1988 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship - Discussion & Results

[KA]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Regarding the CC-RS500 of Bob Sands: Found the add in Autosport 13 October 1988 with phone number 0751 31867 for either Pete Clark or Paddy Gibson, but no David Cook. £80,000 for the car. Does this indicate that the Clarke/Cook relation was ended by then? ..and might have ended Sands' season as well?

Missed it on a first glance but there's also a Prodrive-built 1988 BMW M3 Evolution for sale by Paul Crumlish of Woodner Racing (Tel: 1-202-483-6569), if that is of any help? Graham Hathaway has a production saloon Cosworth with a 120 liter tank (Willhire 24/25 car?)! for sale as well.

Jesper

Was looking through the same copy of Autosport last night, and hadn't noticed the ad for the Prodrive M3 before- think (don't have the mag in front of me right now) it mentioned the car having BTCC history?
What's interesting is that the phone number given appears to have a US (Washington) dialling code.
'Woodner Racing' was probably American race/rally driver Jon Woodner's outfit- he was Washington-based apparently. He died in a plane crash in the spring of '88, so possibly the team were selling off their cars?

http://www.rallyracingnews.com/scca/rally/jwoodner.html

He certainly rallied a Prodrive M3 in 1987, using it on some European events- the car carrying his distinctive US registration plate 'FAST-1', which IIRC had been seen on earlier rally outings in Europe- he did the RAC at least once in a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus in the early 80's
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y10...7MontBlanc.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y10...odnerVar87.jpg
Interesting to see that he might have had a race M3 as well though...

[KA]

Originally Posted by davyboy

Interesting to see [and hear] the gorgeous 635CSi of Peter Buxtorf. Was he Swiss and I wonder is this the same guy here ?

Looking at a couple of pics of Bxtorf's 635 in Autosport, I'd forgotten that the colourscheme changed in the few races it appeared in

Looking at a pic in Autosport's report of Round 2 at Oulton it appears to be black with pink spots, but in their Thruxton report a month later, it's decorated with a pattern of diamonds (yellow I think?) The Thruxton pic actually shows it going backwards into the barriers, just before impact....

I think when it finally returned to action at Silverstone for the TT after a rebuild from the Thruxton shunt, it might have been plain black?

[KA]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

Round 9 of 13 of the 1988 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship held on Sunday 31st July 1988 over 20 laps of the 3.084km Snetterton circuit.

The track was very wet at the start but, with no more rain falling, the track dried throughout the race.


Action-packed race, this one! Sytner made a terrible start, causing drama on the run down to Riches. A fast-starting Mike Smith took to the grass to pass Graham Hathaway, who had swerved to pass the slow Sytner. Smith made contact with the Sierra as he merged back onto the track, firing the Mobil BMW across the his teammate's bows and into Chris Hodgetts in Minshaw's Demon Tweaks M3. Hodgetts, would retire soon afterwards due to the damage, whilst Smith - who blamed Hodgetts for hitting him - would spin down to the tail of the field when he finally reached the first corner! Sytner, meanwhile, miraculously escaped unscathed from the incident with his main rivals out of contention. Smith would pit to rectify the damage and elected to fit slick tyres. Although he would eventually be classified as the final finisher, the tyres allowed him to pinch the Class B fastest lap, leading to a very unhappy Sytner.

At the front of the field, Rouse led the first lap from Jones, Edwards, Gravett and Mahony, with Edwards taking Jones for 2nd into Riches to start lap 2. Mahony then spun the Arquati Sierra at Sear, recovering behind Sytner and Hathaway, only to spin again when he reached the other end of the Revett Straight. He would then spin a third time - once again, under braking into The Esses - before also pitting for grooved slicks. Late in the race Edwards did a Mahony, spinning off at The Esses to gift 2nd to Robb Gravett. Bristow was set to take third, before being punted off entering the Bomb Hole on the last lap by Mike O'Brien, which led to the Commodore driver being fined and excluded from the race. Rouse took what was eventually a comfortable victory, but it was Mahony on the grooved slicks that took the fastest lap.


Points of interest:

• Hodgetts deputised for Ratzenberger in Alan Minshaw's M3 whilst the Austrian drove in the Spa 24 Hours that weekend. Hodgetts, however, had driven in the 24 Hours himself; according to the review video, he drove a total of 10 hours before heading to Norfolk for the BTCC race. Only question I have: why?
• Bristow's accident damaged the car badly enough for it to need a new bodyshell, as confirmed in the for sale ad for the car in Autosport late in the year. I wonder where this car ended up, did it end up getting sold? Did it appear in the BTCC after 1988? This is based on the assumption that Bristow's 1989 Labatt's car was brand new.

A few more details from Motoring News reports of Snetterton:

• Geoff Kimber-Smith was absent due to engine problems with the AGK Corolla- He did attempt to make the race, doing a few laps of the 2nd qualifying session in John Llewellyn's MIL Corolla, to enable Geoff to take the start (albeit with a 10 sec penalty) if his car was ready in time- unfortunately it wasn't
• The Maserati (entered for Nick May here) was missing after a testing shunt on the Thursday- the team forced to scratch due to a shortage of parts
• Mark Goddard's AJG Transport RS1600i was absent as Mark had a clashing single-seater commitment- the Vauxhall Lotus race supporting the Spa 24hours.
• The Demon Tweeks Golf was still sidelined by the Brands engine failure.

Tony Crudgington was also apparently supposed to be racing at both Spa and Snetterton and intended to commute by plane with Hodgetts but 'the arrangements went awry somewhere and Tony had to remain at Snetterton throughout the weekend'. I'm guessing his Spa drive fell through, as he's not mentioned in the Spa report in the same issue. Alistair Davidson was supposed to be driving the Crudgington Corolla in Tony's absence.

According to MN, after qualifying at Spa, Hodgetts:

• flew back to the UK to qualify the M3 in the first Saturday session
• flew back to Spa to do his race stints in the Corolla,
• drove two night-time double stints(!) at Spa- (Andrew Bagnall had started the car, and Martin Birrane didn't do any of the night driving)
• returned to Snetterton on Sunday afternoon to do the BTCC race.

I'll bet the powers-that-be wouldn't allow you to do that these days...

Sadly, it was all in vain, the M3 only lasting 4 laps with bodywork damage after the clash with Mike Smith, and the Corolla at Spa retired 15 minutes from the flag....

MN's take on the Smith/Hodgetts incident at the start-
'A little back there was something of a rumpus. Depending on who you spoke to, either Hodgetts took aim and drove straight into the Mobil M3 of Smith, or Smith was hit from behind by assailants unknown and hit Hodgetts. Whatever, Hodgetts creamed the nose of the red M3 into the pit straight barriers and Smith suffered a punctured right rear and spun going rond Riches'

and on Smith's altercation with team-mate Sytner over fastest lap:
'There was a fly in the ointment though in the shape of teammate Smith. Following his pitstop, Smith decided that slicks were the things to be running as he could see the track drying out. These were fitted as per his request and the right choice for him it proved to be as he set out again and recorded fastest class lap. Remember of course that this achievement carries the reward of one point. Remember also that the points situation between Sytner, Rouse and Dowsett is very tight at the top and you have a recipe for Frank's displeasure. That is understating the case...
By the same token, Smith, understandably felt that it was not his job, but that of the team manager to decide whether he should have had his request for slicks met. The option was there to refuse, and Frank could have always come in for slicks too, given his lead over Hall. Will Hoy, by contrast was being a good boy and holding station directly behind Frank...

[bigears]

I apologise for my laziness, I am keen to help out and plug in any gaps. I don't have much time to go through the whole thread, but could anyone point out which race results that need completing or filling in?

I got 1986-1990 Motoring News newspapers and I got it with me now. Thank you.

[Jesper OH]

Had a look at the 1988 season and this is what's missing, round by round:

R01 1988.03.27 Silverstone: qualifying and fastest lap times missing except for fastest in the classes.

R02 1988.04.01 Oulton Park: same as for R01

R03 1988.05.02 Thruxton: fastest lap times missing

R04 1988.05.15 Donington Park: same as for R01

R05 1988.05.30 Thruxton: fastest lap times missing. For some reason I have doubts about Mike O'Brien's qualifying time of 1:23.45, but don't remember what its about.

R06 1988.06.05 Silverstone: Bob Sands, Lionel Wiffen, Andrew Jeffrey and Kevin Eaton all practiced, but did they run in qualifying? No times for these four available. The rest fairly complete.

R07 1988.07.10 Silverstone: fairly complete, but as for most rounds, elapsed times beyond drivers on the lead lap missing.

R08 1988.07.24 Brands Hatch: fairly complete

R09 1988.07.31 Snetterton: fairly complete. Mike O'Brien disqualified for tangling with Laurence Bristow, but where did O'Brien finish on the road compared to other drivers completing 19 laps?
Bristow (already DNFed)
Mahony
Sytner
Hoy
Hales
Bell
Hall
Dowsett
Jeffrey

R10 1988.08.21 Brands Hatch: fairly complete

R11 1988.08.29 Birmingham: qualifying times missing for the lower half of the grid and non-qualifyers.

R12 1988.09.18 Donington Park: qualifying and fastest lap times missing completely

R13 1988.10.02 Silverstone: fairly complete

That's on the request list by my notes.

Jesper

[KA]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Had a look at the 1988 season and this is what's missing, round by round:


R11 1988.08.29 Birmingham: qualifying times missing for the lower half of the grid and non-qualifyers.

I suspect we've got all we're going to get on Birmingham, unless anyone's got any official timesheets- I finally found my copy of the Motoring News report last night, and it doesn't give a full rundown of qualifying times and positions- I haven't seen anything in it so far that wasn't included in the Excel version 'bigears' posted a couple of pages back.

Some good quotes from various drivers and team owners about the race cancellation though- Funnily enough there's no direct quote from Tom Walkinshaw....

Originally Posted by bigears

You are correct, it said on the entry list from the 1988 BSP programme saying that Win Percy is there but then I didn't update my 1988 BSP Excel file saying that Ratzenberger drove the car.

The MN report confirms that Ratzenberger took over the drive in Minshaw's M3 after Win Percy withdrew

[bigears]

But I am still confident I can find the times and positions for the 1988 Birmingham Superprix. I got to dig deep somewhere.

[chunterer]

That's the spirit!!!

[bigears]

I have contacted the archivist at the BRSCC regarding about the 1988 Birmingham Superprix. Hope I will hear from him this week.

[paulcrumlish]

Originally Posted by KA

Was looking through the same copy of Autosport last night, and hadn't noticed the ad for the Prodrive M3 before- think (don't have the mag in front of me right now) it mentioned the car having BTCC history?
What's interesting is that the phone number given appears to have a US (Washington) dialling code.
'Woodner Racing' was probably American race/rally driver Jon Woodner's outfit- he was Washington-based apparently. He died in a plane crash in the spring of '88, so possibly the team were selling off their cars?

http://www.rallyracingnews.com/scca/rally/jwoodner.html

He certainly rallied a Prodrive M3 in 1987, using it on some European events- the car carrying his distinctive US registration plate 'FAST-1', which IIRC had been seen on earlier rally outings in Europe- he did the RAC at least once in a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus in the early 80's
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y10...7MontBlanc.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y10...odnerVar87.jpg
Interesting to see that he might have had a race M3 as well though...

As a friend flipped this to me in puzzlement, I guess I could shed some light. Woodner had entered with Prodrive for several ERC events in 1987. For 1988 he was going to do a mix of ERC, BTCC and U.S. domestic events in IMSA and SCCA PRO Rally series. While we ran the US domestic program from the Woodner Racing shop (Washington, D.C.), he continued his relationship with Prodrive. In fact several former Woodner Racing employees were early employees of Prodrive.

Jon was died in a private plane crash that spring so none of the events with Prodrive-prepared cars were contested. While the lawyers sorted out his professional estate I was tasked with closing down and disposing of the racing operation. The '88 arrangement with Prodrive called for the delivery of his car (either rally or race) at the end of the season.

While the negotiations with Prodrive were conducted for the refund of the funds advanced for that season's events, I looked at the likelihood of disposing of the car via the Autosport ad. We had some tire-kickers from the ad, Prodrive in the end agreed to refund any funds that had been put toward the car, in addition to the other monies deposited. So there was never a specific chassis from the Prodrive fleet associated advertised car.

Oh and the telephone was my office line. I still have a few of my JWR business cards lying around with that number. I had completely forgotten it until I saw this posting.

[KA]

Paul- thanks for filling in the background to the Jon Woodner M3 story.

I'd heard of Jon, and probably seen him in action on the RAC Rally with the Sunbeam Lotus, but didn't really know much about him. Appearances by American rally drivers in Europe have always been fairly unusual- the only ones I can think of during that period are JW (Sunbeam Lotus, M3 and I think I've seen mention of him having a Peugeot 205T16) and John Buffum (TR8 and Audi Quattro).

I hadn't realised that he'd been planning to run an M3 in some European races as well as rallies though

[jminsh]

[
Other info - The two Golfs are both ex-Tarmac rally cars. .[/QUOTE]

WRONG !!! James Kaye's car was built as a race car a never went tree dodging !!

[KA]

Originally Posted by jminsh

WRONG !!! James Kaye's car was built as a race car a never went tree dodging !!

Thanks Jason- I think it might be the Andrew Jeffrey and James Shead Golfs that may have had rally origins- possibly from David Sutton according to what Autosport and MN reported at the time?. As you say, the car your Dad ran for James Kaye was never a rally car

[jminsh]

All the bobins about a new shell on the M3 is rubbish aswell it was repaired !

The schnitzer bit was the Engine that we got from a non Prodrive source as the competition were never going to give us the best were they ???

We got hold of a couple of used sets of works Yokohamas (unnamed source ) which BMW went scitz about as they were way quicker than the works Pirrellis and the stock dunlops we used . neadless to say the source dried up pretty quik .

Couldn't have a privateer beating the works cars ??? again after Thruxton

Well Done Roland (rip)

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by jminsh

All the bobins about a new shell on the M3 is rubbish aswell it was repaired !

The schnitzer bit was the Engine that we got from a non Prodrive source as the competition were never going to give us the best were they ???

We got hold of a couple of used sets of works Yokohamas (unnamed source ) which BMW went scitz about as they were way quicker than the works Pirrellis and the stock dunlops we used . neadless to say the source dried up pretty quik .

Couldn't have a privateer beating the works cars ??? again after Thruxton

Well Done Roland (rip)

Rejigging that shell must've been some job, I can't remember how badly bent it was though, Alan took a massive hit though didn't he?

Good info about the engine and tyres - as we thought Prodrive wouldn't help out as that car with Roland driving it with the right bits was more than a match for 'Fearless' Frank and the DJ. I bet Dave Richards and Bee-em loved that!!!

[Jesper OH]

Good to have the car id of a few of the 1988 cars straightend. I had the two Golfs of Andrew Jeffrey and James Shead as converted rally cars per Autosport for all these years.

During these saloon car threads I have wondered that some teams seems to have gone through quite a lot of cars while other operations has made due with very few.

Jesper

[Tim Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by jminsh

[
Other info - The two Golfs are both ex-Tarmac rally cars. .

WRONG !!! James Kaye's car was built as a race car a never went tree dodging !![/QUOTE]

I was referring to the Shead and Jeffrey cars when I wrote that. Didn't make it very clear, though, sorry.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by Tim Wilkinson

WRONG !!! James Kaye's car was built as a race car a never went tree dodging !!

I was referring to the Shead and Jeffrey cars when I wrote that. Didn't make it very clear, though, sorry.[/QUOTE]

Your ok, I think Mr Minshaw miunderstood you. Your original posts were clear enough to me, it's understood that the 2 white and blue Golf's were ex rally cars, the Minshaw car was circuit born only.

[KA]

The Autosport season review article describes the Jeffery (Specialist Cars Aberdeen) and Shead (John Maguire Racing) Golfs as 'ex-Sutton Motorsport Volkswagens, not ideal for circuit racing, but for both men it was an inexpensive way into the Group A arena'

Sutton had run a 'VW Motorsport Junior Team' on UK events in 1986 or 87- 4 Golfs, representing England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland- the cars were originally registered C793/794/795/796CYX, and drivers were Simon Davison, Callum Guy, Steve Davies and Robin Phillips.
Could the two BTCC cars might have started life as one of these four cars? Incidentally, a Sutton/VW Junior Team Golf was one of the rally cars tested by Ayrton Senna for Cars & Car Conversions magazine in 1986

a few pics- the Shead and Jeffery cars raced in the same white/blue colours seen in the first pic:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/...8735a8cae2.jpg
http://www.vwmotorsport.info/vwpics/...anx%20jpeg.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...s/100_1458.jpg
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/i...5ef8efb7e3.jpg

[KA]

Like I've done from the other years, I'll recap the entry lists. I think we've got the bulk of this one, there aren't too many gaps in race numbers, entrants/sponsors etc. Again I'll include the Donington co-drivers where relevant

Class A

No	Driver	CoDriver	Team/Entrant	Sponsor	Car	Notes
1	Chris Hodgetts	Vic Lee	MIL Motorsport	Shell+Toyota	Toyota Supra Turbo	Hodgetts split with team from R6
1	Mark Hales		MIL Motorsport	Shell+Toyota	Toyota Supra Turbo	replaced Hodgetts R7-12
1	Ian Flux		MIL Motorsport	Shell+Toyota	Toyota Supra Turbo	replaced Hales R13
2	Vic Lee		MIL Motorsport	Shell+Toyota+Mulcahy&Hirst	Toyota Supra Turbo	R5-10
4	Dennis Leech	Dave Carvell	Dennis Leech	Shell+Demon Tweeks	Rover Vitesse	R3-8
5	Tim Harvey		Terry Drury Racing	Istel+Piper	Ford Sierra RS500	Istel sponsorship from mid-season. Various sponsors including 'Sumo Giants' in early rounds
6	Steve Soper		Eggenberger Motorsport	Texaco	Ford Sierra RS500	R3,8,11-12
6	Gianfranco Brancatelli		Eggenberger Motorsport	Texaco	Ford Sierra RS500	R13
7	Mike O'Brien	Sean Brown	Alan Docking Racing	Autoglass+Swan National	Holden Commodore VL	TWR evolution spec from R10
8	Jerry Mahony	Mark Hales	Roger Dowson	Arquati+Evans Halshaw	Ford Sierra RS500
10	Pete Hall		Rouse Engineering	ICS	Ford Sierra RS500	R1-3. Hall retired after R3
10	Robb Gravett	Gary Ayles	Rouse Engineering	ICS	Ford Sierra RS500	R4-11
10	Mark Hales		Rouse Engineering	ICS	Ford Sierra RS500	R13- stood in as Gravett away at Bathurst
11	Chris Hodgetts		Brooklyn	Mr. Tomkinson Carpets	Ford Sierra RS500	R10-13
12	Tom Walkinshaw		TWR	Herbie Clips	Holden Commodore VL	TWR evolution spec- R11 Birmingham only
14	Mike Newman	Robert Speak	Graham Goode	Burlington Wallcoverings	Ford Sierra RS500
15	Graham Goode	Alastair Lyall	Graham Goode	Listerine+Texaco	Ford Sierra RS500
16	Karl Jones	Ian Flux	Asquith Autosport	Duckhams QXR	Ford Sierra RS500
17	Bob Sands	Richard Jones	CC Motorsport	Crystal Contract Hire & Leasing	Ford Sierra RS500	R1-4
19	Laurence Bristow	Tim Harvey	Rouse Engineering	CAM Shipping	Ford Sierra RS500	often entered under 'Baynard Cars' name
20	Graham Hathaway	Peter Townsend	Graham Hathaway	Soans Ford+Agrequip	Ford Sierra RS500
20	Rob Wilson		Graham Hathaway	Soans Ford+Agrequip	Ford Sierra RS500	substituted for Hathaway at R8
21	Guy Edwards	Johnny Dumfries	Rouse Engineering	Kaliber+Newsweek	Ford Sierra RS500	R3-13
22	Andy Rouse	David Sears	Rouse Engineering	Kaliber+Newsweek	Ford Sierra RS500
23	Win Percy	Allan Grice	Nissan Motorsports Europe (Howard Marsden)	Nissan	Nissan Skyline GTSR HR31	R4 only
24	Nick May	John Lepp	Trident Motorsport	Campari+Victoria Motor Co	Maserati Biturbo	R4-8, 10-13
26	Ray MacDowall		Tom Bell	ECM Vehicle Delivery	Ford Sierra RS500	R8,12. Road-legal RS500 shared by Bell & MacDowall
26	Tom Bell		ECM Vehicle Delivery	Ford Sierra RS500	R8,12
27	Peter Buxtorf	Barry Robinson	Buxtorf		BMW 635CSi	R1-4. Who prepared and ran it?
30	Dave Brodie	Brodie-Brittain Racing	Atari	Ford Sierra RS500	R13 only

[KA]

Class B

No	Driver	CoDriver	Team/Entrant	Sponsor	Car	Notes
31	Jon Dooley		Brookside Garage	John West	Alfa Romeo 75 V6	R12-13 only. 3.0 V6 engine? Car still in 1987 John West colours
32	Mike Smith	Will Hoy	Prodrive	BMW Finance+Mobil 1	BMW M3	R1-11
32	James Weaver		Prodrive	BMW Finance+Mobil 1	BMW M3	R12- stood in for Smith after his helicopter crash
32	Will Hoy	Prodrive	BMW Finance+Mobil 1	BMW M3	R13- stood in for Smith after helicopter crash
33	Frank Sytner	James Weaver	Prodrive	BMW Finance+Mobil 1	BMW M3
34	Lionel Abbott		Prodrive	BMW Finance+Mobil 1	BMW M3	R10,12
36	David Sears		John Maguire	FFB Electronics	BMW M3	R12-13
38	Dave Wallis	Lionel Abbott	Terry Drury	Kenwood?	Ford Escort RS Turbo	R1-4
39	Lionel Wiffen	Robin Parsons	Terry Drury		Ford Escort RS Turbo	R1-5,10-11,13
43	Godfrey Hall	Barrie Williams	John Maguire	Godfrey Hall BMW	BMW M3	FFB Electronics sponsorship R12/13.
44	Alan Minshaw	Roland Ratzenberger	Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Beechwood BMW+Slick 50	BMW M3	R1--4,8
44	Roland Ratzenberger		Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Beechwood BMW+Slick 50	BMW M3	R5-7, 10-13
44	Chris Hodgetts		Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Beechwood BMW+Slick 50	BMW M3	R9

[KA]

Class C

No	Driver	CoDriver	Team/Entrant	Sponsor	Car	Notes
48	Andrew Jeffrey	John Clark	Specialist Cars (Aberdeen)		VW Golf GTi 16v	R2-4,7-13
50	James Kaye		Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Slick 50+Windrush Garage	VW Golf GTi 16v	R1-2
50	John Brindley	John Llewellyn	Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Slick 50+Windrush Garage	VW Golf GTi 16v	R3-6
50	Andy Middlehurst		Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Slick 50+Windrush Garage	VW Golf GTi 16v	R7
50	John Morris		Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Slick 50+Windrush Garage	VW Golf GTi 16v	R8
50	Alan Minshaw		Demon Tweeks	Demon Tweeks+Slick 50+Windrush Garage	VW Golf GTi 16v	R11-13
55	James Shead	John Morris	John Maguire		VW Golf GTi 16v	R1, 2-13
??	Martin Wray		Hawes Group	Honda Prelude	R8 only- Prodsaloon

[KA]

Class C

No	Driver	CoDriver	Team/Entrant	Sponsors	Car	Notes
60			CHMS	AJG Transport	Toyota Corolla GT	Red Corolla. Was this Belcher or Hales?
60/61?	Richard Belcher		CHMS	AJG Transport?	Toyota Corolla GT	R1. No60 or 61?
61	Mark Hales	Patrick Watts	CHMS	AJG Transport	Toyota Corolla GT	R2,4,6.
61?	Dave Loudoun		CHMS		Toyota Corolla GT	R7. Can we confirm race number as 61?
61	Nick Whale		CHMS	Willis Faber+Central BMW	Toyota Corolla GT	R11. Green Corolla
61	Mark Goddard		CHMS	AJG Transport	Toyota Corolla GT	R13. Rented CHMS Corolla drive as regular RS1600i sidelined by engine failure
63	Tony Crudgington	Alastair Davidson	Crudgington		Toyota Corolla GT
69	Kevin Eaton	Alex Moss	MIL Motorsport	East Midlands Transport	Toyota Corolla GT	R1-2,4
69?	John Llewellyn		MIL Motorsport	Griffin Shopfitters	Toyota Corolla GT	R7-13
70	Phil Dowsett	Tiff Needell	TOM'S GB	Toyota	Toyota Corolla GT AE82
74	Vic Lee		North Essex Motorsport(Julian May)		Ford Escort RS1600i	R3
74	Jeremy Rossiter		North Essex Motorsport (Julian May)	Spax?	Ford Escort RS1600i	R7
74	Barbara Cowell		North Essex Motorsport (Julian May)		Ford Escort RS1600i	R8-11,13
75	Mark Goddard		Alan Gaunt	AJG Transport	Ford Escort RS1600i	R7-8,10
77	Geoff Kimber-Smith	Barbara Cowell	AGK Motosport	FotoFanatics Canon+Lion Tools	Toyota Corolla GT	R2-8,10-13

A bit of a question mark over the CHMS Corollas. I've got the following pics to confirm race numbers and sponsors:

• a screencap of a red Corolla having a spin- Race number is 60 and the car has 2 large AJG Transport logos on the doors. It also has Shell Gemini decals on the sides, and possibly something else I can't decipher
• black & white pic from MN of Mark Hales' car after collision with the Maserati at Silverstone (R7) The car has two AJG logos on the door, race number is 61
• black & white pic from MN of Mark Goddard. Race number 61 and single AJG Transport logo on the door
• colour pic (originally posted on Corolla thread) of Nick Whale's car in Birmingham paddock. Green car with race number 61. Sponsors logos for Willis Faber, Shell and Central BMW. Nick Whale's name clearly visible on the door

Can anyone identify whether the red no.60 car is Belcher or Hales, and whether Hales and Goddard drove a red or green Corolla?

[KA]

Found the answer from this:

the BBC coverage of the Donington 1-hour race (Round 4). The screencap pic I mentioned of the red Corolla was clearly taken from this, so it's definitely the Hales/Watts car at this race.

So, as far as I can tell, CHMS started the season with a red car with race number 60 for Richard Belcher (seen on the video at 0:28, tangling with Kevin Eaton's MIL car at Silverstone) Hales then took over for Oulton and shared with Patrick Watts at Donington, where the car was rolled after a clash with Mike Newman- seen on the video at around 3:50)

By round 5, where the car is again shunted (by Nick May's Maserati on lap 1) Hales is running as no.61. Did the colour change from from red to green come after the Donington roll, or the Silverstone shunt?- or is the green car seen later in the season a different CHMS Corolla?

[KA]

Originally Posted by KA

Found the answer from this:

the BBC coverage of the Donington 1-hour race (Round 4). The screencap pic I mentioned of the red Corolla was clearly taken from this, so it's definitely the Hales/Watts car at this race.

So, as far as I can tell, CHMS started the season with a red car with race number 60 for Richard Belcher (seen on the video at 0:28, tangling with Kevin Eaton's MIL car at Silverstone) Hales then took over for Oulton and shared with Patrick Watts at Donington, where the car was rolled after a clash with Mike Newman- seen on the video at around 3:50)

By round 5, where the car is again shunted (by Nick May's Maserati on lap 1) Hales is running as no.61. Did the colour change from from red to green come after the Donington roll, or the Silverstone shunt?- or is the green car seen later in the season a different CHMS Corolla?

...and that post probably makes more sense if I remember to add the link to the Youtube clip....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpq0_...eature=related