1985 British Saloon Car Championship season

1985 British Saloon Car Championship
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The 1985 Trimoco RAC British Saloon Car Championship, was the 28th season of the championship. Andy Rouse won his third consecutive BSCC championship in a Ford Sierra, making it a record four titles in total.

Contents

Teams & Drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Industrial Control Services Ltd.
Radiopaging		 Ford Sierra XR4Ti 1 Andy Rouse A 2-12
15 Klaus Niedzwiedz A 8
David Sears 11
Rover Vitesse 2 Pete Hall A All
Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse 3 Tom Walkinshaw A 10
Dennis Leech Rover Vitesse 4 Dennis Leech A 8, 11-12
Mitsubishi Colt Racing Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 5 Dave Brodie A 5-12
6 A 2-4
Vern Schuppan 8
Kunimitsu Takahashi 12
Team Toyota GB/Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica Supra 7 Barry Sheene A All
Brian Chatfield Ford Capri III 3.0S 8 Brian Chatfield A 1-3, 12
BMW 635CSi A 7-8, 11
Sytner BMW Racing with GSi BMW 635CSi 9 Frank Sytner A 1-4, 6-9, 11-12
Ilford Photo Ford Escort RS Turbo 10 Mike Smith B 8, 11
Castrol Sport Racing with
Connells Estate Agents plc		 Rover Vitesse 11 Neil McGrath A 1-9, 11-12
Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. BMW 635CSi 12 Mike Newman A 2-3, 5-8, 10-12
Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
John West Foods - Alfa Romeo
Dealer Team		 Alfa Romeo GTV6 30 Jon Dooley B All
32 Rob Kirby B All
Graham Goode Racing Nissan Bluebird Turbo 31 Graham Goode B 1-10
Demon Tweeks Accessories -
Triple C Magazine		 Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8 33 Alan Minshaw B 8
Roger Dowson Engineering MG Metro Turbo 34 Steve Soper B 1
Terry Drury Racing Alfa Romeo GTV6 40 Phil Dowsett B 1-9
41 Terry Drury B 1-6
Mark Hales 7-9
Barry Barnes 11
Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo 44 Richard Longman B 6-12
Ford Escort RS1600i 66 Alan Curnow C All
Racal Vodafone Ford Escort RS Turbo  ? David Grimshaw B 11
Joe Simons Racing Renault 5 GT Turbo  ? Alex Postan B 11
Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT 62 Tony Crudgington C 1, 6-12
Autocar Magazine with Marshall Asquith Ford Escort RS1600i 63 Karl Jones C 8
Stig Gruen Toyota Corolla GT 65 Stig Gruen C 1-3, 5, 10
Brooklyn Motorsport/ECS Ford Escort RS1600i 69 Chris Hodgetts C All
79 John Morris C All
85 Alex Moss C 8-12
North Essex Motorsport Ford Escort RS1600i 70 Patrick Watts C 3-6, 8-12
John Jeffreys Engineering Ford Escort RS1600i 74 Richard Belcher C All
AGK Motorsport racing
with Peat Technology
AGK Motorsport		 Toyota Corolla GT 77 Geoff Kimber-Smith C 1-5, 7-12
Barry Lee Ford Escort RS1600i 84 Barry Lee C 8-9
Icon Class
A 2501-3600cc
B 1601-2500cc
C Under 1600cc

Calendar & Winners

Overall winners in bold.

Round Circuit Date Class A Winner Class B Winner Class C Winner
1 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire March 24 Frank Sytner Graham Goode Richard Belcher
2 Oulton Park, Cheshire April 5 Andy Rouse Graham Goode Alan Curnow
3 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire April 8 Dave Brodie Rob Kirby Richard Belcher
4 Donington Park, Leicestershire May 5 Andy Rouse Graham Goode Chris Hodgetts
5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire May 27 Andy Rouse Jon Dooley Chris Hodgetts
6 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire June 9 Andy Rouse Richard Longman Richard Belcher
7 Donington Park, Leicestershire July 14 Andy Rouse Graham Goode Chris Hodgetts
8 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire July 21 Andy Rouse Richard Longman Chris Hodgetts
9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk August 11 Andy Rouse Richard Longman Chris Hodgetts
10 Brands Hatch, Kent August 26 Tom Walkinshaw Graham Goode Chris Hodgetts
11 Brands Hatch, Kent October 6 Andy Rouse Jon Dooley Chris Hodgetts
12 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire October 13 Andy Rouse Rob Kirby Richard Belcher

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship

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. In races where a class had less than four starters, points would be awarded to the top two finishers (6 & 4 respectively) with one point for the fastest lap. 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 SIL
 OUL
 THR
 DON
 THR
 SIL
 DON
 SIL
 SNE
 BRA
 BRA
 SIL
 Pts
1 Andy Rouse A 1/1 Ret 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 (2/2) 1/1 1/1 86
2 Chris Hodgetts C 10/2 9/2 (9/3) 10/1 7/1 (13/3) 14/1 13/1 10/1 8/1 10/1 DNS 77
3 Richard Belcher C 9/1 12/4 6/1 Ret 8/2 11/1 Ret Ret 11/2 10/3 15/4 10/1 60
4 Dave Brodie A 13/4 1/1 2/2 3/3 Ret 2/2 2/2 Ret 3/3 3/3 2/2 54
5 Alan Curnow C 13/5 8/1 7/2 11/2 Ret 12/2 Ret Ret 13/4 9/2 13/2 11/2 52
6 Rob Kirby B 6/2 7/4 8/1 9/4 5/2 8/2 (11/5) (10/5) 8/4 Ret 9/2 8/1 49
7 Richard Longman B 6/1 8/2 5/1 4/1 7/2 18/4 Ret 45
8 Neil McGrath A 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3 2/2 (4/4) 4/3 4/4 2/2 (6/6) 4/4 45
9 Jon Dooley B 7/3 5/3 Ret 7/2 4/1 9/3 9/3 6/2 Ret Ret 8/1 Ret 43
10 Graham Goode1 B 4/1 3/1 Ret 5/1 6/3 DSQ 3/1 DSQ 6/2 6/1 37
11 Frank Sytner A 1/1 Ret 4/4 4/4 2/2 6/5 Ret 3/3 4/4 Ret 30
12 John Morris C 11/3 Ret 10/4 14/4 DNS Ret 15/2 Ret 14/5 11/4 Ret 13/4 24
13 Phil Dowsett B Ret 4/2 Ret 8/3 DNS 10/4 12/6 9/4 7/3 21
14 Geoff Kimber-Smith C 12/4 Ret Ret DNS DNS 17/3 14/2 Ret 12/5 14/3 14/5 21
15 Pete Hall A 3/3 Ret DNP 6/5 9/4 5/5 16/8 7/5 5/4 5/5 7/7 5/5 20
16 Barry Sheene A 5/4 Ret 3/3 Ret DNS 3/3 5/4 Ret Ret 4/4 DNS 6/6 18
17 Tony Crudgington C DNS 15/4 18/4 16/3 12/3 14/7 Ret Ret 15
18 Mike Newman A 6/3 5/5 DNS 7/6 7/6 DNS Ret 5/5 7/7 10
19 Mark Hales B 10/4 8/3 9/5 9
20 Patrick Watts C Ret 13/3 DNS NC Ret 16/7 13/6 16/5 Ret 7
21 David Sears A 2/2 6
22 Stig Gruen C DNS 11/3 11/5 DNS Ret 6
23 Alex Moss C Ret 15/6 15/8 17/6 12/3 6
24 Terry Drury B DNS 10/5 Ret 12/5 DNS 14/5 6
25 Dennis Leech A 15/7 Ret 3/3 4
26 Klaus Niedzwiedz A 3/3 4
27 Barry Barnes B 12/3 4
28 Karl Jones C 18/4 3
29 Brian Chatfield A 8/5 DSQ DNP 13/7 11/6 11/8 Ret 3
30 Barry Lee C 19/5 Ret 2
31 David Grimshaw B 19/5 2
32 Alan Minshaw B 12/6 1
33 Alex Postan B 20/6 1
34 Mike Smith B 17/7 Ret 0
35 Kunimitsu Takahashi A 9/8 0
NC Steve Soper B Ret 0
NC Vern Schuppan A Ret 0
guest drivers ineligible for points
Tom Walkinshaw A 1/1 0
Pos Driver Class SIL
 OUL
 THR
 DON
 THR
 SIL
 DON
 SIL
 SNE
 BRA
 BRA
 SIL
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole in class
Italics - Fastest lap in class

Notes:

1.^ - Graham Goode was docked 20 points for technical infringements.

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