Thierry Tassin

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Thierry Tassin
Born (1959-01-11) 11 January 1959 (age 65)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish95th (1989)
First race 1989 GM Parts 300 (Nazareth)
Last race 1989 GM Parts 300 (Nazareth)
WinsTop tens Poles
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Thierry Tassin (born 11 January 1959) is a Belgian racing driver. [1] He won the prestigious Spa 24 Hours endurance race on four occasions (1983, '86, '94 and '96) - all in a BMW [2]

Contents

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213Pos.Pts
1982 Docking Spitzley Ltd Docking-Spitzley DS1 Hart SIL
DSQ		 HOC
6		 THR
Ret		 NÜR
18		 MUG
9		 VAL
Ret		 PAU
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 HOC
DON
Ret		 MAN
PER
MIS
DNQ		18th1
1983 Onyx Race Engineering March 832 BMW SIL
Ret		 THR
4		 HOC
6		 NÜR
6		 VAL
4		 PAU
4		 JAR
DON
MIS
PER
ZOL
MUG
8th11
1984 Onyx Race Engineering March 842 BMW SIL
4		 HOC
7		 THR
5		 VAL
10		 MUG
5		 PAU
Ret		 HOC
2		 MIS
4		 PER
DON
5		 BRH
7		7th18

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pos.Pts
1985 PMC Motorsport Williams FW08C Cosworth SIL
NC		 THR
13		17th1
Eddie Jordan Racing March 85B Cosworth EST
Ret		 NÜR VAL PAU SPA
Ret		 DIJ
Ret		 PER ÖST
6		 ZAN
8		 DON
Ret
1986 Eddie Jordan Racing March 86B Cosworth SIL
22†		 VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR NC0
1987 GA Motorsport Lola T87/50 Cosworth SIL VAL SPA
16		 PAU DON PER BRH BIR IMO BUG JAR NC0

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112DCPtsClass
1978 Thierry Tassin Volkswagen Golf GTI B SIL OUL THR BRH SIL DON
2†‡		 MAL BRH DON BRH THR OUL NC‡0‡NC‡
Source: [3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Car not to full BSCC specification - Not eligible for points.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011DCPts
1987 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Rouse Engineering Ford Sierra RS Cosworth MNZ
Ret		 JAR
ovr:14
cls:3		 DIJ
ovr:5
cls:3		 NUR
ovr:8
cls:2		 SPA
Ret		25th58
Ford Sierra RS500 BNO
Ret		 SIL
Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Moffat Enterprises BAT
Ret		 CLD
Ret		 WEL FJI

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829NBGNCPts
1989 Pearson Racing 90 Buick DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH
40		 SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 95th43

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

YearTeamCar12345678Pos.Pts
1994 BMW Team Belgium BMW 318is AVU
7		 WUN
Ret		 ZOL
ZAN
ÖST
SAL
SPA
NÜR
18th4

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Total 24 hours of Spa 2013". www.total24hours.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-14.
  3. ↑ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 3 October 2022.


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