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Originally Posted by KA
Just reviving this one with a slightly odd, but still fairly on-topic question.
In 1986, BTCC entries were pretty poor- sometimes down to a dozen cars or thereabouts (think the low-point was something like 11 starters after a couple of cars didn't make it through qualifying at Donington early-season)
As far as I can remember, at the Brands round in late August in an attempt to boost a small grid, several of the Brands Hatch Racing School Escort XR3s ran in the BTCC race, driven presumably by the School's instructors
I can't lay hands on the relevant Autosport/Motoring News reports right now, but can anyone confirm whether this definitely happened, who the drivers were (as I recall, they included a number of well-known Formula Ford names of the period), whether they ran as part of the 1600cc class, or as an invitation class/'race within a race', and where they finished?
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KA,
This definitely happened, 7 of the Racing School cars competed at Brands Hatch on August 25, and were driven by:
Peter Argetsinger
Stuart Cole
Chris Creswell
Ben Edwards
Pete King
Lucy Rogers
Pete Rogers
Rick Shortle
As they were all "guest" drivers, they were ineligible for points.
Getting back to Group A Escorts, can anyone identify this car?
http://theamazoeffect.blogspot.com.a...rd-escort.html