Thierry Tassin | |||||||
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Born | 11 January 1959 | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 95th (1989) | ||||||
First race | 1989 GM Parts 300 (Nazareth) | ||||||
Last race | 1989 GM Parts 300 (Nazareth) | ||||||
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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]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
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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 | 18th | 1 |
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 | 8th | 11 | |
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 | 7th | 18 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
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1985 | PMC Motorsport | Williams FW08C | Cosworth | SIL NC | THR 13 | 17th | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | NC | 0 | |
1987 | GA Motorsport | Lola T87/50 | Cosworth | SIL | VAL | SPA 16 | PAU | DON | PER | BRH | BIR | IMO | BUG | JAR | NC | 0 |
(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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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.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Pts |
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1987 | ![]() | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth | MNZ Ret | JAR ovr:14 cls:3 | DIJ ovr:5 cls:3 | NUR ovr:8 cls:2 | SPA Ret | 25th | 58 | ||||||
Ford Sierra RS500 | BNO Ret | SIL Ret | |||||||||||||
![]() | BAT Ret | CLD Ret | WEL | FJI |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | NBGNC | Pts | |||||||
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 | 95th | 43 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts |
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1994 | BMW Team Belgium | BMW 318is | AVU 7 | WUN Ret | ZOL | ZAN | ÖST | SAL | SPA | NÜR | 18th | 4 |
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