[Jesper OH]

Round 11 of 13 of the 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship held on Monday August 28th 1989 over 20 laps of the 3.975 kms Birmingham street circuit.

Pos.

Cl.

#

Driver

Team/sponsor

Cat.

Car

Grid

Time

Fastest lap

Laps

Time

Notes

1.

1.

1

Andy Rouse

Rouse/Kaliber

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

2.

1:35,87

1:36,46

20

32:42,51

2.

2.

7

Tim Harvey

Rouse/Labatt's

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

3.

1:36,52

1:37,25

20

32:50,57

3.

3.

6

Laurence Bristow

Rouse/Labatt's

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

4.

1:36,80

1:36,67

20

32:50,82

4.

4.

15

Chris Hodgetts

Brooklyn

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

5.

1:37,31

1:38,60

20

33:11,01

5.

5.

21

Robb Gravett

Trakstar/Cartel + NEC

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

1.

1:35,64

1:37,65

20

33:12,26

6.

6.

25

Gerrit van Kouwen

JQF/Fina Unleaded

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

11.

1:38,35

1:38,31

20

35:21,08

7.

7.

10

Guy Edwards

Rouse/Kaliber

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

7.

1:38,26

1:38,67

20

33:21,33

8.

8.

5

Sean Walker

Goode/FAI + Moss Security

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

6.

1:37,35

1:37,56

20

33:21,93

9.

9.

3

Graham Goode

Goode/Listerine

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

12.

1:39,01

1:38,61

20

33:37,95

10.

10.

2

Jerry Mahony

Dowson/Arquati + Evans Halshaw

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

9.

1:38,59

1:39,06

20

33:40,15

11.

1.

32

James Weaver

Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil

B

BMW M3 Evolution

14.

1:40,54

1:42,21

19

12.

2.

33

Frank Sytner

Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil

B

BMW M3 Evolution

15.

1:41,71

1:43,18

19

13.

3.

35

Ian Forrest

Prodrive/Novafone

B

BMW M3 Evolution

18.

1:44,67

1:44,26

19

14.

4.

44

John Llewellyn

BRR/Central BMW

B

BMW M3 Evolution

20.

1:48,23

1:44,80

19

15.

5.

43

Godfrey Hall

Maguire/Godfrey Hall BMW

B

BMW M3 Evolution

17.

1:43,44

1:45,69

19

16.

1.

56

John Cleland

Dave Cook/VDS + Mobil

C

Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V

21.

1:44,86

1:46,64

18

17.

2.

58

Louise Aitken-Walker

Dave Cook/VDS + Mobil

C

Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V

26.

1:48,34

18

18.

3.

57

Jeremy Rossiter

Dave Cook/VDS + Mobil

C

Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V

27.

18

19.

4.

55

John Morris

Morris/Listers

C

Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V

18

20.

1.

77

Geoff Kimber-Smith

Five Star Racing

D

Toyota Corolla GT

32.

1:52,80

1:51,04

18

21.

2.

85

Les Liddiard

D

Toyota Corolla GT

31.

DNF

DNF

75

Ray Armes

Goode/PG Tags

D

Honda Civic Si

25.

1:48,27

1:47,90

6

accident

DNF

DNF

70

Phil Dowsett

Rayscar/TMC

D

Toyota Corolla GT

28.

1:48,98

1:46,85

6

accident

DNF

DNF

20

Mike Smith

Trakstar/Cartel + NEC + Shell

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

10.

1:38,75

3:12,31

1

3:12,31

accident

DNF

DNF

37

Nettan Lindgren

B

BMW M3 Evolution

19.

DNF

DNF

31

John Clark

B

BMW M3 Evolution

22.

DNF

DNF

unknown

DNF

DNF

unknown

DNF

DNF

unknown

DNF

DNF

unknown

DNS

DNS

28

Karl Jones

Lee Asquith/Duckhams

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

13.

Did not qualify

DNS

DNS

81

Tony Dolley

Dolley

D

Toyota Corolla GT

33.

Did not qualify

DNS

DNS

17

Mike O'Brien

TDR/Autoglass + Swan National

A

Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

16.

Did not qualify

DNS

DNS

30

Alan Minshaw

B

BMW M3 Evolution

23.

Did not qualify

DNS

DNS

26

Nick May

Trident

A

Maserati Biturbo

24.

Did not qualify

DNS

DNS

unknown

29.

Did not qualify

DNS

DNS

unknown

30.

Did not qualify

Robb Gravett lead away from pole but it was Tim Harvey who made a run on him in the early laps on the expence of second qualifier Andy Rouse. A leaking rear brake caliper was soon to disturb Gravett though and would drop as low as seventh at one point. This promoted Tim Harvey and Andy Rouse to the lead battle allowing Laurence Bristow to join in on the fun as well. On lap 9 Harvey slightly overcooked his entry to the Hairpin allowing Rouse to squeeze under. Harvey tried to shot the door but was nudged sideways out of the Hairpin to see Rouse leave him for dead. Victory for Rouse while Harvey and Bristow brought second and third to the Labatt's team in close company. Chris Hodgetts on new Dick Johnson spec Dunlop rear tyres had his most competitive race of the season on home soil snatching forth from Robb Gravett on the penultilate lap. Gerrit van Kouwen complained of a down on power engine but still took sixth with delayed Guy Edwards and Sean Walker in close proximity. Edwards had had an early collision with Mike Smith ending the Trakstar driver out of the race, while Walker was hit from behind by Robb Gravett seing the Goode Sierra trailing the rear bumper. This caused a black flag and subsequent pitstop to have the offending part removed.
The tight confines and a somewhat unruly bunch of class A Sierra momentarily split the Prodrive twins at the beginning, but soon it was business as usual with James Weaver taking the victory from Frank Sytner.
John Cleland did the business for Vauxhall in class C heading home Louise Aitken-Walker and Jeremy Rossiter. John Morris would take fourth in the Lister's Golf while local man Mike Jordan would miss the race with gearbox problems.
Ray Armes and Phil Dowsett were all over each other in class D and eventually ended the race crashing each other. This left Geoff Kimber-Smith with a lucky victory.

Graham Goode only allowed to start when Mike Jordan withdrew.

Only one Terry Drury Sierra present. Mike O'Brien driving the usual Robin Donovan chassis with the David Pinkney engine! Pinkney himself was present entertaining a party of 150 (presumably people from Warranty Holdings) but had an argument with Terry Drury about the repair bill of his car from the previous week's Brands Hatch meeting. The Donovan car described as being completed very late, never ran properly in qualifying, and Donovan failed to qualify.

Jesper