Neil McGrath

Neil McGrath
Nationality	British
Born	(1942-12-04) 4 December 1942 (age 83) Blackburn, Lancashire, England
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active	1980–1982, 1984–1986
Teams	Renault Dealer Racing Linden Racing
Starts	36
Wins	0 (2 in class)
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1 (5 in class)
Best finish	7th in 1985
Championship titles
1974, 1975, 1976, 1978	Renault 5 Cup Great Britain

Neil McGrath (born 4 December 1942) is a former British racing driver. He regularly competed in the British Saloon Car Championship. In 1985, he finished seventh overall and third in Class A. ^[1] The cars he used were the Renault 5, Austin Metro and Rover Vitesse. ^[2] He won the Renault 5 championship in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978. He is a former class champion in a Renault Gordini in the Production Saloon Car Championship, having won it in 1979. Across his career, McGrath has 136 race wins. He is a life long member of the BRDC.^{[ citation needed ]}

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts	Class
1980	Renault Dealer Racing	Renault 5 Gordini	B	MAL	OUL	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	MAL ?†	BRH	THR	SIL			NC	0	NC
1981	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	Austin Metro 1300 HLS	A	MAL	SIL	OUL	THR	BRH 3†	SIL 18	SIL 21	DON 8†	BRH DNS	THR	SIL 13		12th	33	4th
1982	Everest Double Glazing with Linden Racing	Austin Metro 1300 HLS	A	SIL ?	MAL Ret†	OUL Ret†	THR Ret	THR 18	SIL 17	DON Ret	BRH 19	DON 12	BRH Ret	SIL ?		17th	23	5th
1984	Linden Racing with Connells Estate Agents	Rover Vitesse	A	DON	SIL	OUL	THR	THR	SIL 9	SNE 5	BRH ?	BRH 11	DON 5	SIL Ret		21st	4	9th
1985	Castrol Sport Racing with Connells Estate Agents	Rover Vitesse	A	SIL 2	OUL 2	THR 2	DON 3	THR 2	SIL 4	DON 4	SIL 4	SNE 2	BRH	BRH 6	SIL 4	7th	45	3rd
1986	Linden Racing with Connells Estate Agents	Rover Vitesse	A	SIL	THR	SIL 2	DON	BRH Ret	SNE	BRH	DON	SIL				22nd	6	9th
Source: [3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

References

1. "Trimoco RAC British Saloon Car Championship 1985 standings". Driver Database. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
2. "All Results of Neil McGrath". Racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
3. de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

External links

• Neil McGrath career summary at DriverDB.com