1987 British Touring Car Championship

The 1987 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship was the 30th season of the championship. The series, previously the British Saloon Car Championship, had a new name and new sponsor. Chris Hodgetts successfully defended his drivers title with his class D Toyota Corolla.^[1]^[2]

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Endurance Drivers
Class A
ICS plc	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	1	Andy Rouse	1, 4–5, 7
	Ford Sierra RS500		Andy Rouse	11
	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		Win Percy	6
	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	2	Pete Hall	1–9	Andy Rouse
	Ford Sierra RS500	2	Pete Hall	10–12	Andy Rouse
Graham Scarborough	Rover Vitesse	3	Graham Scarborough	All	Lionel Abbott^†
Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	4	Dennis Leech	1, 3–12	Karl Jones^†
R.A. Potter	Rover Vitesse	5	David Carvell	All	Jeff Allam
Listerine Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	6	Graham Goode	1–8	Win Percy
Listerine Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	6	Graham Goode	9–10	Win Percy
Alan Docking Racing	Holden Commodore VK SS Group A	7	Mike O'Brien	2–8, 10–12	Gary Brabham
John Maguire Racing	Rover Vitesse	8	Tim Harvey	All	David Leslie
BBW Turbosport	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	9	Dave Brodie	6
BBW Turbosport	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	9	Chris Aylett	12
Newman's Footwear	BMW 635CSi	10	Mike Newman	2–6, 8–11	Rob Speak^†
Griffin Motorsport	Rover Vitesse	11	Bill Griffin	4–5
Brian Chatfield	Rover Vitesse	14	Brian Chatfield	6–8
Abbott Racing	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	15	Mike Smith	6
Graham Hathaway Racing	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	16	Robb Gravett	6
API Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	17	Rex Muldoon	12
Roger Dowson Engineering	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	18	Jerry Mahony	6–7
TCCS Racing	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	19	Dave Morgan	6
Unknown	Mitsubishi Starion	?	Graham Rose	1
Class B
Asquith Autosport	Ford Escort RS Turbo	22	Karl Jones	6–7, 11–12
Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	30	Rob Kirby	2–5
	Alfa Romeo 75	30	Rob Kirby	6–7
	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	31	Jon Dooley	All	Rob Kirby
Kevin Eaton	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	32	Kevin Eaton	1, 6, 9, 11–12
Prodrive	BMW M3	33	Frank Sytner	6–7, 9–11	Mike Smith
Terry Drury Racing	Ford Escort RS Turbo	38	Mark Hales¹	1–11	Phil Dowsett¹
		38	Graham Hathaway^†	12	Phil Dowsett¹
		39	Lionel Wiffen	8–12	Graham Hathaway¹ Mark Hales
Class C
Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	42	Alan Minshaw	6–7, 9–11	Vic Lee^†
Roger Saunders	Renault 5 GT Turbo	45	Roger Saunders	All	Holman 'Les' Blackburn^†
Paul Harmer	Vauxhall Astra GTE	48	Paul Harmer	6–7
Colin Pearcy	MG Metro Turbo	55	Colin Pearcy	1, 6–12	Paul Taft
Alex Postan	Renault 5 GT Turbo	58	Alex Postan	6
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	David Grimshaw	3, 6
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	David Gibson	4
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	David Martell	4
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	Niki Phillips	6
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	Anthony Pownall	6
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	Les Germain	6–7
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	Peter Gottlieb	7
Unknown	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	David Kay	11
Class D
Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	63	Tony Crudgington	1, 4–6, 12
Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport	Toyota Corolla GT	66	Chris Hodgetts	1–11	Tiff Needell^†
		66	Mark Hales^†	12	Tiff Needell^†
		67	Alan Minshaw^†2	1–2	Chris Hodgetts^†
			Chuck Nicholson^†	2
			Will Hoy^†	6
			Tiff Needell	10
		69	Paul Longfield^†	1, 3
			Alex Moss^†	2, 7
			Tony Dron^†	9
TOM's GB	Toyota Corolla FX GT	70	Tiff Needell	6, 11–12
North Essex Motorsport	Ford Escort RS1600i	74	Phil Dowsett	4–6, 9, 12
			Patrick Watts^†	8
			Keith Norman^†	11
AGK Motorsport	Toyota Corolla GT	77	Geoff Kimber-Smith	1, 3–12	Gerry Marshall^†
Alan Gaunt	Ford Escort RS1600i	?	Richard Belcher^†	11
Alan Gaunt	Ford Escort RS1600i	?	Mark Goddard^†	12

^†Not eligible for points.
¹Practice only at round 10.
²Practice & qualifying only at round 2.

Calendar and results

All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Class A Winner	Class B Winner	Class C Winner	Class D Winner
1	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	12 April	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Mark Hales	Colin Pearcy	Chris Hodgetts
2	Oulton Park, Cheshire	17 April	Mike O'Brien	Tim Harvey	Tim Harvey	Mark Hales	Roger Saunders	Chris Hodgetts
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	20 April	Dennis Leech	Mike O'Brien	Dennis Leech	Mark Hales	Roger Saunders	Chris Hodgetts
4	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	25 May	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Mark Hales	Roger Saunders	Geoff Kimber-Smith
5	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	7 June	Andy Rouse	Pete Hall	Tim Harvey	Mark Hales	Roger Saunders	Chris Hodgetts
6	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	12 July	Win Percy	Win Percy	Win Percy	Frank Sytner	Roger Saunders	Chris Hodgetts
7	Brands Hatch, Kent	26 July	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Tim Harvey	Jon Dooley	Colin Pearcy	Chris Hodgetts
8	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	2 August	Mike O'Brien	Mike O'Brien Pete Hall	Mike O'Brien	Jon Dooley	Colin Pearcy	Chris Hodgetts
9	Donington Park, Leicestershire	16 August	Frank Sytner	Graham Goode	Graham Goode	Frank Sytner	Colin Pearcy	Chris Hodgetts
10*	Oulton Park, Cheshire	22 August	Pete Hall Andy Rouse	Jeff Allam	Mike Newman Rob Speak	Lionel Wiffen Mark Hales	Alan Minshaw Vic Lee	Chris Hodgetts Tiff Needell
11	Donington Park, Leicestershire	20 September	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	Colin Pearcy	Chris Hodgetts
12	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	6 October	Pete Hall	Pete Hall	Pete Hall	Graham Hathaway	Colin Pearcy	Mark Hales

30 lap endurance race.

Driver Standings/Results

Overall DC	Class Pos	Driver	Class	SIL	OUL	THR	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	DON	OUL	DON	SIL	Pts
1	1	Chris Hodgetts	D	8	8	5	11	9	12	7	7	9	3/5	8		84
2	1	Mark Hales	B	7	7	8	9	8	Ret	14	Ret	10	DNS/7	9		51
3	2	Jon Dooley	B	9	12	12	DNS	Ret	18	9	9	8	8	15	8	47
4	1	Tim Harvey	A	Ret	1	Ret	2	1	5	1	Ret	Ret	NC	4	3	45
=	2	Geoff Kimber-Smith	D	Ret		9	8	10	13	8	8	11	9	11	Ret	45
6	2	Dennis Leech	A	2		1	4	2	7	2	4	3	6	16	Ret	44
7	1	Colin Pearcy	C	11					20	11	12	12	DNS	14	12	43
8	3	Andy Rouse	A	1			1	Ret		3			Ret‡	1		35
9	4	Graham Goode	A	5	2	2	Ret	3	4	15	5	2	Ret			34
=	5	David Carvell	A	3	6	3	3	4	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	DNS	2	34
11	3	Frank Sytner	B						3	Ret		1	Ret	2		32
12	6	Pete Hall	A	4	5	6	10	6	6	4	3	4	Ret	Ret	1	31
13	2	Roger Saunders	C	WD	11	11	13	12	17	13	DNS	14	11	Ret	Ret	28
14	7	Mike O'Brien	A		Ret	4	5	Ret	8	5	1		Ret	3	4	27
15	8	Mike Newman	A		3	7	6	5	10		6	6	1	6		21
16	3	Phil Dowsett	D				14	11	19			15			14	19
17	9	Graham Scarborough	A	6	4	Ret	7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	5	4	5	5	16
18	4	Tiff Needell	D						16				5/3‡	10	Ret	15
19	3	Alan Minshaw	C						22	12		Ret	10	Ret		14
=	4	Lionel Wiffen	B								11	Ret	7	DNS	11	14
21	5	Kevin Eaton	B	Ret					Ret			7		7	Ret	12
22	10	Win Percy	A						1				Ret‡			10
=	6	Rob Kirby	B	DNA	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	15	Ret			8‡			10
24	5	Tony Crudgington	D	DNS			12	13	21						Ret	9
25	11	Jeff Allam	A										2‡			7
26	7	Karl Jones	B						Ret	DSQ				Ret	10	6
=	12	Dave Brodie	A						2							6
28	5	Peter Gotlieb	C							16						3
=	4	Alex Postan	C						23							3
30	6	Paul Harmer	C						28	17						2
=	7	David Grimshaw	C			DSQ			24							2
32	14	Brian Chatfield	A						11	6	Ret					1
=	15	Rex Muldoon	A												6	1
=	8	Niki Phillips	C						25							1
35	16	Bill Griffin	A				Ret	7								0
=	9	Les Germain	C						26	Ret						0
=	10	Anthony Pownall	C						27							0
–		Jerry Mahony	A						Ret	Ret						0
–		Robb Gravett	A						Ret							0
–		Dave Morgan	A						Ret							0
–		Mike Smith	A						Ret							0
–		David Kay	C											Ret		0
–		Chris Aylett	A												Ret	0
–		Graham Rose	A	DNS												0
–		David Gibson	C				WD									0
–		David Martell	C				WD									0
guest drivers ineligible for points
–		Rob Speak	A										1‡			0
–		Lionel Abbott	A										4‡			0
–		Karl Jones	A										6‡			0
–		Graham Hathaway	B										PO‡		7	0
–		Mark Hales	B												9	0
–		Chuck Nicholson	D		9											0
–		Gerry Marshall	D										9‡			0
–		Alan Minshaw	D	10	PO											0
–		Alex Moss	D		10	DNA				10						0
–		Paul Longfield	D	12		10										0
–		Patrick Watts	D								10					0
–		Vic Lee	C										10‡			0
–		Holman 'Les' Blackburn	C										11‡			0
–		Richard Belcher	D											12		0
–		Tony Dron	D									13				0
–		Keith Norman	D											13		0
–		Mark Goddard	D												13	0
–		Will Hoy	D						14							0
–		David Leslie	A										NC‡			0
–		Gary Brabham	A										Ret‡			0
–		Mike Smith	B										Ret‡			0
–		Paul Taft	C										DNS‡			0
–		Phil Dowsett	B										PO‡			0
Overall DC	Class Pos	Driver	Class	SIL	OUL	THR	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	DON	OUL	DON	SIL	Pts

‡ Endurance driver

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos.	Driver	Car	Class	Points
1	Chris Hodgetts	Toyota Corolla GT	D	84
2	Mark Hales	Ford Escort RS Turbo	B	51
3	Jon Dooley	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	B	47
4	Geoff Kimber-Smith	Toyota Corolla GT	D	45
4	Tim Harvey	Rover Vitesse	A	45
6	Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	A	44
7	Colin Pearcy	MG Metro Turbo	C	43
8	Andy Rouse	Ford RS Cosworth	A	35
9	Graham Goode	Ford RS Cosworth	A	34
9	David Carvell	Rover Vitesse	A	34
11	Frank Sytner	BMW M3	B	32
12	Pete Hall	Ford RS Cosworth	A	31
13	Roger Saunders	Renault 5GT Turbo	C	28
14	Mike O'Brien	Holden Commodore VK	A	27

References

^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-01. Official 1987 BTCC standings
^ "1987 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship - Discussion & Results - TenTenths Motorsport Forum".

External links

Official website of the British Touring Car Championship

[1] "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-01. Official 1987 BTCC standings

[2] "1987 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship - Discussion & Results - TenTenths Motorsport Forum".

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