Tourist Trophy 1979 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Pentax Silverstone Tourist Trophy		Date: 16.9.1979
Track: Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.719 kms	Organiser: BRDC
Tourist Trophy
European Touring Car Championship (round 12)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	3	Martino Finotto / Carlo Facetti	BMW 3.0 CSL	Jolly Club Milano	1:36.220
2^nd	1	Umberto Grano / Eddy Joosen	BMW 3.0 CSL	BMW Italy	1:36.500
3^rd	2	Pierre Dieudonné / Raijmond van Hove / Jean Xhenceval	BMW 3.0 CSL	Luigi Racing	1:37.300
4^th	12	Harald Neger / Roman Loibnegger / Heribert Werginz	BMW 530i	Racing Corporation Vienna	1:39.400
5^th	55	Jörg Denzel / Hans Heyer	Ford Escort II RS	D&W Zakspeed Team	1:39.710
6^th	54	Siegfried Müller, Jr. / Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Escort II RS	D&W Zakspeed Team	1:39.730
7^th	19	Stuart Graham / Tiff Needell	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Fabergé Racing/Lee Jeans	1:40.680
8^th	25	H. Tippet / David Palmer / Tom Walkinshaw	Mazda RX-7	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	1:40.760
9^th	56	Pete King / David Da Costa / Dave McPherson	Ford Escort II RS 1800	Ronnie Scott's Club/Valprint/Withers	1:40.770
10^th	17	Gordon Spice / Peter Clark / Chris Craft	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	1:41.470
11^th	33	Jeff Allam / Stuart Patterson	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Allam Motor Services Racing with BP	1:42.600
12^th	36	Brian Muir / Win Percy	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Browne and Day	1:42.660
13^th	31	David Brodie / Dave Matthews	Ford Capri II 3.0S	David Brodie	1:42.870
14^th	51	Karl-Heinz Gürthler / Karl-Heinz Schäfer	Toyota Celica	Postert Toyota Team	1:42.890
15^th	71	Derek Bell / Richard Lloyd	VW Golf GTi	The Akai Golf	1:43.090
16^th	40	Vince Woodman / Jonathan Buncombe	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Equipe Esso	1:43.190
17^th	37	Rad Dougall / Martin Thomas	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Toleman Group Motorsport	1:43.410
18^th	74	Hans-Joachim Nowak / Willi Bergmeister	Audi 80 GTE	Renngemeinschaft MSCC Langenfeld	1:43.450
19^th	39	Les Blackburn / Gordon Bruce	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Voxson Car Sound Systems	1:43.590
20^th	38	Chris Craft / Peter Clark / Gordon Spice	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	1:43.890
21^st	73	Fred Rosterg / Manfred Trint	Audi 80 GTE	Kilian Tuning	1:44.160
22^nd	11	Pete Lovett / John Cooper / John Morrison	BMW 530i	Dick Lovett (Specialist Cars) Ltd.	1:44.200
24^th	34	Jack Robertson / Phil Dowsett	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Industrial Control Services Ltd.	1:44.630
25^th	72	Bo Wiedesheim / Thomas Lindström	VW Scirocco	TL Racing AB	1:45.280
26^th	66	Rex Greenslade / Chuck Nicholson / Gerry Marshall	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Team Triplex with Esso and Motor	1:45.520
27^th	65	Gerry Marshall / Roger Clark	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Team Triplex with Esso and Motor	1:46.040
28^th	44	Andy Rouse / Tony Dron	Opel Monza 3.0E	Dealer Opel Team	1:46.410
29^th	53	Paul Geisser / Armin Buschor	BMW 320	Eggenberger Motorsport	1:46.740
30^th	20	Siegfried Müller / Bernd Ringshausen	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Eichberg Racing	1:46.880
31^st	61	Tony Lanfranchi / Barrie Williams	Vauxhall Magnum	London Sports Car Centre/Ego Computers	1:47.050
32^nd	92	Petr Samohýl / Josef Michl	Škoda 130 RS	Dealer Team Skoda	1:47.200
33^rd	70	Hartmut Bauer / Helmut Gall	Ford Escort RS 2000	K.W.S. Motorsport	1:49.920
34^th	91	Zdeněk Vojtěch / Břetislav Enge	Škoda 130 RS	Bohemia Crystal Team	1:48.170
35^th	7	Derek Bell / Barry Sheene / Richard Lloyd	VW Golf GTi	The Akai Golf	1:48.400
36^th	45	Johann Weisheidinger / Dietmar Hackner	Opel Monza 3.0	Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team	1:48.560
38^th	83	Peter Seikel / Willi Bergmeister	Audi 80 GTE	Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team	1:49.810
39^th	98	Jon Mowatt / Martin Pearson	Leyland 1275 GT	Jon Mowatt	1:51.550
40^th	24	David Palmer / John Markey	Mazda RX-5	David Palmer	1:52.460
41^st	6	Les Delano / Jeremy Nightingale	AMC Spirit AMX	American Motors Team Highball	1:53.090
42^nd	82	Oscar Kessler / Pierre Jamin	VW Scirocco		1:54.840
43^rd	94	Heinz Pütz / Bodo Eichner / Helmut Klinkhammer	Audi 50	Haribo Lakritzen	1:55.730
44^th	97	Richard Mattozza / Oscar Kessler	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint	Richard Mattozza	1:57.450

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
18	Les Blackburn / Gordon Bruce	Ford Capri	Voxson Car Sound Systems
69	Rolf Rosenkranz / Hans-Günter Stoffel	Ford Escort RS 2000	Haribo Lakritzen
76	Horst Bonefeld / Klaus Ligensa	VW Scirocco	Misczyk Tuning

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
5	Mick Hill / Martin Birrane	Chevrolet Camaro	Mick Hill Racing
14	Eddy Fresco	BMW 530	Eddy Fresso
21	Jonathan Buncombe / Vince Woodman	Ford Capri	Equipe Esso
27	Toni Spiegelsberger / Hermann Tomczyk	Opel Commodore
35	Michel de Deyne	Ford Capri	Valvoline Racing
62	Tony Lanfranchi / Barrie Williams / Alan Foster	Vauxhall Magnum	London Sports Car Centre/Ego Computers
68	Robert Hanon / Philippe van de Velde	Ford Escort RS 2000
95	Ali French / Helmut Klinkhammer	Simca 1000 Rallye 3	Haribo Lakritzen
96	Hans Hettelder / Cees de Graaf	Fiat 128	Cees de Graaf