Hamish Irvine

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Irvine driving the SCB Vehicle Dismantlers Peugeot 405 at Silverstone during the 1995 British Touring Car Championship season. Tim Harvey - Volvo 850 20v tries the outside line on Hamish Irvine - Peugeot 405 Mi16 at the British GP support round of the BTCC 1995 (49773138332).jpg
Irvine driving the SCB Vehicle Dismantlers Peugeot 405 at Silverstone during the 1995 British Touring Car Championship season.

Hamish Edward Thomson Irvine (born October 1946) is a British auto racing driver from Scotland. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship. In his debut season in 1983, he finished fifth overall in the championship with his Class B Mazda RX-7. [1] He returned to the series in 1994 with a privately entered BMW 318iS with little success. In 1995 he finished fourth in the Independents Cup with a Peugeot 405 entered by his own SCB Motorsport Team. He is not related to former Formula One driver Eddie Irvine.

Contents

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1982-1984 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 1982-1984 only in class)

YearTeamCarClass12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Pos.PtsClass
1982 Hamish Irvine Triumph Dolomite Sprint C SIL
?
MAL
8†
OUL
7†
THR
?
THR
?
SIL
Ret
DON
?
BRH
11
DON
8
BRH
12
SIL
12
6th591st
1983 Hamish Irvine Mazda RX-7 B SIL
8
OUL
6
THR
5
BRH
5
THR
7
SIL DON
6
SIL
20
DON
Ret
BRH
9
SIL
Ret
5th422nd
1984 Hamish Irvine Mazda RX-7 B DON SIL OUL THR THR SIL SNE BRH
10
BRH DON SIL 21st47th
1994 Hamish Irvine BMW 318is THR BRH
1
BRH
2
SNE SIL
1

23
SIL
2

20
OUL
Ret
DON
1

23
DON
2

Ret
BRH
1

21
BRH
2

Ret
SIL
14
KNO
1

13
KNO
2

Ret
OUL
16
BRH
1

21
BRH
2

DNS
SIL
1

23
SIL
2

DNS
DON
1

21
DON
2

23
31st0
1995 SCB Vehicle Dismantlers Peugeot 405 Mi16 DON
1

Ret
DON
2

18
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

18
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

DNS
SIL
1

15
SIL
2

Ret
OUL
1

16
OUL
2

Ret
BRH
1

14
BRH
2

16
DON
1

18
DON
2

15
SIL
18
KNO
1

14
KNO
2

17
BRH
1

20
BRH
2

Ret
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

DNS
OUL
1

17
OUL
2

16
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

Ret
27th0
Sources: [2] [3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

24 Hours of Silverstone results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarCar No.ClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
Ref
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GP Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Irvine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Lovett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Povey
BMW M3 E46 491189DNFDNF [4]
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GP Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Povey
Flag of Ireland.svg Mike Simpson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Clint Bardwell
BMW M3 E46 42354812th2nd [5]

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References

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