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1973 British Saloon Car Championship
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16th season of the British Touring Car Championship
December 2025
1973 British Saloon Car Championship 1972 1974
The 1973 RAC British Saloon Car Championship was the 16th season of the championship. Frank Gardner became the second driver to win three BTCC titles, driving a Chevrolet Camaro.http://www.btcc.net/html/history_stats.php?statstype_id=1 BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship 2010-09-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070626/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_stats.php?statstype_id=1 2011-07-16 Official list of BTCC championshttp://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1973%20BSCC.html RAC British Saloon Car Championship - 1973 2010-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20090802005348/http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/1973%20BSCC.html 2009-08-02 dead
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 Brands Hatch, Kent 18 March GBR Les Nash GBR Vince Woodman GBR Dave Brodie AUS Frank Gardner 2 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 8 April GBR Bill McGovern GBR Vince Woodman GBR Andy Rouse AUS Brian Muir 3 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 23 April GBR Melvyn Adams GBR Peter Hanson GBR Dave Brodie AUS Frank Gardner 4 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 28 May GBR James Burrows GBR Peter Hanson GBR Dave Brodie AUS Frank Gardner 5 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 14 July GBR Bill McGovern GBR Vince Woodman GBR Jonathan Buncombe AUS Frank Gardner 6 Ingliston, Edinburgh 19 August GBR Les Nash GBR Peter Hanson GBR Jonathan Buncombe AUS Frank Gardner 7* A Brands Hatch, Kent 22 AugustNot contested. GBR Vince Woodman GBR Andy Rouse AUS Frank Gardner B GBR Bill McGovern Not contested. 8 Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 23 September GBR Bill McGovern GBR Peter Hanson ESP 1945 Jose de UriarteFRA Hervé le Guellec GBR Derek BellAUT Harald Ertl 9 Brands Hatch, Kent 21 October GBR Les Nash GBR Vince Woodman GBR Andy Rouse AUS Brian Muir
Group 1 cars raced alongside Class A at round 7. GBR Holman 'Les' Blackburn won the class.
Championship results
Driver's championship Pos. Driver Car RAC British Saloon Car Championship, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 24 January 2014 Points 1 AUS Frank Gardner Chevrolet Camaro Z28 66 2 GBR Andy Rouse Ford Escort RS 1600 45 3 GBR Peter Hanson Ford Escort 1300 BDA 45 4 GBR Vince Woodman Ford Escort 1300 BDA 43
References
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