1989 British Touring Car Championship
Introduction 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 Percy1  David Sears 12 Arquati Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 2  Jerry Mahony All  Gary Ayles Listerine Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 3  Mike Newman All  Alistair Lyall 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  Tomas Mezera 10 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  Jon Dooley 13 17  Mike O'Brien 1-3, 5-13 18  Robin Donovan 1-9  Mike O'Brien  Andrew Hepworth 13 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  Will Hoy 9 21  Robb Gravett All  Jeff AllamBornebusch 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 43  Godfrey Hall 1-8, 10-13  Lionel Abbott BMW Team Finance BMW M3 32  James Weaver All  Steve Soper 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 10-11 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  Mark Goddard 6 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 Nicholson1Drove 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  OverallDC ClassPos Driver Class OUL SIL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL Pts 1 1  John Cleland  '''''''''' '''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''Ret''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''110''' 2 1  James Weaver  ''''''''''  '''''' '''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''' '''''''''' '''109''' 3 1  Andy Rouse  '''Ret''' '''1''' '''''Ret''''' Ret 1 '''3''' '''''1''''' 2 2 '''''1''''' ''1'' 3 ''1'' '''78''' 4 2  Robb Gravett  ''1'' ''2'' 5 '''''2''''' ''Ret'' ''1'' 2 '''''1''''' '''''1''''' Ret '''5''' '''''2''''' 3 '''74''' 5 2  Louise Aitken-Walker             Ret '''72''' 6 2  Frank Sytner   '''''Ret''''' ''''   Ret   ''''''   ''''''  '''70''' 7 1  Phil Dowsett  '''''Ret''''' '''' '''''' '''''''''' '''''Ret''''' ''''''''''   ''Ret'' '''56''' = 3  Tim Harvey  2  1 3 2 2 4 Ret 3 2 1 2 '''56''' 9 2  Tony Crudgington  Ret ''''     Ret  Ret   '''37''' = 3  John Llewellyn               '''37''' 11 4  Ian Forrest  Ret    Ret   DNS     '''35''' 12 4  Laurence Bristow  NC 3 Ret 1  6 5 6 5 2 3 10 4 '''32''' 13 3  Ray Armes  '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''''Ret''''' '''Ret''' '''''''''' '''''''''' '''31''' = 5  Godfrey Hall     Ret   Ret DNS   '''31''' 15 4  Geoff Kimber-Smith   '''Ret''' DNS Ret        Ret '''30''' 16 3  John Morris  Ret  Ret   Ret   Ret  '''27''' 17 4  Jeremy Rossiter     Ret    '''26''' 18 5  Les Liddiard    Ret DNS DNS     '''25''' 19 6  Tony Dolley     Ret   DNQ DNQ  '''22''' = 5  Alan Minshaw  Ret ''''''   Ret     Ret '''22''' 21 5  Sean Walker  5 NC 4 4 6 5 9 Ret 6 4 8 5 8 '''17''' 22 6  Mark Goddard  ‡  '''15''' 23 6  Mike Jordan      Ret DNS '''15''' 24 6  Mike Newman  4 8 3 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5  7 DNS '''14''' 25 6  Nettan Lindgren  NC      Ret '''12''' = 7  John Clark  Ret Ret  Ret  Ret  Ret  Ret  '''12''' 27 7  Mike Smith   10  Ret 5 4 10 3 Ret Ret 9 7 '''10''' 28 8  Tiff Needell  1‡ '''9''' = 8  Will Hoy  ‡ '''9''' = 7  Ian Flux  ‡ '''9''' = 7  Tony Lanfranchi     '''9''' 32 9  Guy Edwards  Ret 7  DSQ DNS DNP 3 4 Ret 7 6 '''8''' 33 10  Karl Jones  Ret 11 2 Ret 4 12 12 7 Ret Ret DNQ 8 '''9''' '''7''' = 11  David Sears  3‡ 4 '''7''' 35 13  Jeff Allam  2‡ '''6''' = 9  Gerry Marshall  ‡ '''6''' = 8  Vince Woodman  ‡ '''6''' = 8  Chuck Nicholson  ‡ '''6''' = 12  Graham Goode  Ret 4 DNS DNQ  Ret 6 Ret 11 6 9 6 Ret '''6''' = 14  Chris Hodgetts   6 Ret DNQ Ret 7 8 4 11 5 '''6''' 41 15  Jerry Mahony  3  6 Ret Ret 9 11 8 9  10 Ret Ret '''5''' 42 16  Tomas Mezera  Ret DNS 3 Ret '''4''' = 10  Bernard Hunter  ‡ '''4''' = 9  Peter Tyson  ‡ '''4''' = 11  Steve Soper  ''''‡ '''4''' = 17  Gerrit van Kouwen  Ret 9 Ret 5 7 11 7 7 Ret 6 '''4''' 47 18  Damon Hill  4‡ '''3''' = 19  Will Hoy  4 '''3''' = 10  John Brindley  ‡ '''3''' 51 12  James Kaye   '''2''' = 20  Pierre Dieudonné  5‡ '''2''' = 13  Alan Minshaw  DNQ  '''2''' 53 21  Andrew Gilbert-Scott  ‡ '''1''' = 14  Barrie Williams   '''1''' 55 22  Graham Hathaway   Ret DNS  Ret '''0''' = 23  Robin Donovan  Ret Ret  Ret   Ret '''0''' = 24  Mike O'Brien     Ret Ret DNQ   10  DNQ Ret  '''0''' = 25  Mark Rennison  Ret DNS 10 '''0''' = 26  Kaj Bornebusch   12 '''0''' = 27  David Pinkney  DNQ Ret  Ret  Ret  Ret '''0''' = 28  Nick May   Ret ? DNQ '''0''' = 29  John Lepp   '''0'''  Vic Lee  Ret‡ DNQ '''0'''  Lionel Abbott  Ret‡ '''0'''  Mike Wilds  Ret‡ '''0'''  Dave Wallis  Ret‡ '''0'''  Andrew Jeffrey  Ret‡ '''0'''  Barrie Williams  Ret‡ '''0'''  Alistair Lyall  Ret‡ '''0'''  Graham Scarborough  Ret‡ '''0'''  Win Percy  Ret‡ '''0'''  Gary Ayles  Ret‡ '''0'''  Steve King  Ret‡ '''0'''  Barbara Cowell  Ret‡ '''0'''  Johnny Dumfries  DSQ‡ '''0'''  Andrew Hepworth  ? '''0'''  Jon Dooley  ? '''0'''  David Leslie  DNQ‡ '''0'''  Dave Brodie  DNA 5 DSQ  '''DSQ''' 8 DNS 8  NC Ret '''-37''' OverallDC ClassPos Driver Class OUL SIL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL Pts*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
External links * Official website of the British Touring Car Championship}