1981 British Saloon Car Championship

1981 British Saloon Car Championship

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The 1981 RAC Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship was the 24th season of the championship. Win Percy won his second consecutive drivers title in his Mazda RX-7.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S 1 Gordon Spice Template:Class D 1–4, 6–11 2 Stuart Graham Template:Class D 1–2 Phil Martin-Dye 3–11 Equipe Esso VMW Motors Ford Capri III 3.0S 3 Vince Woodman Template:Class D All 4 Jonathan Buncombe Template:Class D 2, 4, 6–7, 10 CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror Ford Capri III 3.0S 5 Charles Sawyer-Hoare Template:Class D 1–4, 6–11 6 Andy Rouse Template:Class D All Patrick Motorsport Rover 3500 S 7 Brian Muir Template:Class D All 8 Rex Greenslade Template:Class D All 63 Rad Dougall Template:Class D 11 TWR – Daily Express Mazda Motorsport/TWR Team BP Rover 3500 S 9 Jeff Allam Template:Class D All 10 Pete Lovett Template:Class D 1, 5–11 Mazda RX-7 20 Win Percy Template:Class C 1–10 25 Barry Sheene Template:Class C 1 Chuck Nicholson 8–11 Audi 80 GLE 42 Martin Brundle Template:Class B All 43 Stirling Moss Template:Class B All Bestmoor Silencers Ford Capri III 3.0S 11 Graham Goode Template:Class D 1, 3–4, 6–8, 11 Dennis Leech Ford Capri III 3.0S 13 Dennis Leech Template:Class D 2–5, 8–10 Track Marshall Ford Capri III 3.0S 15 Chuck Nicholson Template:Class D 1–7 Richard Grant Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S 16 Mike Kimpton Template:Class D 1, 3–8 47 Nick Whiting Template:Class D 1–8, 10 Carroll Shelby Ford Capri III 3.0S 19 Wayne Wainwright Template:Class D 2–5, 8 Unknown Ford Capri III 3.0S 40 Tony Sugden Template:Class D 8 Castrol Denmark Ford Escort RS2000 96 Erik Høyer Template:Class C 5 John Bishop Triumph Dolomite Sprint 79 John Bishop Template:Class C 5, 7, 10 Mike Buckley Ford Escort RS2000 66 Mike Buckley Template:Class C 1–7, 9–11 James Burrows Toyota Celica 2000 LB 74 James Burrows Template:Class C 3–4, 6, 8–11 Terry Nightingale Triumph Dolomite Sprint 92 Terry Nightingale Template:Class C 5–9 Ian Stirling Talbot Avenger 23 Ian Stirling Template:Class C 8 Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica ST 40 Chris Hodgetts Template:Class B All Toyota Corolla GT 79 Jonathan Buncombe Template:Class B 8 Gordon Mayers 9 Dave Brodie 10–11 Morris Vulcan Ltd. Volkswagen Golf GTI 44 John Morris Template:Class B All Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint 51 Rob Kirby Template:Class B 2–9, 11 Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 81 Jon Dooley Template:Class A All Unknown Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 56 Barrie Williams Template:Class B All 57 Dave Morgan Template:Class B All Andy Driver Volkswagen Golf GTI 66 Andy Driver Template:Class B 1, 3–6, 9, 11 Peter Buxtorf Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 69 Peter Buxtorf Template:Class B 1–8 Demon Tweeks Volkswagen Golf GTI 54 Alan Minshaw Template:Class B 2, 5–8, 10 Robin Carlisle Toyota Celica LB 76 Robin Carlisle Template:Class B 5, 8–9, 11 Bill Postins Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 62 Bill Postins Template:Class B 8 John Spiller Talbot Sunbeam TI 82 John Spiller Template:Class B 1–2, 4, 6, 8–9 John Tait Toyota Celica GT 84 John Tait Template:Class B 1–2, 6, 8–9, 11 Terry Watts Talbot Sunbeam TI 48 Terry Watts Template:Class B 8 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS 70 Alan Curnow Template:Class A All 77 Richard Longman Template:Class A All 57 Tim Goss Template:Class A 10 P.J. Green Racing Mini 1275GT 74 Tim Goss Template:Class A 1–8 Julian May Racing Ford Fiesta 1.3 80 Terry Nightingale Template:Class A 1–2, 4 Alex Moss 5 Julian May 8 Haynes Ford Fiesta 1.3 99 David da Costa Template:Class A 1–7, 9–11 Everest Double Glazing Austin Metro 1300 HLS 74 Neil McGrath Template:Class A 5–9, 11 Stuart Fowler Ford Fiesta 1.3 85 Stuart Fowler Template:Class A 9 David Grimshaw Ford Fiesta 1.3 39 David Grimshaw Template:Class A 7–9 François Hamon Simca Rallye 3 76 François Hamon Template:Class A 8 Colin Hawker Ford Fiesta 1.3 42 Colin Hawker Template:Class A 2, 4–5 Sigma Austin Metro 1300 HLS 87 Roger Saunders Template:Class A 2–10

Icon Class Template:Class A Under 1300cc Template:Class B 1301–1600cc Template:Class C 1601–2500cc Template:Class D 2501–3500cc

Calendar and winners

All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.

Round		Circuit	Date	Class A Winner	Class B Winner	Class C Winner	Class D Winner
1	A	Mallory Park, Leicestershire	22 March	Not contested.		Win Percy	Andy Rouse
	B			Jon Dooley	John Morris	Not contested.
2		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	29 March	Alan Curnow	Martin Brundle	Mike Buckley	Andy Rouse
3	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	17 April	Not contested.		Win Percy	Gordon Spice
	B			Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts	Not contested.
4		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	20 April	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Vince Woodman
5	A	Brands Hatch, Kent	25 May	Not contested.		Win Percy	Nick Whiting
	B			Neil McGrath	Barrie Williams	Not contested.
6		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	21 June	Neil McGrath	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Pete Lovett
7		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	18 July	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Pete Lovett
8	A	Donington Park, Leicestershire	16 August	Not contested.		Win Percy	Pete Lovett
	B			Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Not contested.
9		Brands Hatch, Kent	31 August	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Jeff Allam
10		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	20 September	Richard Longman	Martin Brundle	Win Percy	Jeff Allam
11		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	4 October	Jon Dooley	John Morris	Mike Buckley	Jeff Allam

Championship standings

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. In races where a class had less than four starters, points would be awarded to the top two finishers (6 & 4 respectively) with one point for the fastest lap. 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 MAL SIL1 OUL2 THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR SIL Pts 1 Win Percy Template:Class C 2/1 (Ret) 1/1 4/1 2/1 4/1 4/1 1/1 2/1 2/1 78 2 Chris Hodgetts Template:Class B (Ret) Ret 1/1 11/1 8/4 12/1 ?/1 1/1 8/1 ?/4 7/2 74 3 Jon Dooley Template:Class A 4/1 13/2 4/1 ?/2 6/3 ?/2 ?/1 (10/4) (16/3) ?/3 10/1 65 4 John Morris Template:Class B 1/1 8/2 ?/? ?/2 5/3 13/2 ?/2 2/2 9/2 (?/3) 6/1 60 5 Richard Longman Template:Class A Ret 15/3 13/5 ?/1 7/4 ?/? ?/2 6/1 14/1 ?/1 11/2 58 6 Pete Lovett Template:Class D 5/4 4/3 1/1 1/1 2/1 3/2 3/2 2/2 52 7 Jeff Allam Template:Class D 8/7 4/4 Ret 5/4 3/2 Ret 2/2 Ret 1/1 1/1 1/1 50 8 Andy Rouse Template:Class D 1/1 1/1 3/2 3/3 Ret 3/3 3/3 3/2 5/4 5/4 Ret 49 9 Alan Curnow Template:Class A Ret 12/1 6/2 ?/3 ?/? ?/4 ?/6 7/2 15/2 ?/2 12/3 48 10 Gordon Spice Template:Class D 11/9 2/2 2/1 2/2 2/2 Ret 5/4 4/3 7/6 Ret 38 11 Vince Woodman Template:Class D 3/2 3/3 4/3 1/1 7/6 5/4 Ret Ret Ret 4/3 4/4 35 12 Neil McGrath Template:Class A 3/1 18/1 ?/3 8/3 DNS 13/4 33 13 Dave Morgan Template:Class B Ret 24/? 9/6 18/4 2/2 16/4 ?/4 3/3 12/3 ?/2 9/4 33 14 Mike Buckley Template:Class C 10/2 ?/1 Ret ?/? 8/2 NC Ret 23/3 ?/3 17/1 31 15 Martin Brundle Template:Class B 2/2 6/1 12/8 ?/5 Ret Ret Ret 4/4 DSQ 10/1 Ret 30 16 Barrie Williams Template:Class B Ret Ret 3/3 14/3 1/1 Ret ?/3 5/5 13/4 Ret 8/3 30 17 Nick Whiting Template:Class D 4/3 Ret 5/4 6/5 1/1 6/5 5/4 6/5 16/? 25 18 David da Costa Template:Class A 5/2 ?/4 ?/? ?/4 4/2 ?/? Ret 17/4 ?/6 16/5 24 19 Stirling Moss Template:Class B 3/3 22/6 2/2 Ret Ret 15/3 22/7 9/6 DNS ?/5 14/5 20 20 Roger Saunders Template:Class A 26/? 10/4 ?/6 10/5 ?/3 ?/4 ?/5 19/5 ?/5 19 21 Chuck Nicholson Template:Class C 8/2 6/2 8/2 Ret 18 22 Tim Goss Template:Class A 7/4 ?/6 7/3 ?/? 11/6 ?/? ?/5 ?/? ?/4 14 23 Rob Kirby Template:Class B ?/3 5/4 ?/? 9/5 ?/5 ?/? ?/? 18/5 15/6 14 24 Peter Buxtorf Template:Class B ?/4 ?/4 8/5 ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/5 Ret 10 25 James Burrows Template:Class C ?/2 ?/? DNS Ret Ret DNS 21/2 9 26 Terry Nightingale Template:Class A 6/3 ?/5 ?/5 8 27 Terry Nightingale Template:Class C 14/4 ?/2 NC DNS Ret 7 28 Brian Muir Template:Class D Ret Ret 7/6 9/8 11/8 Ret ?/? 4/3 Ret Ret Ret 6 29 Jonathan Buncombe Template:Class D 5/5 ?/? Ret 6/5 6/5 6 30 Charles Sawyer-Hoare Template:Class D 9/8 7/6 Ret 10/9 9/8 7/6 7/6 11/7 9/7 5/5 5 31 Alan Minshaw Template:Class B 21/5 14/6 ?/? ?/6 ?/? ?/6 5 32 John Bishop Template:Class C 9/3 NC Ret 4 33 Rad Dougall Template:Class D 3/3 4 34 Ian Stirling Template:Class C 14/3 4 35 Phil Martin-Dye Template:Class D 11/10 ?/? 6/5 10/9 Ret 10/8 7/5 ?/? Ret 4 36 John Spiller Template:Class B ?/5 DNS ?/6 ?/6 ?/? 21/7 4 37 Chuck Nicholson Template:Class D 6/5 ?/? 9/8 7/6 13/10 7/6 ?/? 4 38 Mike Kimpton Template:Class D ?/? ?/? ?/? 5/4 14/10 ?/? Ret 3 39 Rex Greenslade Template:Class D Ret 14/? 6/5 ?/? 10/7 8/7 ?/? Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 40 Erik Høyer Template:Class C 15/5 2 41 Graham Goode Template:Class D 7/6 10/9 8/7 ?/? ?/? 9/7 Ret 1 42 Robin Carlisle Template:Class B ?/? ?/? 20/6 18/7 1 43 John Tait Template:Class B ?/6 25/? ?/? ?/? 24/8 20/9 1 44 Dennis Leech Template:Class D ?/? 12/11 ?/? ?/? 13/11 10/6 Ret 1 45 David Grimshaw Template:Class A Ret ?/? 22/6 1 46 François Hamon Template:Class A ?/6 1 47 Wayne Wainwright Template:Class D DNS 8/7 ?/? 12/9 12/10 0 48 Andy Driver Template:Class B DSQ 11/7 ?/? DSQ ?/? Ret 19/8 0 49 Colin Hawker Template:Class A DNS ?/? 12/7 0 50 Alex Moss Template:Class A 13/8 0 51 Tony Sugden Template:Class D 11/9 0 52 Gordon Mayers Template:Class B 25/9 0 53 Stuart Graham Template:Class D Ret ?/? 0 54 Dave Brodie Template:Class B ?/? Ret 0 55 Jonathan Buncombe Template:Class B ?/? 0 56 Bill Postins Template:Class B ?/? 0 57 Terry Watts Template:Class B ?/? 0 NC Barry Sheene Template:Class C Ret 0 NC Stuart Fowler Template:Class A Ret 0 NC Julian May Template:Class A DNS 0 Pos Driver Class MAL SIL OUL THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole in class Italics - Fastest lap in class

Notes:

1.^  – Class A pole position for round 2 is unknown.

2.^  – Class A & B pole positions for round 3 are unknown.

External links

• Touring Car Racing History – 1981 BSCC