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Originally Posted by Jesper OH
Round 11, October 7, 1984 at Silverstone
1./ #18 / David Brodie / Brodie / A / Mitsubishi Starion Turbo
2./#7 / Andy Rouse / Rouse / A / Rover Vitesse
pole / #7 / Andy Rouse / Rouse / A / Rover Vitesse,
Class B:
1: Graham Goode/Goode/Nissan Bluebird Turbo
2: Phil Dowsett/Drury/Alfa GTV6
3: Rob Kirby/ARDT-Salmon Can/Alfa GTV6
4: ??
5: Jon Dooley/ARDT-Napolina/Alfa GTV6
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Goode dominated class B, but the real drama in the class was behind him, Jon Dooley losing the class championship in controversial circumstances.
Dooley only needed a 4th place finish to clinch the class title- unfortunately, despite being fastest Alfa in qualifying, he also lost two engines, and had to start the race with one described in the report as 'cobbled-together'. Predictably, this was off the pace, and in the race, he ended up down in 5th in class, with team-mate Rob Kirby the leading Alfa in 2nd....
On the last lap, approaching the chicane, Kirby held a narrow lead over Phil Dowsett, but suddenly slowed, allowing a surprised Dowsett to take 2nd in class. Presumably this was a last-ditch attempt to help Dooley into 4th place, however Kirby's momentum was enough to still take him over the line in 3rd, denying his team-mate the class championship....
Dooley wasn't impressed with Kirby's actions, commenting 'He'd have done the team a bigger favour if he'd just driven it into a wall!'
Much of the drama was off-track though, with protests flying around- Dooley protesting the Goode Nissan over it's use of an intercooler, and Toyota protesting the Starion on similar grounds (to say nothing of the scrutineers asking for no less than 3 fuel samples from Brodie's car...)