1984 British Saloon Car Championship season
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The 1984 Trimoco British Saloon Car Championship
British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then FIA Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s...

was the 27th season of the championship. The title was won by Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

 in a Rover Vitesse, claiming his third BSCC title.

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Dennis Leech
Dennis Leech
Dennis Leech is a British retired auto racing driver. Most of his racing career was spent driving saloon cars, mainly as a privateer in the British Touring Car Championship. He also entered selected rounds of the British Formula One Series...

Rover Vitesse 4   Dennis Leech
Dennis Leech
Dennis Leech is a British retired auto racing driver. Most of his racing career was spent driving saloon cars, mainly as a privateer in the British Touring Car Championship. He also entered selected rounds of the British Formula One Series...

A 1-2, 6, 8
BMW GB Ltd. BMW 635CSi
BMW E24
The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...

5   Vince Woodman
Vince Woodman
Vince Woodman is a British retired auto racing driver. He started racing in 1965 and competed mainly in touring cars, mostly with cars from the Ford marque. In 1973 he finished third overall in the British Touring Car Championship, driving a 1300cc Ford Escort...

A 1, 3-5, 8-11
6   James Weaver
James Weaver (racing driver)
James Weaver is a British former racing driver. He began his career in the European F3. In 1982 he was the Eddie Jordan Racing team's primary driver, but in 1983 he went back to the European F3. He debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 at the Oulton Park circuit in March that year...

A All
Industrial Control Services Ltd.
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

Rover Vitesse 7   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

A All
Sytner BMW Racing with GSi BMW 635CSi
BMW E24
The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...

8   David Sutherland A 10
9   Frank Sytner
Frank Sytner
Frank Sytner is a British racing driver, a Life Member of the BRDC, and was the 1988 British Touring Car Champion, driving a BMW M3. He also won his class in 1990....

A All
Team Sanyo Racing with Esso
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Tom Walkinshaw Racing , was an auto racing team and engineering firm founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw.-History:TWR started by modifying BMW 3.0 CSLs, but soon was contracted to head Mazda's works program in the British Touring Car Championship. The TWR developed RX-7, with Win...


TWR
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Tom Walkinshaw Racing , was an auto racing team and engineering firm founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw.-History:TWR started by modifying BMW 3.0 CSLs, but soon was contracted to head Mazda's works program in the British Touring Car Championship. The TWR developed RX-7, with Win...

 - Austin Rover Fleet
Austin Rover Group
The Austin Rover Group was a British motor manufacturer. It was formed in 1981 as the mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of British Leyland...

Rover Vitesse 10   Pete Lovett A 1-4
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...

5-6
11   Tony Pond
Tony Pond
Tony Pond was a well-known British rally driver.-Career:His first outings in a rally car were on the then regular Saturday night road rallies in the home counties around London, driving a Mini Cooper S...

A 1-6
20   Steve Soper
Steve Soper
Steve Soper is a retired racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1951. He raced in sports cars and touring cars at the top level for over 20 years. In 1983 he almost won the British Touring Car Championship before his Rover was deemed illegal. He finished as runner-up in the series in 1988 in a...

A 1, 5
Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. Ford Capri III 3.0S
Ford Capri
Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three different automobile models. The Ford Consul Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964. The Ford Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986...

12   Mike Newman A 2-3, 5, 7-11
Equipe Esso/Daily Mirror
Charles Sawyer-Hoare
Charles Sawyer-Hoare is a British former auto racing driver. He competed in Formula Three, before switching to saloon car racing with the European Touring Car Championship as well as the British Touring Car Championship.-References:...

Rover Vitesse 13   Charles Sawyer-Hoare
Charles Sawyer-Hoare
Charles Sawyer-Hoare is a British former auto racing driver. He competed in Formula Three, before switching to saloon car racing with the European Touring Car Championship as well as the British Touring Car Championship.-References:...

A 2-3, 8-9, 11
Team Toyota GB/
Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Celica Supra
Toyota Supra
The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica...

14   Win Percy
Win Percy
Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's...

A 1, 3-5, 8-11
  Tony Dron
Tony Dron
Tony Dron is a British racing driver as well as being a motoring author and journalist. He finished as runner-up in the 1977 British Saloon Car Championship season with a Triumph Dolomite. Tony became well known for entering competitions with the Porsche marque, winning the Porsche 924...

2
  Gordon Spice
Gordon Spice
Gordon Spice, is an ex British racing driver who competed in both sports cars and Touring Car racing in the 1960s and 1970’s before starting Spice Engineering with fellow Ray Bellm in the 1980s....

6-7
Grundig International
Grundig
Grundig AG is a German manufacturer of consumer electronics for home entertainment which transferred to Turkish control in 2004-2007. Established in 1945 in Nuremberg by Max Grundig, the company changed hands several times before becoming part of the Turkish Koç Holding group...

/
BS Automotive
BMW 635CSi
BMW E24
The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...

16   Dave Kennedy
Dave Kennedy
David Kennedy is a former racing driver from the Republic of Ireland. He was one of his country's first Grand Prix drivers, and is widely seen as having helped pioneer the Irish move into international racing....

A 10-11
17 2-9
Colt Cars Dealer Racing Team
David Brodie (racing driver)
David Brodie is a British auto racing driver. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship...

Mitsubishi Starion Turbo
Mitsubishi Starion
The Mitsubishi Starion is a two-door, turbocharged four-cylinder rear-wheel drive four-seat sports car that was in production from 1982 to 1989. It was also marketed in North America as the Conquest under the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth names; both the Starion and Conquest came to an end in 1989...

18   Dave Brodie
David Brodie (racing driver)
David Brodie is a British auto racing driver. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship...

A 1, 3-11
Linden Racing/
Connells Estate Agents
Connells
Connells is a United Kingdom-based Estate Agents, that started in Luton in 1936. It is one of the four companies that grouped together in 2000 to form Rightmove which is widely regarded as the market leader for UK property search websites.-Awards:...

Rover Vitesse 21   Neil McGrath
Neil McGrath
Neil McGrath is a British former auto racing driver. He regularly competed in the British Touring Car Championship. In 1981 he finished third in Class A and repeated this achievement again in 1985, finishing seventh overall....

A 6-11
Brian Chatfield Ford Capri III 3.0S
Ford Capri
Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three different automobile models. The Ford Consul Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964. The Ford Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986...

23   Brian Chatfield A 8
Albert Mirko Racing BMW 635CSi
BMW E24
The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...

?   Albert Mirko A 8
Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
The Canned Salmon Bureau
Alfa Romeo GTV6 30   Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley is a British auto racing driver. He finished third overall in the British Touring Car Championship on three occasions, in 1981, 1984 and 1987 competing in cars from the Alfa Romeo marque.-External links:*...

B All
32   Rob Kirby B All
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Alfa Romeo Alfasud
The Alfa Romeo Alfasud is a compact car made by Alfa Romeo of Italy from 1971 to 1989. It was considered one of Alfa Romeo's most successful models, sold 893,719 examples from 1972 to 1983 plus 121,434 Sprint versions from 1976 to 1989. A common nickname for the car is ’Sud...

57   John Myerscough C 2-3, 8
Hampshires of Dorking Vauxhall Astra GTE
Vauxhall Astra
Astra is a model name which has been used by Vauxhall, the British subsidiary of General Motors , on their small family car ranges since 1979. Astras are technically essentially identical with similar vehicles offered by GM's German subsidiary Opel in most other European countries...

31   Andrew Thorpe B 1-2, 8
John Morris
John Morris (racing driver)
John Morris is a British auto racing driver. He competed regularly in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1980s. His most successful season in the BTCC came in 1981, when he finished fourth overall on points.-External links:*...

Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 1.8
Volkswagen Scirocco
The Scirocco is a 3-door Coupe manufactured by German automaker Volkswagen, undergoing two generations of development between 1974 and 1992 and reintroduced in a third generation in August 2008.-Etymology:...

33   John Morris
John Morris (racing driver)
John Morris is a British auto racing driver. He competed regularly in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1980s. His most successful season in the BTCC came in 1981, when he finished fourth overall on points.-External links:*...

B 1-8, 11
Computervision Racing with Esso MG Metro Turbo 34   Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts is a British auto racing driver. He excelled in single make series in the eighties and competed in saloons in the nineties, mainly in the British Touring Car Championship. He still makes occasional appearances in historic racing events.-Early career:His first title came in 1979,...

B 1-6
35   Robin Brundle
Robin Brundle
Robin Brundle is a British auto racing driver and business man. In January 2009, he was appointed as managing director of Lola Cars. He still occasionally competes in historic racing events...

B 1-6
Klaxon Neiman MG Metro Turbo 36   Paul Taft B 4-6
43 2-3
Graham Goode Racing Nissan Bluebird Turbo
Nissan Bluebird
Although Nissan's own materials indicate that the Bluebird name emerged in 1959, some records show that the name first adorned a 988 cc, four-door sedan in 1957, which was part of the company's 210 series...

38   Graham Goode B All
Terry Drury Racing Alfa Romeo GTV6 40   Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett is a British retired auto racing driver. He competed regularly in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1980's in a Toyota Corolla GT. In 1988 and 1989 he won consecutive class D titles, becoming the last ever driver to win that class...

B All
41   Paul Smith B All
42   Terry Drury B 7-9
Demon Tweeks Racing
Demon Tweeks
Demon Tweeks is a British retailer, based on the Wrexham Industrial Estate, in Wrexham, Wales. They are heavily advertised in car magazines and commonly appear in car shows, which make them very well known amongst car, motorcycle and motorsport enthusiasts and those involved in these circles.Demon...

Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8
Volkswagen Golf Mk2
The Volkswagen Golf Mk2 succeeded the Mk1 as Volkswagen's volume seller from 1983 and remained in production until late 1992. In comparison to its predecessor, its wheelbase grew slightly , as did exterior dimensions . Weight was up accordingly by about...

?   Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw is a British auto racing driver. In 1983 he won class D and finished fourth overall in the British Touring Car Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi...

B 10-11
Hamish Irvine
Hamish Irvine
Hamish Irvine is a British auto racing driver from Scotland. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship. In his debut season in 1983, he finished fifth overall in the championship with his Class B Mazda RX-7. He returned to the series in 1994 with a privately...

Mazda RX-7
Mazda RX-7
Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...

?   Hamish Irvine
Hamish Irvine
Hamish Irvine is a British auto racing driver from Scotland. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship. In his debut season in 1983, he finished fifth overall in the championship with his Class B Mazda RX-7. He returned to the series in 1994 with a privately...

B 8
Ordibel UK Ltd. Volkswagen Golf GTI
Volkswagen Golf Mk1
In May 1974, Volkswagen presented the first-generation Golf as a modern front-wheel-drive, hatchback replacement for the Volkswagen Beetle.-History:...

51   Alan Greehalgh C 1-9, 11
Royal Mail Datapost
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

Ford Escort RS1600i 66   Alan Curnow
Alan Curnow
Alan Curnow is a British former racing driver. He raced saloon and touring cars between 1966 and 1991. In 1980 he finished runner-up in the British Saloon Car Championship, winning class D in a Ford Fiesta. His son Ross is also a racing driver.-References:...

C All
77   Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

C All
Brooklyn Motorsport Ford Escort RS1600i 69   Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts is a British former racing driver.Hodgetts debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1980. His first overall podium place came in 1981 when he came second. He was consistent in the top five after that. He came fourth in 1983, fifth in 1984, second in 1985, before winning...

C All
Julian May Racing Ford Escort RS1600i 70   Jock Robertson C 4-11
Universal Grinding/
John Maguire Racing
Ford Escort RS1600i 72   Rob Hall C 2-11
Barry Lee Racing Ford Escort RS1600i 84   Barry Lee C 1-6, 8
Icon Class
A 2501-3600cc
B 1601-2500cc
C Under 1600cc

Calendar & Winners

Overall winners in bold.
Round Circuit Date Class A Winner Class B Winner Class C Winner
1   Donington Park
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...

, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

March 25   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

  Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts is a British auto racing driver. He excelled in single make series in the eighties and competed in saloons in the nineties, mainly in the British Touring Car Championship. He still makes occasional appearances in historic racing events.-Early career:His first title came in 1979,...

  Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts is a British former racing driver.Hodgetts debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1980. His first overall podium place came in 1981 when he came second. He was consistent in the top five after that. He came fourth in 1983, fifth in 1984, second in 1985, before winning...

2   Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...

, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

April 1   Tony Pond
Tony Pond
Tony Pond was a well-known British rally driver.-Career:His first outings in a rally car were on the then regular Saturday night road rallies in the home counties around London, driving a Mini Cooper S...

  Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts is a British auto racing driver. He excelled in single make series in the eighties and competed in saloons in the nineties, mainly in the British Touring Car Championship. He still makes occasional appearances in historic racing events.-Early career:His first title came in 1979,...

  Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

3   Oulton Park
Oulton Park
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...

, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

April 20   James Weaver
James Weaver (racing driver)
James Weaver is a British former racing driver. He began his career in the European F3. In 1982 he was the Eddie Jordan Racing team's primary driver, but in 1983 he went back to the European F3. He debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 at the Oulton Park circuit in March that year...

  Robin Brundle
Robin Brundle
Robin Brundle is a British auto racing driver and business man. In January 2009, he was appointed as managing director of Lola Cars. He still occasionally competes in historic racing events...

  Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

4   Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....

, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

April 23   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

  Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts is a British auto racing driver. He excelled in single make series in the eighties and competed in saloons in the nineties, mainly in the British Touring Car Championship. He still makes occasional appearances in historic racing events.-Early career:His first title came in 1979,...

  Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

5   Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....

, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

May 28   Steve Soper
Steve Soper
Steve Soper is a retired racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1951. He raced in sports cars and touring cars at the top level for over 20 years. In 1983 he almost won the British Touring Car Championship before his Rover was deemed illegal. He finished as runner-up in the series in 1988 in a...

  Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley is a British auto racing driver. He finished third overall in the British Touring Car Championship on three occasions, in 1981, 1984 and 1987 competing in cars from the Alfa Romeo marque.-External links:*...

  Alan Greenhalgh
6   Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...

, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

June 10   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

  Graham Goode   Alan Curnow
Alan Curnow
Alan Curnow is a British former racing driver. He raced saloon and touring cars between 1966 and 1991. In 1980 he finished runner-up in the British Saloon Car Championship, winning class D in a Ford Fiesta. His son Ross is also a racing driver.-References:...

7   Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...

, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

July 1   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

  Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley is a British auto racing driver. He finished third overall in the British Touring Car Championship on three occasions, in 1981, 1984 and 1987 competing in cars from the Alfa Romeo marque.-External links:*...

  Rob Hall
8   Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...

, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

July 22   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

  Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett is a British retired auto racing driver. He competed regularly in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1980's in a Toyota Corolla GT. In 1988 and 1989 he won consecutive class D titles, becoming the last ever driver to win that class...

  Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts is a British former racing driver.Hodgetts debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1980. His first overall podium place came in 1981 when he came second. He was consistent in the top five after that. He came fourth in 1983, fifth in 1984, second in 1985, before winning...

9   Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...

, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

August 27   Win Percy
Win Percy
Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's...

  Graham Goode   Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

10   Donington Park
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...

, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

September 16   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

  Graham Goode   Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

11   Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...

, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

October 7   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

  Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett is a British retired auto racing driver. He competed regularly in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1980's in a Toyota Corolla GT. In 1988 and 1989 he won consecutive class D titles, becoming the last ever driver to win that class...

  Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...


Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top six finishers in each class, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each class. A driver's best nine scores counted towards the championship, dropped scores are shown in brackets. Positions are shown as overall/class.
Pos Driver Class DON
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
OUL
Oulton Park
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...


 
THR
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....


 
THR
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
SNE
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...


 
BRA
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
BRA
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
DON
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
Pts
1   Andy Rouse
Andy Rouse
Andrew "Andy" Rouse is an English racing driver, most notably in the BTCC. He won the BTCC in 1975, 1983, 1984 and 1985....

A 1/1 Ret (2/2) 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/1 81
2   Richard Longman
Richard Longman
Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT. The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta...

C (16/4) 10/1 10/1 12/1 (Ret) ?/4 12/2 13/3 13/1 13/1 12/1 74
3   Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley
Jon Dooley is a British auto racing driver. He finished third overall in the British Touring Car Championship on three occasions, in 1981, 1984 and 1987 competing in cars from the Alfa Romeo marque.-External links:*...

B 12/3 Ret Ret 19/9 8/1 12/2 7/1 8/2 8/2 9/2 11/4 51
4   Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett
Phil Dowsett is a British retired auto racing driver. He competed regularly in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1980's in a Toyota Corolla GT. In 1988 and 1989 he won consecutive class D titles, becoming the last ever driver to win that class...

B Ret Ret 14/4 10/3 9/2 Ret 8/2 6/1 9/3 10/3 8/1 48
5   Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts
Chris Hodgetts is a British former racing driver.Hodgetts debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1980. His first overall podium place came in 1981 when he came second. He was consistent in the top five after that. He came fourth in 1983, fifth in 1984, second in 1985, before winning...

C 10/1 11/2 11/2 Ret Ret ?/2 13/3 11/1 Ret 16/4 Ret 45
6   Alan Curnow
Alan Curnow
Alan Curnow is a British former racing driver. He raced saloon and touring cars between 1966 and 1991. In 1980 he finished runner-up in the British Saloon Car Championship, winning class D in a Ford Fiesta. His son Ross is also a racing driver.-References:...

C 15/3 13/3 (18/4) Ret 17/4 ?/1 15/4 12/2 14/2 15/3 14/3 43
7   Graham Goode B 18/6 14/5 12/2 13/5 Ret 11/1 Ret Ret 7/1 6/1 DSQ 40
8   Rob Hall C 15/4 19/5 16/2 16/3 Ret 11/1 14/4 Ret 14/2 17/5 35
9   Rob Kirby B 11/2 9/3 16/5 11/4 Ret ?/5 10/4 Ret 12/5 11/4 9/2 31
10   Alan Greenhalgh C 14/2 Ret 15/3 Ret 12/1 Ret DNP Ret 15/3 13/2 30
11   Frank Sytner
Frank Sytner
Frank Sytner is a British racing driver, a Life Member of the BRDC, and was the 1988 British Touring Car Champion, driving a BMW M3. He also won his class in 1990....

A 5/5 3/3 7/7 4/4 5/5 3/3 2/2 Ret 6/6 3/3 3/3 30
12   Win Percy
Win Percy
Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's...

A 6/6 4/4 Ret Ret Ret 1/1 2/2 2/2 27
13   James Weaver
James Weaver (racing driver)
James Weaver is a British former racing driver. He began his career in the European F3. In 1982 he was the Eddie Jordan Racing team's primary driver, but in 1983 he went back to the European F3. He debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 at the Oulton Park circuit in March that year...

A 8/8 8/6 1/1 Ret DNS 4/4 Ret 2/2 4/4 Ret 4/4 26
14   Paul Smith B 17/5 12/4 (17/6) 14/6 14/5 ?/3 9/3 Ret 10/4 12/5 10/3 25
15   Jock Robertson C 17/3 15/2 ?/3 Ret 15/5 16/4 Ret 15/4 22
16   John Morris
John Morris (racing driver)
John Morris is a British auto racing driver. He competed regularly in the British Touring Car Championship during the 1980s. His most successful season in the BTCC came in 1981, when he finished fourth overall on points.-External links:*...

B 13/4 Ret 13/3 15/7 13/4 ?/4 14/5 Ret Ret 15
17   Dave Brodie
David Brodie (racing driver)
David Brodie is a British auto racing driver. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship...

A Ret DNS 9/7 Ret 7/7 16/7 3/3 3/3 4/4 DSQ 11
18   Vince Woodman
Vince Woodman
Vince Woodman is a British retired auto racing driver. He started racing in 1965 and competed mainly in touring cars, mostly with cars from the Ford marque. In 1973 he finished third overall in the British Touring Car Championship, driving a 1300cc Ford Escort...

A DNS 5/5 6/6 7/7 4/4 5/5 7/6 6/6 10
19   Dave Kennedy
Dave Kennedy
David Kennedy is a former racing driver from the Republic of Ireland. He was one of his country's first Grand Prix drivers, and is widely seen as having helped pioneer the Irish move into international racing....

A NC DNS 5/5 6/6 10/10 3/3 7/6 17/8 Ret 5/5 9
20   Mike Newman A 5/5 8/8 11/8 6/6 5/5 Ret Ret 7/7 5
21   Hamish Irvine
Hamish Irvine
Hamish Irvine is a British auto racing driver from Scotland. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship. In his debut season in 1983, he finished fifth overall in the championship with his Class B Mazda RX-7. He returned to the series in 1994 with a privately...

B 10/3 4
22   Gordon Spice
Gordon Spice
Gordon Spice, is an ex British racing driver who competed in both sports cars and Touring Car racing in the 1960s and 1970’s before starting Spice Engineering with fellow Ray Bellm in the 1980s....

A 6/6 4/4 4
23   Neil McGrath
Neil McGrath
Neil McGrath is a British former auto racing driver. He regularly competed in the British Touring Car Championship. In 1981 he finished third in Class A and repeated this achievement again in 1985, finishing seventh overall....

A 9/9 5/5 ?/? 11/7 5/5 Ret 4
24   Tony Dron
Tony Dron
Tony Dron is a British racing driver as well as being a motoring author and journalist. He finished as runner-up in the 1977 British Saloon Car Championship season with a Triumph Dolomite. Tony became well known for entering competitions with the Porsche marque, winning the Porsche 924...

A 4/4 3
25   Andrew Thorpe B 19/7 NC 18/4 3
26   Barry Lee C Ret Ret Ret DNS 18/5 DNS 16/6 3
27   John Myerscough C 16/5 Ret ?/? 2
28   Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw is a British auto racing driver. In 1983 he won class D and finished fourth overall in the British Touring Car Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi...

B Ret 16/5 2
29   Dennis Leech
Dennis Leech
Dennis Leech is a British retired auto racing driver. Most of his racing career was spent driving saloon cars, mainly as a privateer in the British Touring Car Championship. He also entered selected rounds of the British Formula One Series...

A 7/7 Ret 8/8 Ret 0
30   David Sutherland A 8/7 0
31   Brian Chatfield A 9/7 0
32   Albert Mirko A 17/8 0
33   Terry Drury B ?/? Ret Ret 0
NC   Charles Sawyer-Hoare
Charles Sawyer-Hoare
Charles Sawyer-Hoare is a British former auto racing driver. He competed in Formula Three, before switching to saloon car racing with the European Touring Car Championship as well as the British Touring Car Championship.-References:...

A Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
WD   Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts
Patrick Watts is a British auto racing driver. He excelled in single make series in the eighties and competed in saloons in the nineties, mainly in the British Touring Car Championship. He still makes occasional appearances in historic racing events.-Early career:His first title came in 1979,...

B 9/1 6/1 DNS 7/1 Ret Ret 0
WD   Tony Pond
Tony Pond
Tony Pond was a well-known British rally driver.-Career:His first outings in a rally car were on the then regular Saturday night road rallies in the home counties around London, driving a Mini Cooper S...

A 3/3 1/1 6/6 2/2 3/3 5/5 0
WD   Robin Brundle
Robin Brundle
Robin Brundle is a British auto racing driver and business man. In January 2009, he was appointed as managing director of Lola Cars. He still occasionally competes in historic racing events...

B Ret 7/2 9/1 8/2 10/3 NC 0
WD   Pete Lovett A 4/4 2/2 3/3 3/3 0
WD   Steve Soper
Steve Soper
Steve Soper is a retired racing driver from Surrey, England, born in 1951. He raced in sports cars and touring cars at the top level for over 20 years. In 1983 he almost won the British Touring Car Championship before his Rover was deemed illegal. He finished as runner-up in the series in 1988 in a...

A 2/2 1/1 0
WD   Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Louis Schlesser is a French racing driver with experience in circuit racing and cross-country rallying. He is known for his successful wins of many different competitions...

A 4/4 2/2 0
WD   Paul Taft B Ret Ret 18/8 Ret ?/6 0
Pos Driver Class DON
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
OUL
Oulton Park
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...


 
THR
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....


 
THR
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
SNE
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Norfolk, England. Owned by MotorSport Vision, it is situated on the A11 road some 20 km north-east of the town of Thetford and 30 km south-west of the city of Norwich...


 
BRA
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
BRA
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...


 
DON
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it was created as a racing circuit during the pre-war period when the German Silver Arrows were battling for the European Championship...


 
SIL
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...


 
Pts


Bold - Pole in class

Italics - Fastest lap in class

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