1982 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1982 Tricentrol RAC British Saloon Car Championship was the 25th season of the championship. The championship was open to saloon cars complying with FIA Appendix J Group 1 regulations.^[1] Win Percy won his third consecutive title, this time driving a class C Toyota Corolla. In doing so, he became the fourth driver to win three BSCC championships.

Teams & Drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Team Sanyo Racing with Esso Hepolite Glacier Racing Rover 3500 S 1 Jeff Allam A All 2 Frank Sytner A 1–4 Tom Walkinshaw 4 19 Pete Lovett A 5–11 Austin Metro 1300 HLS 74 Steve Soper D All Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0S 3 Vince Woodman A All 4 Jonathan Buncombe A 11 Patrick Motorsport with Duckhams Oil/ ICI Petrol Rover 3500 S 5 Rad Dougall A 1–8 6 Brian Muir A 6, 8–11 Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S 8 Gordon Spice A All 9 Andy Rouse A All Dennis Leech Rover 3500 S 12 Dennis Leech A 1, 3–8, 11 Graham Goode Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S 16 Graham Goode A 2, 5–7, 9, 11 Charles Sawyer-Hoare Ford Capri III 3.0S 20 Charles Sawyer-Hoare A 1–4, 6, 8, 11 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking Alfa Romeo GTV6 25 Jon Dooley B 1, 3–11 Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 81 D 2–3 82 Rob Kirby D All Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint 52 Andrew Thorpe C All James Burrows Toyota Celica 2000 LB 26 James Burrows B 1–4, 6, 8, 10 Mike Buckley Ford Escort RS2000 27 Mike Buckley B 1–6 Arne Riis Triumph Dolomite Sprint 28 Arne Riis B 6, 8 Team Electroplsn Mazda RX-7 30 Terry Nightingale B 1–4, 11 Mike Kimpton 6–8 Hamish Irvine Triumph Dolomite Sprint 32 Hamish Irvine B All Tony Dickinson Ford Escort RS2000 33 Tony Dickinson B 3–11 R&C Racing Developments Mazda RX-7 34 Gordon Bruce B 1 David Palmer Mazda RX-7 ? David Palmer B 4 Team Castrol Ford Escort RS2000 ? Erik Høyer B 8 Morris Vulcan Ltd. with Triang Toys Volkswagen Golf GTI 35 John Morris C All TL Racing Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 36 Tony Lanfranchi C All Robin Brundle Audi 80 GLE 37 Robin Brundle C 1–4, 10–11 Toyota Celica GT C 5–9 Chris Hodgetts Toyota Corolla GT 39 Chris Hodgetts C 7–8 Hughes of Beaconsfield/Toyota GB Toyota Corolla GT 40 Win Percy C All Julian May Racing Ford Fiesta 1.6 44 Jock Robertson C All John Tait Toyota Corolla GT 50 John Tait C 1–4 Race Time Marketing Ltd. Volkswagen Golf GTI 51 Alan Greenhalgh C 1, 3–6, 8–11 Baileys of Hanley Ltd. Peugeot Talbot Talbot Sunbeam TI 67 Terry Watts C 2–3, 7–8 Stanfield and White Talbot Sunbeam TI 68 John Spiller C 1, 3–8, 11 Industrial Control Services Ltd. Toyota Celica GT ? Pete Hall C 5–6 Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT ? Tony Crudgington C 9–11 Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS 71 Alan Curnow D All 77 Richard Longman D All Wadham Stringer/Team Castrol Austin Metro 1300 HLS 72 Roger Saunders D All Linden Racing with Everest Double Glazing Austin Metro 1300 HLS 73 Neil McGrath D All Stuart Fowler Ford Fiesta 1.3 75 Stuart Fowler D 1–2 GM Dealer Sport Vauxhall Astra 1.3 99 David da Costa D 5–6, 8, 10–11 Richard Hurdwell Austin Metro 1300 HLS ? Richard Hurdwell D 9

Icon Class A 2501–3500cc B 1601–2500cc C 1301–1600cc D Under 1300cc

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	20 March	Jeff Allam	Terry Nightingale	Win Percy	Richard Longman
2	A	Mallory Park, Leicestershire	28 March	Jeff Allam	Terry Nightingale	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Win Percy	Jon Dooley
3	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	9 April	Gordon Spice	Hamish Irvine	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Win Percy	Richard Longman
4		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	12 April	Vince Woodman	Jon Dooley	Win Percy	Steve Soper
5		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	31 May	Vince Woodman	Hamish Irvine	Win Percy	Richard Longman
6		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	13 June	Jeff Allam	Tony Dickinson	Win Percy	Richard Longman
7		Donington Park, Leicestershire	4 July	Vince Woodman	Tony Dickinson	Win Percy	Steve Soper
8		Brands Hatch, Kent	18 July	Pete Lovett	Jon Dooley	Win Percy	Richard Longman
9		Donington Park, Leicestershire	15 August	Jeff Allam	Tony Dickinson	Win Percy	Steve Soper
10		Brands Hatch, Kent	30 August	Vince Woodman	Hamish Irvine	Win Percy	Steve Soper
11		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	3 October	Pete Lovett	Jon Dooley	Win Percy	Steve Soper

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 MAL OUL THR THR SIL DON BRA DON BRA SIL Pts 1 Win Percy C 7/1 1/1 1/1 7/1 8/1 (10/1) 6/1 8/1 6/1 4/1 (9/1) 90 2 Richard Longman D 10/1 (9/3) 4/1 13/2 ?/1 ?/1 Ret ?/1 10/2 7/2 ?/2 72 3 Steve Soper D ?/3 Ret 6/2 12/1 Ret Ret 10/1 ?/2 9/1 6/1 14/1 65 4 Jeff Allam A 1/1 1/1 (5/5) 4/4 Ret 1/1 2/2 3/3 1/1 3/3 5/5 60 5 Vince Woodman A 3/3 2/2 6/6 1/1 1/1 2/2 1/1 4/4 Ret 1/1 7/7 60 6 Hamish Irvine B (?/3) 8/2 7/1 ?/2 ?/1 Ret ?/3 11/2 8/2 12/1 12/3 59 7 John Morris C 9/2 2/2 2/2 9/2 9/2 ?/2 9/3 9/2 Ret Ret 11/2 52 8 Jon Dooley B Ret 8/2 15/1 ?/3 Ret ?/2 10/1 Ret Ret 8/1 49 9 Andy Rouse A 2/2 4/4 3/3 3/3 2/2 3/3 3/3 Ret 2/2 Ret 3/3 41 10 Tony Dickinson B 15/5 Ret DSQ ?/1 7/1 ?/5 7/1 ?/2 10/2 40 11 Gordon Spice A 5/5 3/3 1/1 2/2 3/3 4/4 Ret 2/2 3/3 Ret ?/8 39 12 Tony Lanfranchi C 13/3 3/3 3/3 10/3 10/3 Ret 8/2 Ret Ret 6/2 13/3 36 13 Roger Saunders D ?/5 7/2 8/3 ?/3 ?/3 Ret ?/3 ?/4 Ret ?/3 ?/4 34 14 Terry Nightingale B 8/1 7/1 9/3 ?/3 15/4 32 15 Alan Curnow D ?/2 Ret Ret Ret ?/2 ?/2 ?/2 Ret Ret ?/5 Ret 28 16 Pete Lovett A 7/7 9/9 4/4 1/1 5/5 10/4 1/1 27 17 Neil McGrath D ?/4 Ret Ret Ret ?/4 ?/3 Ret ?/3 12/3 Ret ?/3 23 18 Robin Brundle C DNS 4/4 5/4 11/4 DNS ?/3 Ret 13/3 DNS 9/4 Ret 20 19 Rad Dougall A 4/4 Ret 2/2 5/5 4/4 6/6 5/5 6/6 18 20 Brian Muir A 5/5 5/5 Ret 2/2 2/2 17 21 Jock Robertson C 14/4 DNS 10/7 ?/? ?/4 DNS 11/4 Ret Ret 8/3 ?/4 16 22 Mike Buckley B 19/2 NC 10/4 Ret ?/2 Ret 15 23 Andrew Thorpe C ?/5 Ret 7/5 14/5 ?/5 Ret DNS Ret 11/2 ?/6 Ret 15 24 James Burrows B Ret 10/3 DNS ?/4 Ret ?/6 ?/3 12 25 Jon Dooley D 6/1 Ret 9 26 Mike Kimpton B ?/2 Ret ?/4 9 27 David da Costa D ?/5 Ret ?/5 ?/4 ?/5 9 28 John Spiller C ?/6 9/6 ?/? ?/6 Ret ?/5 ?/4 ?/6 9 29 Alan Greenhalgh C DNS ?/? ?/? ?/? Ret DNS 13/3 11/5 Ret 6 30 Dennis Leech A 6/6 4/4 8/7 5/5 8/8 Ret Ret Ret 6 31 Tony Crudgington C 15/4 ?/? ?/5 5 32 Graham Goode A 6/6 6/6 7/7 Ret 4/4 Ret 5 33 Erik Høyer B 12/3 4 34 Rob Kirby D DNS Ret DNS ?/4 DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret ?/6 Ret 4 35 Charles Sawyer-Hoare A Ret 5/5 12/7 6/6 Ret 7/7 6/6 4 36 Jonathan Buncombe A 4/4 3 37 Richard Hurdwell D 14/4 3 38 John Tait C ?/7 5/5 Ret ?/6 3 39 Terry Watts C 8/6 Ret ?/6 Ret 2 40 Frank Sytner A Ret 9/7 DNS Ret 0 41 Pete Hall C ?/? Ret 0 NC Chris Hodgetts C Ret Ret 0 NC Stuart Fowler D Ret DNS 0 NC Arne Riis B DNS Ret 0 NC Gordon Bruce B Ret 0 NC David Palmer B DSQ 0 NC Tom Walkinshaw A PO 0 Pos Driver Class SIL MAL OUL THR THR SIL DON BRA DON 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 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

References

1. ↑ Entry list for Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship, Round 8, 1982 Marlboro British Grand Prix program, page 8

External links

• Touring Car Racing History – 1982 BSCC
• 10-Tenths.com