1985 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1985 Trimoco RAC British Saloon Car Championship was the 28th season of the championship. Andy Rouse won his third consecutive BSCC championship in a Ford Sierra, making it a record four titles in total.

1985 British Saloon Car Championship
Previous:	1984	Next:	1986

Teams & Drivers

Guest drivers in italics.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Group A
Industrial Control Services Ltd. Radiopaging	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	1	Andy Rouse	2–12
		15	Klaus Niedzwiedz	8
		15	David Sears	11
	Rover Vitesse	2	Pete Hall	All
Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Rover Vitesse	3	Tom Walkinshaw	10
Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	4	Dennis Leech	8, 11–12
Mitsubishi Colt Racing	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	5	Dave Brodie	5–12
		6	Dave Brodie	2–4
			Vern Schuppan	8
			Kunimitsu Takahashi	12
Team Toyota GB/Hughes of Beaconsfield	Toyota Celica Supra	7	Barry Sheene	All
Brian Chatfield	Ford Capri III 3.0S	8	Brian Chatfield	1–3, 12
Brian Chatfield	BMW 635CSi	8	Brian Chatfield	7–8, 11
Sytner BMW Racing with GSi	BMW 635CSi	9	Frank Sytner	1–4, 6–9, 11–12
Castrol Sport Racing with Connells Estate Agents plc	Rover Vitesse	11	Neil McGrath	1–9, 11–12
Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd.	BMW 635CSi	12	Mike Newman	2–3, 5–8, 10–12
Group B
Ilford Photo	Ford Escort RS Turbo	10	Mike Smith	8, 11
Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team John West Foods – Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo GTV6	30	Jon Dooley	All
	Alfa Romeo GTV6	32	Rob Kirby	All
Graham Goode Racing	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	31	Graham Goode	1–10
Demon Tweeks Accessories – Triple C Magazine	Volkswagen Golf GTI 1.8	33	Alan Minshaw	8
Roger Dowson Engineering	MG Metro Turbo	34	Steve Soper	1
Terry Drury Racing	Alfa Romeo GTV6	40	Phil Dowsett	1–9
		41	Terry Drury	1–6
			Mark Hales	7–9
			Barry Barnes	11
Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS Turbo	44	Richard Longman	6–12
Racal Vodafone	Ford Escort RS Turbo	?	David Grimshaw	11
Joe Simons Racing	Renault 5 GT Turbo	?	Alex Postan	11
Group C
Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	62	Tony Crudgington	1, 6–12
Autocar Magazine with Marshall Asquith	Ford Escort RS1600i	63	Karl Jones	8
Stig Gruen	Toyota Corolla GT	65	Stig Gruen	1–3, 5, 10
Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS1600i	66	Alan Curnow	All
Brooklyn Motorsport/ECS	Ford Escort RS1600i	69	Chris Hodgetts	All
		79	John Morris	All
		85	Alex Moss	8–12
North Essex Motorsport	Ford Escort RS1600i	70	Patrick Watts	3–6, 8–12
John Jeffreys Engineering	Ford Escort RS1600i	74	Richard Belcher	All
AGK Motorsport racing with Peat Technology AGK Motorsport	Toyota Corolla GT	77	Geoff Kimber-Smith	1–5, 7–12
Barry Lee	Ford Escort RS1600i	84	Barry Lee	8–9

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
1	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	24 March	Frank Sytner	Graham Goode	Richard Belcher
2	Oulton Park, Cheshire	5 April	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Alan Curnow
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	8 April	Dave Brodie	Rob Kirby	Richard Belcher
4	Donington Park, Leicestershire	5 May	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	27 May	Andy Rouse	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts
6	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	9 June	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Richard Belcher
7	Donington Park, Leicestershire	14 July	Andy Rouse	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
8	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	21 July	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	11 August	Andy Rouse	Richard Longman	Chris Hodgetts
10	Brands Hatch, Kent	26 August	Tom Walkinshaw	Graham Goode	Chris Hodgetts
11	Brands Hatch, Kent	6 October	Andy Rouse	Jon Dooley	Chris Hodgetts
12	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	13 October	Andy Rouse	Rob Kirby	Richard Belcher

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship

Points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top six finishers in each class, with one bonus point for the fastest lap in each class. In races where a class had less than four starters, points would be awarded to the top two finishers (6 & 4 respectively) with one point for the fastest lap. A driver's best nine scores counted towards the championship, dropped scores are shown in brackets. Positions are shown as overall/class.

Pos	Driver	Class	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	DON	SIL	SNE	BRA	BRA	SIL	Pts
1	Andy Rouse	A		1/1	Ret	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	(2/2)	1/1	1/1	86
2	Chris Hodgetts	C	10/2	9/2	(9/3)	10/1	7/1	(13/3)	14/1	13/1	10/1	8/1	10/1	DNS	77
3	Richard Belcher	C	9/1	12/4	6/1	Ret	8/2	11/1	Ret	Ret	11/2	10/3	15/4	10/1	60
4	Dave Brodie	A		13/4	1/1	2/2	3/3	Ret	2/2	2/2	Ret	3/3	3/3	2/2	54
5	Alan Curnow	C	13/5	8/1	7/2	11/2	Ret	12/2	Ret	Ret	13/4	9/2	13/2	11/2	52
6	Rob Kirby	B	6/2	7/4	8/1	9/4	5/2	8/2	(11/5)	(10/5)	8/4	Ret	9/2	8/1	49
7	Richard Longman	B						6/1	8/2	5/1	4/1	7/2	18/4	Ret	45
8	Neil McGrath	A	2/2	2/2	2/2	3/3	2/2	(4/4)	4/3	4/4	2/2		(6/6)	4/4	45
9	Jon Dooley	B	7/3	5/3	Ret	7/2	4/1	9/3	9/3	6/2	Ret	Ret	8/1	Ret	43
10	Graham Goode¹	B	4/1	3/1	Ret	5/1	6/3	DSQ	3/1	DSQ	6/2	6/1			37
11	Frank Sytner	A	1/1	Ret	4/4	4/4		2/2	6/5	Ret	3/3		4/4	Ret	30
12	John Morris	C	11/3	Ret	10/4	14/4	DNS	Ret	15/2	Ret	14/5	11/4	Ret	13/4	24
13	Phil Dowsett	B	Ret	4/2	Ret	8/3	DNS	10/4	12/6	9/4	7/3				21
14	Geoff Kimber-Smith	C	12/4	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS		17/3	14/2	Ret	12/5	14/3	14/5	21
15	Pete Hall	A	3/3	Ret	DNP	6/5	9/4	5/5	16/8	7/5	5/4	5/5	7/7	5/5	20
16	Barry Sheene	A	5/4	Ret	3/3	Ret	DNS	3/3	5/4	Ret	Ret	4/4	DNS	6/6	18
17	Tony Crudgington	C	DNS					15/4	18/4	16/3	12/3	14/7	Ret	Ret	15
18	Mike Newman	A		6/3	5/5		DNS	7/6	7/6	DNS		Ret	5/5	7/7	10
19	Mark Hales	B							10/4	8/3	9/5				9
20	Patrick Watts	C			Ret	13/3	DNS	NC		Ret	16/7	13/6	16/5	Ret	7
21	David Sears	A											2/2		6
22	Stig Gruen	C	DNS	11/3	11/5		DNS					Ret			6
23	Alex Moss	C								Ret	15/6	15/8	17/6	12/3	6
24	Terry Drury	B	DNS	10/5	Ret	12/5	DNS	14/5							6
25	Dennis Leech	A								15/7			Ret	3/3	4
26	Klaus Niedzwiedz	A								3/3					4
27	Barry Barnes	B											12/3		4
28	Karl Jones	C								18/4					3
29	Brian Chatfield	A	8/5	DSQ	DNP				13/7	11/6			11/8	Ret	3
30	Barry Lee	C								19/5	Ret				2
31	David Grimshaw	B											19/5		2
32	Alan Minshaw	B								12/6					1
33	Alex Postan	B											20/6		1
34	Mike Smith	B								17/7			Ret		0
35	Kunimitsu Takahashi	A												9/8	0
NC	Steve Soper	B	Ret												0
NC	Vern Schuppan	A								Ret					0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Tom Walkinshaw	A										1/1			0
Pos	Driver	Class	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	DON	SIL	SNE	BRA	BRA	SIL	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole in class
Italics - Fastest lap in class

Notes:

1.^ – Graham Goode was docked 20 points for technical infringements.

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