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Richard Longman

Summary

Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert.[1] He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team.[2] The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984 he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.

Richard Longman
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1946-03-18) 18 March 1946 (age 78)
Calcutta, India
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active12
TeamsDownton Engineering Ltd
Longman Racing
Patrick MotorSport
Starts106
Wins1 (48 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps48
Best finish1st in 1978, 1979
Championship titles
1978, 1979

1978, 1979, 1982
1984
1986		British Saloon Car Championship
BSCC - Class A

BSCC - Class C
BSCC - Class B

He also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.

Racing record edit

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Pts Class
1970 Downton Engineering Ltd BMC Mini Cooper S B BRH
12 		SNE
12 		THR
11 		SIL
DNQ 		CRY
DNS 		SIL SIL CRO BRH OUL BRH BRH 13th 20 3rd
1976 Richard Longman BMC Mini Cooper S A BRH SIL OUL THR THR
? 		SIL BRH MAL SNE BRH 30th 6 8th
1977 Patrick Motor Group Mini 1275 GT A SIL BRH OUL THR SIL
? 		THR
? 		DON
3† 		SIL
16 		DON
1† 		BRH
? 		THR
? 		BRH
11 		5th 28 2nd
1978 Patrick MotorSport Mini 1275 GT A SIL
10 		OUL
3† 		THR
? 		BRH
3† 		SIL
3† 		DON
4† 		MAL
Ret 		BRH
? 		DON
3† 		BRH
? 		THR
? 		OUL
4† 		1st 100 1st
1979 Patrick MotorSport Mini 1275 GT A SIL
14 		OUL
2† 		THR
20 		SIL
18 		DON
? 		SIL
? 		MAL
3† 		DON
? 		BRH
? 		THR
? 		SNE
15 		OUL
5† 		1st 97 1st
1980 Datapost Racing Ford Fiesta B MAL
2† 		OUL
4† 		THR
12 		SIL
Ret 		SIL
Ret 		BRH
? 		MAL
4† 		BRH
14 		14th 24 5th
A THR
? 		SIL
Ret 		7th
1981 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS A MAL
Ret† 		SIL
15 		OUL
13† 		THR
? 		BRH
7† 		SIL
? 		SIL
18 		DON
6† 		BRH
14 		THR
? 		SIL
11 		5th 58 2nd
1982 Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS A SIL
10 		MAL
9† 		OUL
4† 		THR
13 		THR
13 		SIL
15 		DON
Ret 		BRH
16 		DON
10 		BRH
7 		SIL
? 		2nd 72 1st
1983 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i C SIL
14 		OUL
9 		THR
16 		BRH
13 		THR
10 		SIL
Ret 		DON
Ret 		SIL
11 		DON
11 		BRH
11 		SIL
12 		7th 35 4th
1984 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i C DON
16 		SIL
10 		OUL
10 		THR
12 		THR
Ret 		SIL
? 		SNE
12 		BRH
13 		BRH
13 		DON
13 		SIL
12 		2nd 74 1st
1985 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo B SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL
6 		DON
8 		SIL
5 		SNE
4 		BRH
7 		BRH
18 		SIL
Ret 		7th 45 4th
1986 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo B SIL
5 		THR
7 		SIL
3 		DON
3 		BRH
8 		SNE
3 		BRH
7 		DON
Ret 		SIL
3 		2nd 64 1st
Source:[3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

References edit

  1. ^ "1979 Patrick Motorsport Racing Programme - Original Archive, Specialist and Limited Edition Tech and Info".
  2. ^ http://www.btccpages.com/champ.php History at btcc.net
  3. ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
Sporting positions
Preceded by British Touring Car Champion
1978-79 		Succeeded by