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Old 3 Mar 2017, 15:42 (Ref:3716141)   #115
bigears
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bigears should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Round 5 of 13 of the 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship held on Monday May 29th 1989 over 14 laps on the 3.791 kms Thruxton circuit. Race scheduled for 17 laps, but stopped after 14 laps due to an accident partly blocking the circuit.

Coverage from BBC on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jT3X...om=PL&index=65
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5CAV...eature=related

Pos.Cl.#DriverTeam/sponsorCat.CarGridTimeFastest lapLapsTimeNotes
1. 1. 1 Andy Rouse Rouse/Kaliber A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 2. 1:20,24 1:22,12 14 19:17,41
2. 2. 7 Tim Harvey Rouse/Labatt's A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 4. 1:20,79 1:21,65 14 19:18,50
3. 3. 4 Mike Newman Goode/Listerine A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 6. 1:21,21 1:21,83 14 19:20,48
4. 4. 28 Karl Jones Lee-Asquith/Duckhams A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 7. 1:21,42 1:21,90 14 19:26,11
5. 5. 20 Mike Smith Trakstar/Cartel + NEC + Shell A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 12. 1:22,13 1:22,03 14 19:35,18
6. 6. 5 Sean Walker Goode/FAI + Moss Security A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 11. 1:21,92 1:22,65 14 19:36,95
7. 7. 25 Gerrit van Kouwen JQF/Fina Unleaded A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 14. 1:22,30 1:23,31 14 19:51,10
8. 1. 32 James Weaver Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil B BMW M3 Evolution 15. 1:22,90 1:23,72 14 19:54,13
9. 8. Robin Donovan Drury/Blue Hawk A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 20. 1:24,59 1:24,21 14 19:59,28
10. 9. 3 Graham Goode Goode/Listerine + Texaco A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 8. 1:21,48 1:23,60 14 20:00,28
11. 10. 16 David Pinkney Drury/Warrenty Holdings A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 17. 1:23,57 1:23,30 14 20:00,52
12. 2. 43 Godfrey Hall Maguire/Godfrey Hall BMW B BMW M3 Evolution 24. 1:25,63 1:24,77 14 20:08,02
13. 3. John Llewellyn BRR/Johnston's + IMF B BMW M3 Evolution 19. 1:24,58 1:25,05 14 20:09,07
14. 11. 19 Dave Brodie Brodie Brittain/Hillstone A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 1. 1:19,46 1:21,06 14 20:13,09
15. 1. 56 John Cleland Dave Cook/VDS + Mobil C Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V 21. 1:24,94 1:26,05 13
16. 2. 58 Louise Aitken-Walker Dave Cook/VDS + Mobil C Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V 26. 1:27,84 1:27,01 13
17. 3. 55 John Morris Morris/Listers C Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V 25. 1:26,99 1:28,17 13
18. 12. 6 Laurence Bristow Rouse/Labatt's A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 13. 1:22,15 1:23,29 13
19. 4. 33 Frank Sytner Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil B BMW M3 Evolution 16. 1:23,37 1:24,36 13
20. 1. 88 Tony Crudgington Crudgington D Toyota Corolla GT 29. 1:29,01 1:29,61 12
21. 13. Nick May Trident/Nokia Mobira + Campari A Maserati Biturbo 27. 1:28,59 1:29,05 11
22. 2. 77 Geoff Kimber-Smith Five Star/Duckhams D Toyota Corolla GT 34. 1:40,81 1:47,39 11
23. 3. Tony Dolley Dolley/Wembdon Motors D Toyota Corolla GT 31. 1:33,56 1:36,04 10
DNF DNF Mike O'Brien Drury/Autoglass + Swan National A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 22. 1:24,94 1:25,25 12 electrics
DNF DNF 21 Robb Gravett Trakstar/Cartel + NEC + Shell A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 3. 1:20,44 1:20,87 9 accident
DNF DNF 70 Phil Dowsett PDR-Toyota D Toyota Corolla GT 28. 1:28,80 1:29,32 8 accident
DNF DNF 15 Chris Hodgetts Brooklyn/Shell A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 9. 1:21,64 1:24,12 5 overheating
DNF DNF 2 Jerry Mahony Dowson/Arquati + Evans Halshaw A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 10. 1:21,81 1:22,68 4 engine
DNF DNF 50 Alan Minshaw Demon Tweeks/Castrol C Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V 30. 1:31,25 1:37,63 3 misfire
DNF DNF 35 Ian Forrest Prodrive/Novafone + Drambuie B BMW M3 Evolution 23. 1:25,61 1:49,34 2 tyre
DNS DNS 10 Guy Edwards Rouse/Kaliber A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 5. 1:21,18 accident
DNS DNS 9 Mark Rennison Rennison/Shell + Skipper's A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 18. 1:23,62 engine
DNS DNS Les Liddiard Liddiard D Toyota Corolla GT 32. 1:35,44 engine
DNS DNS 14 Graham Hathaway Hathaway/Soans A Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 33. 1:38,72

Taking off almost three abreast pole sitter Dave Brodie soon challenged early race leader Andy Rouse with Robb Gravett in the best seat to the action. Already by lap 1 Rouse was down to third while Brodie eaked out an advantage ever so slightly on Gravett. Midway through the race the two front runners came up to lap the dicing class D Corollas of Tony Crudgington and Phil Dowsett. Brodie went through on the start finish straight while Gravett caught up with them at the Complex. Crudgington was defending his class lead on the inside while Gravett, desparately not to loose too much time to Brodie, took the outside line leaving Dowsett nowhere to go in the middle. The Sierra was sent backwards into the tyre wall by Dowsett and both retired on the spot with a short fire from the Gravett car. Later a rescue vehicle was sent to the scene of the accident and parked on the race line the race was flagged off.
By then Dave Brodie had suffered from a puncture leaving him in a lowly 14th and thus Andy Rouse enherited the lead and eventual win. Tim Harvey, running at a conservative pace in the early going, had the tyres to challenge Rouse for the lead late in the race but his charge was cut short by the early flag fall. For a while Mike Newman had been running as best of the rest and would take third at the flag from a very competitive Karl Jones while Mike Smith had to fend off Sean Walker for the final two point placings. Laurence Bristow was up amongst the best but had a coming together with Graham Goode sending both cars spinning. Bristow then suffered a puncture eventually finishing him well down the order while Goode minus rear bumper finished 10th.
James Weaver took a relatively relaxed class B victory when Frank Sytner was delayed by a pit stop for a new front tyre, leaving him forth in class. Godfrey Hall fought with Ian Forrest over the first few laps for best of the rest with Forrest retiring and John Llewellyn catching up to Hall in the fight for second but never made it past.
John Cleland was in cruise mode for victory when he had to up the tempo to gain the fastest lap back from Louise Aitken-Walker. The pair would take another 1-2 with John Morris challenging for second in the early laps and Alan Minshaw retiring very early on.
Phil Dowsett lead away in class D but was passed by Tony Crudgington and then fighting each other for some laps. The fight was broken up when Gravett intervened leaving Crudgington to win, Dowsett to the tyre wall and Geoff Kimber-Smith to second.

It's reported that Louise Aitken-Walker will have a proper circuit car by the Grand Prix support race.

Dave Brodie has received additional support from Springfield but still looks rather bare in the sponsor department.

Please note that the Karl Jones RS500 at some early season stage is entered as Lee Asquith Motorsport. Vic Lee, his co-driver from Donington, entering the BTCC?
Interestingly, in the 1989 media guide, there is no mention of Brodie finishing 14th. I wonder why?
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