Round 11 – Donington Park, 16th September 1990, 15 laps
Pos. | Cl. | # | Driver | Team | Cl. | Car | Grid | Time | FL | Laps | Time | Notes |
1. | 1. | 11 | Robb Gravett | Trakstar/Ford Credit | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 3. | 1:38.86 | 1:39.68 | 15 | 25:13.05 | |
2. | 2. | 1 | Andy Rouse | Rouse/ICS | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 1. | 1:38.51 | 1:39.29 | 15 | 25:14.47 | |
3. | 3. | 3 | Tim Harvey | Rouse/Team Labatt's | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 2. | 1:38.86 | 1:41.21 | 15 | 25:36.34 | |
4. | 4. | 15 | Graham Goode | Graham Goode Racing/Listerine | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 4. | 1:39.66 | 1:41.35 | 15 | 25:37.33 | |
5. | 5. | 5 | Mike Newman | Graham Goode Racing/Listerine | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 7. | 1:40.20 | 1:41.03 | 15 | 25:37.92 | |
6. | 6. | 4 | Sean Walker | Rouse/FAI Automotive | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 8. | 1:40.57 | 1:40.63 | 15 | 25:48.44 | |
7. | 1. | 55 | Frank Sytner | Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil 1 | B | BMW M3 | 12. | 1:44.20 | 1:45.66 | 15 | 26:39.68 | |
8. | 2. | 56 | Tim Sugden | Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil 1 | B | BMW M3 | 11. | 1:44.20 | 1:45.32 | 15 | 26:40.15 | |
9. | 3. | 99 | Jeff Allam | Vic Lee Motorsport/Auto Audio+Arquati | B | BMW M3 | 13. | 1:44.50 | 1:45.67 | 15 | 26:40.88 | |
10. | 4. | 90 | Nettan Lindgren | Nettan Lindgren/Thorn Security | B | BMW M3 | 16. | 1:46.13 | 1:46.62 | 15 | 26:54.93 | |
11. | 5. | 77 | Godfrey Hall | Pyramid Motorsport/Gemini Car Alarms | B | BMW M3 | 15. | 1:45.80 | 1:46.38 | 15 | 26:55.47 | |
12. | 6. | 50 | John Cleland | DCRS/Vauxhall Dealer Sport | B | Vauxhall Cavalier GSi | 10. | 1:44.01 | 1:45.88 | 15 | 27:45.56 | 1 minute penalty |
13. | 7. | 66 | Nick Whale | Pyramid Motorsport/Mobil Super Plus | B | BMW M3 | 17. | 1:46.51 | 1:46.92 | 14 | | |
14. | 8. | 88 | John Clark | Pyramid Motorsport/Gemini Car Alarms | B | BMW M3 | 19. | 1:46.82 | 1:47.84 | 14 | | |
15. | 9. | 60 | Mark Hales | John Maguire/Firestone + Hays | B | Mitsubishi Starion | 18. | 1:46.74 | 1:48.58 | 14 | | |
16. | 10. | 57 | Nick Baird | Techspeed Motorsport/Wipak | B | BMW 318iS | 22. | 1:49.63 | 1:50.39 | 14 | | |
17. | 11. | 100 | Ray Armes | Trakstar/PG Tags Racing | B | Honda Civic | 23. | 1:50.95 | 1:51.29 | 14 | | |
DNF | | 10 | Laurence Bristow | Rouse/Team Labatt's | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 5. | 1:39.87 | 1:41.40 | 10 | | Engine |
DNF | | 52 | Ian Forrest | Ecosse Motorsport/Drambuie | B | BMW M3 | 21. | 1:49.45 | 1:48.22 | 7 | | Overheating |
DNF | | 22 | Dennis Leech | Dennis Leech/Partservice Exeter | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 9. | 1:43.12 | 1:44.65 | 6 | | Engine |
DNF | | 53 | Jim McGaughay | Ecosse Motorsport/MF Industrial+FES | B | BMW M3 | 20. | 1:48.74 | 1:49.99 | 4 | | Gear linkage |
DNF | | 20 | Dave Brodie | Brodie-Brittain Racing | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 6. | 1:40.14 | 1:48.99 | 1 | 1:48.99 | Water hose |
DNF | | 70 | Bob Berridge | Vauxhall Dealer Sport/Philips Stereo | B | Vauxhall Cavalier GSi | 14. | 1:45.38 | no time | 0 | 0:00.00 | Accident |
DNS | | 51 | Ray Bellm | Rouse Sport/Hawaiian Tropic | B | Ford Sierra Sapphire | | | | | | Engine |
DNS | | ? | Jeff Wilson | HWR | B | Vauxhall Belmont | | | | | | Engine |
The victory secured Robb Gravett the class A title for 1990.
Jeff Wilson turned up with a newly build Vauxhall Bellmont. Build by Brian Holliday of HWR Racing with help from Andy Barton. Engine by Bruce Stevens of Merlin Developments. Sponsorship from Bristol Street Motors (Sunderland), Auto Coachworks and Valvoline. All this ended with an oil leak and withdrawn.
Jim McGaughay driving the car usually driven by Hugh Chalmers.
Ray Bellm packed up after loosing an engine only to discover the replacement was no good either.
Graham Goode had found a set of 2 year old Yokohama tyres.
From the news
September 6 1990
The Pyramid M3s will race on Yokohama tyres for the rest of the season.
September 13 1990
Ian Flux has been testing the BRR BMW M3
Jesper