[KA]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Yes I'm pretty sure the 2 Capris were Newman's and Chatfield's. I saw a strange pic a few months ago somewhere of Chatfield sandwiched by The Nissan and eithyer an Alfa or Morris' Scirocco I think? I'll see if I can find it again. EDIT, it's this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3611177...7622382683987/

The silver 'Direct Tyres' 635 was indeed a prodsaloon. Albert Mirko entered his near standard car with slicks for this prestigious meeting and predictably was somewhat off the pace and struggled to compete even with the Class C cars. Mirko had done a couple of Uniroyal or Monroe rounds with the car, and wasn't IIRC a class contender in those either.

Thanks for that- I'd been puzzling over the pic in PC since I re-read the report. Mirko is a name I haven't heard in a very long time- Don't really know much about him except he was running a 635 in Prodsaloons around that time- got a vague suspicion he turned up racing in the USA some years later.

That's a useful set of pics on Flickr- looking at them again, I'm sure it's the August Brands round- one of the captions mentions Percy winning. Other cars in that pic behind the Capri (captioned as Newman but I suspect possibly Chatfield as it's still in CC colours), Alan Greenhalgh's yellow Golf, Andrew Thorpe's Hampshires of Dorking Astra GT/E (I don't think I've ever seen a pic of that before!) and presumably coming up to lap them, the unmistakeable Brodie Starion.
I'll amend the result listing for the next Brands round to include the cars in the pics

Originally Posted by KA

Round 8- Brands Hatch (GP Circuit)
20 July 1984, Race supporting the 1984 British Grand Prix



I'd like to see the entry list for this one, as there are several pics of the pitlane in the report and they pose a few questions. Two Capris appear to be present, seen lined up behind the Leech Rover and Kennedy's 635 in the pitlane- Unfortunately, one is partly obscured by the BMW and is difficult to identify, the other is in CC/Esso colours, with race no. 23. I'm guessing Mike Newman and Brian Chatfield.
There's a second pitlane pic which includes a couple of cars in the background that I can't identify either. Sadly, they're b/w pics and the reproduction is a bit murky which doesn't help...

The pic shows a queue of cars waiting to go out onto the circuit, headed by the Goode Nissan, Rouse's Rover, and a Datapost Escort. Tucked in behind these is a 635 with it's door open, showing sponsorship from 'Direct Tyres', but no visible race number. Further back are the John Morris Scirocco, the Supra and Sytner's 635, and two or three GTV6s (the Drury and Napolina cars)

On the previous page, there's a colour shot of the front quarter of a silver-grey 635 in the paddock (basically a bit of atmosphere as it's cropped to show not that much of the car, but enough sky to show the Vulcan bomber flying over as part of an air display...), carrying similar 'Direct Tyres' logos- The only other visible logos are a Trimoco series decal on the door, and Avon Tyres of the front spoiler. AFAIK it isn't one of the CC Cars, because the paintjob seems wrong- this one's plain silver with some black striping. A prodsaloon maybe, as I can't think of any other BTCC 635s other than the CC pair, Sytner and the blue Grundig car?

Capris confirmed as Chatfield and Newman, and the mystery 635 as Albert Mirko's prodsaloon. I took another look at the pic and have spotted what looks like the Neil McGrath Connells Rover towards the back of the queue.