Darren Dowling

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Darren Dowling
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1968-02-22) 22 February 1968 (age 56)
BTCC record
Teams BTC Racing
Drivers'
championships
0
Wins0
Podium finishes0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Debut season2006
First win-
Best championship position27th (2006)
Final season (2006) position27th (0 points)

Darren Dowling (born 22 February 1968 in Watford) is a British racing driver.

Contents

Career

British Touring Car Championship

Dowling drove the final six rounds of the British Touring Car Championship in 2006. He raced in a Lexus IS200 for the newly formed BTC Racing team alongside team-mate Chris Stockton. His best ever finish was a fourteenth position at Silverstone, ending the season with no points. The team continued in 2007, but he was replaced by Nick Leason.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2006 BTC Racing Lexus IS200 BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

MON
1

MON
2

MON
3

OUL
1

OUL
2

OUL
3

THR
1

THR
2

THR
3

CRO
1

CRO
2

CRO
3

DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

KNO
1

KNO
2

KNO
3

BRH
1

16
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

15
SIL
1

20
SIL
2

14
SIL
3

Ret
27th0

24 Hours of Silverstone results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarCar No.ClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GTF-MCC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Tonge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Head
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Hood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Glynn
TVR Sagaris 7136949th5th
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GTF Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Tonge
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Glynn
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Mason
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Smith
TVR Sagaris 28271DNFDNF

Post-BTCC

Recently Dowling has driven in the BRSCC Sports and Saloon Car Trophy in a TVR Sagaris.

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