Guy Povey

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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.

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Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1982-1984 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap.

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415Pos.Pts
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 33rd0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1997 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Povey Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dave Cox
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Phil Bastiaans
BMW M3 E36 Spa 3.080/off courseDNFDNF

Complete 24 Hours of Silverstone results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarCar No.ClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GP Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hamish Irvine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Irvine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Lovett
BMW M3 E46 491189DNFDNF
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GP Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hamish Irvine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Irvine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Clint Bardwell
BMW M3 E46 42354812th2nd
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GP Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nick Whale
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Whale
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Westlie Harding
Flag of Sweden.svg Freddy Nordstrom
BMW M3 E46 GTR 70329725th/DNF7th/DNF

Complete Britcar results

(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;-

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314DCCPPoints
2018Povey 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
NCNC0†


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