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Originally Posted by Jesper OH
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Round 7 of 9 of the 1986 Trimoco RAC British Touring Car Championship
Date: 25 August 1986
Track: Brands Hatch "Indy" Circuit (1.938 kms)
Distance: 20 laps (38.760 kms) - shortened from 40 laps due to heavy rain
| Pos. | Cat. | # | Driver | Team/sponsor | Cat. | Car | Grid | Q-time | FL | Laps | Time | Notes |
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| 1. | 1. | 1 | Andy Rouse | Rouse/ICS | A | Ford Sierra XR4Ti | 1. | 00:50.33 | 01:01.95 | 20 | 20:59.40 | | | 2. | 2. | 7 | Mike O'Brien | Linden Racing | A | Rover 3500 V8 Vitesse | 2. | 00:50.77 | 01:02.04 | 20 | 21:10.21 | | | 3. | 1. | 61 | Mikael Sundström | Peugeot Talbot Sport UK | C | Peugeot 205 GTI | 13. | 00:53.76 | 01:02.15 | 20 | 21:36.38 | started from pitlane | | 4. | 3. | 2 | Peter Hall | Rouse/ICS | A | Rover 3500 V8 Vitesse | 4. | 00:51.22 | 01:02.28 | 20 | 21:36.75 | | | 5. | 2. | 66 | Chris Hodgetts | CHMS/Toyota GB | C | Toyota Corolla GT | 6. | 00:51.99 | 01:03.54 | 20 | 21:50.02 | | | 6. | 1. | 33 | Alan Curnow | Longman/Datapost | B | Ford Escort RS Turbo | | | 01:03.30 | 20 | 21:51.33 | Starting with a 10 second penalty, because of car being underweight during qualifying | | 7. | 2. | 44 | Richard Longman | Longman/Datapost | B | Ford Escort RS Turbo | 3. | 00:50.98 | 01:03.39 | 20 | 21:59.09 | | | 8. | 4. | 5 | Mike Newman | Burlington Wallcoverings | A | BMW 635CSi | 5. | 00:51.35 | 01:02.92 | 20 | 22:44.53 | | | 9. | 3. | 31 | Jon Dooley | Alfa Romeo Dealer Team | B | Alfa Romeo 75 V6 | 8. | 00:52.09 | 01:03.69 | 19 | 21:02.64 | | | 10. | 4. | 38 | Mark Hales | Terry Drury Racing | B | Ford Escort RS Turbo | 7. | 00:52.00 | 01:04.74 | 19 | 21:06.57 | | | 11. | 5. | 30 | Rob Kirby | Alfa Romeo Dealer Team | B | Alfa Romeo 75 V6 | 11. | 00:52.79 | 01:04.74 | 19 | 21:09.98 | | | 12. | 1. | | Stuart Cole | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:07.75 | 19 | 22:02.05 | | | 13. | 2. | | Chris Creswell | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:08.14 | 19 | 22:03.95 | | | 14. | 3. | | Rick Shortle | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:09.03 | 18 | 21:14.87 | | | 15. | 4. | | Pete Rogers | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:08.24 | 18 | 21:15.11 | | | 16. | 5. | | Peter Argetsinger | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:09.30 | 18 | 21:18.57 | | | 17. | 3. | 62 | Tony Crudgington | Tony Crudgington | C | Toyota Corolla GT | 12. | 00:53.02 | 01:06.41 | 18 | 21:20.13 | | | 18. | 6. | | Ben Edwards | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:09.70 | 18 | 21:23.09 | | | 19. | 7. | | Lucy Rogers | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:10.86 | 18 | 21:46.03 | | | 20. | 8. | | Pete King | Brands Hatch | *C | Ford Escort XR3i | | | 01:11.41 | 17 | 21:05.39 | | | DNF | | 69 | Paul Taft | Brooklyn Motorsport | C | Ford Escort RS1600i | 10. | 00:52.58 | 01:18.42 | 1 | 01:18.42 | Gear linkage |
Incredible only one retirement - and that caused by mechanical failure.
*The Brands Hatch Escort likely running outside the championship.
Jesper
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Fastest laps A Rouse 69.94mph B Curnow 68.45mph C Sundstrom 69.71mph