Thread: 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship - Discussion and results
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Old 26 Jan 2010, 22:00 (Ref:2619981)   #16
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Round 1 of 13 of the 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship held on Good Friday March 24 1989 over 20 laps on the x.xxx miles/x.xxx kms Oulton Park circuit.
Weather seemed to be sunny but cold.
Rolling start mandatory for 1989.
Grid formation: 2-2-2-etc.

Pos.Cl.#DriverTeam/sponsorCat.CarGrid.TimeFastest lapLapsTimeNotes
1.1.21Robb GravettTrakstar/Cartel + NEC + ShellAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth2.1m40.36201m40.6234:00.78FL
2.2.7Tim HarveyRouse/Labatt'sAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth41m40.9420 34:37.85 
3.3.2Jerry MahonyDowson/Arquati + Evans HalshawAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth81m41.8920 34:46.73 
4.4.4Mike NewmanGoode/ListerineAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth71m41.7320 34:48.03 
5.5.5Sean WalkerGoode/FAI + Moss SecurityAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth111m42.1620 34:50.34 
6.1.32James WeaverProdrive/BMW Finance + MobilBBMW M3 Evolution131m43.19201m43.5735:02.26FL
76.20Mike Smith Trakstar/Cartel + NEC + ShellAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth121m42.9720 35m16.65 
8715Chris HodgettsBrooklyn/ShellAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth3.1m40.6320 35m16.88 
9.814Graham HathawayHathaway/Soans + Kenwood HiFiAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth161m44.1120 35m20.01 
102.33Frank SytnerProdrive/BMW Finance + MobilBBMW M3 Evolution151m43.8920 35m26.15 
119??Kaj BornebuschBornbusch Racing?AFord Sierra RS500201m47.1620 35m35.26
123.43Godfrey HallMaguire/Godfrey Hall BMWBBMW M3 Evolution171m45.0619   
131017Mike O'BrienTerry Drury RacingAFord Sierra RS500181m45.9319  
144.45?John LlewellynBRRBBMW M3 Evolution221m47.8619   
151.56John ClelandDave Cook/VDS + MobilCVauxhall Astra GTE 16V241m48.12191m49.82 FL
162.53Mike JordanEurotechCPeugeot 309 GTI291m54.0818   
175.30?James KayeAlan Minshaw/Demon TweeksBBMW M3 Evolution211m47.3318   
181.77Geoff Kimber-SmithFive Star RacingDToyota Corolla AE86322m06.6217   
192.85Tony DolleyTony DolleyDToyota Corolla AE82312m00.4316  
DNFDNF70Phil DowsettRay Selley/AJG TransportDToyota Corolla AE82271m51.95151m50.73 Drive peg failure (possibly classified as a finisher in 20th?)FL
NCF 6Laurence BristowRouse/Labatt'sAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth51m41.2017?  running, but not classified?
NCF 37Nettan LindgrenLindgrenBBMW M3 Evolution231m43.1017?  running, but not classified?
DNF 10Guy EdwardsRouse/KaliberAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth6.1m41.6717  transmission
DNF 25Gerrit van KouwenJQF/Fina UnleadedAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth91m41.9917  turbo pipe
DNF 55John MorrisListers of CoventryCVW Golf GTi 16v261m50.6915  engine
DNFDNF35Ian ForrestIan Forrest-Novafone + DrambuieBBMW M3 Evolution251m48.6213  gear linkage
DNFDNF1Andy RouseRouse/KaliberAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth1.1m38.9410  Broken steering rack
DNFDNF44?John ClarkJohn Maguire RacingBBMW M3 Evolution191m46.3710  Accident
DNFDNF28Karl JonesAsquith-DuckhamsAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth141m43.5810  Accident?
DNFDNF18Robin DonovanTDR/Blue HawkAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth301m54.268  Engine
DNFDNF50Alan MinshawAlan Minshaw/Demon TweeksCVW Golf GTi 16v281m52.598  Driveshaft
DNFDNF4Graham GoodeGoode/ListerineAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth101m42.031  Accident?
DNQDNQ16David PinkneyTDR/Warrenty HoldingsAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth     Too slow
DNADNA19Dave BrodieBBR/AtariAFord Sierra RS500 Cosworth     Flu

The fortunes of both Pinkney and Brodie was reported in the round 2 report, telling of Pinkney and the Drury team unable to get the car to run properly thus not qualifying.
The top-6 grid positions taken from a now deleted picture in the TNF RS500 thread, but had Rouse and Gravett on the front row, Hodgetts and one Labatt's car on the second, with the second Labatt's car on the inside of Edwards on the third.
The team/sponsor section taken from later Autosport reports.
Interested to know who Ray Selley is as the team of Phil Dowsett for 1989.

Jesper
Added in the rest of the result as I have it- it does include a couple of mysteries- I've got Dowsett classified as a finisher in 20th, and Bristow and Lindgren not classified, although running and apparently having covered more laps than Dowsett- Can anyone confirm whether I've got the number of laps wrong for these, or whether there's another reason?
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