1979 British Saloon Car Championship Explained

The 1979 RAC Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship was the 22nd season of the championship. Richard Longman successfully defended his drivers title with his Mini 1275 GT.^{[1] [2]}

Calendar & Winners

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

Round		Circuit	Date	Class A Winner	Class B Winner	Class C Winner	Class D Winner
1		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	25 March	Alan Curnow	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
2	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	13 April	Not contested.	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
	B			Richard Longman	John Morris	Not contested.
3		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	16 April	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
4		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	28 May	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Tom Walkinshaw	Jeff Allam
5		Donington Park, Leicestershire	24 June	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
6		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	15 July	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Rex Greenslade	Gordon Spice
7	A	Mallory Park, Leicestershire	12 August	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.	Rex Greenslade	Colin Vandervell
8		Donington Park, Leicestershire	19 August	Alan Curnow	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Vince Woodman
9		Brands Hatch, Kent	27 August	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Barrie Williams	Brian Muir
10		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	9 September	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
11*		Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	23 September	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Tom Walkinshaw	Jeff Allam
12	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	29 September	Not contested.	Tom Walkinshaw	Stuart Graham
	B			Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.

• Night race.

Championship results

Drivers championship
Pos.	Driver	Car ^[3]	Points
1	Richard Longman	Mini 1275 GT	97
2	Tom Walkinshaw	Mazda RX-7	88
3	Richard Lloyd	Volkswagen Golf GTi	82
4	Gordon Spice	Ford Capri III 3.0S	75
5	Win Percy	Toyota Celica GT	70
6	Rex Greenslade	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	53
7	Alan Curnow	Mini 1275 GT	49
8		Ford Capri III 3.0S	48

Makes championship
Pos.	Make	Points
1	BL Mini	90
2	Ford	90
3	Mazda	84
4	Volkswagen	81
5	Toyota	75
6	Triumph	64

Notes and References

1. Web site: BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship . 2010-09-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070626/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_stats.php?statstype_id=1 . 2011-07-16 . Official list of BTCC champions
2. http://touringcarracing.net/Pages/1979%20BSCC.html Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship, The Attack Of The Giant Ants - 1979 index, touringcarracing.net
3. http://touringcarracing.net/Pages/1979%20BSCC%20Class.html "1979 Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship", touringcarracing.net