1985 British Saloon Car Championship season

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.

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

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	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	24 March	Frank Sytner	Graham Goode	Richard Belcher
2	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 April	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Alan Curnow
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	8 April	Dave Brodie	Rob Kirby	Richard Belcher
4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	5 May	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	27 May	Andy Rouse	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts
6	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	9 June	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Richard Belcher
7	Donington Park, Leicestershire	14 July	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
8	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	21 July	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	11 August	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts
10	Brands Hatch, Kent	26 August	Tom Walkinshaw	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
11	Brands Hatch, Kent	6 October	Andy Rouse	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts
12	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	13 October	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 Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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.

External links

• Official website of the British Touring Car Championship
• Touring Car Racing History – 1985 BSCC