Originally Posted by Jesper OH
Here's my results of the 1985 RAC Trimoco British Touring Car Championship.
Class A: 2501-3500 cc
Class B: 1601-2500 cc
Class C: 1001-1600 cc (possible 0-1600 cc)
Round 1 – March 23, 1985 at Silverstone
1./ #9 / Frank Sytner / Sytner / A / BMW 635CSi, 20 laps in 35m19.17s, class winner
2./ #11 / Neil McGrath / unknown / A / Rover Vitesse, 20 laps in 35m30.88s
3./ #2 / Peter Hall / Rouse / A / Rover Vitesse, 20 laps in 36m00.64s
4./ #31 / Graham Goode / Goode / B / Nissan Bluebird Turbo, 20 laps in 36m21.82, class winner
5./ #7 / Barry Sheene / HofB / A / Toyota Celica Supra, 20 laps in 36m35.81s
6./ #32 / Rob Kirby / Dooley / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, 20 laps in 36m36.31s
7./ #30 / Jon Dooley / Dooley / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, 20 laps in 36m51.79s
8./ #8 / Brian Chatfield / Chatfield / A / Ford Capri 3.0S, 20 laps in 37m51.26s
9./ #74 / Richard Belcher / John Jeffrey / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 19 laps, class winner
10./ #69 / Chris Hodgetts / Brooklyn / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 19 laps
11./ #79 / John Morris / Brooklyn / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 19 laps
12./ #77 / Geoff Kimber-Smith / C / Toyota Corolla GT, 19 laps
13./ #66 / Alan Curnow / Longman / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 19 laps
DNF / #34 / Steve Soper / Dowson / B / MG Metro Turbo, 1 lap, engine
DNF / #40 / Phil Dowsett / Drury / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, 0 laps, engine
DNS / #62 / Tony Crudgington / Crudgington / C / Toyota Corolla GT, accident
DNS / #65 / Stig Gruen / Gruen / C / Toyota Corolla GT, engine
DNS / #41 / Terry Drury / Drury / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, engine
Round 2 – April 5, 1985 at Oulton Park
1./ #1 / Andy Rouse / Rouse / A / Ford Sierra XR4Ti
2./#11/Neil McGrath/Linden/A/Rover Vitesse
3./#31/Graham Goode/Goode/B/Nissan Bluebird Turbo
4./#40/Phil Dowsett/Drury/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
5./#30/Jon Dooley/ARDT/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
6./#12/Mike Newman/Burlington/A/BMW 635CSi
7./#32/Rob Kirby/ARDT/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
8./#66/Alan Curnow/Datapost/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
9./#69/Chris Hodgetts/Brooklyn/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
10./#41/Terry Drury/Drury/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
11./#65/Stig Gruen/Gruen/C/Toyota Corolla GT
12./#74/Richard Belcher/John Jeffreys Engineering/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
13./#6?/Dave Brodie/Bodie/Colt Starion Turbo
DNF/ #7 / Barry Sheene / HofB / A / Toyota Celica Supra
DNF/#79/John Morris/Brooklyn/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
DNF/#2/Peter Hall/ Rouse-ICS/A/Rover Vitesse
DNF/#9/Frank Sytner/Sytner/A/BMW 635CSi
DNF/#77/Geoff Kimber-Smith/AGK/C/Toyota Corolla GT
DQ / #8 / Brian Chatfield / Chatfield / A / Ford Capri 3.0S (4th on the road, but disqualified- See below....)
Round 3 – April 8, 1985 at Thruxton
1./ #5 / David Brodie / Brodie / A / Mitsubishi Starion Turbo
2./#11/Neil McGrath/Linden/A/Rover Vitesse
3./#7/Barry Sheene/Hughes/A/Toyota Celica Supra
4./#9/Frank Sytner/Sytner/A/BMW 635CSi
5./#12/Mike Newman/Burlington/A/BMW 635CSi
6./#74/Richard Belcher/Jeffeys/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
7./#66/Alan Curnow/Datapost/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
8./#32/Rob Kirby/ARDT/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
9./#69/Chris Hodgetts/Brooklyn/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
10./#79/John Morris/Brooklyn/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
11./#65/Stig Gruen/Gruen/C/Toyota Corolla GT
DNF./#31/Graham Goode/Goode/B/Nissan Bluebird Turbo
DNF./#40/Phil Dowsett/Drury/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
DNF./#41/Terry Drury/Drury/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
DNF./#70/Patrick Watts/North Essex/C/Ford Escort RS1600i
DNF./#77/Geoff Kimber-Smith/AGK/C/Toyota Corolla GT
DNF./#1/Andy Rouse/Rouse/A/Ford Sierra XR4Ti
DNF./#30/Jon Dooley/ARDT/B/Alfa Romeo GTV6
DNS./#2/Peter Hall/Rouse/Rover Vitesse
DNS/DQ./#8/Brian Chatfield/Chatfield/Ford Capri- DQ after qualifying....
IIRC, the story according to the Autosport race reports is that after a few eyebrows were raised by the Capri's performance at Oulton, where he led the race overall for a while, Chatfield was provisionally disqualified and the stewards requested he bring the homologation papers with him when the Capri was presented for scrutineering at Thruxton a couple of days later. He duly showed up there with no homologation papers, and a different Capri (he had two, a white ex-CC car and a red ex-Spice? car-I think the white car appeared at Oulton, and the red one at Thruxton). He was promptly disqualified after qualifying, and didn't appear again until Donington in July, by which time the Capris had been replaced by a 635CSi...
Round 4 – May 5, 1985 at Donington Park
1./ #1 / Andy Rouse / Rouse / A / Ford Sierra XR4Ti, 20 laps in 27m13.14s
2./ #5 / David Brodie / Brodie / A / Mitsubishi Starion Turbo, 20 laps in 27:20.11s
3./ #11 / Neil McGrath / unknown / A / Rover Vitesse, 20 laps in 27m25.93s
4./ #9 / Frank Sytner / Sytner / A / BMW 635CSi, 20 laps in 27m28.93s
5./ #31 / Graham Goode / B / Nissan Bluebird Turbo, 20 laps in 28m00.09s
6./ #2 / Peter Hall / A / Rover Vitesse, 20 laps in 28m07.13s
7./ #30 / Jon Dooley / Dooley / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, 20 laps in 28m08.21s
8./ #40 / Phil Dowsett / Drury / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, 20 laps in 28m17.85s
9./ #32 / Rob Kirby / Dooley / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, 20 laps in 28m22.69s
10./ #69 / Chris Hodgetts / Brooklyn / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 19 laps, class winner
11./ #66 / Alan Curnow / Longman / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 19 laps
12./ #41 / Terry Drury / Drury / B / Alfa Romeo GTV6, 19 laps
13./ #70 / Patrick Watts / North Essex Garage / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 19 laps
14./ #79 / John Morris / Brooklyn / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 14 laps
DNF / #7 / Barry Sheene / BofH / A / Toyota Celica Supra, 13 laps
DNF / #74 / Richard Belcher / John Jeffrey / C / Ford Escort RS1600i, 0 laps
DNS / #77 / Geoff Kimber-Smith / Kimber-Smith / C / Toyota Corolla GT
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