1989 Entry List. is this right?

[McKay]

is this right? can anyone help me? correct me where wrong and give me more names and numbers

(Class) Number
Name
Car
Team
(A) 1
Andy Rouse
Ford Sierra rs500
Kaliber Sport
(A) 2
Jerry Mahony
Ford Sierra rs500
Arquati ?
(A) 3
Mike Newman
Ford Sierra rs500
Listerine ?
(A) 4
Graham Goode
Ford Sierra rs500
Listerine ?
(A) 5
Sean Walker
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 6
Laurence Bristow
Ford Sierra rs500
Labatts ?
(A) 7
Tim Harvey
Ford Sierra rs500
Labatts ?
(A) 10
Guy Edwards
Ford Sierra rs500
Kaliber Sport
(A) 14
Graham Hathaway
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 15
Chris Hodgetts
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 16
Dave Pinkney
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 17
Mike O'Brian
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 18
Robin Donavon
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 19
Dave Broodie
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 20
Mike Smith
Ford Sierra rs500
Trackstar
(A) 21
Robb Gravett
Ford Sierra rs500
Trackstar
(A) 25
Kerith Van Kowan
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 26
Nick May
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(A) 28
Karl Jones
Ford Sierra rs500
?
(B) 31
John Clark
BMW M3
?
(B) 32
James Weaver
BMW M3
BMW Finance ?
(B) 33
Frank Sytner
BMW M3
BMW Finance ?
(B) 35
Ian Forrest
BMW M3
?
(B) 37
?
BMW M3
?
(B) 43
Godfrey Hall
BMW M3
?
(B) 44
John Llewllyn
BMW M3
?
(C) 50
Alan Minshaw
Volkswagen Golf
?
(C) 55
John Morris
Volkswagen Golf
?
(C) 56
John Cleland
Vauxhall Astra GTE
Vauxhall Dealer Sport
(C) 57
Jeremy Rossiter
Vauxhall Astra GTE
Vauxhall Dealer Sport
(C) 58
Louise Aitkin-Walker
Vauxhall Astra GTE
Vauxhall Dealer Sport
(C) 63
Mike Jordan
Peugeot 309
?
(D) 70
Phil Dowsett
Toyota Corolla
?
(D) 75
Ray Armes
Honda Civic
?
(D) 77
Geoff Kimber-Smith
Toyota Corolla
?
(D) 88
Tony Crutchington
Toyota Corolla
?
(D) 85
Leslie Lanyard
Toyota Corolla
?
(D) ?
Tony Dolley
Toyota Corolla
?
(?) ?
Tony Lanfranchi
Vauxhall Astra GTE
?

Many thanks if you can help

[Stuart]

Thruxton 1989 Round 5

Class A
1 Andy Rouse Kaliber Ford Sierra RS500
2 Jerry Mahony Arquati Ford Sierra RS500
3 Mike Newman Listerine Racing Team Sierra RS500
4 Graham Goode Listerine Racing Team Sierra RS500
5 Sean Walker Graham Goode Racing Sierra RS500
6 Laurence Bristow Labatts Sierra RS500
7 Tim Harvey Labatts Sierra RS500
9 Mark Rennison Front Row Publicity Sierra RS500
10 Guy Edwards Kaliber Ford Sierra RS500
14 Graham Hathaway Soans Ford Dealer Sierra RS500
15 Chris Hodgetts Brooklyn M'Sport Sierra RS500
16 Dave Pinkney Warrenty Holdings/TDR Sierra RS500
17 Mike O' Brien TDR Sierra RS500
18 Robin Donovan Blue Hawk/TDR Sierra RS500
19 Dave Brodie Brodie Brittain Sierra RS500
20 Mike Smith Trakstar NEC Cartel Sierra RS500
21 Robb Gravett Trakstar NEC Cartel Sierra RS500
25 Gerrit van Kouwen Fina Sierra RS500
26 Nick May Trident Maserati BiTurbo
28 Karl Jones Duckhams Sierra RS500
29 Tony Hilton Hilton Racing Sierra RS500

Class B
31 John Clark John Maguire Racing BMW M3
32 James Weaver BMW M3
33 Frank Sytner BMW M3
35 Ian Forrest Novafone BMW M3
43 Godfrey Hall BMW M3
44 John Llewellyn Ronic BMW M3

Class C
50 Alan Minshaw Castrol VW Golf GTi
53 Mike Jordan Eurotech Peugeot 309GTi
55 John Morris Listers VW Golf GTi
56 John Cleland Vauxhall Astra GTE
58 Louise Aitken Walker Vauxhall Astra GTE

Class D
70 Phil Dowsett Toyota Corolla FXGT
75 Ray Armes Brookbond Honda Civic Si
77 Geoff Kimber-Smith Toyota Corolla GT
81 Tony Dolley Toyota Corolla FXGT
85 Les Liddiard Toyota Corolla FTGT
88 Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT

[Stuart]

Couple of others appeared later in the year

Class B
37 Nettan Lindgren BMW M3

Class C
56 Jeremy Rossiter Vauxhall Astra GTE

[Cleland Fan]

Jeremy Rossiter was #57

Don't suppose anyone knows the full 1990 points do they?

[John]

McKay why do you want it?

I've got a fairly extensive entry list for 1989 but its as a word document and copying and pasting onto here doesnt work as the formatting is all screwed up.

Drop me an PM sometime.


As for 1990 points, I've only got the top 10, dunno what the rest is :mad:

[vitesse]

Stuarrt's list looks pretty much spot-on, although I think the Tony Hilton RS500 may never have actually showed up at a race, despite being entered several times- the Mark Rennison car only had a couple of outings as well.

I seem to remember that Nick May wasn't the only driver to appear in the Maserati- I'd have to go and look it up, but Tomas Mezera comes to mind.

Geoff Kimber-Smith's Corolla was entered by either AGK Motorsport or Five Star Racing- he ran the car under both names at different times, but not sure from memory when it changed. Ray Armes' Brooke Bond Honda was run by Graham Goode, alongside the 2 Listerine Sierras and the Sean Walker car. The Dowsett Corolla entry had been a factory-backed TOM'S GB car, but not sure if it was still the case in 1990

[vitesse]

Just dug out my programme for Round 6 at Brands, and the list is the same as Stuart's, apart from a few missing Class D Corollas (only Armes, GK-S and Crudgington entered at Brands), some Class A non-starters (Hilton, Rennison, Hodgetts and Hathaway all entered but didn't show), and a couple of amendments- a late entry from Nettan Lindgren, and Nick May replaced in the Maserati by none other than Vic Lee

There was also a 2-driver 1 hour race at Donington for Round 4, so if you wanted to go for total detail, you could add all the second drivers- including no less than Damon Hill in the Sean Walker RS500. I've got them all listed somewhere if you want them- I think there are some other well-known or interesting names in there....

[Stuart]

The Dowsett car ran in TOMS colours but they gave encouragement and thats about all. I don't recall Tony Hilton ever racing either, and Mark Rennisons car was a converted Rally car, as was Louise Aitken Walkers Astra.
What was really exciting though was that the Trakstar cars were built by none other than Dick Johnson!

[vitesse]

Another car to add- at round 7, the GP support race at Silverstone, Alan Minshaw ran his BMW M3 as well as his regular Golf- Barrie Williams drove the M3 as car no. 30- finished 20th

There were some driver changes later in the season in the TDR Sierras (16/17/18) as well- Jon Dooley & Andrew Hepworth appeared in two of the cars (nos 16 & 18 according to the notes I've got here) at Silverstone round 13

Dowsett's Corolla was a private effort in 89, as you said - it had been entered by TOM'S in 1987/8- for Tiff Needell in 87, and Dowsett in 88 with Tiff sharing the car at the Donington 2-driver race and the TT

[Stuart]

I believe the Silverstone race was the only time Jon Dooley raced in the BTCC in anything but an Alfa Romeo - which used to be run by Terry Drury Racing (TDR)
The Sierra ran with an Alfa Romeo badge on the bonnet!

[MG-ZS EX260]

BTW theres no a BMW dealership in shropshire named 'godfrey hall' didnt realise he was a BTCC driver.

[Invincible]

Thats true

Frank Sytner has a BMW dealership and so too does Nick Whale who drove a BMW in 91'

I wonder why so many former BMW touring car drivers have BMW dealers?

Sytner probably has one because he damaged so many Beamers when racing that he had to pay them back!!

[vitesse]

John Clark was a BMW dealer as well, up in the Aberdeen area I think. His M3, like Godfrey Hall's car, had sponsorship from their respective dealerships.

Sytner had raced BMWs for a few years before driving for the Prodrive/BMW Finance/Mobil 1 team, and both his 635CSi coupe around 1983-6 and his original Prodrive-run privateer M3 in 87 had been partly sponsored by Sytner BMW. (John Clark sometimes shared the 635 with him in ETCC races if memory serves).

I think all 3 drivers had been BMW dealers before racing BMWs in the BTCC- I guess it's good publicity to race what you sell.


Another addition to the entry list- Gerrit van Kouwen split with the Fina RS500 team toards the end of the season, and Chris Hodgetts took over for at least round 13 (his Brooklyn car had been sidelined by lack of money I think)

[Cleland Fan]

Frank Sytner sold his garage group last year to one of Roger Penske's companies for £26m!

Vitesse, you're right about John Clark. He is the North of Scotland's top BMW dealer and i think the only Alpina dealer in Scotland.

[vitesse]

Originally posted by Cleland Fan
Frank Sytner sold his garage group last year to one of Roger Penske's companies for £26m!


No wonder he always turns up with several different cars at most of the big historic meetings- he can certainly afford them.....