drury Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Paul Everett, GB
Alison Davis, GB
2491 V6 Div. 2   39 1.47,79    
DNF   78  
VW Golf GTI
Guy Katsers, B
Thierry Van Dalen, B
1596 L4 Div. 1   41 1.49,62    
DNF   76  
VW Golf GTI
Hans-Jörn Ley, D
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stallmann, D
1596 L4 Div. 1   42 1.49,80    
DNQ   56 Jolly Club Milano
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Unknown
2491 V6 Div. 2          
DNQ?   24 Bavaria Automobiles
BMW 635 CSi
Philippe Haezebrouck, B
3475 L6 Div. 3          
DNQ?   23 Equipe Esso / Daily Mirror
Rover Vitesse
? Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
3532 V8 Div. 3          
DNQ?   34  
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183
Unknown
1998 tc L4 Div. 3