Colin Blair

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Colin Blair
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1957-09-17) 17 September 1957 (age 68)
Glasgow, Scotland
British Touring Car Championship
Years active 2000–2001
Teams Pro Motorsport
GA-Janspeed Racing
Starts37
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2000

Colin Blair (born 17 September 1957 in Glasgow) is a British former racing driver best known for his short time driving in the British Touring Car Championship. After working for a recruitment company, he didn't start in motor sport until the age of thirty-nine.

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Racing career

Blair spent two years in 1997 and 1998, racing in the Scottish Road saloon car champion with a class A Ford Sierra RS500. In 1999, he drove a class A Ford Escort in the Ford Saloon Car Challenge, where he finished the season in second place. He stepped up to the BTCC in 2000, with an independent Nissan Primera GT. [1] [2] Early in the season he won the Michelin Cup for Independents at Brands Hatch and scored points towards the Independents' standings. [3] At the series' Knockhill round in May, he arrived tied at the top of the Michelin Cup points table with reigning independent champion Matt Neal. [1]

Blair later crashed out of the Oulton Park feature race in his Nissan Primera. [4] Crash.net later reported that Blair withdrew after a testing crash at Croft and was replaced in the PRO Motorsport Primera by David Leslie. [5]

He finished 11th in the 2000 BTCC standings with 26 points, [2] [6] and placed second in the Michelin Cup for Independents behind Neal. [2]

In 2001, he drove in the production class BTCC with GA Janspeed Racing in an Alfa Romeo 156 with teammate Gavin Pyper, finishing in eighteenth place. [7]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races, 2001 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races in 2001 only, 2001 in class) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded, 2001 in class)

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526PosPtsClass
2000 PRO Motorsport Nissan Primera GT '00 S BRH
1
ovr:11
cls:11		 BRH
2
ovr:8
cls:8		 DON
1
ovr:9
cls:9		 DON
2
ovr:10
cls:10		 THR
1
ovr:10
cls:10		 THR
2
ovr:6
cls:6		 KNO
1
ovr:10
cls:10		 KNO
2
ovr:7
cls:7		 OUL
1
ovr:8
cls:8		 OUL
2
Ret		 SIL
1
ovr:9
cls:9		 SIL
2
ovr:10
cls:7		 CRO
1
CRO
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
DON
1
DON
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
11th26
2001 GA-Janspeed Racing Alfa Romeo 156 P BRH
1
Ret†		 BRH
2
DNS		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
Ret		 OUL
1
ovr:22
cls:14		 OUL
2
ovr:13
cls:9		 SIL
1
ovr:17
cls:10		 SIL
2
Ret		 MON
1
Ret		 MON
2
ovr:9
cls:5		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
Ret		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
Ret		 SNE
1
ovr:16
cls:12		 SNE
2
Ret		 CRO
1
ovr:17
cls:11		 CRO
2
Ret		 OUL
1
ovr:19
cls:11		 OUL
2
Ret		 SIL
1
ovr:18
cls:9		 SIL
2
Ret		 DON
1
ovr:17
cls:9		 DON
2
ovr:10
cls:4		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
Ret		N/A2218th

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.

  1. 1 2 "Ford star Reid hopes for home advantage". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Final BTCC Championship Standings". Crash.net. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "BTCC Round 2 report - Brands Hatch". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Round 10 Feature Race Report". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Neal awarded provisional Indie Cup". Crash.net. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "BTCC history: 2000 standings". BTCC.net. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Production class draws big entry". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
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