1985 British Saloon Car Championship Explained

The 1985 RAC Trimoco British Saloon Car Championship was the 28th season of the championship. Andy Rouse won his third consecutive BSCC championship in a Ford Sierra, making it a record four titles in total.

Teams & Drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team Car Drivers Rounds Class A Industrial Control Services Ltd. Radiopaging Ford Sierra XR4Ti 1 Andy Rouse 2–12 15 Klaus Niedzwiedz 8 David Sears 11 Rover Vitesse 2 Pete Hall All Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse 3 Tom Walkinshaw 10 Dennis Leech Rover Vitesse 4 Dennis Leech 8, 11–12 Mitsubishi Colt Racing Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 5 Dave Brodie 5–12 6 2–4 Vern Schuppan 8 Kunimitsu Takahashi 12 Team Toyota GB/Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica Supra 7 Barry Sheene All Brian Chatfield Ford Capri III 3.0S 8 Brian Chatfield 1–3, 12 BMW 635CSi 7–8, 11 Sytner BMW Racing with GSi BMW 635CSi 9 Frank Sytner 1–4, 6–9, 11–12 Castrol Sport Racing with Connells Estate Agents plc Rover Vitesse 11 Neil McGrath 1–9, 11–12 Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. BMW 635CSi 12 Mike Newman 2–3, 5–8, 10–12 Class B Ilford Photo Ford Escort RS Turbo 10 Mike Smith 8, 11 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team John West Foods – Alfa Romeo Dealer Team Alfa Romeo GTV6 30 Jon Dooley All 32 Rob Kirby All Graham Goode Racing Nissan Bluebird Turbo 31 Graham Goode 1–10 Demon Tweeks Accessories – Triple C Magazine Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8 33 Alan Minshaw 8 Roger Dowson Engineering MG Metro Turbo 34 Steve Soper 1 Terry Drury Racing Alfa Romeo GTV6 40 Phil Dowsett 1–9 41 Terry Drury 1–6 Mark Hales 7–9 Barry Barnes 11 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo 44 Richard Longman 6–12 Racal Vodafone Ford Escort RS Turbo ? David Grimshaw 11 Joe Simons Racing Renault 5 GT Turbo ? Alex Postan 11 Class C Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT 62 Tony Crudgington 1, 6–12 Autocar Magazine with Marshall Asquith Ford Escort RS1600i 63 Karl Jones 8 Stig Gruen Toyota Corolla GT 65 Stig Gruen 1–3, 5, 10 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i 66 Alan Curnow All Brooklyn Motorsport/ECS Ford Escort RS1600i 69 Chris Hodgetts All 79 John Morris All 85 Alex Moss 8–12 North Essex Motorsport Ford Escort RS1600i 70 Patrick Watts 3–6, 8–12 John Jeffreys Engineering Ford Escort RS1600i 74 Richard Belcher All AGK Motorsport racing with Peat Technology AGK Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT 77 Geoff Kimber-Smith 1–5, 7–12 Barry Lee Ford Escort RS1600i 84 Barry Lee 8–9 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 1 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 24 March Frank Sytner Graham Goode Richard Belcher 2 Oulton Park, Cheshire 5 April Andy Rouse Graham Goode Alan Curnow 3 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 8 April Dave Brodie Rob Kirby Richard Belcher 4 Donington Park, Leicestershire 5 May Andy Rouse Graham Goode Chris Hodgetts 5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 27 May Andy Rouse Jon Dooley Chris Hodgetts 6 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 9 June Andy Rouse Richard Longman Richard Belcher 7 Donington Park, Leicestershire 14 July Andy Rouse Graham Goode Chris Hodgetts 8 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 21 July Andy Rouse Richard Longman Chris Hodgetts 9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 11 August Andy Rouse Richard Longman Chris Hodgetts 10 Brands Hatch, Kent 26 August Tom Walkinshaw Graham Goode Chris Hodgetts 11 Brands Hatch, Kent 6 October Andy Rouse Jon Dooley Chris Hodgetts 12 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 13 October Andy Rouse Rob Kirby Richard Belcher Championship Standings Drivers' Championship 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. Pos Driver Class SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL DON SIL SNE BRA BRA SIL Pts 1 Andy Rouse 1/1 Ret 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1 (2/2) 1/1 1/1 86 2 Chris Hodgetts 10/2 9/2 (9/3) 10/1 7/1 (13/3) 14/1 13/1 10/1 8/1 10/1 DNS 77 3 Richard Belcher 9/1 12/4 6/1 Ret 8/2 11/1 Ret Ret 11/2 10/3 15/4 10/1 60 4 Dave Brodie 13/4 1/1 2/2 3/3 Ret 2/2 2/2 Ret 3/3 3/3 2/2 54 5 Alan Curnow 13/5 8/1 7/2 11/2 Ret 12/2 Ret Ret 13/4 9/2 13/2 11/2 52 6 Rob Kirby 6/2 7/4 8/1 9/4 5/2 8/2 (11/5) (10/5) 8/4 Ret 9/2 8/1 49 7 Richard Longman 6/1 8/2 5/1 4/1 7/2 18/4 Ret 45 8 Neil McGrath 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3 2/2 (4/4) 4/3 4/4 2/2 (6/6) 4/4 45 9 Jon Dooley 7/3 5/3 Ret 7/2 4/1 9/3 9/3 6/2 Ret Ret 8/1 Ret 43 10 Graham Goode 4/1 3/1 Ret 5/1 6/3 DSQ 3/1 DSQ 6/2 6/1 37 11 Frank Sytner 1/1 Ret 4/4 4/4 2/2 6/5 Ret 3/3 4/4 Ret 30 12 John Morris 11/3 Ret 10/4 14/4 DNS Ret 15/2 Ret 14/5 11/4 Ret 13/4 24 13 Phil Dowsett Ret 4/2 Ret 8/3 DNS 10/4 12/6 9/4 7/3 21 14 Geoff Kimber-Smith 12/4 Ret Ret DNS DNS 17/3 14/2 Ret 12/5 14/3 14/5 21 15 Pete Hall 3/3 Ret DNP 6/5 9/4 5/5 16/8 7/5 5/4 5/5 7/7 5/5 20 16 Barry Sheene 5/4 Ret 3/3 Ret DNS 3/3 5/4 Ret Ret 4/4 DNS 6/6 18 17 Tony Crudgington DNS 15/4 18/4 16/3 12/3 14/7 Ret Ret 15 18 Mike Newman 6/3 5/5 DNS 7/6 7/6 DNS Ret 5/5 7/7 10 19 Mark Hales 10/4 8/3 9/5 9 20 Patrick Watts Ret 13/3 DNS NC Ret 16/7 13/6 16/5 Ret 7 21 David Sears 2/2 6 22 Stig Gruen DNS 11/3 11/5 DNS Ret 6 23 Alex Moss Ret 15/6 15/8 17/6 12/3 6 24 Terry Drury DNS 10/5 Ret 12/5 DNS 14/5 6 25 Dennis Leech 15/7 Ret 3/3 4 26 Klaus Niedzwiedz 3/3 4 27 Barry Barnes 12/3 4 28 Karl Jones 18/4 3 29 Brian Chatfield 8/5 DSQ DNP 13/7 11/6 11/8 Ret 3 30 Barry Lee 19/5 Ret 2 31 David Grimshaw 19/5 2 32 Alan Minshaw 12/6 1 33 Alex Postan 20/6 1 34 Mike Smith 17/7 Ret 0 35 Kunimitsu Takahashi 9/8 0 NC Steve Soper Ret 0 NC Vern Schuppan Ret 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Tom Walkinshaw 1/1 0 Pos Driver Class SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL DON SIL SNE BRA BRA SIL Pts Bold - Pole in class Italics - Fastest lap in class Notes: 1. – Graham Goode was docked 20 points for technical infringements. External links Official website of the British Touring Car Championship Touring Car Racing History – 1985 BSCC