1981 Tricentrol RAC British Saloon Car Championship (Group 1) part 1

Extremely rare footage (it took me over ten years to find some!) featuring a part review (6 rounds) of the 1981 Tricentrol BSCC season, the last but one season run to Group 1 regulations.
The video covers the battles between the Gordon Spice Racing, Equipe Esso, Daily Express/CS-H/Rouse Capri's, the TWR/Daily Express and Martin Thomas/Patrick Motor sport Rover V8's,and the TWR Mazda RX7 of eventual overall series champion, Win Percy.

[@joncraig]

chucking old long heavy cars around a track like that, especially a Ford Capri, without a single drivers aid and in the wet, what incredible drivers and masters of their art!!!

[@BryanMax]

Gordon Spice not only raced in the UK but he came down here to the Caribbean back in the early 70s much to the enjoyment of motor racing fans here in Guyana and Barbados. Thank you Gordon for the time spent with us.

[@michaelstephen819]

40 years ago you couldn't get on British TV without a royal accent like this

[@ctdisriguyvauxhaullmad1429]

Michael Stephen they all was like ey up cock till that mic was in the hand

[@chrisb8075]

Bollocks. Neville specialised in one-off videos like this. He wasn't a regular TV commentator. Murray, Barry Gill, Steve Rider, and loads more dead normal blokes did nearly all the commentaries. David Coleman, Des Lynam, Dickie Davies, Barry Nutley, all had regional accents as did the local newscasters.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Utter twaddle. 😂

[@BossaNossa1]

The Capri's Engine's sound awesome! This era the car's sounded so awesome!!!

[@adulfdabo898]

I still miss my Capri after 22 years! MK3 in red, just like in the video. One of the best cars I ever had!

[@tonycox5625]

Yeah,I had one as well, great cars. Got the Corgie model of the Andy Rouse car.😀

[@simonhill3088]

I live 2 miles away from Mallory and used to hear the racing every Sunday from my house

[@waynetetley584]

Enjoyed this flashback, thank you!

[@garrywitcomb2334]

Love it,i remember seeing this as a boy. Fantastic,thanks for posting 😆😆

[@2BMIKE1569]

A fantastic blast from the past ! Thank you ☺️

[@degu5249]

LOVE Capri !! Regarts from Germany

[@crusader5989]

The 80s and 90s where the best era for btcc

[@chunterer]

70's til mid 90's when the cars looked like what you could actually buy! It's all been very un-touring car since then. Basically it ended up being silhouette racing and then town centre car park gang style racing like the rubbish we have now.

[@crusader5989]

@@chunterer agree 100%

[@michaellecaplain3377]

Great stuff. Never heard the word 'chicane' pronounced as 'shi-carn' before! 😆

[@edrod3580]

The Mazda was the best performing car of the bunch.

[@Rob-vv5yn]

Brings back memories I raced my Rx7 against a couple friends Capri’s way back in the day, I miss that car a lot !!!

[@pheasantpluckersson2138]

Oh i say Mr chumley warner i do love a good “sheeeeercarne” what a Pratt

[@rhannay39]

He's a prat just because he speaks differently than you? You can't even spell or use the caps lock key properly.

[@pheasantpluckersson2138]

rhannay39 take your tongue outta his arse

[@UKDarkPredator]

rhannay39 think you need to take another go at the shercaane

[@mrc7966]

@@rhannay39 He's speaking in RP (received pronunciation), more commonly referred to as "BBC English". The criticism of his pronunciation is not unfounded. He is indeed pronouncing chicane incorrectly. Given that his only job here is to speak clearly and accurately in order to provide a useful commentary of events, one could fairly and accurately refer to the commentator as a prat (the official definition meaning "incompetent").

[@CraigAlderson]

can't believe they raced at Mallory Park, it's tiny

[@edwardburek1717]

Good grief. I have to ask some questions: - How awesome were the sounds from those Capri V6's and Rover V8's? - Would it be great to see the BTCC back in Mallory Park, however unlikely it may be? - How many cars were on that Thruxton Grid? I counted 32!! - Those old Dunlops and Goodyears must have been screaming in agony, how did the drivers keep those cars planted without so much as any sign of aero? - What's the deal with Neville Hay's pronunciation of chicane? - Who's the better car tuner, Gordon Spice or Andy Rouse? (Actually I can answer that one - it's Andy, at that time the World's Fastest Coventrian)

[@housey4297]

Neville Hay, what the hell was the whole Chicane now = Sher Karn

[@craigowen5656]

If you can't listen properly don't put subtitles that don't make sense , great video !!

[@andrewphillips4897]

As much as I love the American (USA) motor vehicle technology, I would rather watch the British and the Australian races. Too bad about the non event V8 Supercars. You might as well be bored by the Formula 1.

[@kevsbangerracers2027]

Unfortunately in the first races at mallory they don’t show footage of the racing elsewhere on the circuit

[@larryboyes7276]

Remember the sound of Toms Mazda.

[@BTANCo]

I didn't know Mazda RX-7 and Ford Capri is classified as saloon cars in Britain

[@PeterMallett]

And of course my car is in that mix "one of the Rovers...."

[@nopefranks1154]

Saloons? I saw a bunch of hatch backs. Fiesta. Escort. Rover sd1? A saloon is a car with a boot. No lifting parcel shelf but a propper get in the boot kids there's no room sized boot. Them were the days. I actually hated it when we had the cortinas and saphs as a kid. Much preferred the hatch so it stil felt like I'm in the car

[@BossaNossa1]

Has anyone found racing footage of , Mick Hill's Templar Tillers VW Beetle..!?

[@chunterer]

There's some Donington stuff on YT if you look for long enough!

[@birdshenanigans8506]

FORD Capri's PMSL

[@andrewphillips4897]

Unfortunately the Capri V6 Engines burned the tops of the Pistons.

[@duxberry1958]

Weres Pt 2

[@EricPollarrd]

REAL MAN RACING

[@76-UVB]

Is the commentator Neville Hay ?

[@chunterer]

Yes it is

[@76-UVB]

@@chunterer Nobody pronounces chicane quite like Mr. Hay.

[@tamburello9902]

It's Graham Chapman

[@chunkybuster7203]

Where the fuck is Oaton Park, and does it have a shire-karn?

[@TheHairyHound]

Loved this era of driving sports but [ Golly gee old boy I must say that those "Sha-Cans" do present themselves a little wriggly 🤣

[@greenbunnyinabongo7299]

Gordon Spice didn’t like mice

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Shikarn 😂

[@turboslag]

Chicarrrne???!!! Did that presenter know anything about motorsport?

[@meltdownman8911]

Interesting pronunciation of chicane 😂

[@waynusp1664]

ffs...chicane.....its not hard to say..............

[@sierramike2113]

Non of those damned continental words - we're British.

[@tonycox5625]

BBC English, they all spoke like twats in those days.😁

[@rhannay39]

@@tonycox5625 And you write like a twat now.

[@voli806]

3:40

[@SuperOMARKO]

"pass slower cars with gay abandon" LOL

[@beardwierd2783]

There is no innuendo here he is simply coming from behind.

[@Soulvex]

lol..

[@chrisgray4651]

Into the shick arn!