Round 5- Thruxton 28 May 1984
Pos. | Cat. | # | Driver | Team/sponsor | Cat. | Car | Grid | Q-time | FL | Laps | Time | Notes |
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1. | 1. | 20 | Steve Soper | TWR/Austin Rover Fleet | A | Rover Vitesse | | | | | | Possibly Disqualified post-race? |
2. | 2. | 7 | Andy Rouse | Rouse/ICS | A | Rover Vitesse | 1 | | | | | |
3. | 3. | 11 | Tony Pond | TWR/Sanyo | A | Rover Vitesse | | | | | | |
4. | 4. | 10 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | TWR/Sanyo | A | Rover Vitesse | | | | | | |
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7. | 7. | 5 | Vince Woodman | CC Motorsport/BMW GB | A | BMW 635CSi | | | | | | |
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?. | 1. | 30 | Jon Dooley | ARDT/Napolina | B | Alfa Romeo GTV6 | | | | | | |
?. | 2. | 35 | Robin Brundle | Dowson/Computervision | B | MG Metro Turbo | | | | | | |
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?. | 1. | 51 | Alan Greenhalgh | Greenhalgh/Ordibel | C | VW Golf GTi | | | | | | |
DNF. | DNF. | 34 | Patrick Watts | Dowson/Computervision | B | MG Metro Turbo | | | | | | Engine |
DNF | DNF | 43 | Paul Taft | Dowson/Klaxon Neimann | B | MG Metro Turbo | | | | 1 lap | | Accident |
DNF | DNF. | 77 | Richard Longman | Longman/Datapost | C | Ford Escort RS1600i | | | | 1 lap | | Accident |
DNF | DNF | 14 | Win Percy | Hughes of Beconsfield | A | Toyota Celica Supra | | | | | | |
DNF | DNF | 18 | Dave Brodie | BBW Motorsport | A | Mitsubishi Starion Turbo | | | | | | |
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DNS | DNS | 6 | James Weaver | CC Motorsport/BMW GB | A | BMW 635CSi | | | | DNS | | Accident |
On paper, a good day's work for Austin Rover- Steve Soper dropped in with one of the ETCC/Fleet Vitesses and led home a Rover 1-2-3-4
Peter Lovett stepped down from his Sanyo Rover drive due to 'business commitments', and Jean-Louis Schlesser took over the drive, finishing 4th behind Soper, Rouse and Pond.
However, all hell was about to break loose, as the scrutineers took great interest in the 'Fleet' car, insisting that Soper drive it directly to the scrutineering bay himself, rather than entrusting it to a mechanic- Soper therefore missed the presentations etc after the race...Worse was to come, as the scrutineers felt unable to pass the car as legal....
The report in PC is a bit sketchy, as it again covers two rounds, but is mainly dominated by discussion of Austin Rover's withdrawal of the series after Round 6
The classes saw a couple of fairly unexpected results- the Metro Turbo domination being broken by Dooley's GTV6, with DNFs for Watts and Taft; and the 1600 class went to Greenhalgh's Golf
Weaver only lasted 4 laps of qualifying before shunting the 635 heavily, ending his involvement in the meeting. A brake problem was the suspected cause