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Pembrey

Pembrey Circuit, Wales, Great-Britain

Date: 27/6/1993
Track length: 2.350 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 28
Finishers: 19

Pole position: Leslie in 0.59,78
Fastest lap: Leslie in 1.00,86 = 138,60 kmh

Distance: 30 laps
Average speed: 134,33 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: FIA Class 2
Car info: 1993 Cars

 

Pembrey marked the return of Ford to the BTCC, if we forget the troublesome efforts for the Sapphire in the last few years. After much testing, the front wheel drive configuration of the new Mondeo, joined by an engine from the American Probe came out best; the rear-wheel drive version suffered from transmission losses.
Good fortune was again not really spread out over the competitors; Jo Winkelhock had a fair share of it, Leslie didn’t. After the Scot setting pole nearly 1,3 seconds faster than last year it was again a surprise to find Winkelhock (from 6th on the grid!) leading the pack after the start. Leslie used a tiny error of the German to get ahead, and behind them many cars were trading paint. Rouse managed third after removing the rear bumper of Cleland, while Leslie got some distance between him and Jo. The Renaults had a coming together and ended in the grass, Harvey’s radiators full of grass ending in an overheated engine. Rouse enjoyed third for a while, before he pushed and shoved down the field, ending with a bump from Odor, a fresh set of tires and a broken suspension.
Lap 13, and Leslie’s fortune was over too when his throttle cable snapped. Winkelhock brought his BMW to the line first, behind him there still fights but it was Hoy in second and Soper third. Nuttall had been in the fight for third too, but an exploding fire extinguisher when flat out in sixth gear brought this fight to an end, though sixth on the line was still a surprise.

Overall result
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   22 BMW Motorsport Team / Schnitzer
BMW 318i E36		 Joachim Winkelhock, D
 1996 L4   30 laps, 31.23,70 6 1.00,19 1.01,44  
2   2 Team Securicor Toyota / Tom’s UK
Toyota Carina E GTI		 Will Hoy, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 31.29,15 5 1.00,07 1.01,42  
3   6 BMW Motorsport Team / Schnitzer
BMW 318i E36		 Steve Soper, GB
 1996 L4   30 laps, 31.36,51 9 1.00,34 1.01,56  
4   21 Team Securicor Toyota / Tom’s UK
Toyota Carina E GTI		 Julian Bailey, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 31.38,44 3 0.59,93 1.01,70  
5   23 Nissan Castrol Racing / Janspeed
Nissan Primera eGT		 Kieth Odor, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 31.38,67 10 1.00,36 1.01,84  
6   78 Ecurie Ecosse
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 Harry Nuttall, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 31.39,37 8 1.00,25 1.01,75 Fire extinguisher went off
7   3 Vauxhall Sport / Dave Cook Racing Services
Vauxhall Cavalier 16V		 John Cleland, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 31.40,89 2 0.59,92 1.01,64  
8   15 Team Mondeo
Ford Mondeo Si		 Paul Radisich, NZ
 1998 V6   30 laps, 31.41,12 11 1.00,41 1.01,74  
9   24 Nissan Castrol Racing / Janspeed
Nissan Primera eGT		 Win Percy, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 31.44,52 12 1.00,54 1.01,68  
10   4 Vauxhall Sport / Dave Cook Racing Services
Vauxhall Cavalier 16V		 Jeff Allam, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 31.49,13 16 1.00,75 1.01,79  
11   45 Peugeot Talbot Sport
Peugeot 405 MI 16		 Robb Gravett, GB
 1994 L4   30 laps, 31.50,82 21 1.01,27 1.02,23  
12 1 17 Tamchester Team Maxted
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 Ian Khan, GB
 1998 L4 Privateer 30 laps, 32.04,97 22 1.01,42 1.02,50  
13 2 16 Sports Promotion Team Maxted
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 Ian Ashley, GB
 1998 L4 Privateer 30 laps, 32.09,90 23 1.01,61 1.02,90  
14   14 Roy Kennedy Racing with Sikolene at Halfords
Peugeot 405 MI 16		 Ian Flux, GB
 1994 L4   30 laps, 32.11,02 18 1.00,88 1.02,34  
15   20 Park Lane Toyota Junior Team
Toyota Carina E GTI		 Bobby Verdon-Roe, GB
 1998 L4   30 laps, 32.11,71 17 1.00,78 1.02,38  
16 3 12 Pinkney Motorsport
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 David Pinkney, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer 29 25 1.01,83 1.02,64  
17 4 11 Team Dynamics
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 Ray Bellm, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer 29 26 1.01,87 1.02,66  
18 5 13 Team Dynamics
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 Matt Neal, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer 27 24 1.01,82 1.02,92  
19   34 Nissan Castrol Racing / NME
Nissan Primera eGT		 Tiff Needell, GB
 1998 L4   25 7 1.00,20 1.01,68  
DNF   46 Peugeot Talbot Sport
Peugeot 405 MI 16		 Eugene O'Brien, GB
 1994 L4   28 15 1.00,72 1.02,17 Engine
DNF   66 Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Xedos 6		 Patrick Watts, GB
 1995 V6   17 14 1.00,65 1.02,35 Suspension
DNF   5 Team Mondeo
Ford Mondeo Si		 Andy Rouse, GB
 1998 V6   17 4 1.00,00 1.01,48 Suspension
DNF   79 Ecurie Ecosse
Vauxhall Cavalier GSi		 David Leslie, GB
 1998 L4   13 1 0.59,78 1.00,86 Throttle cable
DNF   19 Renault Dealer Racing / GB Motorsport
Renault 19 16v		 Alain Menu, CH
 1998 L4   8 13 1.00,61 1.02,27 Handling
DNF   1 Renault Dealer Racing / GB Motorsport
Renault 19 16v		 Tim Harvey, GB
 1998 L4   5 19 1.01,07 1.02,79 Overheating
DNF   10 Park Lane Toyota Junior Team
Toyota Carina E GTI		 James Kaye, GB
 1998 L4   1 20 1.01,13 1.17,57 Engine
DNQ   32 Abbey + Abacus / Asquith Autosport
Mazda 323F		 Ian Cantwell, GB
 2000 L4 Privateer 5 27 1.01,93    
DNQ   27 Team Dynamics
BMW 318iS coupé E36		 Alex Portman, GB
 1989 L4 Privateer 29 28 1.02,17