David Mercer (racing driver)

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David Mercer (born 21 August 1949) is a British former racing driver. [1]

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Mercer began his racing career in Sportscars in 1977 competing in Group 5/6 . He drove part-time in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Thundersports races from 1982 to 1989. He made one [Interserie] start in 1992 and made 11 British Formula 3000/Two starts from 1992 to 1994, finishing 13th in the championship those two years. He then went on to race a 1983 Ram in Historic F1 then moved on to racing a 1990 Spice Group C car in historic events with much success and which he still currently races to a high level.

Le Mans History

1984

In the 1984 Le Mans race he started in 46th place and finished in 39th. In the race he ran 96/360 laps. He was sponsored by Castrol and drove a BMW M1. [2]

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References

  1. "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. "Driver".