1985 British Saloon Car Championship

1985 British Saloon Car Championship

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The 1985 Trimoco RAC [British Saloon Car Championship was the 28th season of the championship. Andy Rouse won his third consecutive BSCC championship in a Ford Sierra, making it a record four titles in total.

Teams & Drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Industrial Control Services Ltd. Radiopaging Ford Sierra XR4Ti 1 Andy Rouse Template:Class A 2–12 15 Klaus Niedzwiedz Template:Class A 8 David Sears 11 Rover Vitesse 2 Pete Hall Template:Class A All Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse 3 Tom Walkinshaw Template:Class A 10 Dennis Leech Rover Vitesse 4 Dennis Leech Template:Class A 8, 11–12 Mitsubishi Colt Racing Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 5 Dave Brodie Template:Class A 5–12 6 Template:Class A 2–4 Vern Schuppan 8 Kunimitsu Takahashi 12 Team Toyota GB/Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica Supra 7 Barry Sheene Template:Class A All Brian Chatfield Ford Capri III 3.0S 8 Brian Chatfield Template:Class A 1–3, 12 BMW 635CSi Template:Class A 7–8, 11 Sytner BMW Racing with GSi BMW 635CSi 9 Frank Sytner Template:Class A 1–4, 6–9, 11–12 Ilford Photo Ford Escort RS Turbo 10 Mike Smith Template:Class B 8, 11 Castrol Sport Racing with Connells Estate Agents plc Rover Vitesse 11 Neil McGrath Template:Class A 1–9, 11–12 Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. BMW 635CSi 12 Mike Newman Template:Class A 2–3, 5–8, 10–12 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team John West Foods – Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo GTV6 30 Jon Dooley Template:Class B All 32 Rob Kirby Template:Class B All Graham Goode Racing Nissan Bluebird Turbo 31 Graham Goode Template:Class B 1–10 Demon Tweeks Accessories – Triple C Magazine Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8 33 Alan Minshaw Template:Class B 8 Roger Dowson Engineering MG Metro Turbo 34 Steve Soper Template:Class B 1 Terry Drury Racing Alfa Romeo GTV6 40 Phil Dowsett Template:Class B 1–9 41 Terry Drury Template:Class B 1–6 Mark Hales 7–9 Barry Barnes 11 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo 44 Richard Longman Template:Class B 6–12 Ford Escort RS1600i 66 Alan Curnow Template:Class C All Racal Vodafone Ford Escort RS Turbo ? David Grimshaw Template:Class B 11 Joe Simons Racing Renault 5 GT Turbo ? Alex Postan Template:Class B 11 Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT 62 Tony Crudgington Template:Class C 1, 6–12 Autocar Magazine with Marshall Asquith Ford Escort RS1600i 63 Karl Jones Template:Class C 8 Stig Gruen Toyota Corolla GT 65 Stig Gruen Template:Class C 1–3, 5, 10 Brooklyn Motorsport/ECS Ford Escort RS1600i 69 Chris Hodgetts Template:Class C All 79 John Morris Template:Class C All 85 Alex Moss Template:Class C 8–12 North Essex Motorsport Ford Escort RS1600i 70 Patrick Watts Template:Class C 3–6, 8–12 John Jeffreys Engineering Ford Escort RS1600i 74 Richard Belcher Template:Class C All AGK Motorsport racing with Peat Technology AGK Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT 77 Geoff Kimber-Smith Template:Class C 1–5, 7–12 Barry Lee Ford Escort RS1600i 84 Barry Lee Template:Class C 8–9

Icon Class Template:Class A 2501–3600cc Template:Class B 1601–2500cc Template:Class C Under 1600cc

Calendar & 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
1	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	24 March	Frank Sytner	Graham Goode	Richard Belcher
2	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 April	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Alan Curnow
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	8 April	Dave Brodie	Rob Kirby	Richard Belcher
4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	5 May	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	27 May	Andy Rouse	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts
6	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	9 June	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Richard Belcher
7	Donington Park, Leicestershire	14 July	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
8	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	21 July	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	11 August	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts
10	Brands Hatch, Kent	26 August	Tom Walkinshaw	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
11	Brands Hatch, Kent	6 October	Andy Rouse	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts
12	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	13 October	Andy Rouse	Rob Kirby	Richard Belcher

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 SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL DON SIL SNE BRA BRA SIL Pts 1 Andy Rouse Template:Class A 1/1 Ret 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 (2/2) 1/1 1/1 86 2 Chris Hodgetts Template:Class C 10/2 9/2 (9/3) 10/1 7/1 (13/3) 14/1 13/1 10/1 8/1 10/1 DNS 77 3 Richard Belcher Template:Class C 9/1 12/4 6/1 Ret 8/2 11/1 Ret Ret 11/2 10/3 15/4 10/1 60 4 Dave Brodie Template:Class A 13/4 1/1 2/2 3/3 Ret 2/2 2/2 Ret 3/3 3/3 2/2 54 5 Alan Curnow Template:Class C 13/5 8/1 7/2 11/2 Ret 12/2 Ret Ret 13/4 9/2 13/2 11/2 52 6 Rob Kirby Template:Class B 6/2 7/4 8/1 9/4 5/2 8/2 (11/5) (10/5) 8/4 Ret 9/2 8/1 49 7 Richard Longman Template:Class B 6/1 8/2 5/1 4/1 7/2 18/4 Ret 45 8 Neil McGrath Template:Class A 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3 2/2 (4/4) 4/3 4/4 2/2 (6/6) 4/4 45 9 Jon Dooley Template:Class B 7/3 5/3 Ret 7/2 4/1 9/3 9/3 6/2 Ret Ret 8/1 Ret 43 10 Graham Goode1 Template:Class B 4/1 3/1 Ret 5/1 6/3 DSQ 3/1 DSQ 6/2 6/1 37 11 Frank Sytner Template:Class A 1/1 Ret 4/4 4/4 2/2 6/5 Ret 3/3 4/4 Ret 30 12 John Morris Template:Class C 11/3 Ret 10/4 14/4 DNS Ret 15/2 Ret 14/5 11/4 Ret 13/4 24 13 Phil Dowsett Template:Class B Ret 4/2 Ret 8/3 DNS 10/4 12/6 9/4 7/3 21 14 Geoff Kimber-Smith Template:Class C 12/4 Ret Ret DNS DNS 17/3 14/2 Ret 12/5 14/3 14/5 21 15 Pete Hall Template:Class A 3/3 Ret DNP 6/5 9/4 5/5 16/8 7/5 5/4 5/5 7/7 5/5 20 16 Barry Sheene Template:Class A 5/4 Ret 3/3 Ret DNS 3/3 5/4 Ret Ret 4/4 DNS 6/6 18 17 Tony Crudgington Template:Class C DNS 15/4 18/4 16/3 12/3 14/7 Ret Ret 15 18 Mike Newman Template:Class A 6/3 5/5 DNS 7/6 7/6 DNS Ret 5/5 7/7 10 19 Mark Hales Template:Class B 10/4 8/3 9/5 9 20 Patrick Watts Template:Class C Ret 13/3 DNS NC Ret 16/7 13/6 16/5 Ret 7 21 David Sears Template:Class A 2/2 6 22 Stig Gruen Template:Class C DNS 11/3 11/5 DNS Ret 6 23 Alex Moss Template:Class C Ret 15/6 15/8 17/6 12/3 6 24 Terry Drury Template:Class B DNS 10/5 Ret 12/5 DNS 14/5 6 25 Dennis Leech Template:Class A 15/7 Ret 3/3 4 26 Klaus Niedzwiedz Template:Class A 3/3 4 27 Barry Barnes Template:Class B 12/3 4 28 Karl Jones Template:Class C 18/4 3 29 Brian Chatfield Template:Class A 8/5 DSQ DNP 13/7 11/6 11/8 Ret 3 30 Barry Lee Template:Class C 19/5 Ret 2 31 David Grimshaw Template:Class B 19/5 2 32 Alan Minshaw Template:Class B 12/6 1 33 Alex Postan Template:Class B 20/6 1 34 Mike Smith Template:Class B 17/7 Ret 0 35 Kunimitsu Takahashi Template:Class A 9/8 0 NC Steve Soper Template:Class B Ret 0 NC Vern Schuppan Template:Class A Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Tom Walkinshaw Template:Class A 1/1 0 Pos Driver Class SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL DON SIL SNE BRA BRA 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.^  – Graham Goode was docked 20 points for technical infringements.

External links

• Official website of the British Touring Car Championship
• Touring Car Racing History – 1985 BSCC