1974 British Saloon Car Championship season

1974 British Saloon Car Championship
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The 1974 Castrol Anniversary British Saloon Car Championship, was the 17th season of the series. The championship switched to Group 1 regulations in an effort to reduce costs.[1] Bernard Unett won his first title, driving a 1600 cc Hillman Avenger.[2][3]

Contents

Calendar & Winners

Overall winners in bold.

Round Circuit Date Class A Winner Class B Winner Class C Winner Class D Winner
1 A Mallory Park, Leicestershire March 10 Bernard Unett Andy Rouse Not contested.
B Not contested. Ivan Dutton Stuart Graham
2 Brands Hatch, Kent March 17 Stan Clark Rob Mason Tony Lanfranchi Stuart Graham
3 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire April 7 Stan Clark Andy Rouse Peter Hanson Stuart Graham
4 Oulton Park, Cheshire April 12 Bernard Unett Andy Rouse Peter Hanson Stuart Graham
5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire April 15 Bernard Unett Andy Rouse Peter Hanson Richard Lloyd
6 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire May 12 Stan Clark Barrie Williams Peter Hanson Vince Woodman
7 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire May 27 Bernard Unett Andy Rouse Tom Walkinshaw Richard Lloyd
8 Brands Hatch, Kent July 20 Bernard Unett Andy Rouse Tom Walkinshaw Stuart Graham
9 A Ingliston, Edinburgh August 18 Not contested. Tom Walkinshaw Richard Lloyd
B Bernard Unett Tom Walkinshaw Not contested.
10 A Brands Hatch, Kent August 26 Bernard Unett John Hine Not contested.
B Not contested. Tom Walkinshaw Richard Lloyd
11 Oulton Park, Cheshire September 8 Bernard Unett Barrie Williams Tom Walkinshaw Stuart Graham
NC Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire September 26 Bernard Unett Tony Dron Peter Hanson Stuart Graham
12 A Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk October 6 Not contested. Tony Lanfranchi Stuart Graham
B Bernard Unett Andy Rouse Not contested.
13 Brands Hatch, Kent October 20 John Markey Barrie Williams Tom Walkinshaw Stuart Graham

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos. Driver Team Class Points
1 Bernard Unett Chrysler Dealer Team A 69
2 Andy Rouse Team Broadspeed Castrol B 67
3 Stuart Graham Castrol D 64
4 Tom Walkinshaw Shellsport C 63
5 Peter Hanson Dealer Opel Team C 55
6 Tony Lanfranchi Van Der Steen C 51
7 Barrie Williams Team Castrol B 51
8 Richard Lloyd Rivers/Simoniz D 47
9 Roger Bell Chrysler Dealer Team A 42
10 Vince Woodman VMW Motors - Team Esso Uniflo D 39
11 Tony Dron Team Broadspeed Castrol B 38
12 John Handley RCD B 36
13 Holman Blackburn Hermetite Products C 35
14 John Hine Bill Shaw Racing/Shellsport B 28
15 Simon Kirby Hartwell A 23
16 Ivan Dutton Ivan Dutton C 22
17 Rob Mason Shellsport Arden B 21
18 Stan Clark Roger Clark Cars/Esso Uniflo A 21
19 John Markey Dealer Team Toyota A 21
20 Jon Fletcher Glazepta Products Ltd. D 18
21 Melvyn Adams Melvyn Adams A 18
22 Martin Birrane Adlards of Brixton C 15
23 Les Nash Les Nash D 14
24 Malcolm Kay Malcolm Kay D 12
25 Bob Ridgard Bob Ridgard D 12

References

  1. ^ http://gtwap.co.uk/50_Years_of_the_BTCC/?width=600&topic=099.BTCC_1958-1979.wtxt
  2. ^ http://www.btcc.net/html/history_stats.php?statstype_id=1 Official list of BTCC champions
  3. ^ http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1974%20BSCC.html

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