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Originally Posted by pimmy
If ARG had stuck around then Soper could have returned for a full campaign in a Vitesse (he didn't do the full ETCC), partnered with Lovett, Pond or even Percy if he fancied staying in the UK, and Watts would have had a great chance in the Metro.
Looking forward, 1986 wouldn't have been anywhere near as dire as it was.
Certainly quite a juicy scenario to imagine!
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Pimmmy and Matt thanks both for entertaining my suggestion with some great thoughts.
My strong suspicion based on what happened to TWR in the early part of '84 is that Tony Pomd would have definitely been retained in one of the cars for '85 and as Lovett was effectively dropped, either Soper or Allam would be in the other car and once again a 3rd car would be entered on occasion for Win Percy.
A full works Rover and BMW presence would force Rouse into running a 2nd Sierra probably for David Sears..
CC Motorsport would carry om with the works Bimmer 635s with James Weaver leading but with and Vince Woodman replaced by Mike Thackwell (F3000 commitments permitting), David Kennedy or maybe one of the works European regulars...
Toyota would put more effort into the very promising Celica Supra and sign Chris Hodgetts (to replace Rover nound Percy) alongside Barry Sheene.
Joining Dave Brodie's main car would be Colin Blower in a 2nd Starion in half the races.
The Volvo effort would be a quasi-works entry assisted by Eggenberger but run by Marshall Asquith with Patrick Watts in one car. Gerry Marshall would pedal the 2nd car when Brancatelli or Dieudonne were busy on ETCC duty.
There would be a selection of privateer Rovers and BMWs as expected.
In Class B the Computervision Metros would be driven ny Robin Brundle and Metro challenge graduate, Roger Jones with Paul Taft joined by another challenge graduate, Alison Davis in 2 seni-works cars.
The Datapost Escorts would be driven by Longman and Curnow with a 3rd car at selected rounds for Mike Smith.
Graham Goode would once again feature strongly in the Nissan Bluebird and the Bimmer 323/325i entry would appear from mid season with Frank Sytner, Whizzo Williams and Winni Wogt all getting a go.
The Alfas would be Jon Dooley, Rob Kirby in the Dealer team cars as usual with Phil Dowsett and Norris Miles in Terry Drury's cars.