1989 - Birmingham Superprix - Highlights of the BTCC race 

Bring this back to Birmingham!!!!!!🤩

Wow, i wasn't even one year old when this race took place, but even looking at it now i still recognise parts of Birmingham, especially up to what is now the Currys island and then down past the Mosque, great stuff!

What a bloody brilliant race. Great job boys

I miss this... The cars... The drivers... Murray... All of it... Proper racing...

It's the Monaco of the Midlands here in Birmingham.

Great footage, this should be preserved for posterity

Vic & Clive from ARE got good coverage here too, awesome. Rouse irregularities im sure was down to his Turbo modifications as of which Trackstar highlighted protested. However Rouse produced documentation that repairs to the turbo where allowed & the protest was thrown away. This era was incredible & the cars where amazing.

We need more of this

As a resident of Bham, there were portions of the Armco still standing until about 5 years back but sadly it’s all now been torn down.

When you watch things like this, changes your perception on things. Humans really are nutcases of the universe lol

Awesome racing!!

Tanks for the upload 👍

Award for the most ridiculously convoluted points system...

Was in hospital watching this after I got knocked down !!!!

I remember this my nan lived right by it had free access It was insane 💪🙂👌

There's been nowhere near enuf Street circuits in BTCC.

Got recommended this. I still, even to this day, find it hard to ollow the multi class ormat of the 80s BTCC, yet I can understand sports car points no problem. That being said, knowing, with hindsight how the following year's Super Touring era would end up... It makes me kind of wonder how a mid 90s Audi or Renault would have fared on the track. Super Touring was road based to a point, up until Alfa showed up in 94 and had that wing in the boot and the insinuation you get a spanner, you put the wing on, it's legal because the road car has it. Also, or people going oh you could buy those sorts of cars in the showrooms. Not really. Homogolation specials were absolutely a thing in the 80s/90s, even before the absolute insanity that was Group C prototypes and Super Touring. Class A touring cars wer homogolation specials, you weren't going to just go buy Andy Rouse's Sierra at your local Ord dealership at all. Look up the 87 Bathurst WTCC round for somewhat more info on it.

F$#@ing EPIC 👌🏿👍🏻🤘🏽🇬🇧

What If Formula E Should Race At This One?

That’s terrible no one using their indicators at the last corner

All Sierras just 1 BMW?

At least these cars had something to do with "real" cars one could buy. These days ALL classes are dedicated race-cars have NOTHING to do with regular cars.

Monaco of the Midlands.....

16:18 Murray getting a bit excited oooooooooooh

Steve Ryder made motorsport 2.5 times as much fun to watch in the '80s and '90s, and it was already 40 times more exciting than the racing of today. Smithy always was an antsy type.

I absolutely loved 80's touring cars

Monaco of the Midlands - squint and you cant see the difference...ahem. Not the nicest parts of Brum to be fair, even in those days. I go bouldering just off the circuit here on Sherlock Street and every time i walk past the circuit i think of these races.

Back when BTCC was about more than drivers constantly deliberately ramming each other for the amusement of idiots that mistake that for 'real racing'.

I watched this race up by the roundabout. 10 years old and didn’t realise was watching the pinnacle of saloon car racing. Truly great machinery, great circuit and even greater drivers. Monaco of the midlands??? Was Walker smoking some of the local crack??😂

Rouse clearly faster and was being held up by Tim. Engine irregularities?! Wonderful racing on a difficult circuit.

Motorsport as of today has lost EXACTLY what this formula was all about. Touring cars Tin Tops was about what the Road car (sold by manufacturer) could be made into to perform in competition. Btcc lost this. Fantastic racing & with amazing drivers. Rouse stood out in many areas, he’s a unique individual & played a HUGE part in his era.

It's nice to see the full coverage, as the Official Review cuts to the last lap, after Rouse barges past Harvey. Saying that, it's still disappointing that after showing the Gravett/Hodgetts scrap, there's no footage of how Chris gets by and scores what was his best result of the year!

Proper commentary that actually describes what is going o rather than the modern commentary which is just people chatting like they are on the sofa, mostly about tyres and pits stops.

Mike smith. Oh dear, was never his fault was it.

thanx for uploading

Pure unscripted action

All Sierras just 1 BMW?