Roger Moen

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Roger Moen (born 11 April 1966, in Fetsund [1] ) is a Norwegian former racing driver. He is best known for his two different spells racing in the British Touring Car Championship. He first raced in British Saloons, winning his class in the National Saloon 2000 championship with seven wins in 1996, and finished as runner-up in 1997.

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In 1998 he drove in the BTCC for the Michelin Cup for Independents, in a Honda Accord for Mardi Gras Motorsport. He drove in the first fourteen of the twenty-six rounds, finishing fifth in the independents cup and twenty-first overall with one championship point. He returned to the BTCC in 2001, racing a full season in the production class for HTML in a Peugeot 306. He ended the year finishing third in class and became the first ever Production Class entry to win the race overall, in round nineteen at Oulton Park, when the Production Class cars had a one lap head start on the Touring Class. In 2003 he competed in the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1996 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Honda Challenge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bill Stillwell
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Desaeger
Honda Civic V-Tec Spa 1.642623rd2nd

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded all races, 2001 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 2001 only in class) * signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap (1 point awarded - 2001 only in class)

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526DCPtsClass
1998 Mardi Gras Motorsport Honda Accord THR
1

18
THR
2

17
SIL
1

16
SIL
2

15
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

15
BRH
1

18
BRH
2

16
OUL
1

16
OUL
2

15
DON
1

11
DON
2

10
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

16
SNE
1

SNE
2

THR
1

THR
2

KNO
1

KNO
2

BRH
1

BRH
2

OUL
1

OUL
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

21st1
2001 HTML Peugeot 306 GTi P BRH
1

2
BRH
2

8*
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

Ret*
OUL
1

3
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

8*
MON
1

6
MON
2

11
DON
1

8
DON
2

7*
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

10
SNE
1

17
SNE
2

14
CRO
1

1
CRO
2

Ret
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

7*
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

Ret
DON
1

2
DON
2

6*
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

NC
2123rd

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References

  1. "Roger Moen | Racing career profile | Driver Database".