Tourist Trophy 1978 - Race Results

Event: Diners Club International Tourist Trophy		Date: 17.9.1978
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.719 kms	Organiser: unknown
Tourist Trophy
European Touring Car Championship (round 11)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
1^st	2	Joosen / van Hove	BMW 3.0 CSL	Luigi Racing	107	504.883 kms	164.282		1^st	Div.5
2^nd	46	Brandenberger / Kelleners	BMW 320	Eggenberger Racing	105		159.727		1^st	Div.3	1:43.620	163.928
3^rd	15	Spice / Rolt / Clark	Ford Capri II 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	103		157.362		1^st	Div.4
4^th	50	König / Weltrowski	BMW 320	Eggenberger Racing	103				2^nd	Div.3
5^th	14	Neger / Werginz / Loibnegger	BMW 530i	Racing Corporation Vienna	103				2^nd	Div.4
6^th	60	Stocker / Nowak	VW Scirocco	VW-Motorsport, Hannover	102		155.865		1^st	Div.2
7^th	20	Marshall / Berg	Ford Capri II 3.0S	Triplex Safety Glass	101				3^rd	Div.4
8^th	23	Muir / Thomas	Ford Capri II 3.0S	Browne & Day/Connells	101				4^th	Div.4
9^th	18	Blackburn / Bruce	Ford Capri II 3.0S	Toric Racing	101				5^th	Div.4
10^th	22	Brodie / Rosen	Ford Capri II 3.0S	David Brodie	101				6^th	Div.4
11^th	68	Reinke / Sander	Audi 80 GTE	Wolfgang Sander	100			Accident		Div.2
12^th	45	Vanoli / Geisser	BMW 2002	Pallvano Corse	100				3^rd	Div.3
13^th	4	Dron / Nelleman	Chevrolet Camaro	Think Automotive	100				2^nd	Div.5
14^th	64	Lloyd / Evans	VW Golf	Volkswagen (GB) Ltd.	98				2^nd	Div.2
15^th	17	Lovett / Brennan	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	97				7^th	Div.4
18^th	25	Graham / Cooper	Ford Capri II 3.0S	Fabergé Racing Ford Castrol					8^th	Div.4
19^th	93	Mattozza / Berger	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint	Richard Mattozza	95		145.565		1^st	Div.1
20^th	26	Allam / Patterson	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Allam Motor Services Ltd.					9^th	Div.4
21^st	92	Greenslade / Myerscough	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team					2^nd	Div.1
	51	Gürthler / Houben	Toyota Celica GT	Postert Toyota Team, Essen					3^rd	Div.2
	97	French / Stoffel / Eichner	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior	Haribo					4^th	Div.1
	84	Eichner / Jansson / French	Simca 1000 Rallye 3	Haribo Lakritzen, Bonn	91				3^rd	Div.1
	58	Morris / Williams	Ford Escort Mexico	Morris Vulcan Ltd.	91				4^th	Div.2

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
1	Grano / Walkinshaw	BMW 3.0 CSL	BMW Italia		Piston	Div.5	1:39.330	169.593
7	Schickentanz / Heyer / Redman	Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC	AMG Motorenbau		Engine	Div.5
16	Craft / Spice	Ford Capri II 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing		Piston	Div.4	1:43.690	163.831
24	Rouse / Lawrence	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Carrier Properties Ltd.		Fuel system	Div.4
61	Bergmeister / Siegrist	VW Scirocco	VW-Motorsport Jägermeister Racing Team		Blown engine	Div.2	1:44.390	162.721
78	Zapadlo / Michl	Škoda 130 RS	Dealer Team Skoda		Lost wheel	Div.1
80	Vojtěch / Enge	Škoda 130 RS	Bohemia Crystal Team Czechoslovakia		Holed piston	Div.1
27	Robertson / Jones	Ford Capri	Team Allam Motor Services Ltd.		DQ: DNQ, started illegally	Div.4
8	Delcourt / Baert	BMW 3.0 CSL	Ecurie Chardon des Dunes - Dragons	0	Broken valve rockers	Div.5

Started, result unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Div.
21	Woodman / Buncombe	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Equipe Esso	Div.4
32	Palmer / Fox	Mazda RX-3	Merseyside Car Deliveries	Div.4
62	Lindström / Lindström	VW Scirocco	TL Racing AB	Div.2
47	Dooley / Bertorelli	Alfa Romeo Alfetta	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Div.3
41	Goss / Neville	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Stratstone Ltd.	Div.3
57	King / Waterman / McPherson	Ford Escort II Sport	Ronnie Scott's Club	Div.2
5	Fletcher / Jenvey	Chevrolet Camaro	Carter Bros. (Rochdale) Ltd.	Div.5
79	Samohýl / Tucker-Peake	Škoda 130 RS	Dealer Team Skoda	Div.1
74	Mowatt / Johnson	Leyland 1275 GT	J. W. Speedparts	Div.1
81	Kessler / Duez	Datsun 120A Coupé	Oscar Kessler	Div.1
73	Dickinson / Leggate	Austin Clubman 1275 GT		Div.1
71	Markey / Markey / Shaw	Mini Clubman 1275		Div.1

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Div.
42	Williams / Bracey	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Ian Bracey	Short circuit, fire	Div.3

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Div.
6	Evans / Potter	Chevrolet Camaro	Carter Bros. (Rochdale) Ltd.		Div.5
54	Watts / Moseley	Chrysler Sunbeam	Attwood Plant Racing with S & L Engine Services		Div.2

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Div.
3	Finotto / Facetti	BMW 3.0 CSL	Jolly Club	Div.5
29	Carlier / Delano	Ford Capri	Jeremy Nightingale	Div.4
34	Percy / Foster	Vauxhall Magnum	London Sports Car Centre	Div.4
48	van de Velde / Hanon	Ford Escort RS 2000	Philippe Van de Velde	Div.3
56	David Da Costa	Ford Escort	Tonic Accessories International Ltd.	Div.2
59	Regvart / Suster	VW Scirocco	Drago Regvart	Div.2
72	Shaw / Shaw	Leyland Mini 1275 GT	British Woman Racing Drivers' Club	Div.1
82	Kessler / Duez / Hardy	Datsun 120A	Oscar Kessler	Div.1
83	Frensch / Stoffel	Simca 1000 Rallye 3	Haribo Lakritzen, Bonn	Div.1
85	Donner / Chapel	Simca 1000 Rallye 3	Marc Donner	Div.1
94	Chiapparini / Chiapparini	Alfa Romeo	Jolly Club	Div.1