1984 British Saloon Car Championship

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Class A
Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	4	Dennis Leech	1–2, 6, 8
BMW GB Ltd.	BMW 635CSi	5	Vince Woodman	1, 3–5, 8–11
		6	James Weaver	All
Industrial Control Services Ltd.	Rover Vitesse	7	Andy Rouse	All
Sytner BMW Racing with GSi	BMW 635CSi	8	David Sutherland	10
		9	Frank Sytner	All
Team Sanyo Racing with Esso TWR – Austin Rover Fleet	Rover Vitesse	10	Pete Lovett	1–4
			Jean-Louis Schlesser	5–6
		11	Tony Pond	1–6
		20	Steve Soper	1, 5
Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd.	Ford Capri III 3.0S	12	Mike Newman	2–3, 5, 7–11
Equipe Esso/Daily Mirror	Rover Vitesse	13	Charles Sawyer-Hoare	2–3, 8–9, 11
Team Toyota GB/ Hughes of Beaconsfield	Toyota Celica Supra	14	Win Percy	1, 3–5, 8–11
			Tony Dron	2
			Gordon Spice	6–7
Grundig International/ BS Automotive	BMW 635CSi	16	David Kennedy	10–11
		17		2–9
Colt Cars Dealer Racing Team	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	18	Dave Brodie	1, 3–11
Linden Racing/ Connells Estate Agents	Rover Vitesse	21	Neil McGrath	6–11
Brian Chatfield	Ford Capri III 3.0S	23	Brian Chatfield	8
Albert Mirko Racing	BMW 635CSi	?	Albert Mirko	8
Class B
Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team The Canned Salmon Bureau	Alfa Romeo GTV6	30	Jon Dooley	All
		32	Rob Kirby	All
Hampshires of Dorking	Vauxhall Astra GTE	31	Andrew Thorpe	1–2, 8
John Morris	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 1.8	33	John Morris	1–8, 11
Computervision Racing with Esso	MG Metro Turbo	34	Patrick Watts	1–6
		35	Robin Brundle	1–6
Klaxon Neiman	MG Metro Turbo	36	Paul Taft	4–6
		43		2–3
Hamish Irvine	Mazda RX-7	37	Hamish Irvine	8
Graham Goode Racing	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	38	Graham Goode	All
Terry Drury Racing	Alfa Romeo GTV6	40	Phil Dowsett	All
		41	Paul Smith	All
		42	Terry Drury	7–9
Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8	?	Alan Minshaw	10–11
Class C
Ordibel UK Ltd.	Volkswagen Golf GTI	51	Alan Greehalgh	1–9, 11
Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team The Canned Salmon Bureau	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	57	John Myerscough	2–3, 8
Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS1600i	66	Alan Curnow	All
		77	Richard Longman	All
Brooklyn Motorsport	Ford Escort RS1600i	69	Chris Hodgetts	All
Julian May Racing	Ford Escort RS1600i	70	Jock Robertson	4–11
Universal Grinding/ John Maguire Racing	Ford Escort RS1600i	72	Rob Hall	2–11
Barry Lee Racing	Ford Escort RS1600i	84	Barry Lee	1–6, 8

Calendar & Winners edit

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	Donington Park, Leicestershire	25 March	Andy Rouse	Patrick Watts	Chris Hodgetts
2	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	1 April	Tony Pond	Patrick Watts	Richard Longman
3	Oulton Park, Cheshire	20 April	James Weaver	Robin Brundle	Richard Longman
4	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	23 April	Andy Rouse	Patrick Watts	Richard Longman
5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	28 May	Steve Soper	Jon Dooley	Alan Greenhalgh
6	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	10 June	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Alan Curnow
7	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	1 July	Andy Rouse	Jon Dooley	Rob Hall
8	Brands Hatch, Kent	22 July	Andy Rouse	Phil Dowsett	Chris Hodgetts
9	Brands Hatch, Kent	27 August	Win Percy	Graham Goode	Richard Longman
10	Donington Park, Leicestershire	16 September	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Richard Longman
11	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	7 October	Andy Rouse	Phil Dowsett	Richard Longman

Championship Standings edit

Drivers' Championship edit

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. 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 DON SIL OUL THR THR SIL SNE BRA BRA DON SIL Pts 1 Andy Rouse A 1/1 Ret (2/2) 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/1 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/1 81 2 Richard Longman C (16/4) 10/1 10/1 12/1 (Ret) ?/4 12/2 13/3 13/1 13/1 12/1 74 3 Jon Dooley B 12/3 Ret Ret 19/9 8/1 12/2 7/1 8/2 8/2 9/2 11/4 51 4 Phil Dowsett B Ret Ret 14/4 10/3 9/2 Ret 8/2 6/1 9/3 10/3 8/1 48 5 Chris Hodgetts C 10/1 11/2 11/2 Ret Ret ?/2 13/3 11/1 Ret 16/4 Ret 45 6 Alan Curnow C 15/3 13/3 (18/4) Ret 17/4 ?/1 15/4 12/2 14/2 15/3 14/3 43 7 Graham Goode B 18/6 14/5 12/2 13/5 Ret 11/1 Ret Ret 7/1 6/1 DSQ 40 8 Rob Hall C 15/4 19/5 16/2 16/3 Ret 11/1 14/4 Ret 14/2 17/5 35 9 Rob Kirby B 11/2 9/3 16/5 11/4 Ret ?/5 10/4 Ret 12/5 11/4 9/2 31 10 Alan Greenhalgh C 14/2 Ret 15/3 Ret 12/1 Ret DNP Ret 15/3 13/2 30 11 Frank Sytner A 5/5 3/3 7/7 4/4 5/5 3/3 2/2 Ret 6/6 3/3 3/3 30 12 Win Percy A 6/6 4/4 Ret Ret Ret 1/1 2/2 2/2 27 13 James Weaver A 8/8 8/6 1/1 Ret DNS 4/4 Ret 2/2 4/4 Ret 4/4 26 14 Paul Smith B 17/5 12/4 (17/6) 14/6 14/5 ?/3 9/3 Ret 10/4 12/5 10/3 25 15 Jock Robertson C 17/3 15/2 ?/3 Ret 15/5 16/4 Ret 15/4 22 16 John Morris B 13/4 Ret 13/3 15/7 13/4 ?/4 14/5 Ret Ret 15 17 Dave Brodie A Ret DNS 9/7 Ret 7/7 16/7 3/3 3/3 4/4 DSQ 11 18 David Kennedy A NC DNS 5/5 6/6 10/10 3/3 7/6 17/8 Ret 5/5 10 19 Vince Woodman A DNS 5/5 6/6 7/7 4/4 5/5 7/6 6/6 10 20 Mike Newman A 5/5 8/8 11/8 6/6 5/5 Ret Ret 7/7 5 21 Hamish Irvine B 10/3 4 22 Gordon Spice A 6/6 4/4 4 23 Neil McGrath A 9/9 5/5 ?/? 11/7 5/5 Ret 4 24 Tony Dron A 4/4 3 25 Andrew Thorpe B 19/7 NC 18/4 3 26 Barry Lee C Ret Ret Ret DNS 18/5 DNS 16/6 3 27 John Myerscough C 16/5 Ret ?/? 2 28 Alan Minshaw B Ret 16/5 2 29 Dennis Leech A 7/7 Ret 8/8 Ret 0 30 David Sutherland A 8/7 0 31 Brian Chatfield A 9/7 0 32 Albert Mirko A 17/8 0 33 Terry Drury B ?/? Ret Ret 0 NC Charles Sawyer-Hoare A Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 WD Patrick Watts B 9/1 6/1 DNS 7/1 Ret Ret 0 WD Tony Pond A 3/3 1/1 6/6 2/2 3/3 5/5 0 WD Robin Brundle B Ret 7/2 9/1 8/2 10/3 NC 0 WD Pete Lovett A 4/4 2/2 3/3 3/3 0 WD Steve Soper A 2/2 1/1 0 WD Jean-Louis Schlesser A 4/4 2/2 0 WD Paul Taft B Ret Ret 18/8 Ret ?/6 0 Pos Driver Class DON SIL OUL THR THR SIL SNE BRA BRA DON 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

External links edit

• Official website of the British Touring Car Championship
• 1984 Trimoco RAC British Saloon Car Championship, touringcarracing.net