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British Grand Prix support race

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 16/7/1989
Track length: 4.778 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 37
Finishers: 30

Pole position: Rouse in 1.37,72
Fastest lap: Rouse in 1.38,82

Distance: 15 laps
Average speed:
Weather: Hot
Ruleset: Group A
Car info:  

 

Andy Rouse revenged his defeat from the previous round with a resounding victory. Tim Harvey challenged him early on but was soon demoted to third by Robb Gravett. The Trakstar team had Kiwi engine guru Neal Lowe of the Dick Johnson team in hand, but had issues over what could and what could not be modified regarding air intakes and filters. This left Gravett and Mike Smith down on power compared to the Rouse cars, but a first corner spin cost Smith all chances of a decent finish. His fight back through the field was one of the highlights of the race though. Harvey was soon in tyre troubles and further demoted to forth by Guy Edwards but held station ahead of Laurence Bristow. Graham Goode took the final point for sixth loosing teammate Mike Newman after an early off course excursion.
James Weaver and Frank Sytner had little drama in winning a one-two class B battle after early challenger Barrie ”Whizzo” Williams spun out of contention in the Demon Tweeks M3. Godfrey Hall would be left on the start line when his transmission failed while John Clark was another first lap casualty spinning and collected by class runner John Morris.
This left fellow Golf runner Alan Minshaw in forth in class C behind the now three Vauxhall Astras. John Cleland picked up another win from Louise Aitken-Walker and new driver Jeremy Rossiter.
Ray Armes finally debuted the Graham Goode prepared Honda Civic Si to take a convincing class D victory from usual winner Phil Dowsett.
(Jesper O. Hansen/ten-tenths.com)

Touring Cars class A-D
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 Kaliber Ford Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Andy Rouse, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 24.55,19 1 1.37,72 1.38,82  
2 2 21 Trakstar Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Robb Gravett, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.07,15 4 1.38,70 1.39,38  
3 3 10 Kaliber Ford Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Guy Edwards, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.07,75 5 1.39,10 1.39,41  
4 4 7 Labatt’s Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Tim Harvey, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.13,24 2 1.38,53 1.39,91  
5 5 6 Labatt’s Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Laurence Bristow, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.14,16 3 1.38,56 1.39,95  
6 6 4 Listerine Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Graham Goode, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.20,71 6 1.39,36 1.40,15  
7 7 25 JQF Engineering
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Gerrit van Kouwen, NL
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.21,04 13 1.40,76 1.39,90  
8 8 15 Brooklyn Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Chris Hodgetts, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.25,70 8 1.39,41 1.40,69  
9 9 5 FAI Auto Parts
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Sean Walker, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.31,48 10 1.40,37 1.41,27  
10 10 20 Trakstar Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Mike Smith, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.45,99 9 1.39,69 1.41,20  
11 11 2 Arquati Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Jerry Mahoney, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.47,17 11 1.40,54 1.41,31  
12 12 28 Lee Asquith Motorsport/ Duckhams
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Karl Jones, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 25.52,04 12 1.40,66 1.41,93  
13 1 32 Prodrive/BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1
BMW M3 Evo		 James Weaver, GB
 2332 L4 B 15 laps, 26.22,33 14 1.42,91 1.44,05  
14 13 17 Terry Drury Racing
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Mike O'Brien, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 15 laps, 26.35,07 17 1.43,56 1.44,38  
15 2 33 Prodrive/BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1
BMW M3 Evo		 Frank Sytner, GB
 2332 L4 B 15 laps, 26.37,23 16 1.43,49 1.44,52  
16 14 16 Terry Drury Racing
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 David Pinkney, GB
 1993 tc L4 A   17      
17 3 35 Prodrive
BMW M3 Evo		 Ian Forrest, GB
 2332 L4 B          
18 4 37  
BMW M3 Evo		 Nettan Lindgren, S
 2332 L4 B          
19 5 44 BRR Motorsport
BMW M3 Evo		 John Llewelyn, GB
 2332 L4 B          
20 6 30 Demon Tweeks
BMW M3 Evo		 Barrie Williams, GB
 2332 L4 B          
21 1 56 Vauxhall Motorsport
Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V		 John Cleland, GB
 1998 L4 C 14 25 1.48,30 1.49,58  
22 2 58 Vauxhall Motorsport
Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V		 Louise Aitken-Walker, GB
 1998 L4 C          
23 3 57 Vauxhall Motorsport
Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V		 Jeremy Rossiter, GB
 1998 L4 C          
24 4 50 Demon Tweeks
VW Golf GTI 16V		 Alan Minshaw, GB
 1781 L4 C          
25 1 75 PG Tags Racing
Honda Civic Si AT		 Ray Armes, GB
 1590 L4 D 13 30 1.51,50 1.52,81  
26 2 70  
Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82		 Phil Dowsett, GB
 1587 L4 D          
27 3 85  
Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82		 Les Liddiard, GB
 1587 L4 D          
28 4 77  
Toyota Corolla GT AE86		 Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB
 1587 L4 D          
29 5 88  
Toyota Corolla GT AE86		 Tony Crudgington, GB
 1587 L4 D          
30 6 81  
Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82		 Tony Dolley, GB
 1587 L4 D          
DNF   53 Team Eurotech
Peugeot 309 GTI		 Mike Jordan, GB
 1905 L4 C          
DNF   18 Terry Drury Racing
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Robin Donovan, GB
 1993 tc L4 A          
DNF   26 Trident Motor Sport Ltd.
Maserati Biturbo 331 B25		 Nick May, GB
 2491 tc V6 A          
DNF   3 Listerine Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth		 Mike Newman, GB
 1993 tc L4 A 5 7 1.39,40 1.40,36 Engine
DNF   55  
VW Golf GTI 16V		 John Morris, GB
 1781 L4 C 1       Accident damage
DNF   31 John Maguire Racing
BMW M3 Evo		 John Clark, GB
 2332 L4 B         Accident
DNF   43 John Maguire Racing
BMW M3 Evo		 Godfrey Hall, GB
 2332 L4 B   18 1.45,29   Transmission