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Willhire 24 Hours (1980-1994)

1980 (Jun 21-22)
Martin Carroll (GB)/Phil Dowsett (GB)/Syd Fox (GB)/Pete Hall (GB)/Hamish Irvine (GB)/Andrew Jeffrey (GB)-Opel Commodore GS/E

1981 (Jun 27-28)
Martin Carroll (GB)/Phil Dowsett (GB)/Syd Fox (GB)/Pete Hall (GB)/Andy Rouse (GB)-Opel Commodore GS/E

1982 (Aug 7-8)
Chris Alford (GB)/Malcolm Paul (GB)/Robb Wells (GB)-Morgan Plus 8

1983 (Jun 4-5)
Phil Dowsett (GB)/Tony Dron (GB)/Win Percy (GB)/Andy Rouse (GB)-Porsche 928S

1984 (Jun 2-3)
Paul Edwards (GB)/John Lock (GB)/Barry Robinson (GB)/Bill Taylor (GB)-Porsche Carrera RS

1985 (Jun 1-2)
John Clarke (GB)/Roy Eaton (GB)/David Oates (GB)-Ford Capri 2.8i

1986 (Jun 14-15)
Lionel Abbott (GB)/Mike Smith (GB)-Ford Escort RS Turbo

1987 (Jun 20-21)
Phil Bullman (GB)/Robb Gravett (GB)/Graham Hathaway (GB)-Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

1988 (Jun 18-19)
Lionel Abbott (GB)/Graham Scarborough (GB)-Ford Sierra RS Cosworth

*1989 (Jun 17-18)
Mark Hales (GB)/Slim Borgudd (S)-Ford Sierra Sapphire Cosworth

1990 (Jun 23-24)
Stuart McCrudden (GB)/Matt Neal (GB)/Dave Wallis (GB)-BMW M3

1991 (Jun 15-16)
Ray Bellm (GB)/Will Hoy (GB)/Kurt Luby (GB)-BMW M3

1992 (Jul 4-5)
Graham Coomes (GB)/Steve Griffin (GB)/Mike Jordan (GB)-BMW M3

1993 (Jul 3-4)
Mike Burtt (GB)/Charlie Cox (AUS/Mike Jordan (GB)/John Morrison-BMW M3

1994 (Jul 2-3)
Del Delaronde (CDN)/Andrew Jeffrey (GB)/James Prochowski (GB)/Nickie Torregiani (GB)-Ford Escort RS Cosworth

Total races: 15
*25 Hours

Winning drivers

4 wins-Phil Dowsett
3 wins-Martin Carroll, Syd Fox, Pete Hall, Andy Rouse
2 wins-Lionel Abbott, Andrew Jeffrey, Mike Jordan,
1 win-Ray Bellm, Slim Borgudd, Phil Bullman, Mike Burtt, John Clarke, Graham Coomes, Charlie Cox, Del Delaronde, Tony Dron, Roy Eaton, Paul Edwards, Robb Gravett, Steve Griffin, Mark Hales, Graham Hathaway, Will Hoy, Hamish Irvine, John Lock, Kurt Luby, Stuart McCrudden, John Morrison, Matt Neal, David Oates, Win Percy, James Prochowski, Barry Robinson, Graham Scarborough, Mike Smith, Bill Taylor, Nickie Torregiani, Dave Wallis

Total winning drivers: 39

Winning nationalities

Australia-1 driver (Cox)
Canada-1 driver (Delaronde)
Great Britain-36 drivers (Abbott, Bellm, Bullman, Burtt, Carroll, Clarke, Coomes, Dowsett, Dron, Eaton, Edwards, Fox, Gravett, Griffin, Hales, Hall, Hathaway, Hoy, Irvine, Jeffrey, Jordan, Lock, Luby, McCrudden, Morrison, Neal, Oates, Percy, Prochowski, Robinson, Rouse, Scarborough, Smith, Taylor, Torregiani, Wallis)
Sweden-1 driver (Borgudd)

Total winning nationalities: 4

Winning manufacturers

6 wins-Ford
4 wins-BMW
3 wins-Opel
2 wins-Porsche

Total winning manufacturers: 4