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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)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	3	Finotto / Facetti	BMW 3.0 CSL	Jolly Club Milano	107	504.8834 kms	167.3400	1^st	G1/2+3.0	1^st	Div.5
2^nd	54	Niedzwiedz / Müller, Jr.	Ford Escort II RS	D&W Zakspeed Team	106			1^st	Gr.2 2.0	1^st	Div.3
3^rd	55	Heyer / Denzel	Ford Escort II RS	D&W Zakspeed Team	106			2^nd	Gr.2 2.0	2^nd	Div.3
4^th	19	Graham / Needell	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Fabergé Racing/Lee Jeans	104			1^st	Gr.2 3.0	1^st	Div.4
5^th	17	Spice / Clark / Craft	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	102			2^nd	Gr.2 3.0	2^nd	Div.4
6^th	36	Percy / Muir	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Browne and Day	102			1^st	Gr.1 3.0	3^rd	Div.4
7^th	40	Woodman / Buncombe	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Equipe Esso	102			2^nd	Gr.1 3.0	4^th	Div.4
8^th	74	Bergmeister / Nowak	Audi 80 GTE	Renngemeinschaft MSCC Langenfeld	102			1^st	Gr.2 1.6	1^st	Div.2
9^th	44	Rouse / Dron	Opel Monza 3.0E	Dealer Opel Team	98			3^rd	Gr.1 3.0	5^th	Div.4
10^th	72	Wiedesheim / Lindström	VW Scirocco	TL Racing AB	98			2^nd	Gr.2 1.6	2^nd	Div.2
11^th	33	Patterson / Allam	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Allam Motor Services Racing with BP	98			4^th	Gr.1 3.0	6^th	Div.4
12^th	39	Blackburn / Bruce	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Voxson Car Sound Systems	98			5^th	Gr.1 3.0	7^th	Div.4
13^th	37	Dougall / Thomas	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Toleman Group Motorsport	98			6^th	Gr.1 3.0	8^th	Div.4
14^th	45	Hackner / Weisheidinger	Opel Monza 3.0	Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team	97			7^th	Gr.1 3.0	9^th	Div.4
15^th	70	Bauer / Gall	Ford Escort RS 2000	K.W.S. Motorsport	96			1^st	Gr.1 2.5	3^rd	Div.3

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.
38	Craft / Clark / Spice	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing					Gr.1 3.0	Div.4
61	Lanfranchi / Williams	Vauxhall Magnum	London Sports Car Centre/Ego Computers					Gr.1 2.5	Div.4
83	Bergmeister / Seikel	Audi 80 GTE	Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team					Gr.1 1.6	Div.2
94	Pütz / Eichner / Klinkhammer	Audi 50	Haribo Lakritzen					Gr.2 1.3	Div.1
97	Mattozza / Kessler	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint	Richard Mattozza					Gr.2 1.3	Div.1
91	Vojtěch / Enge	Škoda 130 RS	Bohemia Crystal Team	91				Gr.2 1.3	Div.1

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.
56	King / Da Costa / McPherson	Ford Escort II RS 1800	Ronnie Scott's Club/Valprint/Withers				Push start	Gr.2 2.0	Div.3
51	Gürthler / Schäfer	Toyota Celica	Postert Toyota Team				Push start	Gr.2 2.0	Div.3

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.
2	Dieudonné / van Hove / Xhenceval	BMW 3.0 CSL	Luigi Racing				Rocker arm	G1/2+3.0	Div.5
12	Neger / Loibnegger / Werginz	BMW 530i	Racing Corporation Vienna				DNF	Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
31	Brodie / Matthews	Ford Capri II 3.0S	David Brodie				Piston	Gr.1 3.0	Div.4
73	Rosterg / Trint	Audi 80 GTE	Kilian Tuning				Lost wheel	Gr.2 1.6	Div.2
11	Lovett / Cooper / Morrison	BMW 530i	Dick Lovett (Specialist Cars) Ltd.				DNF	Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
34	Robertson / Dowsett	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Industrial Control Services Ltd.				DNF	Gr.1 3.0	Div.4
66	Greenslade / Nicholson / Marshall	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Team Triplex with Esso and Motor				DNF	Gr.1 2.5	Div.3
65	Marshall / Clark	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Team Triplex with Esso and Motor				Clutch	Gr.1 2.5	Div.3
53	Geisser / Buschor	BMW 320	Eggenberger Motorsport				DNF	Gr.2 2.0	Div.3
20	Müller / Ringshausen	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Eichberg Racing				Drive shaft	Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
92	Michl / Samohýl	Škoda 130 RS	Dealer Team Skoda				Engine	Gr.2 1.3	Div.1
7	Bell / Sheene / Lloyd	VW Golf GTi	The Akai Golf				Flywheel	Gr.1 1.6	Div.2
98	Mowatt / Pearson	Leyland 1275 GT	Jon Mowatt				DNF	Gr.2 1.3	Div.1
6	Delano / Nightingale	AMC Spirit AMX	American Motors Team Highball				DNF	G1/2+3.0	Div.5
82	Kessler / Jamin	VW Scirocco					DNF	Gr.1 1.6	Div.2
1	Joosen / Grano	BMW 3.0 CSL	BMW Italy	15			Engine	G1/2+3.0	Div.5
25	Tippet / Walkinshaw / Palmer	Mazda RX-7	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	9			DNF	Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
71	Bell / Lloyd	VW Golf GTi	The Akai Golf	9			Gearbox oil leak	Gr.2 1.6	Div.2

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
24	Palmer / Markey	Mazda RX-5	David Palmer	Prop shaft	Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
18	Blackburn / Bruce	Ford Capri	Voxson Car Sound Systems		Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
69	Rosenkranz / Stoffel	Ford Escort RS 2000	Haribo Lakritzen		Gr.1 2.5	Div.3
76	Bonefeld / Ligensa	VW Scirocco	Misczyk Tuning		Gr.2 1.6	Div.2

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
5	Hill / Birrane	Chevrolet Camaro	Mick Hill Racing		G1/2+3.0	Div.5
14	Eddy Fresco	BMW 530	Eddy Fresso		Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
21	Buncombe / Woodman	Ford Capri	Equipe Esso		Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
27	Spiegelsberger / Tomczyk	Opel Commodore			Gr.2 3.0	Div.4
35	Michel de Deyne	Ford Capri	Valvoline Racing		Gr.1 3.0	Div.4
62	Lanfranchi / Williams / Foster	Vauxhall Magnum	London Sports Car Centre/Ego Computers		Gr.1 2.5	Div.4
68	Hanon / van de Velde	Ford Escort RS 2000			Gr.1 2.5	Div.3
95	Frensch / Klinkhammer	Simca 1000 Rallye 3	Haribo Lakritzen		Gr.2 1.3	Div.1
96	Hettelder / de Graaf	Fiat 128	Cees de Graaf		Gr.2 1.3	Div.1

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