Tony Crudgington

Tony Crudgington
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 retired from motorsport at the end of the 2017 season after competing in a self-built Triumph Dolomite Sprint, in historic events in the UK.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(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
1982	Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	B	SIL	MAL	OUL	THR	THR	SIL	DON	BRH	DON ovr:15 cls:4	BRH ovr:19 cls:7	SIL ovr:? cls:5			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 ovr:16 cls:4	DON ovr:18 cls:4	SIL ovr:16 cls:3	SNE ovr:12 cls:3	BRH ovr:14 cls:7	BRH Ret	SIL Ret		17th	15	6th
1986	Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	C	SIL ovr:10 cls:2	THR DNS	SIL ovr:9 cls:3	DON ovr:7 cls:3	BRH Ret	SNE DNS	BRH ovr:17 cls:3	DON Ret	SIL ovr:10 cls:3					10th	23	3rd
1987	Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	D	SIL DNS	OUL	THR	THR ovr:12 cls:3	SIL ovr:13 cls:4	SIL ovr:21 cls:6	BRH	SNE	DON	OUL	DON	SIL Ret		24th	9	5th
1988	Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	D	SIL ovr:11 cls:2	OUL	THR ovr:14 cls:1	DON ovr:20 cls:4	THR ovr:19 cls:2	SIL ovr:19 cls:2	SIL Ret	BRH Ret	SNE ovr:17 cls:2	BRH ovr:18 cls:2	BIR C	DON Ret	SIL ovr:17 cls:4	6th	35	2nd
1989	Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	D	OUL	SIL Ret	THR ovr:20 cls:2	DON ovr:15 cls:2	THR ovr:20 cls:1	SIL ovr:24 cls:3	SIL ovr:29 cls:5	BRH Ret	SNE ovr:22 cls:3	BRH Ret	BIR Ret	DON ovr:24 cls:4	SIL ovr:25 cls:2	9th	37	2nd
Source: [2]

References

1. "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013. 1989 official BTCC standings
2. de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

External links

• Tony Crudgington career summary at DriverDB.com