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Pentax RAC Silverstone Tourist Trophy

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 16/9/1979
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 43
Finishers: 15 classified

Pole position: Facetti/Finotto in 1.36,22
Fastest lap: Facetti in 1.37,84 = 173,62 kmh

Distance: unknown
Average speed: 167,34 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

Pictures

Martino Finotto won his first European title here in Silverstone, helped by the retirement of the two other BMW coupes. But both Zakspeed cars still remained in the same lap, fighting each other. They finished 2-3 in the order Niedzwiedz/Müller Jr and Heyer/Denzel.
Barry Sheen made his 4-wheeler debut but his car retired.


Division 1-5
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 3 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 107 laps, 3:01.01,85 1 1.36,22 1.37,81  
2 1 54 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 106 6 1.39,73    
3 2 55 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Hans Heyer, D
Jörg Denzel, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 106 5 1.39,71    
4 1 19 Fabergé Racing Lee Jeans
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Stuart Graham, GB
Tiff Needell, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 104 7 1.40,68    
5 2 17 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Gordon Spice, GB
Peter Clark, GB
Chris Craft, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 102 10 1.41,71    
6 3 36 Browne & Day
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Brian Muir, AUS
Win Percy, GB
(Martin Thomas, GB)
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 102 12 1.42,66    
7 4 40 Equipe Esso
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 102 16 1.43,40    
8 1 74 MSC Langenfeld
Audi 80 GTE
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 102 18 1.43,45    
9 5 44 Dealer Opel Team
Opel Monza 3.0E
Andy Rouse, GB
Tony Dron, GB
2998 L6 Div. 4/TTE 98 28 1.46,41    
10 2 72 TL Racing AB
VW Scirocco
Thomas Lindström, S
Bo Wiedesheim, S
1596 L4 Div. 2 98 25 1.45,28    
11 6 33 Allam Motor Services racing with BP
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Jeff Allam, GB
Stuart Patterson, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 98 11 1.42,60    
12 7 39 Voxson Car Sound Systems
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
Gordon Bruce, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 98 19 1.43,59    
13 8 37 Toleman Group Motorsport
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Rad Dougall, ZA
Martin Thomas, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 98 17 1.43,41    
14 9 45 Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team
Opel Monza 3.0E
Johann Weisheidinger, A
Dietmar Hackner, D
2998 L6 Div. 4/TTE 97 36 1.48,56    
15 3 70 KWS Motorsport
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Hartmut Bauer, D
Helmut Gall, D
1993 L4 Div. 3/TTE 94 33 1.47,92    
NC   61 London Sportscar Centre
Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300
Barrie Williams, GB
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
2279 L4 Div. 3/TTE   31 1.47,05    
NC   83 Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team
Audi 80 GTE
Peter Seikel, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
1596 L4 Div. 2/TTE   38 1.49,81    
NC   69 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Rolf Rosenkranz, D
Hans-Günther Stoffel, D
1993 L4 Div. 3/TTE   37 1.49,31    
NC 1 91 Bohemia Crystal Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 91 34 1.48,17    
NC 2 97  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Richard Mattozza, B
Oscar Kessler, B
1299 B4 Div. 1   44 1.57,45    
NC   38 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Chris Craft, GB
Peter Clark, GB
Gordon Spice, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE   20 1.43,89   Rear brakes
NC   94 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Audi 50
Heinz Pütz, D
Bodo Eichner, D
Helmut Klinkhammer, D
1292 L4 Div. 1   43 1.55,73    
DNF   25 TWR Pentax
Mazda RX-7
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
Hugo Tippet
David Palmer, GB
2 x 573 R2 Div. 4   8 1.40,76    
DSQ   56 Ronnie Scotts Club - Withersford Valprint
Ford Escort II RS
Pete King, GB
David da Costa, GB
Dave McPherson, GB
1840 L4 Div. 3   9 1.40,77   Disq: push start after pit stop
DNF   31  
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Dave Brodie, GB
Dave Matthews, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE   13 1.42,87   Holed piston
DSQ   51 Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica
Karl-Heinz Gürthler, D
Karl-Heinz Schäfer, D
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3   14 1.42,89   Disq: outside assistance
DNF   71 The Akai Golf
VW Golf
Richard Lloyd, GB
Derek Bell, GB
1596 L4 Div. 2   15 1.43,09   Oil leak
DNF   73 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Fred Rosterg, D
Manfred Trint, D
1596 L4 Div. 2   21 1.44,16   Accident, lost wheel
DNF   11 Dick Lovett Ltd
BMW 530i
Pete Lovett, GB
John Cooper, GB
John Morrison, GB
2985 L6 Div. 4   22 1.44,20    
DNF   76 Misczyk Tuning
VW Scirocco
Horst Bonefeld, D
Klaus Ligensa, D
1596 L4 Div. 2   23 1.44,24    
DNF   34 Industrial Control Services Ltd.
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Jock Robertson, GB
Phil Dowsett, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE   24 1.44,63    
DNF   66 Team Triplex with Esso and Motor
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Rex Greenslade, GB
Chuck Nicholson, GB
Gerry Marshall, GB
1998 L4 Div. 3/TTE   26 1.45,52   Clutch
DSQ   65 Team Triplex with Esso and Motor
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Gerry Marshall, GB
Roger Clark, GB
Rex Greenslade, GB
1998 L4 Div. 3/TTE   27 1.46,04   Disq: push start after pit stop
DNF   98  
Mini 1275 GT
Jon Mowatt, GB
Martin Pearson, GB
1275 L4 Div. 1   39 1.51,55    
DNF   6 American Motors Team Highball
AMC Spirit AMX
Amos Johnson, USA
Les Delano, USA
Jeremy Nightingale, GB
5000 V8 Div. 3   41 1.53,09    
DNF   82  
VW Scirocco GTI
Oscar Kessler, B
Pierre Jamin, B
1588 L4 Div. 2/TTE   42 1.54,84    
DNF   53 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Paul Geisser, CH
Armin Buschor, CH
1990 L4 Div. 3   29 1.46,74    
DNF   12 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4   4 1.39,40    
DNF   20 Eichberg Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bernd Ringshausen, D
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
2993 V6 Div. 4   30 1.46,88   Driceshaft
DNF   2 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Jean Xhenceval, B
(Pierre Dieudonné, B)
Raymond Van Hove, B
3196 L6 Div. 5   3 1.37,30   Rocker arm
DNF   1 BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Eddy Joosen, B
3196 L6 Div. 5   2 1.36,50   Oil pump
DNF   7 The Akai Golf
VW Golf GTI
Richard Lloyd, GB
Barry Sheene, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2/TTE   35 1.48,40   Flywheel
DNF   92 Dealer Team Skoda
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Samohyl, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1   32 1.47,20   Engine
DNS   24  
Mazda RX-5
John Markey, GB
David Palmer, GB
2 x 654 R2 Div. 4   40 1.52,46    
DNS   18 Voxson Car Sound Systems
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
Gordon Bruce, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4     no time   Handling, blow-up in practice