1966 British Saloon Car Championship

1966 British Saloon Car Championship

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The 1966 BRSCC British Saloon Car Championship was the ninth season of the series. Group 5 regulations were introduced to the championship this year. ^[1] The title was won by John Fitzpatrick in a class A Ford Anglia. ^{[2] [3]}

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		Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	8 April	John Fitzpatrick	Chris Craft	Jim Clark	Jack Brabham
2		Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex	11 April	John Fitzpatrick	Chris Craft	Jim Clark	Brian Muir
3		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	14 May	Anita Taylor	Mike Young	Peter Arundell	John Whitmore
4	A	Crystal Palace, London	30 May	John Fitzpatrick	John Rhodes	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Jacky Ickx	Roy Pierpoint
NC		Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	7 July	Bill McGovern	John Rhodes	Alan Foster	Roy Pierpoint
5		Brands Hatch, Kent	16 July	John Fitzpatrick	Mike Young	John Whitmore	Roy Pierpoint
6		Brands Hatch, Kent	29 August	Nick Brittan	Mike Young	Jim Clark	Jackie Oliver
7	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	17 September	John Fitzpatrick	Chris Craft	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Jim Clark	Gawaine Baillie
8		Brands Hatch, Kent	30 October	John Fitzpatrick	Mike Young	Peter Arundell	Jackie Oliver

Championship results

Drivers’ championship
Pos.	Driver	Car	Team	Class	Points
1	John Fitzpatrick	Ford Anglia	Team Broadspeed	A	50
2	John Rhodes	Austin Mini Cooper S	Cooper Car Co.	B	50
3	Peter Arundell	Ford Cortina Lotus	Team Lotus	C	38
4	Mike Young	Ford Anglia Super	Superspeed Conversions Ltd	B	36
5	Jim Clark	Ford Cortina Lotus	Team Lotus	C	34
5	Sir Gawaine Baillie	Ford Falcon Sprint	Gawaine Baillie	D	34
7	Ray Calcutt	Hillman Imp	Alan Fraser Racing Team	A	28
8	Chris Craft	Ford Anglia Super	Superspeed Conversions Ltd.	B	24
8	Nick Brittan	Hillman Imp	Alan Fraser Racing Team	A	24

Lombank Saloon Car Championship Entrants' Trophy
Pos.	Entrant [4]	Points
1	Team Lotus	64
2	Team Broadspeed	62
3	Superspeed Conversions	56
4	Cooper Car Co.	50

References

1. "BTCC 1958 - 1979". Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
2. "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-09-30. List of official BTCC champions
3. "British Saloon Car Championship - 1966". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
4. 1966 British Saloon Car Championship Retrieved from touringcarracing.net on 14 September 2012