The 1988 Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship was the 31st season of the championship. The drivers title was won by Frank Sytner, driving a BMW Team Finance BMW M3. Official 1988 BTCC standings Second place overall was Phil Dowsett who dominated class D. Andy Rouse finished third on points, winning nine races outright of the twelve rounds.

Teams and drivers

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Endurance drivers Class A MIL Motorsport Toyota Supra Turbo 1 Chris Hodgetts 1–2, 4–6 Vic Lee Mark Hales 7–9, 11–12 Ian Flux 10, 13 2 Vic Lee 5–10 Dennis Leech Rover Vitesse 4 Dennis Leech 3–8 David Carvell Terry Drury Racing Ford Sierra RS500 5 Tim Harvey 1–3, 5–13 Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 6 Steve Soper 2–3, 8, 11–12 Gianfranco Brancatelli 13 Alan Docking Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 7 Mike O'Brien 1–9 Sean Brown Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 10–13 Arquati Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 8 Jerry Mahony All Mark Hales ICS plc Ford Sierra RS500 10 Pete Hall 1–2 Gary Ayles Robb Gravett 3–11 Mark Hales 13 Brooklyn Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 11 Chris Hodgetts 10–13 Tom Walkinshaw Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 12 Tom Walkinshaw 11 Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd. Ford Sierra RS500 14 Mike Newman All Rob Speak Listerine-Texaco Racing Ford Sierra RS500 15 Graham Goode All Alistair Lyall Asquith Autosport Ford Sierra RS500 16 Karl Jones All Ian Flux CC Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 17 Bob Sands 1–4 Richard Jones CAM Shipping Ford Sierra RS500 19 Laurence Bristow All Tim Harvey Graham Hathaway Ford Sierra RS500 20 Graham Hathaway 1–7, 9–13 Peter Townsend Rob Wilson 8 Kaliber Racing Ford Sierra RS500 21 Guy Edwards 3–13 Johnny Dumfries 22 Andy Rouse All David Sears Nissan Motorsport Europe Nissan HR31 Skyline GTS-R 23 Win Percy 4 Allan Grice Trident Motorsport Maserati Biturbo 24 Nick May 4–6, 8–13 John Lepp John Lepp 7 ECM Vehicle Delivery Ltd. Ford Sierra RS500 26 Ray MacDowall 8, 12 Tom Bell 9, 13 Peter Buxtorf BMW 635CSi 27 Peter Buxtorf 1–4 Barry Robinson Brodie Brittain Racing Ford Sierra RS500 30 Dave Brodie 13 Class B Brookside Garage Alfa Romeo 75 31 Jon Dooley 12–13 BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 BMW M3 32 Mike Smith 1–11 Will Hoy James Weaver 12 Will Hoy 13 33 Frank Sytner All James Weaver 34 Will Hoy 8–9 Lionel Abbott 10, 12 James Weaver 11 John Maguire Racing BMW M3 36 Godfrey Hall 4–6, 10–12 Barrie Williams David Sears 12–13 43 Godfrey Hall 1–3, 7–9, 13 Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo 38 Dave Wallis 1–4 Lionel Abbott 39 Lionel Wiffen 1–5, 10–11, 13 Robin Parsons Demon Tweeks BMW M3 44 Alan Minshaw 1–4, 8 Roland Ratzenberger Roland Ratzenberger 5–7, 10–13 Chris Hodgetts 9 Class C Hawes Group Racing Honda Prelude 2.0i 46 Martin Wray 8 Specialist Cars Aberdeen Volkswagen Golf GTI 48 Andrew Jeffrey 2–4, 7–13 John Clark Demon Tweeks Volkswagen Golf GTI 50 James Kaye 1–2 John Llewellyn John Brindley 3–6 Andy Middlehurst 7 John Morris 8 Alan Minshaw 11–13 John Maguire Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI 55 James Shead 1, 3–13 John Morris Class D Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport Toyota Corolla GT 60 Richard Belcher 1 Patrick Watts Mark Hales 2, 4 Mark Goddard 13 61 Mark Hales 6 Dave Loudoun 7 Nick Whale 11 Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT 63 Tony Crudgington 1, 3–13 Alastair Davidson MIL Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT 69 Kevin Eaton 1–2, 4 Alex Moss John Llewellyn 7–13 TOM's GB Toyota Corolla FX GT 70 Phil Dowsett All Tiff Needell North Essex Motorsport Ford Escort RS1600i 74 Vic Lee 3 Jeremy Rossiter 7 Barbara Cowell 8–11, 13 Alan Gaunt Ford Escort RS1600i 75 Mark Goddard 7–8 AGK Motorsport Toyota Corolla GT 77 Geoff Kimber-Smith 1–7, 9–13 Barbara Cowell

Calendar All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Class A winner Class B winner Class C Winner Class D Winner 1 27 March Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Jerry Mahony Frank Sytner James Kaye Phil Dowsett 2 Oulton Park (International), Cheshire 1 April Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Frank Sytner None (no finishers) Phil Dowsett 3 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 2 May Andy Rouse Steve Soper Frank Sytner James Shead Tony Crudgington 4* Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 15 May Andy Rouse Win Percy Allan Grice Andy Rouse David Sears Frank Sytner James Weaver James Shead John Morris Barbara Cowell 5 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 30 May Andy Rouse Mike Newman Andy Rouse John Brindley Phil Dowsett 6 5 June Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Frank Sytner James Shead Phil Dowsett 7 Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire 10 July Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Frank Sytner Phil Dowsett 8 Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent 24 July Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Frank Sytner Andrew Jeffrey Phil Dowsett 9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 31 July Andy Rouse Jerry Mahony Andy Rouse Frank Sytner Andrew Jeffrey Phil Dowsett 10 Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent 21 August Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Frank Sytner Andrew Jeffrey Phil Dowsett 11 Birmingham Superprix, Birmingham 29 August Steve Soper Race cancelled. 12 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire Steve Soper Andy Rouse Andy Rouse Frank Sytner James Shead Phil Dowsett 13 Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire 2 October Andy Rouse Frank Sytner Alan Minshaw Phil Dowsett 1 hour endurance race.

Driver standings and results

OverallDC ClassPos Driver Class SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL Pts 1 1 Frank Sytner C 103 2 1 Phil Dowsett C 98 3 1 Andy Rouse 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 95 4 2 Godfrey Hall Ret C Ret 48 5 3 Mike Smith Ret Ret C 40 6 2 Tony Crudgington Ret Ret C Ret 35 7 2 Jerry Mahony 1 3 3 Ret 3 8 4 5 8 3 C 9 5 33 8 1 James Shead DNS DNS C 31 9 3 Mike Newman 2 5 5 4 3 6 Ret 4 4 C 4 Ret 28 10 2 Andrew Jeffery Ret DNS C Ret 27 11 4 Roland Ratzenberger Ret‡ Ret C 26 = 4 Tim Harvey Ret 4 2‡ 5 6 7 Ret 7 2 C Ret 2 26 = 5 Guy Edwards Ret 3 5 2 3 3 5 C 6 4 26 14 3 Geoff Kimber-Smith DNS Ret DNS DNS Ret C Ret 23 15 6 Steve Soper DNA 1 2 C 2 21 = 7 Laurence Bristow Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 3 4 Ret Ret C 3 21 17 4 John Llewellyn Ret C 20 18 5 Barbara Cowell ‡ Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 17 19 5 Will Hoy Ret‡ 16 20 6 James Weaver DNS ‡ C 15 = 7 Alan Minshaw Ret 15 22 8 Robb Gravett Ret 2 5 2 Ret C 14 23 9 Gianfranco Brancatelli 1 10 = 10 Mike O'Brien Ret 2 4 6 10 DSQ DNQ 10 Ret 10 25 11 David Sears 1‡ 9 = 3 John Brindley Ret DNS 9 27 4 Alan Minshaw C Ret 8 = 12 Karl Jones Ret Ret 2 9 6 6 Ret C 7 DNS 9 = 8 Lionel Wiffen Ret DNS Ret DNQ 9 30 6 Mark Hales DNS 8 = 7 Kevin Eaton Ret 8 = 9 Dave Wallis Ret 8 34 10 Barrie Williams ‡ 7 = 13 Chris Hodgetts Ret Ret Ret 7 C 3 DNS 7 35 8 Mark Goddard Ret Ret DNS 6 = 9 Tiff Needell ‡ 6 37 10 David Loudon 6 = 11 Lionel Abbott ‡ Ret 6 39 14 Bob Sands 3 Ret Ret 6 5 = 15 Graham Goode Ret Ret Ret 7 7 5 6 C 5 Ret 5 41 5 John Morris ‡ DNS 5 = 11 Alex Moss ‡ 5 43 16 Johnny Dumfries 3‡ 4 = 12 Richard Belcher 4 = 17 Win Percy 4 4 = 18 Allan Grice 4‡ 4 47 6 Andy Middlehurst 3 = 7 Martin Wray 3 = 19 Peter Buxtorf Ret 3 = 12 Robin Parsons ‡ 3 = 13 Alistair Davidson ‡ 3 = 14 Jeremy Rossiter 3 = 15 Vic Lee 3 54 20 Rob Speak 5‡ 2 = 16 Patrick Watts ‡ 2 56 22 Dave Brodie DNS 6 1 = 21 Richard Jones 6‡ 1 = 8 James Kaye Ret 1 = 13 David Sears Ret Ret 1 60 23 Sean Brown ‡ 0 = 24 Graham Hathaway Ret DNS Ret C 8 0 = 25 Gary Ayles ‡ 0 = 26 Dennis Leech Ret Ret 0 = 27 David Carvell ‡ 0 = 28 Mark Hales Ret‡ Ret NC DNQ Ret 0 = 29 Ian Flux Ret‡ Ret 0 = 30 Tom Bell DNS Ret 0 = 31 Barry Robinson ‡ 0 = 32 Peter Townsend ‡ 0 = 33 Nick May Ret Ret DNQ DNS 0 = 34 Vic Lee Ret‡ Ret Ret Ret 0 = 35 Ray MacDowall Ret 0 = 36 John Lepp Ret‡ DNS 0 Pete Hall Ret Ret 0 Jon Dooley DNQ Ret 0 Alistair Lyall Ret‡ 0 John Llewellyn Ret‡ 0 Rob Wilson Ret 0 Chris Hodgetts Ret 0 John Clark DNS‡ 0 Tom Walkinshaw C 0 Nick Whale C 0 OverallDC ClassPos Driver Class SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL Pts

Note: bold signifies pole position, italics signifies fastest lap in class (1 point given all races).

‡ Endurance driver

Championship results

Driver's championship Pos. Driver Car Class Points 1 Frank Sytner BMW M3 B 103 2 Phil Dowsett Toyota Corolla GT D 98 3 Andy Rouse Ford Sierra RS500 A 95 4 Godfrey Hall BMW M3 B 48 5 Mike Smith BMW M3 B 40 6 Tony Crudgington Toyota Corolla GT D 35 7 Jerry Mahony Ford Sierra RS500 A 33 8 James Shead Volkswagen Golf GTI C 31

References

External links Official website of the British Touring Car Championship