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Originally Posted by KA
Thanks- that's great-it's always nice to know that another old BTCC car from this period is either still racing (albeit much modified) or tucked away in someone's workshop- a lot seem to have disappeared
The Charles Brittz deal was a one-off for the 1985 Silverstone TT- I'm guessing the pic in the Alfa Club magazine might show the car with sponsorship from 'Scope' or something like that?
Basically, four South African drivers came over to do the TT in cars leased from British teams- Brittz and Peter Lanz were in the Alfa and Tony Viana/Niccolo Bianco in one of Frank Sytner's BMW 635s. From memory, Drury BTCC regular Mark Hales also drove the Alfa in qualifying, but didn't race it- he was also entered in Geoff Kimber-Smith's Toyota Corolla
Brittz and Lanz finished 14th overall (5th in class), and the BMW pair came home 8th o/a. AFAIK, none of the four drivers appeared in the UK again after that
http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jon...lverstone.html.
I think it was pretty much the last appearance by the Drury team with the Alfas- they missed most of the late-season BTCC rounds, (although Barry Barnes drove one at the race supporting the European GP at Brands a few weeks after the TT) and Drury moved on to Escort RS Turbos for 1986 |
Not too familiar with the South African racing scene of the mid-1980s, but I'm sure that both BMW and Alfa Romeo had a very strong presence at the time - both had assembly plants in the country around this time. Was Brittz/Lanz and Viana/Bianco part of any SA factory teams?
Jesper