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Some of the promised spectacle in the second race of the day was removed when Muir crashed the Galaxie in practice, preventing him from starting.<ref name=Touring4></ref> [[Roy Pierpoint]] took victory (his first since he won the title the year before), having had a spirited duel with Arundell for overall victory (who retired after pushing his head gasket too far).<ref name=Touring4></ref> Behind Pierpoint came Brabham, who had removed the supercharger from his Mustang to improve reliability, and Class C winner Ickx who battled between themselves throughout the race.<ref name=Touring4></ref> Baillie took third ahead of a limping Salmon in Class D, while [[Paul Hawkins]] came through in a lonely second in Class C, beating the [[Triumph 2000]] of [[Bill Bradley]].<ref name=Touring4></ref>
 
Some of the promised spectacle in the second race of the day was removed when Muir crashed the Galaxie in practice, preventing him from starting.<ref name=Touring4></ref> [[Roy Pierpoint]] took victory (his first since he won the title the year before), having had a spirited duel with Arundell for overall victory (who retired after pushing his head gasket too far).<ref name=Touring4></ref> Behind Pierpoint came Brabham, who had removed the supercharger from his Mustang to improve reliability, and Class C winner Ickx who battled between themselves throughout the race.<ref name=Touring4></ref> Baillie took third ahead of a limping Salmon in Class D, while [[Paul Hawkins]] came through in a lonely second in Class C, beating the [[Triumph 2000]] of [[Bill Bradley]].<ref name=Touring4></ref>
 
===Fifth Round: [[Brands Hatch|Peter England Trophy (Brands Hatch)]]===
 
===Fifth Round: [[Brands Hatch|Peter England Trophy (Brands Hatch)]]===
The BSCC gathered at Brands Hatch to support the British Grand Prix of 1966, competing for the Peter England Trophy.<ref name=Touring5>http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1966%20Brands%20Hatch.html</ref> A 32 car grid was led from start to finish by Pierpoint, whose Falcon was finally demonstrating the pace its lightweight design promised.<ref name=Touring5></ref> Behind him came [[Jackie Oliver|Jackie Oliver&nbsp;and]] Baillie, who had battled amongst themselves for the majority of the race, having dealt with the fast starting Whitmore (who was standing in for Arundell at [[Team Lotus]]).<ref name=Touring5></ref> Whitmore finished fourth overall (barely a second behind Oliver) and took victory in Class C, with team mate Ickx (again driving for the absent Clark) claiming second, having taken the swinging Galaxie of Muir early on.<ref name=Touring5></ref> [[Tony Dean]] finished on the podium in Class C once more, although a pit stop to taken on fuel meant he fell behind the majority of the field.<ref name=Touring5></ref>
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The BSCC gathered at Brands Hatch to support the British Grand Prix of 1966, competing for the Peter England Trophy.<ref name=Touring5>http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1966%20Brands%20Hatch.html</ref> A 32 car grid was led from start to finish by Pierpoint, whose Falcon was finally demonstrating the pace its lightweight design promised.<ref name=Touring5></ref> Behind him came [[Jackie Oliver|Jackie Oliver&nbsp;]]and Baillie, who had battled amongst themselves for the majority of the race, having dealt with the fast starting Whitmore (who was standing in for Arundell at [[Team Lotus]]).<ref name=Touring5></ref> Whitmore finished fourth overall (barely a second behind Oliver) and took victory in Class C, with team mate Ickx (again driving for the absent Clark) claiming second, having taken the swinging Galaxie of Muir early on.<ref name=Touring5></ref> [[Tony Dean]] finished on the podium in Class C once more, although a pit stop to taken on fuel meant he fell behind the majority of the field.<ref name=Touring5></ref>
   
 
Rhodes and Spice in their Minis were unable to defeat Young in his Anglia in the Class B Anglia/Mini battle, after Young inherited the lead when team mate Craft spun off with a locked differential.<ref name=Touring5></ref> Their battle was overshadowed, however, by the drama in Class A, with Fitzpatrick (Anglia), [[Bernard Unett]] (Imp) and the Class B Mini of [[John Handley]] battling in the early stages.<ref name=Touring5></ref> Unett managed to get past the Anglia and the Mini at the same time, establishing a small lead over them.<ref name=Touring5></ref> However, his Imp decided to empty the tank a lap early, meaning that Unett lost the lead to Fitzpatrick, eventually limping home to take second, ahead of fellow Imp-man [[Roger Nathan]], who held of the challenge of [[Andrew Mylius]] in his [[Fiat Abarth 1000 TC]].<ref name=Touring5></ref>
 
Rhodes and Spice in their Minis were unable to defeat Young in his Anglia in the Class B Anglia/Mini battle, after Young inherited the lead when team mate Craft spun off with a locked differential.<ref name=Touring5></ref> Their battle was overshadowed, however, by the drama in Class A, with Fitzpatrick (Anglia), [[Bernard Unett]] (Imp) and the Class B Mini of [[John Handley]] battling in the early stages.<ref name=Touring5></ref> Unett managed to get past the Anglia and the Mini at the same time, establishing a small lead over them.<ref name=Touring5></ref> However, his Imp decided to empty the tank a lap early, meaning that Unett lost the lead to Fitzpatrick, eventually limping home to take second, ahead of fellow Imp-man [[Roger Nathan]], who held of the challenge of [[Andrew Mylius]] in his [[Fiat Abarth 1000 TC]].<ref name=Touring5></ref>
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With Craft's car still being repaired, Mike Young took his third victory of the year in Class B, in a race which saw little drama for the 1,300cc cars.<ref name=Touring6></ref> Rhodes claimed a clear second, while Paddy Hopkirk danced his Mini around the Spice Machine early on to take third.<ref name=Touring6></ref> In Class A, [[Trevor Taylor]] led early on, before Unett and [[Nick Brittan]] reeled him in.<ref name=Touring6></ref> Unett took the lead, with Taylor and Brittan running door to door (costing both some glass), before Anita Taylor and [[Ray Calcutt]] joined the fray.<ref name=Touring6></ref> Trevor dropped away soon after, while Brittan caught a passed a slowing Unett (who developed a puncture) with Anita soon taking second from the limping Imp.<ref name=Touring6></ref>
 
With Craft's car still being repaired, Mike Young took his third victory of the year in Class B, in a race which saw little drama for the 1,300cc cars.<ref name=Touring6></ref> Rhodes claimed a clear second, while Paddy Hopkirk danced his Mini around the Spice Machine early on to take third.<ref name=Touring6></ref> In Class A, [[Trevor Taylor]] led early on, before Unett and [[Nick Brittan]] reeled him in.<ref name=Touring6></ref> Unett took the lead, with Taylor and Brittan running door to door (costing both some glass), before Anita Taylor and [[Ray Calcutt]] joined the fray.<ref name=Touring6></ref> Trevor dropped away soon after, while Brittan caught a passed a slowing Unett (who developed a puncture) with Anita soon taking second from the limping Imp.<ref name=Touring6></ref>
 
===Seventh Round: [[Oulton Park|XV Gold Cup (Oulton Park)]]===
 
===Seventh Round: [[Oulton Park|XV Gold Cup (Oulton Park)]]===
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Supporting the Fifteenth Gold Cup Formula Two meetig at Oulton Park, the BSCC field was once again split into two, with twenty cars running in the Class A and B race, and eighteen in Class C and D.<ref name=Touring7>http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1966%20Oulton%20Park%20GC.html</ref> The first race saw battles throughout the field, with the Anglias of Craft and Young fighting it out against the Minis of Rhodes, Handley and [[Steve Neal]].<ref name=Touring7></ref> Young took the lead at the start, before Rhodes took him before the end of lap one.<ref name=Touring7></ref> Both were then passed by Craft on lap two, before a mid race duel erupted between them, while Handley and Neal became entwinned in a private duel.<ref name=Touring7></ref> Craft took the race, with Rhodes managing to hold off a last minute charge by Young for second, while Fitzpatrick ensured that the Anglia claimed the race in both classes, beating the [[Alan Fraser Racing Team]] Hillman Imps of Calcutt and Brittan after [[Anita Taylor]] spun on her own oil and retired.<ref name=Touring7></ref>
 
 
Team Lotus had hoped to run a third car at Oulton Park, but Clark blew up his engine in practice, meaning he used the spare car.<ref name=Touring7></ref> Even with this set back, Clark was able to take victory, having had a race long battle with [[Brian Muir|Brian Muir's]] Galaxie and Oliver's Mustang, although he only got passed once the big cars started to suffer from overheating brakes and axel issues.<ref name=Touring7></ref> Oliver was the first to go, with an axel stub failed leaving him with three wheels on his wagon, before Muir arrived at Old Hall on the penultimate lap with no brakes, smashing into the barrier and bouncing back onto the track, putting Clark into the lead.<ref name=Touring7></ref> Baillie claimed second overall and the honours in Class D, with [[Richard Bond]] (using Baillie's old car after he bought a new one) taking third overall (second in class).<ref name=Touring7></ref> van Rooyen was classified as finishing and took third in Class D, while [[Brian Redman]] put the debuting [[Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA]] ahead of [[Brian Newton]] for second in Class C.<ref name=Touring7></ref> Arundell had been with his team mate at the start, although contact between himself and [[Ted Savory]] put his car on its side (he later righted it and continued having lost a lap), and Savory into a heavy smack into the bank at Deep Leap.<ref name=Touring7></ref>
 
 
===Eighth Round: BARC International Motor Show (Brands Hatch)===
 
===Eighth Round: BARC International Motor Show (Brands Hatch)===
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Information regarding the eighth round, such as results from each race, may be entered here.
Brands Hatch hosted the final meeting of the season, which saw the cars race over two heats and an aggregate result produced.<ref name=Touring8>http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1966%20Brands%20Hatch%20MS200.html</ref> [[Jackie Oliver]] claimed victory, having finished first and second in the two heats, with Arundell (third and second) taking Class C in both race and championship.<ref name=Touring8></ref> Clark was classified as third in Class C (having won the first race but struggled in heat two), which gave [[Team Lotus]] the team championship.<ref name=Touring8></ref> [[Gawaine Baillie]] claimed the Class D championship with second in Class D on the aggregate score, while [[Mike Young]] claimed the seventh victory for the Anglia in Class B.<ref name=Touring8></ref> Unfortunately for the Anglia pair, their constant win or retire record meant the [[John Rhodes]] (who finished second for the seventh time) took the class title, scoring 50 points.<ref name=Touring8></ref> This left him tied with Fitzpatrick in Class A (who took victory in Class A), with Fitzpatrick judged to be the winner by virtue of having won more races (six) than Rhodes (one).<ref name=Touring8></ref>
 
 
==Entries==
 
==Entries==
 
The entrants for the 1966 season are shown below:
 
The entrants for the 1966 season are shown below:
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==Champions==
 
==Champions==
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The champions for the season may be entered here.
So, the ninth edition of the BSCC saw [[John Fitzpatrick]] claim the third championship in a row for a [[Ford]] built car, with Anglia finally breaking the strangle hold that the Mini had held on Class A since [[1961]]. [[John Rhodes]] finished runner-up having scored the same points as Fitzpatrick and took Class B, while [[Peter Arundell]] (who had competed at more races than his esteemed team mate) claimed Class C. [[Gawaine Baillie]] took the Class D title, with his fairly standard [[Ford Falcon Sprint]] the most reliable car in the class throughout the season, while [[Team Lotus]] claimed the Lombank Entrant's Trophy thanks to the combined efforts of Arundell, [[Jim Clark]], [[Jackie Ickx]] and [[John Whitmore]].
 
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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