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Old 14 Feb 2010, 13:49 (Ref:2633219)   #51
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Round 9- Brands Hatch (GP Circuit) 28 August 1984. 20 laps.
Slightly odd scheduling, a second consecutive round at Brands, with a 5-week gap between the two....

There's an album of 1984 Brands BTCC pics by Peter Novani on Flickr- the crowd in the background doesn't seem big enough for the GP meeting, so possibly they're from this meeting?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3611177...7622382683987/

Pos. Cat. # Driver Team/sponsor Cat. Car Grid Q-time FL Laps Time Notes
1.1.14Win PercyHughes of BeaconsfieldAToyota Celica Supra1     
2.2.7Andy RouseRouse/ICSARover Vitesse     + 13 seconds approx.
3.3.18Dave BrodieBBW MotorsportAMitsubishi Starion Turbo     +2 seconds
4.4.6James WeaverCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi      
5.5.5Vince WoodmanCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi      
6?6?21Neil McGrathLinden Rcing/ConnellsARover Vitesse      
             
             
?1.38Graham GoodeGraham Goode RacingBNissan Bluebird Turbo      
?.2.30Jon DooleyARDT/NapolinaBAlfa Romeo GTV6      
?.3.40Phil DowsettTerry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6      
             
             
?1.77Richard LongmanLongman/DatapostCFord Escort RS1600i     engine failure as crossed finish line! Fastest lap
?2.66Alan CurnowLongman/DatapostCFord Escort RS1600i      
             
??16David KennedyBS Automotive/GrundigABMW 635CSi      
??51Alan GreenhalghGreenhalgh/OrdibelCVW Golf GTi      
??31Andrew ThorpeHampshires of DorkingCVauxhall Astra GT/E      
??13Charles Sawyer-HoareEquipe EssoARover Vitesse      
??4Dennis LeechLeechARover Vitesse      
??33John MorrisMorrisCVW Scirocco 1.8      
??42Paul Smith?Terry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6     Got a query over the race number- see below
             
DNFDNF69Chris HodgettsBrooklynCFord Escort RS1600i     Oil seal failure
             
             
             
             
Updated to include cars shown in the Flickr pic album. One question- the pics show the Drury Alfas as numbers 40 (Dowsett- name clearly visible on the door) and 42 (Smith?) I thought they were 40 and 41? Given this pic (frustratingly, there's no visible driver name on the door- the livery is different to the no.40 car), had I just got the numbers wrong, or was there a late-season change of drivers?
40- Dowsett:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3611177...7622382683987/
42- Who?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3611177...7622382683987/

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Round 10- Donington Park 16th Sept 1984. 30 laps.
Pos. Cat. # Driver Team/sponsor Cat. Car Grid Q-time FL Laps Time Notes
1.1.7Andy RouseRouse/ICSARover Vitesse2     
2.2.14Win PercyHughes of BeaconsfieldAToyota Celica Supra1     
             
?1.38Graham GoodeGraham Goode RacingBNissan Bluebird Turbo      
             
?.?.18Dave BrodieBBW MotorsportAMitsubishi Starion Turbo3     
?.?.6James WeaverCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi4     
?.?.9Frank SytnerSytner BMW/GSIABMW 635CSi5     
?.?.40Phil DowsettTerry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6      
??.66Alan CurnowLongman/DatapostCFord Escort RS1600i      
??70Jock Robertson?Julian May/PegasusCFord Escort RS1600i      
             
             
             
             

Another sketchy report, which only really covers the top few in qualifying, the race between Rouse and Percy for the win, and the dramas leading up to Graham Goode's class win (I posted some of this ealier in the thread- in short, a time-consuming upgrade of the Nissan's brakes in the days before the meeting, an all-nighter to replace the engine after a head-gasket failure when they arrived at the track, and changing the gearbox, plus further work on the brakes between qualifying and race....)- the Goode story taking up at least two-thirds of the report.

Story of the race is that Percy put the Supra on pole again from Rouse, led the early laps until Rouse got past, then spent the rest of the race trying to find a way past the Rover again
'Not to be denied, Percy clung on grimly, always confident that hecould go back in front in the later stages of this longer (30 laps) race. When the chips were down, though, Percy's tyres had done their best work, and the cars were perfectly matched-the car that was in front, stayed in front, despite some heart-stopping attempts by Percy that saw some minor contact. Once again, these two had put on the show of the race, if not the entire meeting. Certainly the new-found competitiveness of the Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota has saved the series'

Rouse's win tied up thechampionship for him- his lead having been eroded over the previous rounds by Percy's improved form, and a run of success for Richard Longman in Class C

Championship positions after 10 of 11 rounds (best 9 to count)
1. Rouse 77 points
2. Longman 66 points
3. Dooley 48 points
4. Hodgetts 45 points
=5. Goode & Curnow 42 points

The article is illustrated with a couple of shots of Rouse and Percy turning onto the pit straight, one early in the race with the Toyota leading, the second with Rouse ahead- in both, they're absolutely nose-to-tail- the captions are 'Percy fends off Rouse' and 'Rouse fends off Percy. The two were never further apartthan this, and despite a couple of minor paint
exchanges, their battle was hard and clean'

Apart from the top 6 qualifying positions, that's all there is about Class A, except Sytner's 635 had been rebuilt after it's shunt at the TT:
'This represented a sterling effort by the Ted Grace-managed team, who had grafted a completely new rear end onto the car after Sytner's TT co-driver Barrie Williams had involuntarily joined the carnage at Silverstone's Woodcote corner during the deluge the previous weekend. The result appeared to be a write-off, but afte Ted Grace's merry men had finished with it, you couldn't see the join!'

In Class B, after his pre-race dramas, Graham Goode was beaten off the line by Phil Dowsett's GTV6, but soon got past to take an 'apparently-effortless' win

No mention at all of Class C- the only record of it's existence in this report is the photo heading the article, showing Curnow's Datapost Escort and the Julian May/Pegasus Escort (presumably Jock Robetson?) on the grid. I've included every driver mentioned or illustrated in the report in the results table above

Oh yes, nearly forgot....the report mentions one other event from Donington:
'It is not often that a sportsman becomes champion in his field for two consecutive years on the same day. Yet that is the distinction accorded to Andy Rouse, who received his award as 1983 champion from Brian Courtenay, doing the honours as Chief Executive of Trimoco Holdings.'

The award ceremony for 1983 was apparently very low-key; PC's reporter Art Markus commented that he (and I'm presuming from his tone that he's including the other journalists reporting the meeting in that)- wasn't invited to attend, 'in fact the whole affair was very hush-hush- slightly embarrassing perhaps?'......And so ended (We think!) without doubt the most sordid episode in modern British motor racing'
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Round 11- Silverstone 7th Oct 1984. 15 laps

Pos. Cat. # Driver Team/sponsor Cat. Car Grid Q-time FL Laps Time Notes
1.1.18Dave BrodieBBW Motorsport/Mitsubishi Colt CarsAMitsubishi Starion Turbo      
2.2.7Andy RouseRouse/ICSARover Vitesse1     
             
?1.38Graham GoodeGraham Goode Racing/EBC BrakesBNissan Bluebird Turbo      
?.2.40Phil DowsettTerry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6      
?.3.32Rob KirbyARDT/John WestBAlfa Romeo GTV6      
?.4.????         
?.5.30Jon DooleyARDT/NapolinaBAlfa Romeo GTV6      
             
             
?.?.9Frank SytnerSytner BMW/GSIABMW 635CSi      
?.?.6James WeaverCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi      
?.?.5Vince WoodmanCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi      
?.?.17David KennedyBS Automotive/GrundigABMW 635CSi      
?.?.14Win PercyHughes of BeaconsfieldAToyota Celica Supra      
?.?.13Charles Sawyer-HoareEquipe Esso/Daily MirrorARover Vitesse      
??.???AFord Capri 3.0S     Can't tell whether it's Newman or Chatfield in the pic
             
             
             
             

The report doesn't give much of the result apart from the top 2 and Class B. Dave Brodie finally took the first win for the Starion, shadowing Rouse for 13 laps before getting alongside the Rover on the exit of Club, as Rouse was baulked slightly by lapped traffic. Brodie stayed alongside, finally making the move stick approaching the Woodcote Chicane

The two drivers' comments on the performance of their rivals' respective mounts in the last laps are interesting:
Rouse on the Starion: 'No way I was getting back by on the last lap- he was taking three lengths out of me on every straight'
Brodie on the Rover 'I couldn't believe the power of that Rover. I was outbraking him at the end of every straight, but it was really quick in a straight line'

The BBW team were ecstatic with the result, after a tough time trying to find reliability from the 2-litre turbo engine. The big breakthrough, however, had been in handling, a new limited-slip diff having transformed the Starion. Apparently, the standard Mitsubishi LSD wasn't up to the job, leading the team to run a softer rear suspension set-up than they'd like in an attempt to kill wheelspin out of slower corners. The new LSD, designed by the team, solved the problem.

Somewhere behind this, a tight race-long battle between the Kennedy, Weaver and Woodman 635s was settled in Weaver's favour, though the fourth BMW of Frank Sytner was well ahead by then. (incidentally, Kennedy seems to have changed his race number during the season- a Brands pic on Flickr, as mentioned a few posts back, clearly shows the Grundig 635 as car 16....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3611177...7622382683987/
....whereas a pic of the Kennedy/Weaver/Woodman scrap in PC clearly shows it carrying no17....)

In Class B, Graham Goode took a dominant win. Behind him, there was drama amongst the Alfas....I think I've told this story before, but Dooley needing 4th in class to tie up Class B, was down in 5th, with a down-on-power V6. Team-mate Kirby (holding 2nd in class for most of the race) made what seems to have been a last-ditch effort to help Dooley's position by slowing down just before the finish line, letting Phil Dowsett past into 2nd, but only managing to drop himself to 3rd, the class title going to Graham Goode...
Dooley later commented 'He'd have done the team a bigger favour if he'd just driven it into a wall!'

Naturally, this being the 1984 BTCC, there was off-track drama, centred around fuel and the intercoolers on the two turbo cars...

Firstly, Brodie was subjected to demands for no less than 3 fuel samples after the race- the third, in particular is described as 'particularly heavy-handed' and bordering on harrassment- it was made long after the statutory 1 hour Parc Ferme period had ended, and considerable pressure was put on a junior team member by the scrutineers- whileteam principals Brodie and Ken Brittain were already in with the Stewards to discuss a protest made against them.

The protest centred around the Starion's intercooler- the fitment of intercoolers on Group A cars being a particularly controversial issue it seems. Apparently, it should have been legal on the Starion, as one was fitted on the production car- except, for some reason, the homologation papers didn't record this fact....

Jon Dooley also protested the Goode Nissan over the intercooler- he had apparently been trying to get a clear ruling on this from the MSA all season, and finally protested the Nissan, both to clarify the position in the rules, and to protect his championship position.

No idea of the result beyond the top 2 and Class B, however a photo of the start of the race gives an idea of who was present at the front of the grid, so I've included every identifiable car illustrated, though I don't know where they finished.
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Performance Car's 1984 BTCC coverage ends with a review article in the Feb '85 issue. I won't go through it in detail, but will include the final championship table as they list it, with a few additional notes (number of race/class wins etc taken from the article text)

Pos. Cat. Driver Car Cat. Points Wins 2nds Fastest Laps Notes
1.1.Andy RouseRoverA77645One 2nd place dropped
2.1.Richard LongmanRS1600iC746   
3.1.Graham GoodeNissanB504   
4.2.Jon DooleyGTV6B502   
5.2.Chris HodgettsRS1600iC452   
6.3.Phil DowsettGTV6B441   
7.3.Alan CurnowRS1600iC431   
8.4.Rob HallRS1600iC351   
9.5.Alan GreenhalghGolf GTiC301   
=10.2.Frank Sytner635CSiA290   
=10.4.Rob KirbyGTV6B290   
          
?.=3.James Weaver635CSiA251   
?.=3.Win PercyCelica SupraA251   
          

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The silver 'Direct Tyres' 635 was indeed a prodsaloon. Albert Mirko entered his near standard car with slicks for this prestigious meeting and predictably was somewhat off the pace and struggled to compete even with the Class C cars. Mirko had done a couple of Uniroyal or Monroe rounds with the car, and wasn't IIRC a class contender in those either.
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Thanks for that- I'd been puzzling over the pic in PC since I re-read the report. Mirko is a name I haven't heard in a long time- Don't really know much about him except he was running a 635 in Prodsaloons around that time- got a vague suspicion he turned up racing in the USA some years later.
Did a bit of digging, and I'm guessing this is the Albert Mirko in question-
http://www.mirkoracing.com/about.htm

I thought I remembered the name, as he appeared briefly in the short-lived US NATCC Supertouring series in 1996, with a Honda Accord- unusual in that it was prepared by his own team from a US-spec Accord, so one of the very few US-prepared cars raced in the series, most teams importing secondhand machinery from European series. The '96 NATCC yearbook has a pic of the car, showing the same 'Mirko Racing' logo as on the website
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Performance Car's 1984 BTCC coverage ends with a review article in the Feb '85 issue. I won't go through it in detail, but will include the final championship table as they list it, with a few additional notes (number of race/class wins etc taken from the article text)

Pos. Cat. Driver Car Cat. Points Wins 2nds Fastest Laps Notes
1.1.Andy RouseRoverA77 81645One 2nd place dropped
2.1.Richard LongmanRS1600iC74 746   
3.1.Graham GoodeNissanB50 404   
4.2.Jon DooleyGTV6B50 512   
5.2.Chris HodgettsRS1600iC45 452   
6.3.Phil DowsettGTV6B44 481   
7.3.Alan CurnowRS1600iC43 431   
8.4.Rob HallRS1600iC35 351   
9.5.Alan GreenhalghGolf GTiC30 301   
=10.2.Frank Sytner635CSiA29 300   
=10.4.Rob KirbyGTV6B29 310   
          
?.=3.James Weaver635CSiA25 261   
?.=3.Win PercyCelica SupraA25 271   
          
Added the points as they appear on the official BTCC page in red. This should be fun to try and unravel, but that won't be just now. At least class C seems to fit, but various unresolved cases in both class A and B seems to be the culprit.

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Round 11- Silverstone 7th Oct 1984. 15 laps

|A|Ford Capri 3.0S|Can't tell whether it's Newman or Chatfield in the pic .
Please excuse the mess i've made KA!!

The Capri in question must've been Newman's (although I can't remember it actually being there), Chatfield only did the GP supporter during the season IIRC.

With regards to the race results; Win Percy and Neil McGrath finished 3rd and 4th this time, ah erm, second thoughts it actually may have been the other way around....

What I can reiterrate from a post a couple of pages back is that Percy made a terrible start and spent a good portion of the first half of the race dealing with Class B cars and the rather fraught scrap between the BMW's and CS-H's Vitesse. By the time he'd done that Rouse and Brodie were long gone, although I suspect the Supra may not have had enough to challenge those 2 round the GP circuit like he hads at the twistier Brands and Donington tracks?

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[QUOTE=KA;2631848]Round 3- Oulton Park 20 April 1984

Pos. Cat. # Driver Team/sponsor Cat. Car Grid Q-time FL Laps Time Notes
            
1.1.6James WeaverCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi1    First non-Rover win since start of 1983 season?
2.2.7Andy RouseRouse/ICSARover Vitesse     New car after Silverstone shunt?
3.3.10Peter LovettTWR/SanyoARover Vitesse      
4.4.14Win PercyHughes of BeaconsfieldAToyota Celica Supra      
5.5.5Vince WoodmanCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi      
6.6.11Tony PondTWR/SanyoARover Vitesse     gearbox problems
7?.7?.9Frank SytnerSytnerABMW 635CSi      
             
?.1.35Robin BrundleDowson/ComputervisionBMG Metro Turbo      
?238Graham GoodeGraham Goode RacingBNissan Bluebird Turbo     about 20 secs behind Brundle
             
?1.77Richard LongmanLongman/DatapostCFord Escort RS1600i      
?2.69Chris HodgettsBrooklyn MotorsportCFord Escort RS1600i      
             
?.?.32Rob KirbyARDT/Salmon CanBAlfa Romeo GTV6     tyre problems
??.41Paul SmithTerry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6     tyre problems?
??40Phil DowsettTerry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6     tyre problems
             
DNFDNF30Jon DooleyARDT/NapolinaBAlfa Romeo GTV6     Fastest Lap
DNF.DNF.34Patrick WattsDowson/ComputervisionBMG Metro Turbo     car stopped on green-flag lap
             
DNSDNS17David KennedyBS Automotive/GrundigABMW 635CSi     DNS-Reserve entry?
             
            

The Terry Drury Alfas and Kirby's 'Salmon Can' cars were all in trouble with tyres- according to the race report, suffering from Dunlop only being able to provide a choice of 'the right size, but the wrong (too hard) compound, or the right compound but the wrong size...

Performance Car reported this round and the next at Thruxton in a single article, so coverage is a bit sketchy[ /QUOTE]

Had another look at this home video style Oulton Park shoots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ixO...x=0&playnext=1
A rough car count, on what is presumably the first lap, reveals 23 cars circulating in "this" order:

1. James Weaver (A-BMW 635CSi) whitish
2. Andy Rouse (A-Rover Vitesse) blue
3. and 4. Peter Lovett and Tony Pond (A-Rover Vitesse) blue
5. Win Percy (A-Toyota Celica Supra) white/red
6. Frank Sytner (A-BMW 635CSi) white
7. Vince Woodman (A-BMW 635CSi) whitish
8. unknown (A-Ford Capri) ex-Woodman?
9. Jon Dooley (B-Alfa Romeo GTV6) black/white, 1:58
10. Chris Hodgetts? (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) white/blue
11. Robin Brundle (B-MG Metro Turbo) blue/white
12. Richard Longman? (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) red
13. Paul Smith or Phil Dowsett (B-Alfa Romeo GTV6) red
14. Alan Greenhalgh (C-VW Golf GTI) yellow
15. Graham Goode (B-Nissan Bluebird Turbo) white/red/blue
16. Alan Curnow? (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) red
17. John Morris (B-VW Scirocco GTI) red
18. Rob Kirby (B-Alfa Romeo GTV6) white/red
19. Paul Taft (B-MG Metro Turbo) white
20. Rob Hall (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) white/blue, #72, look for 1:28
21. Paul Smith or Phil Dowsett (B-Alfa Romeo GTV6) red
22. unknown (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) white
23. John Myerscough? (C-Alfasud Ti) black #57

Only one Computervision Metro, but from KA's result that would be because Patrick Watts had already parked his car. So 24 cars on the grid?
Then at about 1:50 Charles Sawyer-Hoare appears in the #13 Rover, making it 25 cars?

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Had another look at this home video style Oulton Park shoots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ixO...x=0&playnext=1
A rough car count, on what is presumably the first lap, reveals 23 cars circulating in "this" order:

1. James Weaver (A-BMW 635CSi) whitish
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1678887...7611422894664/
2. Andy Rouse (A-Rover Vitesse) blue
3. and 4. Peter Lovett and Tony Pond (A-Rover Vitesse) blue
5. Win Percy (A-Toyota Celica Supra) white/red
6. Frank Sytner (A-BMW 635CSi) white
7. Vince Woodman (A-BMW 635CSi) whitish
8. unknown (A-Ford Capri) ex-Woodman? Can't get a handle on which Capri it is- either Mike Newman or Brian Chatfield
9. Jon Dooley (B-Alfa Romeo GTV6) black/white, 1:58
10. Chris Hodgetts? (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) white/blue There doesn't ever seem to be a really clear shot of the car, but the blue/white diagonal stripes paintscheme suggests the Brooklyn car
11. Robin Brundle (B-MG Metro Turbo) blue/white
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1678887...7611422894664/
12. Richard Longman? (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) red Longman ran as #77-see 1:47
13. Paul Smith or Phil Dowsett (B-Alfa Romeo GTV6) red
14. Alan Greenhalgh (C-VW Golf GTI) yellow -Definitely- the yellow Ordibel colours would stand out a mile even if it wasn't the only Golf on the grid!
15. Graham Goode (B-Nissan Bluebird Turbo) white/red/blue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1678887...7611422894664/ (looks like the Alfasud in the background?)
16. Alan Curnow? (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) red
17. John Morris (B-VW Scirocco GTI) red- #33- very clearly seen taking a trip over the grass at the end of the clip
18. Rob Kirby (B- Alfa GTV6) #32, in 'Salmon Can' colours- clearly seen at at 0:53
19. Paul Taft (B-MG Metro Turbo) white- White Metro with Klaxon-Neimann sponsorship- has distinctive large 'Klaxon' lettering across the front grille- in the background of this pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16788879@N02/3164762466/
20. Rob Hall (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) white/blue, #72, look for 1:28 Sponsor visible on the car at 1:28 is 'Universal Grinding Wheels'- fairly sure they were Hall's main sponsor, with Ford dealer Lloyds of Stafford
21. Paul Smith or Phil Dowsett (B-Alfa Romeo GTV6) red
22. unknown (C-Ford Escort RS1600i) white- don't ever seem to get a good look at this one- probably the Julian May/Pegasus car (Jock Robertson?)
23. John Myerscough? (C-Alfasud Ti) black #57 Black car, looks like an ARDT/Napolina car from 1983 (ex either Rob Kirby or Andrew Thorpe)- seen clearly at 0:26

Only one Computervision Metro, but from KA's result that would be because Patrick Watts had already parked his car. So 24 cars on the grid?
Then at about 1:50 Charles Sawyer-Hoare appears in the #13 Rover, making it 25 cars? Definitely the CS-H Rover

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Yes, just watched that through a couple of times, and that looks like a pretty good summary to me. I've added a few of thoughts to the list in bold, particularly points in the video where some of the cars are especially clearly identifiable

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Again, that Oulton footage is wonderful isn't it?! Thanks to Jesper for bringing that back up!!

The Capri is definitely Newman's - he's battling hard with Dooley in the early part of the clip...

There must've been some sort out on that opening lap because like KA i'm sure that's Hodgett's Escort well up there early on, with most of the other Class C cars also above the 'B's'.

The Turbo cars struggled a bit here?

Myerscough's Sud was definitely there and the unknown white Escort was Barry Lee's.

I'm not sure of the story of CS-H. He must've started from the pitlane or something, because he's not in the group during that opening lap coverage?

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Again, that Oulton footage is wonderful isn't it?! Thanks to Jesper for bringing that back up!!

The Capri is definitely Newman's - he's battling hard with Dooley in the early part of the clip...

There must've been some sort out on that opening lap because like KA i'm sure that's Hodgett's Escort well up there early on, with most of the other Class C cars also above the 'B's'.

The Turbo cars struggled a bit here?

Myerscough's Sud was definitely there and the unknown white Escort was Barry Lee's.

I'm not sure of the story of CS-H. He must've started from the pitlane or something, because he's not in the group during that opening lap coverage?
One car very significantly not in that video- Brodie's Starion which presumably skipped the Oulton round

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Indeed, I don't think Brodie was there?

It was a long time ago, and although I was there (approaching Old Hall and recall Perry McCarthy's spectacular flip in the earlier FF race!) I can't remember all the details about the Trimoco race, other than Weaver making a great start and then gradually pulling away from the rest, all of whom seemed to suffer tyre difficulties.

I've got the programme somewhere but about as much chance of winning the lottery of finding it! I suspect Brodie may have been on the entry list as a reserve, as was the Grunding BMW, which you may have mentioned previously KA, something I'm not sure about.

A separate point. I reckon Oulton must've been the first race where we really saw the potential of the Percy Celica Supra. It was all over the TWR cars early on and one wonders what it could've done had it found a way past. I doubt Win could've challenged Weaver who was on another plane that day, but Rouse may have been vulnerable?
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Round 2-Silverstone, 1 April 1984. 20 laps/58.64 miles
Pos. Cat. # Driver Team/sponsor Cat. Car Grid Q-time FL Laps Time Notes
1.1.11Tony PondTWR/SanyoARover Vitesse31m39.25  33m42.61 
2.2.10Peter LovettTWR/SanyoARover Vitesse51m39.671m39.51 33m51.93LAP RECORD
3.3.9Frank SytnerSytnerABMW 635CSi61m39.98  34m15.11 
4.4.14Tony DronHughes of BeaconsfieldAToyota Celica Supra91m41.60  34m24.22Win Percy away at ETC race
5.5.??Mike NewmanNewmanAFord Capri 3.0S131m42.75  34m44.19 
6.1.34Patrick WattsDowson/ComputervisionBMG Metro Turbo111m42.291m43.59 35m10.58LAP RECORD
7.2.35Robin BrundleDowson/ComputervisionBMG Metro Turbo121m42.67  35m22.82 
8.6.6James WeaverCC Motorsport/BMW GBABMW 635CSi41m39.52  35m22.97 
9.3.32Rob KirbyARDT/Salmon CanBAlfa Romeo GTV6181m45.90 19 laps?  
10.1.77Richard LongmanLongman/DatapostCFord Escort RS1600i201m46.741m47.3819 laps LAP RECORD
             
?4.41Paul SmithTerry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6171m45.30 19 laps  
?538Graham GoodeGraham Goode RacingBNissan Bluebird Turbo231m47.30 10 laps  
             
?2.69Chris HodgettsBrooklyn MotorsportCFord Escort RS1600i191m46.22 19 laps  
?3.66Alan CurnowLongman/DatapostCFord Escort RS1600i221m47.17 19 laps  
?4.72Rob HallJohn Maguire/Lloyds of StaffordCFord Escort RS1600i251m48.76 19 laps  
?5???John MyerscoughMyerscough?CAlfa Romeo Alfasud261m52.20 18 laps  
             
??17David KennedyBS Automotive/GrundigABMW 635CSi81m41.51    
??13Charles Sawyer-HoareEquipe Esso/Daily MirrorARover Vitesse101m41.83    
DNF??33John MorrisMorrisBVW Scirocco 1.8211m46.98   DNF or not classified
DNF??31Andrew ThorpeThorpeBVauxhall Astra GTE271m58.37   DNF or not classified
DNFDNF84Barry LeeLee/TotalCFord Escort RS1600i282m14.20    
             
DNFDNF4Dennis LeechLeechARover Vitesse71m40.86 13 laps halfshaft
DNFDNF30Jon DooleyARDT/NapolinaBAlfa Romeo GTV6161m44.63 6 laps propshaft
DNFDNF43Paul TaftDowson/KlaxonBMG Metro Turbo141m43.34 0 laps Distributor
DNFDNF7Andy RouseRouse/ICSARover Vitesse11m38.26 0 laps Accident
DNFDNF40Phil DowsettTerry Drury RacingBAlfa Romeo GTV6151m44.23 0 laps Accident
DNFDNF51Alan GreenhalghGreenhalgh/OrdibelCVW Golf GTI241m24.67 0 laps Accident
             
DNSDNS11TJean-Louis SchlesserTWR/SanyoARover Vitesse2*1m39.01 DNS Qualified as back-up for Pond

Think Woodman missed this round, as his CC BMW was still being rebuilt?
Woodman's absence confirmed as due to the Donington shunt a week earlier. The Brodie Starion was also absent- Autosport's comment is rather cryptic:
'Silverstone saw a more representative 28 cars taking part in practice,even allowing for the absence of a couple of Donington contenders, namely Vince Woodman, still recovering from his nasty accident, and Dave Brodie, whose Colt Starion....'
I don't have the previous issue to hand, so what were Autosport not mentioning?

As mentioned in the result table, Jean-Louis Schlesser was on hand as cover for Tony Pond, away in Yorkshire debuting the 6R4. Schlesser drove the first qualifying session, while Pond arrived by helicopter in time for the 2nd session. A pic confirms the Rover appeared in the first session numbered '11T'

Tony Dron was in the Hughes Supra, substituting for Win Percy, on TWR Jaguar ETC duty at Monza

Seasonal debuts for David Kennedy in the BS/Grundig 635, and Charles Sawyer-Hoare's Rover

The first lap accident was reported as being caused by Rouse being tagged on the left rear corner, after a slow start from pole. The Rover 'suddenly slewed sideways and then nose-dived into the pit wall. In the ensuing melee, Phil Dowsett's Alfa and Alan Greenhalgh's Golf were also eliminated

Curiously, the race wasn't stopped, and two of the cars, the Rover and Alfa seem to have been left in the middle of the track before Copse for the duration of the race!

Kennedy's 635 had to pit for a puncture, as did Weaver on lap 12. James resumed almost a lap down on leader Pond, and spent the rest of the race in close company with him- unlapping himself by 'theatrically' outbraking the Rover into the last corner

Dennis Leech was delayed by the first lap shunt, but got up to 5th place before a broken halfshaft ended his race on lap 14

In Class B, the Computervision Metros ran a few seconds apart all race- Watts taking the win despite a late race misfire. John Dooley had pressed Brundle hard in the early laps until the Alfa's propshaft 'disintegrated' at Maggots on lap 7

Goode had a 'promising' run in the Bluebird until the engine 'went off-song' and the Nissan fell back behind Paul Smith's Alfa (badly delayed at the start) and Curnow's Class C Escort. Watts, Brundle, Kirby, Smith and Goode were the only classified finishers. The result table only gives Goode 10 laps completed....

In Class C, Longman got away from Hodgetts at the start, and maintianed his advantage. Longmann, Hodgetts, Curnow, Rob Hall, and the Myerscough Alfasud were the only finishers. There's no mention of the Barry Lee Escort other than in the qualifying times list, but he was obviously not having a good weekend, with practice times of 8m16.90(!) in Q1, and 2m14.20 in Q2, still over 15 seconds off the next slowest qualifier. Maybe a DNS with car problems?, though there's no indication in the report

I've added the fastest laps, but there are still some gaps in the finishing order

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Mayby not much in terms of results, KA, but very fine to get some idea of what was going on in the race with your comments.

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Spent some time last night looking back through old magazines to see if there was anything else I could add- certainly don't seem to have any more result information to add- I have very few 1984 Autosports, and though I should have a complete run of Performance Cars for the year, I can't find all of them at the moment
One thing that we're missing for quite a few of the Group A threads are details of race numbers, entrants and sponsors. Like I did in the '83 thread, here's a list of 1984's runners and riders, to see if we can fill in the gaps. I'll post each class separately to allow updating

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4Dennis LeechLeechusually unsponsoredRover Vitesse 
5Vince WoodmanCC MotorsportBMW GBBMW 635CSi 
6James WeaverCC MotorspotBMW GBBMW 635CSi 
7Andy RouseRouse EngineeringIndustrial Control ServicesRover Vitesse 
9Frank SytnerTed GraceSytner Alpina+GSI+Chartered Trust FinanceBMW 635CSi 
10Peter LovettTWRSanyo/EssoRover Vitessestepped down after R4
10Jean-Louis SchlesserTWRSanyo/EssoRover Vitessereplaced Lovett for R5&6 only
11Tony PondTWRSanyo/EssoRover Vitesse 
11TJean-Louis SchlesserTWRSanyo/EssoRover VitesseDrove Pond's car in qualifying at R2 Silverstone
12Mike NewmanNewmanBurlington WallcoveringsFord Capri 3.0S
13Charles Sawyer-HoareRouse EngineeringEsso+Daily Mirror+Sign LanguageRover Vitesse 
14Win PercyHughes of BeaconsfieldToyota GBToyota Celica Supra 
14Tony DronHughes of BeaconsfieldToyota GBToyota Celica Suprastood in for Percy at R2 Silverstone
14Gordon SpiceHughes of BeaconsfieldToyota GBToyota Celica Suprastood in for Percy at R6 Silverstone
16/17David KennedyBS AutomotiveGrundig + PenthouseBMW 635CSifrom pics, race number seems to change from 16 to 17 late season
18Dave BrodieBBW MotorsportMitsubishi Colt Cars + Mail on SundayMitsubishi Starion Turbo 
20Steve SoperTWRAustin Rover Fleet + Herbie ClipsRover VitesseETCC car
21Neil McGrathLinden Racing(Clive Faine)Connells Estate AgentsRover Vitesse 
23?Brian ChatfieldChatfield Ford Capri 3.0Scar still in 1982 CC/Esso colours. Did Newman or Chatfield run as no23?
??Albert Mirko?Direct TyresBMW 635CSiProdsaloon at Brands GP meeting

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Race no.DriverEntrant/TeamSponsorsCarNotes
30Jon DooleyAlfa Romeo Dealer TeamNapolinaAlfa Romeo GTV6 
31Andrew Thorpe?Hampshires of DorkingVauxhall Astra GT/EThink car was self prepared...
32Rob KirbyAlfa Romeo Dealer TeamSalmon Can(Canned Salmon Bureau)Alfa Romeo GTV6 
33John MorrisMorris?VW Scirocco 1.8John had split with John Maguire Racing for '84 and was preparing the car with his own crew and no Volkswagen UK backing
34Patrick WattsRoger DowsonComputervision[I]+Esso[/I]MG Metro Turbo 
35Patrick WattsRoger DowsonComputervision+EssoMG Metro Turbo 
38Graham GoodeGraham Goode RacingEBC Brakes?Nissan Bluebird Turbo 
40Phil DowsettTerry Drury RacingAlfa Romeo GBAlfa Romeo GTV6 
41/42Paul SmithTerry Drury RacingAlfa Romeo GBAlfa Romeo GTV6a late season Brands pic shows a car with no.42- a change of race number or a change of driver? - Smith ran 41 all season, don't recall him missing any races. Did Drury run #42 at BGP or the Donington and Silverstone season closers?
43Paul TaftRoger DowsonKlaxon-Neimann+Birmingham PostMG Metro Turbo 
?Hamish IrvineIrvine Mazda RX7Brands GP meeting only?
      

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Race no.DriverEntrant/TeamSponsorsCarNotes
51Alan Greenhalgh Ordibel + Windrush GarageVW Golf GTi 
57John Myerscough[B]ARDT[B]NapolinaAlfa Romeo Alfasud 
66Alan CurnowLongmanRoyal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS1600i 
69Chris HodgettsBrooklyn MotorsportEngineering Computer ServicesFord Escort RS1600i 
70Jock RobertsonJulian MayPegasusFord Escort RS1600i 
72Rob HallJohn MaguireUniversal Grinding WheelsFord Escort RS1600i 
77Richard LongmanLongmanRoyal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS1600i 
84Barry LeeLeeTotal Oils+BHP Motorsport VideoFord Escort RS1600i 
      

Anyone I've missed, or any further details to add?

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KA, good idea to list all the season's entries like that (in the other threads as well.)

I've added a few thoughts in bold italics in your posts. Hope they are on the right lines for you?

Got a couple of other things bugging me about sponsors and things like that from the time, but like you said it's finding the right info to check it all!
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Goode dominated class B, but the real drama in the class was behind him, Jon Dooley losing the class championship in controversial circumstances.
Dooley only needed a 4th place finish to clinch the class title- unfortunately, despite being fastest Alfa in qualifying, he also lost two engines, and had to start the race with one described in the report as 'cobbled-together'. Predictably, this was off the pace, and in the race, he ended up down in 5th in class, with team-mate Rob Kirby the leading Alfa in 2nd....

On the last lap, approaching the chicane, Kirby held a narrow lead over Phil Dowsett, but suddenly slowed, allowing a surprised Dowsett to take 2nd in class. Presumably this was a last-ditch attempt to help Dooley into 4th place, however Kirby's momentum was enough to still take him over the line in 3rd, denying his team-mate the class championship....
Dooley wasn't impressed with Kirby's actions, commenting 'He'd have done the team a bigger favour if he'd just driven it into a wall!'

Much of the drama was off-track though, with protests flying around- Dooley protesting the Goode Nissan over it's use of an intercooler, and Toyota protesting the Starion on similar grounds (to say nothing of the scrutineers asking for no less than 3 fuel samples from Brodie's car...)
Since both Brodie and Goode were disqualified in the end, Dolley still won class B!
A few other notes: Taft had both #43 and #36 (at Thruxton, rd 4 at least). #42 Terry Drury racing Alfa was driven by Drury himself.
In a few weeks, the BSCC 1984 will be available at my site - my results for 1984 are pretty complete, and I even could match the final points standing on the official site with my race results.
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Alex, great shot!!!

That might be Brands up into Druids?

Also judging by the number 1 on the Supra, I reckon it could be sometime later in 1983 as Percy was champion in 1982 and he ran #14 in 1984?
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Race no.DriverEntrant/TeamSponsorsCarNotes
51Alan Greenhalgh Ordibel + Windrush GarageVW Golf GTi 
57John MyerscoughARDT Alfa Romeo Alfasud 
66Alan CurnowLongmanRoyal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS1600i 
69Chris HodgettsBrooklyn MotorsportEngineering Computer ServicesFord Escort RS1600i 
70Jock RobertsonJulian MayPegasusFord Escort RS1600i 
72Rob HallJohn MaguireUniversal Grinding WheelsFord Escort RS1600i 
77Richard LongmanLongmanRoyal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS1600i 
84Barry LeeLeeTotal Oils+BHP Motorsport VideoFord Escort RS1600i 
      
Anyone I've missed, or any further details to add?
PLEASEEEEEEE COULD SOME1 HELP ME,,,,,ive just bought wat i beleave to be BARRY LEE'S RS1600I FROM THE BTCC,,,the cars been in a barn for many years and was raced after barry ad it as a modified sallon!!!!!!!! i been seaching for 3 days for pictures of this car n can only find the datapost and a few others,i will try to post pictures of the escort up but please any help wd be so greatful many thanks rob
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Hi Rob- That's a discovery!

Even though IIRC Corgi made a model of it at the time, Barry Lee's RS1600i seems to have been pretty camera-shy compared to the Brooklyn & Datapost cars- probably not helped by the fact that it didn't seem to race that often, just 1984 (not even sure if it did the full season- think it's only mentioned in about half of the race results in this thread) and a couple of races in '85

The only pic I know of on the internet is this one, showing it on display at the 1984 Hot Rod World Championship meeting.

http://www.mkpics.smugmug.com/galler...451_mouV7-A-LB

Anyone out there got any more?
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