1978 British Saloon Car Championship

1978 British Saloon Car Championship

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The 1978 RAC Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship was the 21st season of the British Saloon Car Championship. It was the first year that the championship was sponsored by Tricentrol. ^[1] The drivers title was won by Richard Longman in a Mini 1275 GT, ^{[2] [3]} and was the first to be won by a Mini driver since 1969.

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	19 March	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Tony Dron	Gerry Marshall
2	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	24 March	Not contested.		Tony Dron	Gordon Spice
	B			Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.
3		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	27 March	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Tony Dron	Gordon Spice
4	A	Brands Hatch, Kent	1 April	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Tony Dron	Gordon Spice
5	A	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	28 May	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Tony Dron	Gordon Spice
6	A	Donington Park, Leicestershire	25 June	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.
	B			Not contested.		Tony Dron	Chris Craft
7	A	Mallory Park, Leicestershire	2 July	Not contested.		Tony Dron	Gordon Spice
	B			Rex Greenslade	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.
8		Brands Hatch, Kent	16 July	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Tony Dron	Jeff Allam
9	A	Donington Park, Leicestershire	6 August	Not contested.		None (winner disqualified)	None (winner disqualified)
	B			Richard Longman	None (winner disqualified)	Not contested.
10		Brands Hatch, Kent	28 August	Richard Longman	Win Percy	Barrie Williams	Brian Muir
11		Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	10 September	Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Barrie Williams	Gordon Spice
12	A	Oulton Park, Cheshire	7 October	Not contested.		Barrie Williams	Tom Walkinshaw
	B			Richard Longman	Richard Lloyd	Not contested.

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos.	Driver	Car [4]	Points
1	Richard Longman	Mini 1275 GT	100
2	Richard Lloyd	Volkswagen Golf GTi	90
3	Tony Dron	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	83
4	Gordon Spice	Ford Capri III 3.0S	75

References

1. "BTCC 1958-1979". Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
2. "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-09-30. Official list of BTCC champions.
3. "RAC British Saloon Car Championship - 1978". Archived from the original on 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
4. 1978 Tricentrol British Saloon Car Championship, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 4 February 2014