Richard Longman | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Calcutta, India | 18 March 1946
British Saloon Car Championship | |
Years active | 1970, 1976–1986 |
Teams | Downton Engineering Ltd Longman Racing Patrick MotorSport |
Starts | 106 |
Wins | 1 (48 in class) |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 48 |
Best finish | 1st in 1978, 1979 |
Championship titles | |
1978, 1979 1978, 1979, 1982 1984 1986 | British Saloon Car Championship BSCC - Class A BSCC - Class C BSCC - Class B |
Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. [1] He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team. [2] The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984 he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.
He also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.
(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 |
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1970 | Downton Engineering Ltd | BMC Mini Cooper S | B | BRH 12 | SNE 12 | THR 11 | SIL DNQ | CRY DNS | SIL | SIL | CRO | BRH | OUL | BRH | BRH | 13th | 20 | 3rd |
1976 | Richard Longman | BMC Mini Cooper S | A | BRH | SIL | OUL | THR | THR ? | SIL | BRH | MAL | SNE | BRH | 30th | 6 | 8th | ||
1977 | Patrick Motor Group | Mini 1275 GT | A | SIL | BRH | OUL | THR | SIL ? | THR ? | DON 3† | SIL 16 | DON 1† | BRH ? | THR ? | BRH 11 | 5th | 28 | 2nd |
1978 | Patrick MotorSport | Mini 1275 GT | A | SIL 10 | OUL 3† | THR ? | BRH 3† | SIL 3† | DON 4† | MAL Ret | BRH ? | DON 3† | BRH ? | THR ? | OUL 4† | 1st | 100 | 1st |
1979 | Patrick MotorSport | Mini 1275 GT | A | SIL 14 | OUL 2† | THR 20 | SIL 18 | DON ? | SIL ? | MAL 3† | DON ? | BRH ? | THR ? | SNE 15 | OUL 5† | 1st | 97 | 1st |
1980 | Datapost Racing | Ford Fiesta | B | MAL 2† | OUL 4† | THR 12 | SIL Ret | SIL Ret | BRH ? | MAL 4† | BRH 14 | 14th | 24 | 5th | ||||
A | THR ? | SIL Ret | 7th | |||||||||||||||
1981 | Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso | Austin Metro 1300 HLS | A | MAL Ret† | SIL 15 | OUL 13† | THR ? | BRH 7† | SIL ? | SIL 18 | DON 6† | BRH 14 | THR ? | SIL 11 | 5th | 58 | 2nd | |
1982 | Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso | Austin Metro 1300 HLS | A | SIL 10 | MAL 9† | OUL 4† | THR 13 | THR 13 | SIL 15 | DON Ret | BRH 16 | DON 10 | BRH 7 | SIL ? | 2nd | 72 | 1st | |
1983 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS1600i | C | SIL 14 | OUL 9 | THR 16 | BRH 13 | THR 10 | SIL Ret | DON Ret | SIL 11 | DON 11 | BRH 11 | SIL 12 | 7th | 35 | 4th | |
1984 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS1600i | C | DON 16 | SIL 10 | OUL 10 | THR 12 | THR Ret | SIL ? | SNE 12 | BRH 13 | BRH 13 | DON 13 | SIL 12 | 2nd | 74 | 1st | |
1985 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS Turbo | B | SIL | OUL | THR | DON | THR | SIL 6 | DON 8 | SIL 5 | SNE 4 | BRH 7 | BRH 18 | SIL Ret | 7th | 45 | 4th |
1986 | Royal Mail Datapost | Ford Escort RS Turbo | B | SIL 5 | THR 7 | SIL 3 | DON 3 | BRH 8 | SNE 3 | BRH 7 | DON Ret | SIL 3 | 2nd | 64 | 1st | |||
Source: [3] |
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
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