Guy Povey (born 25 May 1960, in Birmingham) is a British auto racing driver. He presently drives a BMW M3 E36 in Production Saloons series for his own Povey Motorsport Team. He has also drove in the Britcar 24 Hour race. His previous racing includes motocross and the Uniroyal production saloon championship. Povey won back to back class titles in the BARC/Firestone prodsaloon championship in 1990 and 1991. He entered one round of the 1992 British Touring Car Championship in a BMW M3 for the Techspeed Racing team. Povey returned to Britcar in 2018 with Dave Cox in a BMW for the 2018 finale at Britcar's infamous 'Into the Night' race.
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1982-1984 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap.
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pos. | Pts |
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1992 | Techspeed Racing | BMW M3 | SIL 18 | THR | OUL | SNE | BRH | DON 1 | DON 2 | SIL | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | PEM | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | DON | SIL | 33rd | 0 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1997 | Povey Motorsport | Dave Cox Phil Bastiaans | BMW M3 E36 | Spa 3.0 | 80/off course | DNF | DNF |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Car No. | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2007 | GP Motorsport | Hamish Irvine John Irvine Ed Lovett | BMW M3 E46 | 49 | 1 | 189 | DNF | DNF |
2008 | GP Motorsport | Hamish Irvine John Irvine Clint Bardwell | BMW M3 E46 | 42 | 3 | 548 | 12th | 2nd |
2012 | GP Motorsport | Nick Whale Harry Whale Westlie Harding Freddy Nordstrom | BMW M3 E46 GTR | 70 | 3 | 297 | 25th/DNF | 7th/DNF |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | CP | Points |
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2018 | Povey Motorsport | BMW M3 E46 | E4I | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | BRH 1 12 | BRH 2 7 | NC | NC | 0† |
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