The 1981 RAC Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship was the 24th season of the championship. Win Percy won his second consecutive drivers title in his Mazda RX-7.
Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Class RoundsGordon Spice RacingFord Capri III 3.0S 1 Gordon Spice 1–4, 6–11 2 Stuart Graham 1–2 Phil Martin-Dye 3–11Equipe Esso VMW MotorsFord Capri III 3.0S 3 Vince Woodman All 4 Jonathan Buncombe 2, 4, 6–7, 10CSH Racing with Essoand the Daily MirrorFord Capri III 3.0S 5 Charles Sawyer-Hoare 1–4, 6–11 6 Andy Rouse AllPatrick MotorsportRover 3500 S 7 Brian Muir All 8 Rex Greenslade All 63 Rad Dougall 11TWR – Daily ExpressMazda Motorsport/TWRTeam BPRover 3500 S 9 Jeff Allam All 10 Pete Lovett 1, 5–11Mazda RX-7 20 Win Percy 1–10 25 Barry Sheene 1 Chuck Nicholson 8–11Audi 80 GLE 42 Martin Brundle All 43 Stirling Moss AllBestmoor SilencersFord Capri III 3.0S 11 Graham Goode 1, 3–4, 6–8, 11Dennis LeechFord Capri III 3.0S 13 Dennis Leech 2–5, 8–10Track MarshallFord Capri III 3.0S 15 Chuck Nicholson 1–7Richard Grant RacingFord Capri III 3.0S 16 Mike Kimpton 1, 3–8 47 Nick Whiting 1–8, 10Carroll ShelbyFord Capri III 3.0S 19 Wayne Wainwright 2–5, 8UnknownFord Capri III 3.0S 40 Tony Sugden 8Castrol DenmarkFord Escort RS2000 96 Erik Høyer 5John BishopTriumph Dolomite Sprint 79 John Bishop 5, 7, 10Mike BuckleyFord Escort RS2000 66 Mike Buckley 1–7, 9–11James BurrowsToyota Celica 2000 LB 74 James Burrows 3–4, 6, 8–11Terry NightingaleTriumph Dolomite Sprint 92 Terry Nightingale 5–9Ian StirlingTalbot Avenger 23 Ian Stirling 8Hughes of BeaconsfieldToyota Celica ST 40 Chris Hodgetts AllToyota Corolla GT 79 Jonathan Buncombe 8 Gordon Mayers 9 Dave Brodie 10–11Morris Vulcan Ltd.Volkswagen Golf GTI 44 John Morris AllNapolina Alfa Romeo Dealer TeamAlfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint 51 Rob Kirby 2–9, 11Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti 81 Jon Dooley AllUnknownMitsubishi Lancer GSR 56 Barrie Williams All 57 Dave Morgan AllAndy DriverVolkswagen Golf GTI 66 Andy Driver 1, 3–6, 9, 11Peter BuxtorfVolkswagen Scirocco GTI 69 Peter Buxtorf 1–8Demon TweeksVolkswagen Golf GTI 54 Alan Minshaw 2, 5–8, 10Robin CarlisleToyota Celica LB 76 Robin Carlisle 5, 8–9, 11Bill PostinsVolkswagen Scirocco GTI 62 Bill Postins 8John SpillerTalbot Sunbeam TI 82 John Spiller 1–2, 4, 6, 8–9John TaitToyota Celica GT 84 John Tait 1–2, 6, 8–9, 11Terry WattsTalbot Sunbeam TI 48 Terry Watts 8Team Datapost Racingwith Hepolite and EssoAustin Metro 1300 HLS 70 Alan Curnow All 77 Richard Longman All 57 Tim Goss 10P.J. Green RacingMini 1275GT 74 Tim Goss 1–8Julian May RacingFord Fiesta 1.3 80 Terry Nightingale 1–2, 4 Alex Moss 5 Julian May 8HaynesFord Fiesta 1.3 99 David da Costa 1–7, 9–11Everest Double GlazingAustin Metro 1300 HLS 74 Neil McGrath 5–9, 11Stuart FowlerFord Fiesta 1.3 85 Stuart Fowler 9David GrimshawFord Fiesta 1.3 39 David Grimshaw 7–9François HamonSimca Rallye 3 76 François Hamon 8Colin HawkerFord Fiesta 1.3 42 Colin Hawker 2, 4–5SigmaAustin Metro 1300 HLS 87 Roger Saunders 2–10 Icon Class Under 1300cc 1301–1600cc 1601–2500cc 2501–3500cc
Calendar and winners All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold. Round Circuit Date Class A Winner Class B Winner Class C Winner Class D Winner 1 A Mallory Park, Leicestershire 22 March Not contested. Win Percy Andy Rouse B Jon Dooley John Morris Not contested. 2 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 29 March Alan Curnow Martin Brundle Mike Buckley Andy Rouse 3 A Oulton Park, Cheshire 17 April Not contested. Win Percy Gordon Spice B Jon Dooley Chris Hodgetts Not contested. 4 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 20 April Richard Longman Chris Hodgetts Win Percy Vince Woodman 5 A Brands Hatch, Kent 25 May Not contested. Win Percy Nick Whiting B Neil McGrath Barrie Williams Not contested. 6 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 21 June Neil McGrath Chris Hodgetts Win Percy Pete Lovett 7 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 18 July Jon Dooley Chris Hodgetts Win Percy Pete Lovett 8 A Donington Park, Leicestershire 16 August Not contested. Win Percy Pete Lovett B Richard Longman Chris Hodgetts Not contested. 9 Brands Hatch, Kent 31 August Richard Longman Chris Hodgetts Win Percy Jeff Allam 10 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 20 September Richard Longman Martin Brundle Win Percy Jeff Allam 11 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 4 October Jon Dooley John Morris Mike Buckley Jeff Allam
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship Points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top six finishers in each class, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each class. In races where a class had less than four starters, points would be awarded to the top two finishers (6 & 4 respectively) with one point for the fastest lap. A driver's best nine scores counted towards the championship, dropped scores are shown in brackets. Positions are shown as overall/class. Pos Driver Class MAL SIL OUL THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR SIL Pts 1 Win Percy 2/1(Ret)1/14/12/14/14/11/12/12/1 78 2 Chris Hodgetts (Ret)Ret1/111/18/412/1?/11/18/1?/47/2 74 3 Jon Dooley 4/113/24/1?/26/3?/2?/1(10/4)(16/3)?/310/1 65 4 John Morris 1/18/2?/??/25/313/2?/22/29/2(?/3)6/1 60 5 Richard Longman Ret15/313/5?/17/4?/??/26/114/1?/111/2 58 6 Pete Lovett 5/44/31/11/12/13/23/22/2 52 7 Jeff Allam 8/74/4Ret5/43/2Ret2/2Ret1/11/11/1 50 8 Andy Rouse 1/11/13/23/3Ret3/33/33/25/45/4Ret 49 9 Alan Curnow Ret12/16/2?/3?/??/4?/67/215/2?/212/3 48 10 Gordon Spice 11/92/22/12/22/2Ret5/44/37/6Ret 38 11 Vince Woodman 3/23/34/31/17/65/4RetRetRet4/34/4 35 12 Neil McGrath 3/118/1?/38/3DNS13/4 33 13 Dave Morgan Ret24/?9/618/42/216/4?/43/312/3?/29/4 33 14 Mike Buckley 10/2?/1Ret?/?8/2NCRet23/3?/317/1 31 15 Martin Brundle 2/26/112/8?/5RetRetRet4/4DSQ10/1Ret 30 16 Barrie Williams RetRet3/314/31/1Ret?/35/513/4Ret8/3 30 17 Nick Whiting 4/3Ret5/46/51/16/55/46/516/? 25 18 David da Costa 5/2?/4?/??/44/2?/?Ret17/4?/616/5 24 19 Stirling Moss 3/322/62/2RetRet15/322/79/6DNS?/514/5 20 20 Roger Saunders 26/?10/4?/610/5?/3?/4?/519/5?/5 19 21 Chuck Nicholson 8/26/28/2Ret 18 22 Tim Goss 7/4?/67/3?/?11/6?/??/5?/??/4 14 23 Rob Kirby ?/35/4?/?9/5?/5?/??/?18/515/6 14 24 Peter Buxtorf ?/4?/48/5?/??/??/??/5Ret 10 25 James Burrows ?/2?/?DNSRetRetDNS21/2 9 26 Terry Nightingale 6/3?/5?/5 8 27 Terry Nightingale 14/4?/2NCDNSRet 7 28 Brian Muir RetRet7/69/811/8Ret?/?4/3RetRetRet 6 29 Jonathan Buncombe 5/5?/?Ret6/56/5 6 30 Charles Sawyer-Hoare 9/87/6Ret10/99/87/67/611/79/75/5 5 31 Alan Minshaw 21/514/6?/??/6?/??/6 5 32 John Bishop 9/3NCRet 4 33 Rad Dougall 3/3 4 34 Ian Stirling 14/3 4 35 Phil Martin-Dye 11/10?/?6/510/9Ret10/87/5?/?Ret 4 36 John Spiller ?/5DNS?/6?/6?/?21/7 4 37 Chuck Nicholson 6/5?/?9/87/613/107/6?/? 4 38 Mike Kimpton ?/??/??/?5/414/10?/?Ret 3 39 Rex Greenslade Ret14/?6/5?/?10/78/7?/?RetRetRetRet 2 40 Erik Høyer 15/5 2 41 Graham Goode 7/610/98/7?/??/?9/7Ret 1 42 Robin Carlisle ?/??/?20/618/7 1 43 John Tait ?/625/??/??/?24/820/9 1 44 Dennis Leech ?/?12/11?/??/?13/1110/6Ret 1 45 David Grimshaw Ret?/?22/6 1 46 François Hamon ?/6 1 47 Wayne Wainwright DNS8/7?/?12/912/10 0 48 Andy Driver DSQ11/7?/?DSQ?/?Ret19/8 0 49 Colin Hawker DNS?/?12/7 0 50 Alex Moss 13/8 0 51 Tony Sugden 11/9 0 52 Gordon Mayers 25/9 0 53 Stuart Graham Ret?/? 0 54 Dave Brodie ?/?Ret 0 55 Jonathan Buncombe ?/? 0 56 Bill Postins ?/? 0 57 Terry Watts ?/? 0 NC Barry Sheene Ret 0 NC Stuart Fowler Ret 0 NC Julian May DNS 0 Pos Driver Class MAL SIL OUL THR BRA SIL SIL DON BRA THR SIL PtsBold - Pole in class Italics - Fastest lap in class
Notes: 1. – Class A pole position for round 2 is unknown. 2. – Class A & B pole positions for round 3 are unknown.
External links Touring Car Racing History – 1981 BSCC