1985 British Saloon Car Championship

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Group A
Industrial Control Services Ltd. Radiopaging	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	1	Andy Rouse	2–12
		15	Klaus Niedzwiedz	8
			David Sears	11
	Rover Vitesse	2		All
Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Rover Vitesse	3	Tom Walkinshaw	10
Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	4	Dennis Leech	8, 11–12
Mitsubishi Colt Racing	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	5	Dave Brodie	5–12
		6		2–4
			Vern Schuppan	8
			Kunimitsu Takahashi	12
	Toyota Celica Supra	7	Barry Sheene	All
	Ford Capri III 3.0S	8		1–3, 12
	BMW 635CSi			7–8, 11
Sytner BMW Racing with GSi	BMW 635CSi	9	Frank Sytner	1–4, 6–9, 11–12
with Connells Estate Agents plc	Rover Vitesse	11	Neil McGrath	1–9, 11–12
	BMW 635CSi	12		2–3, 5–8, 10–12
Group B
Ilford Photo	Ford Escort RS Turbo	10	Mike Smith	8, 11
	Alfa Romeo GTV6	30	Jon Dooley	All
		32		All
Graham Goode Racing	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	31	Graham Goode	1–10
Demon Tweeks Accessories –	Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8	33	Alan Minshaw	8
Roger Dowson Engineering	MG Metro Turbo	34	Steve Soper	1
	Alfa Romeo GTV6	40	Phil Dowsett	1–9
		41		1–6
			Mark Hales	7–9
				11
Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS Turbo	44	Richard Longman	6–12
Racal Vodafone	Ford Escort RS Turbo	?		11
	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?		11
Group C
Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	62	Tony Crudgington	1, 6–12
Autocar Magazine with	Ford Escort RS1600i	63	Karl Jones	8
	Toyota Corolla GT	65		1–3, 5, 10
Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS1600i	66	Alan Curnow	All
	Ford Escort RS1600i	69	Chris Hodgetts	All
		79	John Morris	All
		85		8–12
	Ford Escort RS1600i	70	Patrick Watts	3–6, 8–12
	Ford Escort RS1600i	74		All
racing with	Toyota Corolla GT	77		1–5, 7–12
Barry Lee	Ford Escort RS1600i	84	Barry Lee	8–9

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
2	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 April	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Alan Curnow
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	8 April	Dave Brodie
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
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

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 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 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 C 12/4 Ret Ret DNS DNS 17/3 14/2 Ret 12/5 14/3 14/5 21 15 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 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 C DNS 11/3 11/5 DNS Ret 6 23 C Ret 15/6 15/8 17/6 12/3 6 24 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 B 12/3 4 28 Karl Jones C 18/4 3 29 A 8/5 DSQ DNP 13/7 11/6 11/8 Ret 3 30 Barry Lee C 19/5 Ret 2 31 B 19/5 2 32 Alan Minshaw B 12/6 1 33 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 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.^  – 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^{[permanent dead link]}