Tony Crudgington | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | September 1948 Romford, Essex, England |
British Saloon / Touring Car Championship | |
Years active | 1982–1983, 1985–1989 |
Teams | Tony Crudgington RZ Racing |
Starts | 46 |
Wins | 0 (2 in class) |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 4 |
Best finish | 6th in 1988 |
Stuart Anthony Crudgington (born September 1948) is a British auto racing driver. He regularly competed in the British Touring Car Championship during the nineteen-eighties with cars from the Toyota marque. His most successful season came in 1988, finishing second in Class D and sixth overall. His final season in the BTCC was in 1989, finishing eighth overall and again runner-up in class D to Phil Dowsett. [1] Crudgington still competes, mainly in historic events.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Pts | Class |
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1982 | Tony Crudgington | Toyota Corolla GT | B | SIL | MAL | OUL | THR | THR | SIL | DON | BRH | DON 15 | BRH 19 | SIL ? | 31st | 5 | 9th | ||
1983 | RZ Racing | Toyota Corolla GT | C | SIL | OUL | THR | BRH | THR Ret | SIL | DON | NC | 0 | NC | ||||||
Tony Crudgington | Ford Fiesta XR2 | SIL Ret | DON | BRH | SIL | ||||||||||||||
1985 | Tony Crudgington | Toyota Corolla GT | C | SIL DNS | OUL | THR | DON | THR | SIL 16 | DON 18 | SIL 16 | SNE 12 | BRH 14 | BRH Ret | SIL Ret | 17th | 15 | 6th | |
1986 | Tony Crudgington | Toyota Corolla GT | C | SIL 10 | THR DNS | SIL 9 | DON 7 | BRH Ret | SNE DNS | BRH 17 | DON Ret | SIL 10 | 10th | 23 | 3rd | ||||
1987 | Tony Crudgington | Toyota Corolla GT | D | SIL DNS | OUL | THR | THR 12 | SIL 13 | SIL 21 | BRH | SNE | DON | OUL | DON | SIL Ret | 24th | 9 | 5th | |
1988 | Tony Crudgington | Toyota Corolla GT | D | SIL 11 | OUL | THR 14 | DON 20 | THR 19 | SIL 19 | SIL Ret | BRH Ret | SNE 17 | BRH 18 | BIR C | DON Ret | SIL 17 | 6th | 35 | 2nd |
1989 | Tony Crudgington | Toyota Corolla GT | D | OUL | SIL Ret | THR 20 | DON 15 | THR 20 | SIL 24 | SIL 29 | BRH Ret | SNE 22 | BRH Ret | BIR Ret | DON 24 | SIL 25 | 9th | 37 | 2nd |
Source: [2] |
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