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P&O Ferries Formula 2 International

Thruxton, Great-Britain

Date: 7/4/1980
Track length: 3.862 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 27
Finishers: 21

Pole position: Spice in 1.27,80
Fastest lap: Spice in 1.29,84 = 151,94 kmh

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 149,59 kmh
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1980 Cars

 

What a shame it was that the BBC chose not to televise the Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship race at Thruxton last Monday. Apart from providing relief for the casual viewer from single-seater racing, and also serving to display the progress being made by such newsworthy teams as the Akai-Audi and Rover equipes, it also provided by far the most exciting race of an otherwise fairly unremarkable day's sport.

Apart from the mechanical and personal interests, there was also a fine battle for the lead, before one of the protagonists became involved with a slower car during lappery. In short, the race would have made ideal viewing.

In the end, Gordon Spice scored yet another clear victory with his Ford Capri; Win Percy dominated his class and spent the entire race dicing with the two Rovers; Richard Lloyd scored a last lap victory in the 1600 cc class; and Alan Curnow swept up the smallest division. Before that, though, following Vince Woodman's excellent start that saw him take the lead from the outside of the front row, there was some very entertaining motor racing.
(Motoring News)


Touring Cars class A-D
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 1 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Gordon Spice, GB
2993 V6 A 20 laps, 30.24,95 1 1.27,80 1.29,84  
2 2 3 Equipe Esso
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
2993 V6 A 20 laps, 30.41,45 3 1.30,24 1.30,31  
3 1 20 TWR Pentax
Mazda RX-7
Win Percy, GB
2 x 573 R2 B 20 laps, 30.58,75 6   1.31,19  
4 3 6 Triplex Esso Motor Team
Rover 3500 SD1
Rex Greenslade, GB
3495 V8 A 20 laps, 31.00,33 8   1.31,30  
5 4 12 Triplex Esso Motor Team
Rover 3500 SD1
Jeff Allam, GB
3495 V8 A 20 laps, 31.02,25 7   1.31,97  
6 5 2 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Andy Rouse, GB
2993 V6 A 20 laps, 31.11,04 2 1.27,96 1.29,88 Pit stop (accident damage)
7 6 9 Mann’s Garage
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
2993 V6 A 20 laps, 31.13,12 5   1.32,04  
8 2 23 Wadham Stringer Equipe Esso
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Roger Saunders, GB
1998 L4 B 19 laps, 30.31,70 11   1.34,83  
9 3 24  
Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300
Derrick Brunt, GB
2279 L4 A 19 laps, 30.40,91 15   1.35,39  
10 1 44 GTI Engineering / Akai
Audi 80 GLE
Richard Lloyd, GB
1588 L4 C 19 laps, 30.42,30 28   1.35,22 +10 seconds penalty
11 2 52 Morris Vulcan Ltd
VW Scirocco GTI
John Morris, GB
1588 L4 C 19 laps, 30.42,80 13   1.35,52  
12 3 41 Datapost ‘A Royal Mail Service’
Ford Fiesta 1.6
Richard Longman, GB
1599 L4 C 19 laps, 31.06,44 10   1.36,23  
13 1 61 Datapost ‘A Royal Mail Service’
Ford Fiesta 1.3
Alan Curnow, GB
1298 L4 D 19 laps, 31.22,62 16 1.35,65 1.36,73  
14 4 46 Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Celica GT
Chris Hodgetts, GB
1588 L4 C 19 laps, 31.39,11 12   1.35,22 Differential
15 2 66 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti
Jon Dooley, GB
1286 B4 D 19 laps, 31.41,07 19 1.38,86 1.37,11  
16 5 56 The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Colt GLX Hatchback
Barrie Williams, GB
1597 L4 C 19 laps, 31.51,02 20   1.39,40  
17 3 68 Stanfield and White
Talbot Avenger 1300 GT
John Spiller, GB
1295 L4 D 18 laps, 30.34,64 25   1.39,88  
18 6 51 Martins VW Audio Centres
VW Golf GTI
Louis Parsons, GB
1588 L4 C 18 laps, 30.35,52 18   1.39,28  
19 7 57 The Colt Car Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Colt GLX Hatchback
David Morgan, GB
1597 L4 C 18 laps, 31.17,52 23   1.40,71  
20 4 62  
Mini 1275 GT
Tom Pitcher, GB
1275 L4 D 18 laps, 31.18,10 21   1.40,97  
21 8 43 GTI Engineering / Akai
Audi 80 GLE
Stirling Moss, GB
1588 L4 C 16 laps, 31.18,22 14   1.35,70  
DNF   49  
VW Scirocco GTI
John Hammersley, GB
1588 L4 C 16 24   1.41,07  
DNF   63  
Mini 1275 GT
Jon Mowatt, GB
1275 L4 D 9 26   1.38,02 Lost wheel
DNF   5  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Charles Sawyer-Hoare, GB
2993 V6 A 4 17   1.34,11  
DNF   26 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
Leo Bertorelli, GB
1962 L4 B 2 22   1.38,94 Accident damage
DNF   11 Kamasa Tools
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Graham Goode, GB
2993 V6 A   4 1.31,45 no time Accident
DNF   21 TWR Pentax
Mazda RX-7
John Morrison, GB
2 x 573 R2 B   9   no time Throttle cable
DNS   71  
Ford Fiesta 1.3
Geunda Eadie, GB
1298 L4 D   27