1989 British Touring Car Championship - RS500 Sierra Cosworth
The 1989 British Touring Car Championship from the full Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit.
The first race of the year was won by Andy Rouse in his 'Mighty' Ford Sierra RS500.
The next race at Thruxton was won by Robb Gravett.
Gravett then went on to win the next six races.
The last two races, at Thruxton and Silverstone, were also won by Rouse and Gravett.
It was the 'UnderDog', Rob Gravett who won the championship outright though, despite the teams season long struggle to run through the year on a very low budget & with no main sponsor !
BTCC 1990's Tribute
A tribute I made to the British Touring Car Championship in the 1990s. Music by AC/DC on Back In Black and Black Ice. Clips are Knockhill '94, '95, '96, Brands Hatch GP '96, Donington '95, Donington '98 and Silverstone '92
1987 BTCC Silverstone part 1.
The full race coverage of the onboard clip between the two Corollas. Quality reflects 25 year old video tape. I am a fan of 1980's group A racing, not of any car brand in particular. Look out for the rest of the race under my videos . Enjoy.
Avon Motor Tour of Britain 1973 Llandow
Some old 8mm cine that I took at the Llandow race of the Avon Motor Tour in 1973.
Big name drivers included James Hunt, who won the whole event, and Graham Hill - in a Datsun Bluebird!
Full list of entrants: -
1-James Hunt-Robert Fearnall (Chevrolet Camaro) 1.54.46,2
2-Gordon Spice-Stanley Robinson (Ford Capri 3.0) 1.55.12,3
3-John Handley-John Clegg (Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV) 1.56.16,6
4-Adrian Boyd-Beatty Crawford (Ford Capri 3.0) 1.56.29,5
5-Dave Matthews-Charles Reynolds (Ford Capri 3.0) 1.56.31,9
6-Stan Clark-Chris Witty (Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV) 1.56.36,5
7-Holman Blackburn-Chris Hollingham (Ford Capri 3.0) 1.59.38,9
8-Mike Crabtree-Alan Henry (Ford Capri 3.0) 2.00.48,7
9-Bernard Unett-Brian Coyle (Hillman Hunter 1.8) 2.01.22,1
10-Andy Dawson-Andrew Marriott (Ford Capri 3.0) 2.01.28,0
11-Peter Hilliard-Nicholas Price (Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV) 2.01.44,5
12-Hugh Olivier-Bellassis - Martin Neal (2.02.46,5
13-Barrie Williams-David Hardcastle (Vauxhall Firenza 2.0) 2.02.53,3
14-Mike Chittenden-John Bloomfield (BMW 2002 Tii) 2.02.53,6
15-Rosemary Smith-Pauline Gullick (Ford Capri 3.0) 2.03.06,4
16-Nigel Clarkson-Prince Michael of Kent (Ford Capri 3.0) 2.04.39,8
17-Graham Hill-David Benson (Datsun Bluebird 1.8) 2.04.49,6
18-Peter Harper-David Follard (Vauxhall Firenza 2.0) 2.04.57,9
19-Howden Ganley-Ray Hutton Citroen SM) 2.05.07,6
20-Wendy Markey-Jenny Bell (BMW 2002 Ti) 2.05.26,6
1971 Saloon car championship "PART 1"
This is the "Osram saloon car championship" part of the "Iberia Trophy - 1971". The race took place on 11-09-1971, at the now gone circuit of "Crystal Palace". Cars include Camero, Viva HB GT, Escort RS1600, Mini Cooper's etc.. Big names such as the late "Gerry Marshall".. Enjoy the time warp with "Murray Walker" on commentary
1989 Oulton park and time to re-shell my Capri
A round of the Slick 50 Road Saloon Championship, the Rover went for a play on the grass and I ended up in a Rover/Armco sandwhich, Ouch!
Snetterton 1982 Gerry Marshall
Prod saloon race, won by Norris Miles. Great scrap between Gerry Marshall & Skid Scarborough in Capris. Filmed by a friend of Gerry, posted with permission from copyright holder Gregor Marshall.
1971 Saloon car championship PT2
This is the "Osram saloon car championship" part of the "Iberia Trophy - 1971". The race took place on 11-09-1971, at the now gone circuit of "Crystal Palace". Cars include Camero, Viva HB GT, Escort RS1600, Mini Cooper's etc.. Big names such as the late "Gerry Marshall"... Enjoy the time warp with "Murray Walker" on commentary (more) (less)
Group A Touring Cars
This is small snapshot vid I put together after watching a couple of videos on and about group A touring cars in the old ETCC, BTCC and the 1st year of the WTCC in 1987. These of course was the days when races was as long as 500 km, 1000 kms to 24 hour races.
Please rate and be free to comment on and about this video.
24h Race Spa-Francorchamps Preview
Mercedes AMG - The customer team Black Falcon will be at the starting line of the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps on July 30, 2011 with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The gullwing with start number 35 has been given the same look as the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.8 AMG with which Hans Heyer and Clemens Schickentanz achieved a class victory and overall second place 40 years ago. Among the drivers of the SLS AMG GT3 will be Kenneth Heyer, Hans Heyer's son.
