1986 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1986 RAC British Saloon Car Championship was the 29th season of the championship, and the final under the name of The British Saloon Car Championship. Chris Hodgetts won the title with his class C Toyota Corolla.

Teams & Drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Industrial Control Services Ltd. Ford Sierra XR4Ti 1 Andy Rouse A All Rover Vitesse 2 Pete Hall A All BBW Motorsport Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 3 Dave Brodie A 5 6 9 Dennis Leech Rover Vitesse 4 Dennis Leech A 1–5, 9 Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. BMW 635CSi 5 Mike Newman A All Linden Racing/Connells Estate Agents Rover Vitesse 6 Neil McGrath A 5 7 A 3 Mike O'Brien 2, 4–9 Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica Supra 9 Pete Lovett A 1 David Sears 5 Mann's Garage BMW 635CSi 13 Barry Barnes A 1 TWR – Herbie Clips Rover Vitesse 20 Jeff Allam A 5 22 Jean-Louis Schlesser A 5 T.W. Robinson Demolition/SDC Builders BMW 635CSi 25 Barry Robinson A 9 Brian Chatfield Ford Capri III 3.0S ? Brian Chatfield A 3, 5–6 John West Foods – Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo GTV6 30 Rob Kirby B 1 Alfa Romeo 75 V6 B 2–9 31 Jon Dooley B 2–9 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo 33 Alan Curnow B All 44 Richard Longman B All Carroll's Transport Mercedes 190E 2.3–16 36 Martin Carroll B 5 Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo 38 Mark Hales B All Smith & Latimer MG Metro Turbo 55 Colin Pearcy B 5, 9 David Gibson Renault 5 GT Turbo ? David Gibson B 5 David Grimshaw Renault 5 GT Turbo ? David Grimshaw B 5 Antony Pownall Renault 5 GT Turbo ? Antony Pownall B 5 Roger Saunders Renault 5 GT Turbo ? Roger Saunders B 5 Peugeot Talbot Sport UK Peugeot 205 GTi 61 Mikael Sundström C 5, 7 Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT 62 Tony Crudgington C All Team Toyota GB/Duckhams CHMS Team/Demon Tweeks Racing Toyota Corolla GT 66 Chris Hodgetts C All 77 Alan Minshaw C 5–6 Barry Sheene 9 Brooklyn Motorsport/ECS Ford Escort RS1600i 69 Paul Taft C All North Essex Motorsport Ford Escort RS1600i 74 Richard Belcher C 5–6, 9 AGK Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT 77 Geoff Kimber-Smith C 1 Abbott Racing Ford Escort RS1600i ? Lionel Abbott C 2 Alastair Davidson Ford Fiesta XR2 ? Alastair Davidson C 2–3, 5 Nick Sismey Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 1.5 ? Nick Sismey C 5 Containerships Vauxhall Nova Sport ? James Kaye D 5 Monorep Ltd. Vauxhall Opel Main Dealer Vauxhall Nova Sport ? Tony Lanfranchi D 3, 5–6 Brands Hatch Racing School Ford Escort XR3i ? Peter Argetsinger XR3i 7 ? Stuart Cole XR3i 7 ? Chris Creswell XR3i 7 ? Ben Edwards XR3i 7 ? Pete King XR3i 7 ? Lucy Rogers XR3i 7 ? Pete Rogers XR3i 7 ? Rick Shortle XR3i 7

Icon Class A 2501–3600cc B 1601–2500cc C 1301–1600cc D Under 1300cc XR3i Brands Hatch Racing School Escort XR3i

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	Class D Winner
1	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	13 April	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	None (no entries)
2	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	26 May	Mike Newman	Rob Kirby	Chris Hodgetts	None (no entries)
3	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	8 June	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Tony Lanfranchi
4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	15 June	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	None (no entries)
5	Brands Hatch, Kent	13 July	Jeff Allam	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	James Kaye
6	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	10 August	Pete Hall	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Tony Lanfranchi
7	Brands Hatch, Kent	25 August	Andy Rouse	Alan Curnow	Mikael Sundström	None (no entries)
8	Donington Park, Leicestershire	14 September	Andy Rouse	Mark Hales	Chris Hodgetts	None (no entries)
9	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	5 October	Dave Brodie	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	None (no entries)

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. Unlike previous seasons, full points were awarded to all classes regardless of how many cars started. All scores counted towards the championship. Positions are shown as overall/class.

Pos Driver Class SIL THR SIL DON BRA SNE BRA DON SIL Pts 1 Chris Hodgetts C 9/1 4/1 7/1 4/1 12/1 7/1 5/2 7/1 8/1 85 2 Richard Longman B 5/1 7/3 3/1 3/1 8/1 3/1 7/2 Ret 3/1 70 3 Andy Rouse A 1/1 2/2 1/1 1/1 Ret Ret 1/1 1/1 Ret 57 4 Rob Kirby B 7/2 3/1 10/3 5/2 9/2 8/5 11/5 8/3 7/4 42 5 Mike Newman A 6/5 1/1 6/4 2/2 7/7 2/2 8/4 2/2 4/3 39 6 Pete Hall A 3/3 9/3 4/3 Ret 5/5 1/1 4/3 4/4 2/2 36 7 Paul Taft C 12/4 5/2 8/2 6/2 Ret 9/2 Ret Ret 9/2 33 8 Alan Curnow B Ret 8/4 5/2 Ret 19/6 4/2 6/1 Ret 5/2 32 9 Tony Lanfranchi D 12/1 24/2 11/1 26 10 Jon Dooley B 6/2 Ret Ret NC 6/4 9/3 6/2 6/3 23 11 Tony Crudgington C 10/2 DNS 9/3 7/3 Ret DNS 17/3 Ret 10/3 23 12 Mark Hales B Ret Ret Ret Ret 18/5 5/3 10/4 5/1 Ret 20 13 Mikael Sundström C 14/3 3/1 14 14 Mike O'Brien A Ret DNS 6/6 Ret 2/2 3/3 Ret 11 15 James Kaye D 17/1 10 16 Alan Minshaw C 13/2 10/3 10 17 Dennis Leech A 2/2 Ret DNS DNS 4/4 DNS 10 18 Jeff Allam A 1/1 9 19 Alastair Davidson C 11/4 11/4 23/5 8 20 Jean-Louis Schlesser A 2/2 7 21 Neil McGrath A 2/2 Ret 6 22 Colin Pearcy B 11/3 12/5 6 23 David Sears A 3/3 4 24 Lionel Abbott C 10/3 4 25 Geoff Kimber-Smith C 11/3 4 26 Pete Lovett A 4/4 3 27 Nick Sismey C 15/4 3 28 Roger Saunders B 16/4 3 29 Richard Belcher C Ret Ret 13/5 2 30 Barry Barnes A 8/6 1 31 David Grimshaw B 20/7 0 32 Brian Chatfield A DSQ 10/8 Ret 0 33 David Gibson B 21/8 0 34 Antony Pownall B 22/9 0 NC Martin Carroll B Ret 0 NC Barry Robinson A Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Dave Brodie A Ret 1/1 0 Stuart Cole XR3i 12/1 0 Chris Creswell XR3i 13/2 0 Rick Shortle XR3i 14/3 0 Barry Sheene C 11/4 0 Pete Rogers XR3i 15/4 0 Peter Argetsinger XR3i 16/5 0 Ben Edwards XR3i 18/6 0 Lucy Rogers XR3i 19/7 0 Pete King XR3i 20/8 0 Pos Driver Class SIL THR SIL DON BRA SNE BRA DON SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole in class Italics - Fastest lap in class

External links

• Official website of the British Touring Car Championship
• Touring Car Racing History – 1986 BSCC
• 10-Tenths.com