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Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw (born 17 May 1935) (died 16 April 2024) was a British former racing driver. In 1983 he won Class C and finished second overall in the British Saloon Car Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi.[1]
| Alan Minshaw | |
|---|---|
Alan Minshaw's 1988 British Touring Car Championship BMW M3 | |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 17 May 1935 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 16 April 2024 |
| British Saloon / Touring Car Championship | |
| Years active | 9 |
| Teams | Demon Tweeks Racing |
| Starts | 51 |
| Wins | 0 (3 in class) |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 1983 |
| Championship titles | |
| 1983 | British Saloon Car Championship - Class C |
As of 2012, Minshaw owned a varied collection of historic racing vehicles, and regularly competed alongside his sons.[2]
Racing record edit
Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Demon Tweeks Racing | Volkswagen Scirocco GTI | B | SIL ? | OUL Ret† | THR 26 | SIL Ret | DON | SIL | MAL Ret† | DON | BRH | THR | SNE | OUL ?† | 32nd | 4 | 7th | |
| 1981 | Demon Tweeks Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI | B | MAL | SIL 21 | OUL | THR | BRH 14† | SIL ? | SIL 20 | DON DNS | BRH | THR ? | SIL | 28th | 5 | 9th | ||
| 1983 | Demon Tweeks Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI | C | SIL 11 | OUL 12 | THR 11 | BRH 10 | THR 11 | SIL 9 | DON 12 | SIL 12 | DON 8 | BRH 14 | SIL Ret | 2nd | 45 | 1st | ||
| 1984 | Demon Tweeks Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI | B | DON | SIL | OUL | THR | THR | SIL | SNE | BRH | BRH | DON Ret | SIL 16 | 27th | 2 | 11th | ||
| 1985 | Demon Tweeks Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI | B | SIL | OUL | THR | DON | THR | SIL | DON | SIL 12 | SNE | BRH | BRH | SIL | 33rd | 1 | 10th | |
| 1986 | Demon Tweeks Racing | Toyota Corolla GT | C | SIL | THR | SIL | DON | BRH 13 | SNE 10 | BRH | DON | SIL | 15th | 10 | 5th | ||||
| 1987 | Demon Tweeks Racing | Toyota Corolla GT | D | SIL 10‡ | OUL WD | THR | THR | SIL | 19th | 14 | NC | ||||||||
| Volkswagen Golf GTI | C | SIL 22 | BRH 12 | SNE | DON Ret | OUL 10 | DON Ret | SIL | 3rd | ||||||||||
| 1988 | Demon Tweeks | BMW M3 | B | SIL 7 | OUL 7 | THR 8 | DON Ret | THR | SIL | SIL | BRH 21 | SNE | BRH | BIR | 14th | 23 | 7th | ||
| Volkswagen Golf GTI | C | DON Ret | SIL 13 | 4th | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Demon Tweeks | Volkswagen Golf GTI | C | OUL Ret | SIL 22 | THR 24 | DON 16 | THR Ret | SIL 22 | SIL 24 | BRH 18 | SNE 20 | BRH Ret | 19th | 24 | 5th | |||
| BMW M3 | B | BIR DNQ | DON 16 | SIL | 13th | ||||||||||||||
Source:[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
‡ Guest driver - not eligible for points.
Complete World Touring Car Championship results edit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
References edit
- ^ . Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010. Official 1983 BTCC standings
- ^ "Classic racing stars at Silverstone". Racecar.com. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
External links edit
- Alan Minshaw career summary at DriverDB.com
- Top Racing Firm in Multi-million Buyout - Liverpool Daily Post