1989 British Touring Car Championship

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The 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship was the 32nd season of the championship. This season was the final year of the four separate class format, with the championship changing to just two classes for 1990. There were a total of thirteen rounds with the best eleven scores for each driver counting towards the championship. The title was won by John Cleland with a works Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V.

Teams & Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Endurance Drivers
Class A
Kaliber Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	1	Andy Rouse	All	Win Percy
		10	Guy Edwards	1-11, 13	Johnny Dumfries Win Percy
		10	David Sears	12	Johnny Dumfries Win Percy
Arquati Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	2	Jerry Mahony	All	Gary Ayles
Listerine Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	3	Mike Newman	All	Alistair Lyall
Listerine Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	4	Graham Goode	All	Alistair Lyall
FAI Auto Parts	Ford Sierra RS500	5	Sean Walker	All	Damon Hill
Labatt's Team	Ford Sierra RS500	6	Laurence Bristow	All	Tiff Needell
		7	Tim Harvey	1-9, 11-13	David Sears
		7	Tomas Mezera	10	David Sears
Mark Rennison	Ford Sierra RS500	9	Mark Rennison	3, 5-6
Graham Hathaway Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	14	Graham Hathaway	1, 4-5, 10, 12	Dave Wallis
Brooklyn Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500	15	Chris Hodgetts	1-7, 11-12	David Leslie
Terry Drury Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	16	Dave Pinkney	1-10	Graham Scarborough
		16	Jon Dooley	13	Graham Scarborough
		17	Mike O'Brien	1-3, 5-13
		18	Robin Donovan	1-9	Mike O'Brien
		18	Andrew Hepworth	13	Mike O'Brien
Brodie-Brittain Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	19	Dave Brodie	1-6, 8-10, 12-13	Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Trakstar Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500	20	Mike Smith	1-8, 10-13	Mike Wilds
		20	Will Hoy	9	Mike Wilds
		21	Robb Gravett	All	Jeff Allam
Bornebusch Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	22	Kaj Bornebusch	1-2
JQF Engineering	Ford Sierra RS500	25	Gerrit van Kouwen	1-11	Pierre Dieudonné
			Tomas Mezera	12
			Chris Hodgetts	13
Trident Motorsport	Maserati Biturbo	26	Tomas Mezera	3, 6
			Nick May	5, 7-8, 10-11, 13
			John Lepp	9
			Vic Lee	12
Asquith Autosport	Ford Sierra RS500	28	Karl Jones	All	Vic Lee
Class B
Demon Tweeks	BMW M3	30	James Kaye	1
			Barrie Williams	7
			Alan Minshaw	11-12
John Maguire Racing	BMW M3	31	John Clark	1-4, 6-11, 13	Andrew Jeffrey
John Maguire Racing	BMW M3	43	Godfrey Hall	1-8, 10-13	Lionel Abbott
BMW Team Finance	BMW M3	32	James Weaver	All	Steve Soper
BMW Team Finance	BMW M3	33	Frank Sytner	All	Will Hoy
Ian Forrest	BMW M3	35	Ian Forrest	All	Bernard Hunter
Nettan Lindgren	BMW M3	37	Nettan Lindgren	1-2, 7-11
BRR Motorsport	BMW M3	44	John Llewellyn	All	Gerry Marshall
Class C
Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	50	Alan Minshaw	1-10	John Brindley
Team Eurotech	Peugeot 309 GTi	53	Mike Jordan	1-4, 7, 11	Peter Tyson
John Morris	Volkswagen Golf GTI	55	John Morris	1, 3-8, 10-13	Barrie Williams
Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v	56	John Cleland	All	Ian Flux
		57	Jeremy Rossiter	7-13
		58	Louise Aitken-Walker	2-13	Vince Woodman
Monorep	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v	63	Tony Lanfranchi	10, 12-13
Class D
Phil Dowsett	Toyota Corolla FX GT	70	Phil Dowsett	1-2, 4-7,	Mark Goddard
Rayscar	Toyota Corolla FX GT	70	Phil Dowsett	10-11	Mark Goddard
PG Tags Racing	Honda Civic Si	75	Ray Armes	7-13
Five Star Racing	Toyota Corolla GT	77	Geoff Kimber-Smith	1-5, 7-13	Barbara Cowell
Five Star Racing	Toyota Corolla GT	77	Mark Goddard	6	Barbara Cowell
Tony Dolley	Toyota Corolla FX GT	81	Tony Dolley	1-3, 5-7, 10-13
Les Liddiard	Toyota Corolla FX GT	85	Les Liddiard	2-7, 10-13	Steve King
Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	88	Tony Crudgington	2-13	Chuck Nicholson

Drove car illegally.

Calendar

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	Oulton Park (International), Cheshire	24 March	Andy Rouse	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	James Weaver	John Cleland	Geoff Kimber-Smith
2	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire	9 April	Andy Rouse	Robb Gravett	Andy Rouse	James Weaver	John Cleland	Phil Dowsett
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	1 May	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Tim Harvey	Frank Sytner	Louise Aitken-Walker	Phil Dowsett
4*	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	7 May	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	Laurence Bristow Tiff Needell	Frank Sytner Will Hoy	John Cleland Ian Flux	Phil Dowsett Mark Goddard
5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	29 May	Dave Brodie	Robb Gravett	Andy Rouse	James Weaver	John Cleland	Tony Crudgington
6	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	4 June	Andy Rouse	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	James Weaver	Louise Aitken-Walker	Phil Dowsett
7	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire	16 July	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	James Weaver	John Cleland	Ray Armes
8	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent	23 July	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	James Weaver	John Cleland	Ray Armes
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	6 August	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	James Weaver	John Cleland	Ray Armes
10	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent	20 August	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	James Weaver	John Cleland	Phil Dowsett
11	Birmingham Superprix, Birmingham	28 August	Robb Gravett	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	James Weaver	John Cleland	Geoff Kimber-Smith
12	Donington Park (Grand Prix), Leicestershire	17 September	Robb Gravett	Robb Gravett	Tim Harvey	James Weaver	John Cleland	Ray Armes
13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire	8 October	Karl Jones	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	James Weaver	John Cleland	Ray Armes

1 hour endurance race.

Driver Standings/Results

Overall DC	Class Pos	Driver	Class	OUL	SIL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	BRH	BIR	DON	SIL	Pts
1	1	John Cleland	C	15	19	19	9	15	Ret	21	14	16	14	16	17	20	110
2	1	James Weaver	B	6	13	8	11	8	13	13	9	12	7	11	12	10	109
3	1	Andy Rouse	A	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	78
4	2	Robb Gravett	A	1	2	5	2	Ret	1	2	1	1	Ret	5	2	3	74
5	2	Louise Aitken-Walker	C		20	15	12	16	19	22	15	17	15	17	18	Ret	72
6	2	Frank Sytner	B	10	Ret	7	6	19	Ret	15	11	13	9	12	13	11	70
7	1	Phil Dowsett	D	Ret	21	17	13	Ret	20	26			16	Ret			56
=	3	Tim Harvey	A	2	16	1	3	2	2	4	Ret	3		2	1	2	56
9	2	Tony Crudgington	D		Ret	20	15	20	24	29	Ret	22		Ret	24	25	37
=	3	John Llewellyn	B	14	24	26	7	13	16	19	12	15	19	14	15	14	37
11	4	Ian Forrest	B	Ret	18	18	8	Ret	15	17	DNS	14	10	13	14		35
12	4	Laurence Bristow	A	NC	3	Ret	1	18	6	5	6	5	2	3	10	4	32
13	3	Ray Armes	D							25	17	19	Ret	Ret	21	21	31
=	5	Godfrey Hall	B	12	15	9	Ret	12	17	Ret	DNS			15		13	31
15	4	Geoff Kimber-Smith	D	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	22		28	20	23	20	20	22	Ret	30
16	3	John Morris	C	Ret		16	Ret	17	21	Ret			20	19	Ret	23	27
17	4	Jeremy Rossiter	C							23	16	18	Ret	18	19	22	26
18	5	Les Liddiard	D		26	25	Ret	DNS	DNS	27				21	23	26	25
19	6	Tony Dolley	D	19	25	22			Ret	30			21	DNQ	DNQ	27	22
=	5	Alan Minshaw	C	Ret	22	24	16	Ret	22	24	19	21	Ret				22
21	5	Sean Walker	A	5	NC	4	4	6	5	9	Ret	6	4	8	5	8	17
22	6	Mark Goddard	D				13‡		23								15
23	6	Mike Jordan	C	16	23	21	14			Ret				DNS			15
24	6	Mike Newman	A	4	8	3	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	22	7	DNS	14
25	6	Nettan Lindgren	B	NC	17					18	13	20	17	Ret			12
=	7	John Clark	B	Ret	Ret	14	Ret		18	Ret	18	Ret	18	Ret		15	12
27	7	Mike Smith	A	7	10	10	Ret	5	4	10	3		Ret	Ret	9	7	10
28	8	Tiff Needell	A				1‡										9
=	8	Will Hoy	B				6‡										9
=	7	Ian Flux	C				9‡										9
=	7	Tony Lanfranchi	C										21		20	24	9
32	9	Guy Edwards	A	Ret	7	13	DSQ	DNS	DNP	3	4		Ret	7		6	8
33	10	Karl Jones	A	Ret	11	2	Ret	4	12	12	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ	8	9	7
=	11	David Sears	A				3‡								4		7
35	13	Jeff Allam	A				2‡										6
=	9	Gerry Marshall	B				7‡										6
=	8	Vince Woodman	C				12‡										6
=	8	Chuck Nicholson	D				15‡										6
=	12	Graham Goode	A	Ret	4	DNS	DNQ	10	Ret	6	Ret	11	6	9	6	Ret	6
=	14	Chris Hodgetts	A	8	6	Ret	DNQ	Ret	7	8				4	11	5	6
41	15	Jerry Mahony	A	3	27	6	Ret	Ret	9	11	8	9	8	10	Ret	Ret	5
42	16	Tomas Mezera	A			Ret			DNS				3		Ret		4
=	10	Bernard Hunter	B				8‡										4
=	9	Peter Tyson	C				14‡										4
=	11	Steve Soper	B				11‡										4
=	17	Gerrit van Kouwen	A	Ret	9	Ret	5	7	11	7	Ret	7	Ret	6			4
47	18	Damon Hill	A				4‡										3
=	19	Will Hoy	A									4					3
=	10	John Brindley	C				16‡										3
51	12	James Kaye	B	17													2
=	20	Pierre Dieudonné	A				5‡										2
=	13	Alan Minshaw	B											DNQ	16		2
53	21	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	A				10‡										1
=	14	Barrie Williams	B							20							1
55	22	Graham Hathaway	A	9			Ret	DNS					13		Ret		0
=	23	Robin Donovan	A	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	9	14	Ret							0
=	24	Mike O'Brien	A	13	14	11	Ret	Ret	DNQ	14	10	10	12	DNQ	Ret	12	0
=	25	Mark Rennison	A			Ret		DNS	10								0
=	26	Kaj Bornebusch	A	11	12												0
=	27	David Pinkney	A	DNQ	Ret	23	Ret	11	Ret	16			Ret				0
=	28	Nick May	A					21		Ret	?			DNQ			0
=	29	John Lepp	A									27					0
		Vic Lee	A				Ret‡								DNQ		0
		Lionel Abbott	B				Ret‡										0
		Mike Wilds	A				Ret‡										0
		Dave Wallis	A				Ret‡										0
		Andrew Jeffrey	B				Ret‡										0
		Barrie Williams	C				Ret‡										0
		Alistair Lyall	A				Ret‡										0
		Graham Scarborough	A				Ret‡										0
		Win Percy	A				Ret‡										0
		Gary Ayles	A				Ret‡										0
		Steve King	D				Ret‡										0
		Barbara Cowell	D				Ret‡										0
		Johnny Dumfries	A				DSQ‡										0
		Andrew Hepworth	A													?	0
		Jon Dooley	A													?	0
		David Leslie	A				DNQ‡										0
		Dave Brodie	A	DNA	5	DSQ	10	DSQ	8		DNS	8	11		NC	Ret	-37
Overall DC	Class Pos	Driver	Class	OUL	SIL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	BRH	BIR	DON	SIL	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Note: bold signifies pole position, italics signifies fastest lap in class (1 point given).

‡ Endurance driver.

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos.	Driver	Car	Class	Points
1	John Cleland	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V	C	110
2	James Weaver	BMW M3	B	109
3	Robb Gravett	Ford Sierra RS500	A	79
4	Louise Aitken-Walker	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V	C	72
5	Frank Sytner	BMW M3	B	70
6	Tim Harvey	Ford Sierra RS500	A	60
7	Phil Dowsett	Toyota Corolla FX GT	D	56
8	John Llewellyn	BMW M3	B	37
8	Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	D	37
10	Ian Forrest	BMW M3	B	35
11	Laurence Bristow	Ford Sierra RS500	A	34
12	Godfrey Hall	BMW M3	B	31
12	Ray Armes	Honda Civic Si	D	31
14	Geoff Kimber-Smith	Toyota Corolla GT	D	30
15	John Morris	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	27
16	Andy Rouse	Ford Sierra RS500	A	26
16	Jeremy Rossiter	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V	C	26
18	Les Liddiard	Toyota Corolla FX GT	D	25
19	Alan Minshaw	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	22
19	Tony Dolley	Toyota Corolla FX GT	D	22
21	Sean Walker	Ford Sierra RS500	A	17
22	Mike Jordan	Peugeot 309 GTI	C	16
22	Mike Newman	Ford Sierra RS500	A	16
24	Mark Goddard	Toyota Corolla FX GT	D	15
25	John Clark	BMW M3	B	12
25	Mike Smith	Ford Sierra RS500	A	12
25	Nettan Lindgren	BMW M3	B	12
28	Guy Edwards	Ford Sierra RS500	A	11
29	Karl Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	A	10
30	Ian Flux	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V	C	9
30	Tiff Needell	Ford Sierra RS500	A	9
30	Tony Lanfranchi	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V	C	9
30	Will Hoy	BMW M3	B	9
34	David Sears	Ford Sierra RS500	A	7
34	Graham Goode	Ford Sierra RS500	A	7
36	Vince Woodman	Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V	C	6
36	Jeff Allam	Ford Sierra RS500	A	6
36	Gerry Marshall	BMW M3	B	6
36	Chuck Nicholson	Toyota Corolla GT	D	6
36	Chris Hodgetts	Ford Sierra RS500	A	6
41	Jerry Mahony	Ford Sierra RS500	A	5
42	Tomas Mezera	Ford Sierra RS500	A	4
42	Steve Soper	BMW M3	B	4
42	Peter Tyson	Peugeot 309 GTI	C	4
42	Gerrit van Kouwen	Ford Sierra RS500	A	4
42	Bernard Hunter	BMW M3	B	4
47	Damon Hill	Ford Sierra RS500	A	3
47	John Brindley	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	3
47	Will Hoy	Ford Sierra RS500	A	3
50	Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	A	2
50	James Kaye	BMW M3	B	2
50	Alan Minshaw	BMW M3	B	2

References

"BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2013-06-30. Official 1989 BTCC standings
"1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship - Discussion and results - TenTenths Motorsport Forum".

External links

Official website of the British Touring Car Championship

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