The 1983 RAC Trimoco British Saloon Car Championship was the 26th season of the championship. Steve Soper driving a works Rover SD1 built by TWR was initially champion, but after he and the team was disqualified on a technicality, Andy Rouse won his second drivers title in an Alfa Romeo GTV6.
The sporting regulations changed to FIA sanctioned Group A specification, and three different classes competed for honours. TWR expanded their team and ran a trio of Rover Vitesses for Pete Lovett, Jeff Allam and Steve Soper. Austin Rover would also back Roger Dowson Engineering who ran Turbo Metros in Class B whilst Ford supported a semi-works Ford Escort outfit in Class C. GM/Opel entered a single Opel Monza for Tony Lanfranchi. Reigning champion Win Percy would once again drive for Toyota, this time at the wheel of a Supra Turbo. Meanwhile, Frank Sytner raced for the works BMW team.[1]
TWR dominated the season, winning all 11 races. The drivers had the races pretty much their own way until Sytner, who had fallen out with Walkinshaw and left TWR the previous season, protested the legality of the Rover cars to the governing body. In response, Walkinshaw protested Sytner's BMW which led to extended legal wrangling which would drag on until long after the season was over.[2]
Soper beat his more experienced team mates and won the outright championship, while Andy Rouse who had taken over the Alfa Romeo GTV6 run by Pete Hall won Class B after a season long dice with the Metros. In Class C, Alan Minshaw took the class honours in his Volkswagen Golf, seeing off the Ford challenge.
However, six months after the championship was over, Sytner's protest was heard by a Tribunal of Enquiry, chaired by veteran legal counsel Lord Hartley Shawcross. The result was the RAC disqualified the Rover team entirely over bodywork irregularities and engine installation issues, handing the title to Rouse. In response, Austin Rover withdrew from the BSCC immediately as a works outfit to concentrate on competing in Europe, and would not return until 2001 under the guise of MG Rover.[3]
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.
^"RAC British Saloon Car Championship - 1983". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
^Adams, Keith (2011-08-05). "Rover SD1 in motor sport". AROnline. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
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1983, british, saloon, championship, previous, 1982, next, 1984, 1983, trimoco, british, saloon, championship, 26th, season, championship, steve, soper, driving, works, rover, built, initially, champion, after, team, disqualified, technicality, andy, rouse, se. 1983 British Saloon Car Championship Previous 1982 Next 1984 The 1983 RAC Trimoco British Saloon Car Championship was the 26th season of the championship Steve Soper driving a works Rover SD1 built by TWR was initially champion but after he and the team was disqualified on a technicality Andy Rouse won his second drivers title in an Alfa Romeo GTV6 Contents 1 Season overview 2 Teams and drivers 3 Calendar and winners 4 Championship standings 4 1 Drivers championship 5 References 6 External linksSeason overview editThe sporting regulations changed to FIA sanctioned Group A specification and three different classes competed for honours TWR expanded their team and ran a trio of Rover Vitesses for Pete Lovett Jeff Allam and Steve Soper Austin Rover would also back Roger Dowson Engineering who ran Turbo Metros in Class B whilst Ford supported a semi works Ford Escort outfit in Class C GM Opel entered a single Opel Monza for Tony Lanfranchi Reigning champion Win Percy would once again drive for Toyota this time at the wheel of a Supra Turbo Meanwhile Frank Sytner raced for the works BMW team 1 TWR dominated the season winning all 11 races The drivers had the races pretty much their own way until Sytner who had fallen out with Walkinshaw and left TWR the previous season protested the legality of the Rover cars to the governing body In response Walkinshaw protested Sytner s BMW which led to extended legal wrangling which would drag on until long after the season was over 2 Soper beat his more experienced team mates and won the outright championship while Andy Rouse who had taken over the Alfa Romeo GTV6 run by Pete Hall won Class B after a season long dice with the Metros In Class C Alan Minshaw took the class honours in his Volkswagen Golf seeing off the Ford challenge However six months after the championship was over Sytner s protest was heard by a Tribunal of Enquiry chaired by veteran legal counsel Lord Hartley Shawcross The result was the RAC disqualified the Rover team entirely over bodywork irregularities and engine installation issues handing the title to Rouse In response Austin Rover withdrew from the BSCC immediately as a works outfit to concentrate on competing in Europe and would not return until 2001 under the guise of MG Rover 3 Teams and drivers editTeam Car No Drivers Rounds Class A Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota GB Toyota Celica Supra 1 nbsp Win Percy1 4 5 8 11 Team Sanyo Racing with EssoHepolite Glacier Racing with Esso Rover Vitesse 2 nbsp Jeff Allam All 3 nbsp Pete Lovett All 4 nbsp Steve Soper 1 4 6 11 Gordon Spice Racing Rover Vitesse 5 nbsp Gordon Spice 6 8 10 Dennis Leech Rover Vitesse 6 nbsp Dennis Leech 4 8 Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd Ford Capri III 3 0S 9 nbsp Mike Newman 1 2 7 10 Equipe Esso Daily Mirror Rover Vitesse 10 nbsp Charles Sawyer Hoare All GM Dealer Sport Opel Monza 3 0E 11 nbsp Tony Lanfranchi 1 3 5 11 Graham Goode Racing Ford Capri III 3 0S 12 nbsp Graham Goode 1 5 7 8 Mark Hales Ford Capri III 3 0S 16 nbsp Mark Hales 8 Team Colt Cars Mid West Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 18 nbsp Dave Brodie 6 11 Grace International Racing BMW 635CSi 19 nbsp Frank Sytner 6 9 11 Cheylesmore BMW Motorsport BMW 635CSi 20 nbsp Hans Joachim Stuck 8 10 nbsp Jonathan Palmer 11 Brian Chatfield Ford Capri III 3 0S 29 nbsp Brian Chatfield 10 11 Class B Hamish Irvine Mazda RX 7 30 nbsp Hamish Irvine 1 5 7 11 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer TeamNapolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Teamwith Hampshires of Dorking Alfa Romeo GTV6 31 nbsp Jon Dooley All Terry Nightingale Mazda RX 7 32 nbsp Terry Nightingale 8 Industrial Control Services Ltd Alfa Romeo GTV6 34 nbsp Pete Hall 1 3 nbsp Andy Rouse 4 11 Unipart with Daily Express MG Metro Turbo 35 nbsp Tony Pond 4 11 36 nbsp Patrick Watts 8 11 37 nbsp Martin Brundle 11 Tom Dodd Noble Mazda RX 7 nbsp Tom Dodd Noble 4 Class C Volkswagen Sport Volkswagen Scirocco GTI 60 nbsp John Morris All Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i 66 nbsp Alan Curnow All 77 nbsp Richard Longman All Ordibel UK Ltd Volkswagen Golf GTI 67 nbsp Alan Greenhalgh 1 5 7 8 10 Brooklyn Motorsport Ford Escort RS1600i 69 nbsp Chris Hodgetts All Julian May Racing Ford Fiesta XR2 70 nbsp Jock Robertson 1 4 Ford Escort RS1600i 6 9 11 Lloyds of Stafford Ford Escort RS1600i 72 nbsp Rob Hall All Lionel Abbott Ford Escort RS1600i 74 nbsp Lionel Abbott 2 5 7 Unipart with Daily Express MG Metro 78 nbsp Patrick Watts 2 7 Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota GB Toyota Corolla GT 80 nbsp Win Percy1 1 Tony Crudgington Ford Fiesta XR2 82 nbsp Tony Crudgington 8 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer TeamNapolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Teamwith Hampshires of Dorking Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 83 nbsp Rob Kirby All 84 nbsp Andrew Thorpe All Demon Tweeks Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI 86 nbsp Alan Minshaw All RZ Racing Toyota Corolla GT 87 nbsp Andy Driver 3 nbsp Tony Crudgington 5 nbsp Geoff Kimber Smith 6 11 Terry Watts Talbot Sunbeam Ti 88 nbsp Terry Watts 8 9 Jenny Birrell Toyota Corolla GT 95 nbsp Jenny Birrell 11 GTI Engineering Volkswagen Golf GTI 100 nbsp Richard Lloyd 11 Notes 1 Win Percy was ineligible for points at round 4 Calendar and winners edit Overall winners in bold Round Circuit Date Class A winner Class B winner Class C winner 1 Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire 20 March nbsp Steve Soper nbsp Hamish Irvine nbsp Win Percy 2 Oulton Park Cheshire 1 April nbsp Jeff Allam nbsp Jon Dooley nbsp John Morris 3 Thruxton Circuit Hampshire 4 April nbsp Pete Lovett nbsp Jon Dooley nbsp Alan Greenhalgh 4 Brands Hatch Kent 10 April nbsp Steve Soper nbsp Andy Rouse nbsp Alan Curnow 5 Thruxton Circuit Hampshire 30 May nbsp Pete Lovett nbsp Andy Rouse nbsp Alan Curnow 6 Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire 12 June nbsp Steve Soper nbsp Andy Rouse nbsp Chris Hodgetts 7 Donington Park Leicestershire 25 June nbsp Pete Lovett nbsp Andy Rouse nbsp John Morris 8 Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire 16 July nbsp Steve Soper nbsp Jon Dooley nbsp Richard Longman 9 Donington Park Leicestershire 14 August nbsp Steve Soper nbsp Tony Pond nbsp Alan Minshaw 10 Brands Hatch Kent 29 August nbsp Pete Lovett nbsp Andy Rouse nbsp Chris Hodgetts 11 Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire 2 October nbsp Jeff Allam nbsp Andy Rouse nbsp Chris Hodgetts Championship standings edit Drivers championship edit 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 amp 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 BRA THR SIL DON SIL DON BRA SIL Pts DSQ nbsp Steve Soper A 1 1 3 3 7 5 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 68 DSQ nbsp Pete Lovett A 3 3 2 2 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 1 4 4 63 1 nbsp Andy Rouse B 3 1 4 1 5 1 4 1 Ret 7 2 8 1 7 1 61 DSQ nbsp Jeff Allam A 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 4 4 1 1 53 2 nbsp Alan Minshaw C 11 5 12 4 11 3 10 2 11 3 9 3 12 3 12 2 8 1 14 4 Ret 45 3 nbsp Chris Hodgetts C 13 7 14 6 13 5 Ret 12 4 7 1 Ret 13 3 9 2 11 1 10 1 43 4 nbsp Alan Curnow C 9 3 Ret 9 1 8 1 Ret 13 4 14 4 12 4 13 3 11 2 42 5 nbsp Hamish Irvine B 8 1 6 2 5 2 5 2 7 3 6 3 20 2 Ret 9 2 Ret 42 6 nbsp Jon Dooley B Ret 4 1 4 1 6 3 Ret Ret Ret 10 1 Ret 18 3 9 2 36 7 nbsp Richard Longman C 14 8 9 2 16 8 13 5 10 2 Ret Ret 11 1 11 3 16 6 12 3 35 8 nbsp John Morris C Ret 8 1 15 7 11 3 Ret 8 2 10 1 Ret Ret 17 7 16 7 31 9 nbsp Tony Pond B Ret 6 2 Ret 5 2 25 5 6 1 Ret 17 3 31 10 nbsp Rob Hall C 10 4 10 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 2 15 5 Ret 12 2 Ret 22 11 nbsp Rob Kirby C Ret 13 5 10 2 12 4 DNS 11 5 14 5 17 6 13 5 Ret Ret 18 12 nbsp Alan Greenhalgh C 7 2 9 1 15 7 15 7 17 7 Ret 15 5 17 13 nbsp Tony Lanfranchi A Ret 5 4 6 4 9 5 6 5 3 3 7 7 10 6 6 6 6 6 17 14 nbsp Charles Sawyer Hoare A 4 4 DNS 3 3 Ret 3 3 4 4 8 5 8 8 Ret 7 7 Ret 16 15 nbsp Hans Joachim Stuck A 5 5 2 2 3 3 12 16 nbsp Frank Sytner A 3 3 2 2 DSQ Ret Ret 10 17 nbsp Win Percy C 6 1 9 18 nbsp Patrick Watts C 12 4 14 6 13 5 10 4 Ret 9 19 nbsp Mike Newman A 5 5 11 5 7 4 9 9 5 5 DNS 9 20 nbsp Patrick Watts B 21 3 Ret Ret 18 4 7 21 nbsp Win Percy A 8 4 DNS 6 6 3 3 Ret Ret 5 22 nbsp Dennis Leech A 4 3 Ret Ret 9 6 Ret 5 23 nbsp Andrew Thorpe C NC 14 6 16 8 Ret 12 6 Ret 18 7 14 6 Ret 14 5 5 24 nbsp Gordon Spice A Ret 23 12 4 4 5 5 5 25 nbsp Dave Brodie A Ret 16 7 16 10 Ret Ret 3 3 4 26 nbsp Graham Goode A Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 3 27 nbsp Tom Dodd Noble B 7 4 3 28 nbsp Richard Lloyd C 13 4 3 29 nbsp Terry Nightingale B 22 4 3 30 nbsp Jonathan Palmer A 5 5 2 31 nbsp Martin Brundle B 19 5 2 32 nbsp Jock Robertson C 12 6 Ret Ret WD DNS Ret Ret 15 6 2 33 nbsp Lionel Abbott C DNS Ret DNS 14 6 15 6 2 34 nbsp Pete Hall B Ret 7 3 8 3 0 35 nbsp Geoff Kimber Smith C 13 7 18 8 DNS 15 7 Ret Ret 0 36 nbsp Brian Chatfield A 10 8 8 7 0 37 nbsp Terry Watts C 24 8 Ret 0 38 nbsp Mark Hales A 19 11 0 NC nbsp Tony Crudgington C Ret Ret 0 NC nbsp Andy Driver C DNS 0 NC nbsp Jenny Birrell C DNS 0 Pos Driver Class SIL OUL THR BRA THR SIL DON SIL DON BRA SIL Pts Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 References edit 1983 Trimoco RAC British Saloon Car Championship Discussion amp Results Page 5 TenTenths Motorsport Forum tentenths com Retrieved 2021 12 24 RAC British Saloon Car Championship 1983 touringcarracing net Retrieved 2021 12 24 Adams Keith 2011 08 05 Rover SD1 in motor sport AROnline Retrieved 2021 12 24 External links edit Touring Car Racing History 1983 BSCC Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1983 British Saloon Car Championship amp oldid 1192282526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
