Thundersports Brands Hatch 1983 - Race Results

Event: John Player Grand Prix of Europe		Date: 25.9.1983
Track: Brands Hatch Circuit (United Kingdom), unknown length	Organiser: RAC
Thundersports Brands Hatch
Thundersports (round 7)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Gr.	Div.
1^st	36	Mallock / Cooper	Lola T280 Ford	Ray Mallock/John Cooper	30	126.0116 kms		Class A
2^nd	1	Foulston / Cocks	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Atlantic Computer Leasing	30		Can-Am	Class A
3^rd	43	Weaver / Arundel	Chevron B36 Ford	Scorpion Racing Sigas Shell Singleton Olympus	30			Class B
4^th	20	Mallock / Salmon	Nimrod NRA/C2B Aston Martin	Rt Hon Viscount Downe with Pace Petroleum Team	30		C	Class A
5^th	46	Wilds / Wallis	Chevron B19 Ford	The Otford Group	29			Class B
6^th	79	Mallock / Fisher	Mallock U2 Mk.24C Ford	Mallock Racing	29			Class B
7^th	94	Walker / Bradley	Royale S2000M Ford	Richard Dutton Racing	29			Class C
8^th	56	Catlow / Mercer	Vogue SP2 Ford	David Mercer	29			Class B
9^th	99	Kirkby / O'Brien	Aquila RO83S Ford	Richard Owen Design & Engineering	29			Class C
10^th	82	Rossiter / Sutherland	Royale S2000M Ford	Richard Dutton Racing	28			Class C

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	Div.
73	Morrison / Jenvey	TOJ SC205 BMW	BMS		Accident		Class B
10	Kennedy / Keegan	Ford C100	Peer Racing		Accident	C	Class A
45	Andreason / Bellm	Chevron B36 Hart	Daily Mail/Mucron Racing	25	Accident		Class B
78	Blanchet / Juggins	Lola T594C VW	Mike Blanchet/Bob Juggins	9	Engine		Class B

Started, result unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
72	Thompson / Lanfranchi	Chevron B26 Ford Turbo	Gil Baird		Class B
7	Morgan / Lanfranchi	Chevron B16 Mazda	Plygrange UK: Energy Conservation Commercial-Domestic		Class A
5	Robinson / Wood	Porsche 935 K3	Robinson Demolition		Class A
144	Sears / Ward	Royale S2000M Ford	Fine Colour Packaging/Rendells Racing		Class C
50	Booth / Simms	Chevron B36 Hart	Warren Booth/Richard Simms		Class B
12	Hill / Riley	BMW M1 Chevrolet	Mick Hill/Kevin Riley		Class A
111	Taylor / Eyre	Tiga SC83 Ford	Ian Taylor Racing with Crew Cars		Class C
69	Harrower / Piper	Martin BM8 Ford	Stoic Racing		Class B
54	Budge / Malkie	Chevron B19 Ford	Richard Budge/Vin Malkie		Class B
91	Brabham / Lawler	March 83S Ford	Plygrange UK: Energy Conservation Commercial/The LEP Group of Companies		Class C
95	Galica / Rose	Royale S2000M Ford	Richard Dutton Racing		Class C
85	Cole / Grigg	Royale S2000M Ford	Richard Dutton Racing/Lyster Oil		Class C
129	Piper / Backstrand	Tiga SC82B Ford	Plygrange UK: Energy Conservation-Commercial		Class C
100	Farthing / Warwick	Aquila RO83S Ford			Class C
77	Gordon / Knight	Chevron B19 Ford	North Downs Instruments		Class B
16	Faure / Seldon	Lola T160 Chevrolet	Seldon Air Conditioning and Refrigeration		Class A
87	Webb / Poxon / Wykeham	Tiga SC79 Ford	John Webb/John Doxon	S2000	Class C
80	Dodkins / Village	Chevron B8 Ford	National Breakdown		Class B
89	Jeffries / Clark	Royale S2000M Ford	Richard Dutton Racing		Class C
41	Everett / Stechman	Beagle Mk IVB Ford	Watling Tyres		Class B
81	Messer / Lane	Lola T492M Ford	Keith Messer/Martyn Lane		Class C
86	Goodwin / Nimmo	Coombs Sports 4C Ford	C & C Products Ltd.		Class C
47	King / Cheever	Ford Escort II	Auriga Racing Services with Formula Services		Class B
57	Aylett / Bryant	Chevron B8 BMW	Cores Lion Developments Ltd.		Class B
34	Arif / Wood	Porsche 934 Carrera RSR	Midkent Racing		Class A
2	Potter / Salisbury	Škoda 110 R AMC	Fred Cowell Racing		Class A
116	Carroll / Ashmore	Lola T592 Ford	Martin Carroll/Chris Ashmore		Class C

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
9	Crang / Spice	Tiga GC83 Chevrolet	Tiga Racing Services Ltd.	C	Class A
19	Dudley Wood	Grid S2 Porsche	CS Engineering Grid Euro	C	Class A
35	Oatway / Blackburn	Ford V6 XR3	Nick Oatway/Les Blackburn		Class A
90	Thompson / Sheppard	Rawlson S2000 Ford	B. W. F. Sheppard	S2000	Class C