Pole position: Rouse in 1.45,41
Fastest lap: Rouse in 1.47,46 = 138,00 kmh
Distance: 15 laps
Average speed: 132,58 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1987 Cars
Strangely for Andy Rouse, it had been a number of months since he tasted victory. The famine ended on Sunday when he won a close fought penultimate round of the British Touring Car Championship, held at Donington Park. He was put under extreme pressure all race long by the BMW M3 of Frank Sytner, out to repeat his victory last time out at the Leicestershire track, but the Nottingham man failed by less than two seconds at the flag. Mike O'Brien's Holden Commodore had been with them for the early laps but the Alan Docking-run car began to overheat and lose power so O'Brien was left to struggle home third, ahead of the Rovers of Tim Harvey and Graham Scarborough, and Mike Newman's BMW. The other two classes went to Colin Pearcy and, inevitably these days, 1987 champion Chris Hodgetts. (MN) |
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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 | 1 | Industrial Control Services Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Andy Rouse, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 15 laps, 27.18,66 | 1 | 1.45,41 | 1.47,46 | |
| 2 | 1 | 33 | Prodrive BMW M3 |
Frank Sytner, GB |
2332 | L4 | B | 15 laps, 27.20,54 | 2 | 1.48,45 | x | |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Alan Docking Racing Holden VK Commodore |
Mike O'Brien, GB |
4980 | V8 | A | 15 laps, 27.39,41 | 3 | 1.48,94 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Team Istel / Austin Rover Finance Rover Vitesse |
Tim Harvey, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 15 laps, 27.52,95 | 6 | 1.50,89 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Letchworth Roofing Rover Vitesse |
Graham Scarborough, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 15 laps, 28.00,24 | 5 | 1.50,40 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 10 | Newman’s Footwear Ltd. BMW 635 CSi |
Mike Newman, GB |
3475 | L6 | A | 15 laps, 28.08,13 | 7 | 1.51,43 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 32 | East Midlands Transport Nissan Bluebird Turbo |
Kevin Eaton, GB |
1770 tc | L4 | B | 15 laps, 28.25,18 | 8 | 1.53,39 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 66 | CHMS Team/Toyota GB Toyota Corolla GT AE86 |
Chris Hodgetts, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 15 laps, 29.03,89 | 9 | 1.53,85 | x | |
| 9 | 3 | 38 | Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo |
Mark Hales, GB |
1598 tc | L4 | B | 15 laps, 29.19,56 | 14 | 1.56,10 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 70 | TOM's GB Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 |
Tiff Needell, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 14 | 12 | 1.54,59 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 77 | AGK Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT AE86 |
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB |
1587 | L4 | D | 14 | 17 | 1.57,55 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Richard Belcher, GB |
1598 | L4 | D | 14 | 16 | 1.57,33 | |||
| 13 | 5 | North Essex Motorsport Ford Escort RS 1600i |
Keith Norman, GB |
1598 | L4 | D | 14 | 19 | 1.59,97 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 55 | Smith & Latimer MG Metro Turbo |
Colin Pearcy, GB |
1275 tc | L4 | C | 14 | 20 | 2.01,34 | ? | |
| 15 | 4 | 31 | John West Foods - Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evoluzione |
Jon Dooley, GB |
1762 tc | L4 | B | 14 | 10 | 1.54,05 | ||
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Rover Vitesse |
Dennis Leech, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 14 | 13 | 1.55,28 | ||
| DNF | 42? | Demon Tweeks VW Golf GTI 16V |
Alan Minshaw, GB |
1781 | L4 | C | 10 | 15 | 1.57,20 | Driveshaft | ||
| DNF | 45 | Renault 5 GT Turbo |
Roger Saunders, GB |
1397 tc | L4 | C | 9 | 18 | 1.57,88 | Hub | ||
| DNF | 22 | Asquith Ford Escort RS Turbo |
Karl Jones, GB |
1598 tc | L4 | B | 5 | 23 | 3.26,08 | Turbo | ||
| DNF | 2 | Industrial Control Services Ltd. Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Pete Hall, GB |
1993 tc | L4 | A | 4 | 11 | 1.54,27 | Differential | ||
| DNF | Renault 5 GT Turbo |
David Kay, GB |
1397 tc | L4 | C | 21 | 2.04,42 | Overheating | ||||
| DNS | 5 | R.A. Potter Racing Developments with Castrol Rover Vitesse |
David Carvell, GB |
3532 | V8 | A | 4 | 1.49,73 | Accident in practice | |||
| DNS | 39 | Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo |
Lionel Wiffen, GB |
1598 tc | L4 | B | 22 | 2.09,33 | Accident in practice | |||