1981 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1981 RAC Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship was the 24th season of the championship. Win Percy won his second consecutive drivers title in his Mazda RX-7.

Teams & Drivers[]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S 1 Gordon Spice D 1–4, 6–11 2 Stuart Graham D 1–2 3–11 Ford Capri III 3.0S 3 Vince Woodman D All 4 D 2, 4, 6–7, 10 CSH Racing with Esso and the Daily Mirror Ford Capri III 3.0S 5 Charles Sawyer-Hoare D 1–4, 6–11 6 Andy Rouse D All Rover 3500 S 7 Brian Muir D All 8 D All 63 Rad Dougall D 11 TWR – Daily Express Mazda Motorsport/TWR Team BP Rover 3500 S 9 Jeff Allam D All 10 Pete Lovett D 1, 5–11 Mazda RX-7 20 Win Percy C 1–10 25 Barry Sheene C 1 8–11 Audi 80 GLE 42 Martin Brundle B All 43 Stirling Moss B All Bestmoor Silencers Ford Capri III 3.0S 11 Graham Goode D 1, 3–4, 6–8, 11 Dennis Leech Ford Capri III 3.0S 13 Dennis Leech D 2–5, 8–10 Track Marshall Ford Capri III 3.0S 15 D 1–7 Ford Capri III 3.0S 16 D 1, 3–8 47 D 1–8, 10 Carroll Shelby Ford Capri III 3.0S 19 D 2–5, 8 Unknown Ford Capri III 3.0S 40 D 8 Ford Escort RS2000 96 C 5 Triumph Dolomite Sprint 79 C 5, 7, 10 Ford Escort RS2000 66 C 1–7, 9–11 Toyota Celica 2000 LB 74 C 3–4, 6, 8–11 Triumph Dolomite Sprint 92 C 5–9 Talbot Avenger 23 C 8 Toyota Celica ST 40 Chris Hodgetts B All Toyota Corolla GT 79 B 8 9 Dave Brodie 10–11 Morris Vulcan Ltd. Volkswagen Golf GTI 44 John Morris B All Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint 51 B 2–9, 11 Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 81 Jon Dooley A All Unknown Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 56 B All 57 Dave Morgan B All Volkswagen Golf GTI 66 B 1, 3–6, 9, 11 Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 69 B 1–8 Demon Tweeks Volkswagen Golf GTI 54 Alan Minshaw B 2, 5–8, 10 Toyota Celica LB 76 B 5, 8–9, 11 Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 62 B 8 Talbot Sunbeam TI 82 B 1–2, 4, 6, 8–9 Toyota Celica GT 84 B 1–2, 6, 8–9, 11 Talbot Sunbeam TI 48 B 8 Team Datapost Racing with and Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS 70 Alan Curnow A All 77 Richard Longman A All 57 Tim Goss A 10 Mini 1275GT 74 Tim Goss A 1–8 Ford Fiesta 1.3 80 A 1–2, 4 5 8 Ford Fiesta 1.3 99 A 1–7, 9–11 Austin Metro 1300 HLS 74 Neil McGrath A 5–9, 11 Ford Fiesta 1.3 85 A 9 Ford Fiesta 1.3 39 A 7–9 François Hamon Simca Rallye 3 76 François Hamon A 8 Ford Fiesta 1.3 42 A 2, 4–5 Austin Metro 1300 HLS 87 A 2–10

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

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	A	Mallory Park, Leicestershire	22 March	Not contested.		Win Percy	Andy Rouse
	B			Jon Dooley	John Morris	Not contested.
2		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	29 March	Alan Curnow	Martin Brundle		Andy Rouse
3	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	17 April	Not contested.		Win Percy	Gordon Spice
	B			Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts	Not contested.
4		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	20 April	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Vince Woodman
5	A	Brands Hatch, Kent	25 May	Not contested.		Win Percy
	B			Neil McGrath		Not contested.
6		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	21 June	Neil McGrath	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Pete Lovett
7		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	18 July	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Pete Lovett
8	A	Donington Park, Leicestershire	16 August	Not contested.		Win Percy	Pete Lovett
	B			Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Not contested.
9		Brands Hatch, Kent	31 August	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts	Win Percy	Jeff Allam
10		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	20 September	Richard Longman	Martin Brundle	Win Percy	Jeff Allam
11		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	4 October	Jon Dooley	John Morris		Jeff Allam

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 MAL SIL1 OUL2 THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR SIL Pts 1 Win Percy C 2/1 (Ret) 1/1 4/1 2/1 4/1 4/1 1/1 2/1 2/1 78 2 Chris Hodgetts B (Ret) Ret 1/1 11/1 8/4 12/1 ?/1 1/1 8/1 ?/4 7/2 74 3 Jon Dooley A 4/1 13/2 4/1 ?/2 6/3 ?/2 ?/1 (10/4) (16/3) ?/3 10/1 65 4 John Morris B 1/1 8/2 ?/? ?/2 5/3 13/2 ?/2 2/2 9/2 (?/3) 6/1 60 5 Richard Longman A Ret 15/3 13/5 ?/1 7/4 ?/? ?/2 6/1 14/1 ?/1 11/2 58 6 Pete Lovett D 5/4 4/3 1/1 1/1 2/1 3/2 3/2 2/2 52 7 Jeff Allam D 8/7 4/4 Ret 5/4 3/2 Ret 2/2 Ret 1/1 1/1 1/1 50 8 Andy Rouse D 1/1 1/1 3/2 3/3 Ret 3/3 3/3 3/2 5/4 5/4 Ret 49 9 Alan Curnow A Ret 12/1 6/2 ?/3 ?/? ?/4 ?/6 7/2 15/2 ?/2 12/3 48 10 Gordon Spice D 11/9 2/2 2/1 2/2 2/2 Ret 5/4 4/3 7/6 Ret 38 11 Vince Woodman D 3/2 3/3 4/3 1/1 7/6 5/4 Ret Ret Ret 4/3 4/4 35 12 Neil McGrath A 3/1 18/1 ?/3 8/3 DNS 13/4 33 13 Dave Morgan B Ret 24/? 9/6 18/4 2/2 16/4 ?/4 3/3 12/3 ?/2 9/4 33 14 C 10/2 ?/1 Ret ?/? 8/2 NC Ret 23/3 ?/3 17/1 31 15 Martin Brundle B 2/2 6/1 12/8 ?/5 Ret Ret Ret 4/4 DSQ 10/1 Ret 30 16 B Ret Ret 3/3 14/3 1/1 Ret ?/3 5/5 13/4 Ret 8/3 30 17 D 4/3 Ret 5/4 6/5 1/1 6/5 5/4 6/5 16/? 25 18 A 5/2 ?/4 ?/? ?/4 4/2 ?/? Ret 17/4 ?/6 16/5 24 19 Stirling Moss B 3/3 22/6 2/2 Ret Ret 15/3 22/7 9/6 DNS ?/5 14/5 20 20 A 26/? 10/4 ?/6 10/5 ?/3 ?/4 ?/5 19/5 ?/5 19 21 C 8/2 6/2 8/2 Ret 18 22 Tim Goss A 7/4 ?/6 7/3 ?/? 11/6 ?/? ?/5 ?/? ?/4 14 23 B ?/3 5/4 ?/? 9/5 ?/5 ?/? ?/? 18/5 15/6 14 24 B ?/4 ?/4 8/5 ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/5 Ret 10 25 C ?/2 ?/? DNS Ret Ret DNS 21/2 9 26 A 6/3 ?/5 ?/5 8 27 C 14/4 ?/2 NC DNS Ret 7 28 Brian Muir D Ret Ret 7/6 9/8 11/8 Ret ?/? 4/3 Ret Ret Ret 6 29 D 5/5 ?/? Ret 6/5 6/5 6 30 Charles Sawyer-Hoare D 9/8 7/6 Ret 10/9 9/8 7/6 7/6 11/7 9/7 5/5 5 31 Alan Minshaw B 21/5 14/6 ?/? ?/6 ?/? ?/6 5 32 C 9/3 NC Ret 4 33 Rad Dougall D 3/3 4 34 C 14/3 4 35 D 11/10 ?/? 6/5 10/9 Ret 10/8 7/5 ?/? Ret 4 36 B ?/5 DNS ?/6 ?/6 ?/? 21/7 4 37 D 6/5 ?/? 9/8 7/6 13/10 7/6 ?/? 4 38 D ?/? ?/? ?/? 5/4 14/10 ?/? Ret 3 39 D Ret 14/? 6/5 ?/? 10/7 8/7 ?/? Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 40 C 15/5 2 41 Graham Goode D 7/6 10/9 8/7 ?/? ?/? 9/7 Ret 1 42 B ?/? ?/? 20/6 18/7 1 43 B ?/6 25/? ?/? ?/? 24/8 20/9 1 44 Dennis Leech D ?/? 12/11 ?/? ?/? 13/11 10/6 Ret 1 45 A Ret ?/? 22/6 1 46 François Hamon A ?/6 1 47 D DNS 8/7 ?/? 12/9 12/10 0 48 B DSQ 11/7 ?/? DSQ ?/? Ret 19/8 0 49 A DNS ?/? 12/7 0 50 A 13/8 0 51 D 11/9 0 52 B 25/9 0 53 Stuart Graham D Ret ?/? 0 54 Dave Brodie B ?/? Ret 0 55 B ?/? 0 56 B ?/? 0 57 B ?/? 0 NC Barry Sheene C Ret 0 NC A Ret 0 NC A DNS 0 Pos Driver Class MAL SIL OUL THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole in class Italics - Fastest lap in class

Notes:

1.^  – Class A pole position for round 2 is unknown.

2.^  – Class A & B pole positions for round 3 are unknown.

External links[]

• Touring Car Racing History – 1981 BSCC^{[permanent dead link]}