[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by KA

Round 7- Brands Hatch (Indy Circuit), 22 July 1990. 1 hour (73 laps)supporting? the Brands Hatch Interserie Cup

For the first (and only) time, we had a second 1-hour/2-driver race, this one at Brands, as part of the Interserie sports car meeting (unfortunately I seem to have lost the race programe for this one, so not sure if it was billed as a BTCC meeting with sportscars as part of the programme, or an Interserie meeting with BTCC supporting)

Class A saw a few changes to the entry from the previous round- in particular, theres been a lot of musical chairs played with the second drivers- only a couple of pairings from the early season Donington race (Harvey/Borgudd and Walker/Flux) returning here, and a couple of absentees resulting in a slightly depleted Class A
Trakstar were back to a single car, without the extra sponsors seen at the GP meeting, and Mike Smith sharing with Gravett
Graham Goode also only had one car here, Mike Newman absent, and Dave Brodie sharing Goode's RS500
Dennis Leech skipped this one, to return a couple of rounds later

Other co-driver changes compared to the earlier race were Gary Ayles in the Rouse/ICS Sierra, rather than David Sears, and Paul Radisich in Laurence Bristow's Labatt's car- Radisich's BTCC debut. Conversely, as one driver destined to become a well-known BTCC name made his debut, another long-standing BTCC competitor made his last appearance- Graham Hathaway's Sierra (a Trakstar entry shared with Mike Smith at Donington) was shared with Vince Woodman- Woodman's final outing in the series.

Class B pairing were largely as they'd been at Donington. There were a few changes though- Kelvin Burt shared the 2nd Prodrive M3 with Tim Sugden, Kurt Luby only sharing in Sytner's car at this one.Tony Bridge co-drove the Ian Forrest Ecosse M3, while Jimmy McRae returned in the Hugh Chalmers car.
It was all-change at Techspeed- Nick Baird absent, and Robin Brundle/Nigel Corry driving the 318iS here.
Vauxhall had 2 Cavaliers again- Chris Hodgetts doing double-duty here, co-driving the Cleland car, and sharing the second car with Bob Berridge
David Leslie was another driver with a busy weekend, co-driving both the Hall and Clark Pyramid M3s

The Bellm Sierra and Mahony M3s were missing from the entry- Bellm presumably losing patience with the troublesome Sapphire, as it wouldn't be seen again for several rounds.

One query about the result- I've got a note that there was a protest of some kind over the Trakstar RS500, and the Sytner/Luby M3- What was this about, and what was the outcome- one or both might have been DQd?

Added fastest race lap.

Somehow the van Kouwen/Whale BMW in 13th is credited with 67 laps in the Autosport results - one more lap than the car in front!?

Dave Brodie ended up codriving with Graham Goode (to have a look at the opposition?) rather than Graham Hathaway, as mentioned a little earlier. Regular Goode driver Mike Newman in France on holliday.

Good question weather the BTCC supported the Interserie race. The prestige of the BTCC by this point would suggest that it was rather more the Interseries that supported the BTCC. As a note David Piper was recorded for the fastest race lap during their two races in his Spice-Cosworth: 41.88

Then found this: http://www.racingsportscars.com/cove...1990-07-22.jpg

Jesper