1979 British Saloon Car Championship

1979 British Saloon Car Championship
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The 1979 British Saloon Car Championship was the 22nd season of the championship. Richard Longman successfully defended his drivers title with his Mini 1275 GT.^[1][2]

Calendar & Winners

All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.

Round		Circuit	Date	Class A Winner	Class B Winner	Class C Winner	Class D Winner
1		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	25 March	Alan Curnow	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
2	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	13 April	Not contested.		Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
	B			Richard Longman	John Morris	Not contested.
3		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	16 April	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
4		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	28 May	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Tom Walkinshaw	Jeff Allam
5		Donington Park, Leicestershire	24 June	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
6		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	15 July	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Rex Greenslade	Gordon Spice
7	A	Mallory Park, Leicestershire	12 August	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Rex Greenslade	Colin Vandervell
8		Donington Park, Leicestershire	19 August	Alan Curnow	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Vince Woodman
9		Brands Hatch, Kent	27 August	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Barrie Williams	Brian Muir
10		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	9 September	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Tom Walkinshaw	Gordon Spice
11*		Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	23 September	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Tom Walkinshaw	Jeff Allam
12	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	29 September	Not contested.		Tom Walkinshaw	Stuart Graham
	B			Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.

• Night race.

Championship results

Drivers championship
Pos.	Driver	Car [3]	Points
1	Richard Longman	Mini 1275 GT	97
2	Tom Walkinshaw	Mazda RX-7	88
3	Richard Lloyd	Volkswagen Golf GTi	82
4	Gordon Spice	Ford Capri III 3.0S	75

Makes championship
Pos.[3]	Make [3]	Points [3]
1	BL Mini	90
2	Ford	90
3	Mazda	84
4	Volkswagen	81
5	Toyota	75
6	Triumph	64

References

1. http://www.btcc.net/html/history_stats.php?statstype_id=1 Official list of BTCC champions
2. http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1979%20BSCC.html
3. "1979 Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship", touringcarracing.net Retrieved on 7 February 2014