Tourist Trophy 1979 - Qualifying Results

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)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	3	Finotto / Facetti	BMW 3.0 CSL	Jolly Club Milano	1:36.2200
2^nd	1	Joosen / Grano	BMW 3.0 CSL	BMW Italy	1:36.5000
3^rd	2	Dieudonné / van Hove / Xhenceval	BMW 3.0 CSL	Luigi Racing	1:37.3000
4^th	12	Neger / Loibnegger / Werginz	BMW 530i	Racing Corporation Vienna	1:39.4000
5^th	55	Heyer / Denzel	Ford Escort II RS	D&W Zakspeed Team	1:39.7100
6^th	54	Niedzwiedz / Müller, Jr.	Ford Escort II RS	D&W Zakspeed Team	1:39.7300
7^th	19	Graham / Needell	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Fabergé Racing/Lee Jeans	1:40.6800
8^th	25	Tippet / Walkinshaw / Palmer	Mazda RX-7	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	1:40.7600
9^th	56	King / Da Costa / McPherson	Ford Escort II RS 1800	Ronnie Scott's Club/Valprint/Withers	1:40.7700
10^th	17	Spice / Clark / Craft	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	1:41.4700
11^th	33	Patterson / Allam	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Allam Motor Services Racing with BP	1:42.6000
12^th	36	Percy / Muir	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Browne and Day	1:42.6600
13^th	31	Brodie / Matthews	Ford Capri II 3.0S	David Brodie	1:42.8700
14^th	51	Gürthler / Schäfer	Toyota Celica	Postert Toyota Team	1:42.8900
15^th	71	Bell / Lloyd	VW Golf GTi	The Akai Golf	1:43.0900
16^th	40	Woodman / Buncombe	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Equipe Esso	1:43.1900
17^th	37	Dougall / Thomas / *Toleman	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Toleman Group Motorsport	1:43.4100
18^th	74	Bergmeister / Nowak	Audi 80 GTE	Renngemeinschaft MSCC Langenfeld	1:43.4500
19^th	39	Blackburn / Bruce	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Voxson Car Sound Systems	1:43.5900
20^th	38	Craft / Clark / Spice	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	1:43.8900
21^st	73	Rosterg / Trint	Audi 80 GTE	Kilian Tuning	1:44.1600
22^nd	11	Lovett / Cooper / Morrison	BMW 530i	Dick Lovett (Specialist Cars) Ltd.	1:44.2000
24^th	34	Robertson / Dowsett	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Industrial Control Services Ltd.	1:44.6300
25^th	72	Wiedesheim / Lindström	VW Scirocco	TL Racing AB	1:45.2800
26^th	66	Greenslade / Nicholson / Marshall	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Team Triplex with Esso and Motor	1:45.5200
27^th	65	Marshall / Clark	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Team Triplex with Esso and Motor	1:46.0400
28^th	44	Rouse / Dron	Opel Monza 3.0E	Dealer Opel Team	1:46.4100
29^th	53	Geisser / Buschor	BMW 320	Eggenberger Motorsport	1:46.7400
30^th	20	Müller / Ringshausen	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Eichberg Racing	1:46.8800
31^st	61	Lanfranchi / Williams	Vauxhall Magnum	London Sports Car Centre/Ego Computers	1:47.0500
32^nd	92	Michl / Samohýl	Škoda 130 RS	Dealer Team Skoda	1:47.2000
34^th	91	Vojtěch / Enge	Škoda 130 RS	Bohemia Crystal Team	1:48.1700
35^th	7	Bell / Sheene / Lloyd	VW Golf GTi	The Akai Golf	1:48.4000
36^th	45	Hackner / Weisheidinger	Opel Monza 3.0	Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team	1:48.5600
38^th	83	Bergmeister / Seikel	Audi 80 GTE	Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team	1:49.8100
33^rd	70	Bauer / Gall	Ford Escort RS 2000	K.W.S. Motorsport	1:49.9200
39^th	98	Mowatt / Pearson	Leyland 1275 GT	Jon Mowatt	1:51.5500
40^th	24	Palmer / Markey	Mazda RX-5	David Palmer	1:52.4600
41^st	6	Delano / Nightingale	AMC Spirit AMX	American Motors Team Highball	1:53.0900
42^nd	82	Kessler / Jamin	VW Scirocco		1:54.8400
43^rd	94	Pütz / Eichner / Klinkhammer	Audi 50	Haribo Lakritzen	1:55.7300
44^th	97	Mattozza / Kessler	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint	Richard Mattozza	1:57.4500

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
18	Blackburn / Bruce	Ford Capri	Voxson Car Sound Systems
69	Rosenkranz / Stoffel	Ford Escort RS 2000	Haribo Lakritzen
76	Bonefeld / Ligensa	VW Scirocco	Misczyk Tuning

Entered cars that did not arrive:

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