Thread: 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship - Discussion and results
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Old 3 Mar 2017, 15:26 (Ref:3716136)   #11
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bigears should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Jesper OH View Post
Round 1 of 13 of the 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship held on Good Friday March 24 1989 over x laps on the x.xxx miles/x.xxx kms Oulton Park circuit.
Weather seemed to be sunny but cold.
Rolling start mandatory for 1989.
Grid formation: 2-2-2-etc.

Pos.Cl.#DriverTeam/sponsorCat.CarGrid.TimeFastest lapLapsTimeNotes
1.1.21Robb GravettTrakstar/Cartel + NEC + ShellAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth2.   34:00.78FL
2.2.7Tim HarveyRouse/Labatt'sAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth    34:37.85 
3.3.2Jerry MahonyDowson/Arquati + Evans HalshawAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth    34:46.73 
4.4.4Mike NewmanGoode/ListerineAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth    34:48.03 
5.5.5Sean WalkerGoode/FAI + Moss SecurityAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth    34:50.34 
6.1.32James WeaverProdrive/BMW Finance + MobilBBMW M3 Evolution    35:02.26FL
?6.20Mike Smith Trakstar/Cartel + NEC + ShellAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth      
?2.33Frank SytnerProdrive/BMW Finance + MobilBBMW M3 Evolution      
9.7.?14Graham HathawayHathaway/Soans + Kenwood HiFiAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth      
?3.43Godfrey HallMaguire/Godfrey Hall BMWBBMW M3 Evolution      
?4.?John LlewellynBRRBBMW M3 Evolution      
?5.?James KayeAlan Minshaw/Demon TweeksBBMW M3 Evolution      
?1.56John ClelandDave Cook/VDS + MobilCVauxhall Astra GTE 16V     FL
?2.?Mike JordanEurotechCPeugeot 309 GTI      
?1.77Geoff Kimber-SmithFive Star RacingDToyota Corolla AE86      
??15Chris HodgettsBrooklyn/ShellAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth3.     
??10Guy EdwardsRouse/KaliberAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth6.     
??6Laurence BristowRouse/Labatt'sAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth      
??25Gerrit van KouwenJQF/Fina UnleadedAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth      
???Nettan LindgrenLindgrenBBMW M3 Evolution      
DNFDNF70Phil DowsettRay Selley/AJG TransportDToyota Corolla AE82     Drive peg failure
DNFDNF1Andy RouseRouse/KaliberAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth1.    Broken steering rack
DNQDNQ16David PinkneyTDR/Warrenty HoldingsAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth     Too slow
DNADNA19Dave BrodieBBR/AtariAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth     Flu

The fortunes of both Pinkney and Brodie was reported in the round 2 report, telling of Pinkney and the Drury team unable to get the car to run properly thus not qualifying.
The top-6 grid positions taken from a now deleted picture in the TNF RS500 thread, but had Rouse and Gravett on the front row, Hodgetts and one Labatt's car on the second, with the second Labatt's car on the inside of Edwards on the third.
The team/sponsor section taken from later Autosport reports.
Interested to know who Ray Selley is as the team of Phil Dowsett for 1989.

Jesper
Forgive me, I don't know how to put up the results into the grid as I got a copy of the results from a 1989 BTCC media guide in finishing order:

Gravett, Harvey, Mahony, Newman, Walker, Weaver (B), Smith, Hodgetts, Hathaway, Sytner, Bornebusch, Hall, O'Brien, Llewellyn, Cleland (C), Jordan, Kaye, Kimber-Smith (D), Dolley, Retired - Edwards, van Kouwen, NC - Bristow, Lindgren, R - Morris, Forrest, Rouse, Clakr, Jones, Donovan, Minshaw, Goode.
Would be good if someone could put up the names and put it in bold to see what has been added in.
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