Jason Hughes (auto racing)

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Jason Hughes
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
BTCC record
TeamsKartworld Racing
Drivers'
championships
0
Wins0
Podium finishes0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Debut season2003
First win-
Best championship position13th in 2005
Final season (2008) position20th (2 points)

Jason Hughes (born 27 July 1969) is the owner-driver of the Kartworld Racing (also known as KWR) auto racing team, which has competed in the British Touring Car Championship from 2003 to 2008. In 1999 Hughes was BRSCC Fiesta Champion, and first entered the BTCC with a Nissan Primera in the Production Class.

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Moving up into the main Touring Class for 2004 he raced in an MG ZS, finishing 17th. He did a partial season in 2005 (scoring enough points to come 13th overall in a smaller field), but returned to running the full schedule in 2006. For the second half of the season Hughes converted his MG to run on bioethanol instead of regular petrol, joining Fiona Leggate in using the alternative fuel. On 3 September 2006 Hughes took his best ever result of 4th, at Knockhill in Scotland.

Hughes continued to drive his bio-ethanol powered MG in 2007, with Leggate in a second car. The team were beset with problems but Hughes scored Overall points several times, with both cars scoring in the independents championship. In 2008 Hughes agreed to purchase a Honda Integra from veteran racer David Pinkney, but a sponsor failed to pay up, forcing him to continue with the MG, which received an engine upgrade midseason. He entered again in 2009, but missed the first two rounds while recovering from a knee operation. He later missed the rest of the season. Hughes again did not participate in the 2010 season.

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)

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPtsClass
2003 Kartworld Racing Nissan Primera P MON
1

MON
2

BRH
1

BRH
2

THR
1

THR
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

ROC
1

ROC
2

CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

18
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

DNS
DON
1

DNS
DON
2

DNS
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

DNS
611th
2004 Kartworld Racing MG ZS THR
1

Ret
THR
2

12
THR
3

Ret
BRH
1

14
BRH
2

12
BRH
3

12
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

19
SIL
3

17
OUL
1

15
OUL
2

16
OUL
3

12
MON
1

14
MON
2

13
MON
3

7
CRO
1

12
CRO
2

Ret
CRO
3

Ret
KNO
1

11
KNO
2

10
KNO
3

12
BRH
1

14
BRH
2

11
BRH
3

Ret
SNE
1

13
SNE
2

13
SNE
3

16
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

13
DON
3

11
17th5
2005 Kartworld Racing MG ZS DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

THR
1

THR
2

THR
3

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

OUL
1

OUL
2

OUL
3

CRO
1

CRO
2

CRO
3

MON
1

10
MON
2

7
MON
3

8
SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

KNO
1

11
KNO
2

7
KNO
3

8
SIL
1

SIL
2

SIL
3

BRH
1

10
BRH
2

8
BRH
3

8
13th22
2006 Kartworld Racing MG ZS BRH
1

9
BRH
2

11
BRH
3

9
MON
1

11
MON
2

DNS
MON
3

Ret
OUL
1

12
OUL
2

DNS
OUL
3

10
THR
1

9
THR
2

10
THR
3

9
CRO
1

14
CRO
2

12
CRO
3

11
DON
1

15
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

Ret
SNE
1

10
SNE
2

Ret
SNE
3

15
KNO
1

8
KNO
2

4
KNO
3

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

10
BRH
3

9
SIL
1

15
SIL
2

9
SIL
3

11
15th27
2007 Kartworld Racing MG ZS BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

12
ROC
1

12
ROC
2

9
ROC
3

Ret
THR
1

12
THR
2

9
THR
3

9
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

8
CRO
3

11
OUL
1

11
OUL
2

Ret
OUL
3

DNS
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

15
SNE
1

10
SNE
2

11
SNE
3

13
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

8
BRH
3

11
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

14
KNO
3

12
THR
1

14
THR
2

Ret
THR
3

14
16th13
2008 Team KWR MG ZS BRH
1

16
BRH
2

13
BRH
3

13
ROC
1

14
ROC
2

14
ROC
3

15
DON
1

11
DON
2

10
DON
3

14
THR
1

16
THR
2

18
THR
3

13
CRO
1

14
CRO
2

12
CRO
3

DNS
SNE
1

16
SNE
2

12
SNE
3

12
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

15
OUL
3

10
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

Ret
KNO
3

16
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

11
SIL
3

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

14
BRH
3

15
20th2

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