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Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Round 3 of 13 of the 1988 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship held on Wednesday 2nd May 1988 over x laps on the x.xxx miles/3.791 km Thruxton circuit.

The book ”British Touring Car Racing in Camera”, pages 136-137 has a picture of the cars about to line up for the dummy grid, showing approcimately this formation:

1./ #6 / Steve Soper / Eggenberger-Texaco / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
2./ #22 / Andy Rouse / Rouse-Kaliber / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
3./ #15 / Graham Goode / Goode-Listerine / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
4./ #14 / Mike Newman / Goode-Burlington / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
5./ #4 / Dennis Leech / Leech-Demon Tweeks / A / Rover 3500 V8 Vitesse
6./ #7 / Mike O'Brien / Docking / A / Holden Commodore VL
7./ #10 / Robb Gravett / Rouse / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
8./ #16 / Karl Jones / Asquith-Duckhams / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
9./ #21 / Guy Edwards / Rouse-Kaliber / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
10./ #8 / Jerry Mahony / Dowson-Arquati / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
11./ #33 / Frank Sytner / Richards-Mobil / B / BMW M3
12./ #19 / Laurence Bristow / Rouse / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
13./ #5 / Tim Harvey / Drury / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
14./ #32 / Mike Smith / Richards-Mobil / B / BMW M3
15./ #17 / Bob Sands / CC-Crystal / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
16./ #36 / Godfrey Hall / Maguire / B / BMW M3
17./ unknown
18./ #27 / Peter Buxtorf / Buxtorf / A / BMW 635CSi
19./ unknown
20./ #44 / Alan Minshaw / Minshaw-Demon Tweeks / B / BMW M3
The rest of the grid is impossible to read, but the Class C VW Golfs of James Shead and possible Andrew Jeffrey is visible as is the #63 Tony Crudgington class D Toyota Corolla. A white Ford Escort RS (1600i or Turbo?) is seen at what appears to be at the back.

I'll dig out the qualifying times and add them separately- for some reason I haven't copied them to the spreadsheet with the race result

Class A:
1./ #6 / Steve Soper / Eggenberger-Texaco / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth /17 laps / 23m32.64s
2./ #22 / Andy Rouse / ARE-Kaliber / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth / 24m08.11s
3./ #8 / Jerry Mahony / Dowson-Arquati / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth/24m15.57
4 / #7 / Mike O'Brien / Docking-Swan / A / Holden Commodore VL / 4th in class/ 24m20.92
5/ #33 / Frank Sytner / Richards-Mobil BMW / B / BMW M3 / 1st in class B/ 24m30.71
6 / #32 / Mike Smith / Richards-Mobil BMW / B / BMW M3 / 2nd in class/ 24m31.03
7 / #36 / Godfrey Hall / Maguire / B / BMW M3 / 3rd in class/
16 laps
8 / #44 / Alan Minshaw / Minshaw-Demon Tweeks / B / BMW M3 / 4th in class/ 16 laps
9/ #5 / Tim Harvey / Drury-none? / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth / 5th in class/ 16 laps
10 / #16 / Karl Jones / Asquith-Duckhams / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth / 6th in class/ 16 laps
11 / #15 / Graham Goode / Goode-Listerine / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth/ 16 laps
12 / #38 / Dave Wallis / Drury / B / Ford Escort RS Turbo / 5th in class B/16 laps
13 / #55 / James Shead / Maguire / C / VW Golf GTI 16V / 1st in class C/16 laps
14 / #63 / Tony Crudgington / Crudgington / D / Toyota Corolla GT/ 1st in class D/15 laps
15 / #50 / John Brindley / Minshaw-Demon Tweeks / C / VW Golf GTI 16V / 2nd in class C/15 laps
16 / #48 / Andrew Jeffrey / unknown-Specialist Cars Aberdeen / C / VW Golf GTI 16 / 3rd in class C/ 15 laps
17 / #19 / Laurence Bristow / ARE-CAM / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth / 15 laps
18 / #70 / Phil Dowsett / TOM's GB / D / Toyota Corolla FXGT/2nd in class D/ 14 laps
19/ #14 / Mike Newman / Goode-Burlington / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth / 14 laps


DNF / #21 / Guy Edwards / ARE-Kaliber / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth
DNF- engine, 13 laps
DNF/ 4/Dennis Leech / Leech-Demon Tweeks / A / Rover 3500 V8 Vitesse / DNF accident, 11 laps
DNF / #27 / Peter Buxtorf (CH) / Buxtorf / A / BMW 635CSi/DNF- accident
(from memory, spun and went into the barriers backwards?)
DNF/#74/Vic Lee/North Essex/D/Ford Escort RS1600i/DNF- clutch,7 laps
DNF / #10 / Robb Gravett / ARE-ICS / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth / DNF- overheating, 6 laps
DNF / #17 / Bob Sands / CC Motorsport-Crystal / A / Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth/DNF- accident, 2 laps

DNS / #77 / Geoff Kimber-Smith / Kimber-Smith / D / Toyota Corolla GT/DNS- gearbox
DNS/ #20/Graham Hathaway/Hathaway/A/Ford Sierra RS500/DNS,engine
DNS/#39/Lionel Wiffen/Drury/B/Ford Escort RS Turbo/DNS, gearbox


Jesper

Complete race result- Interesting to see Dennis Leech putting the Rover so far up the grid in 1988 with a dozen RS500s present! Buxtorf's shunt was a fairly big one from memory and must have put a big dent in his budget as well as the car- Although he made it out with a repaired 635 for the Donington 1-hour race, that was the end of his BTCC season- he wasn't seen again until the TT in September where he and Colin Blower posted a DNQ