Warwick Banks

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Warwick Banks
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1939-07-12) 12 July 1939 (age 84)
Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active3
TeamsPostland Engineering & Trading Co.
Don Moore
Cooper Car Co.
Starts12
Wins0 (6 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps4
Best finish2nd in 1965
Championship titles
1964
1965
European Touring Car Championship
British Saloon Car Championship - Class A

Warwick Banks (born 12 July 1939) is a British former racing driver. He was a race winner in British Formula Three for Tyrrell Racing during the 1960s and was teammate of Jackie Stewart during his first season in 1964. He won the European Touring Car Championship in 1964, and in 1965 he finished runner-up in the British Saloon Car Championship with a class-winning Austin Mini Cooper S. [1]

Contents

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass12345678DCPtsClass
1962 Postland Engineering & Trading Co. Vauxhall VX4/90 B SNE GOO AIN SIL
?
CRY AIN
22
BRH OUL NC0NC
1964 Don Moore Austin Mini Cooper S A SNE< GOO
13
OUL
?
AIN SIL CRY BRH OUL 27th212th
1965 Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S A BRH
12
OUL
10
SNE
13
GOO
Ret
SIL
?
CRY
Ret†
BRH
12
OUL
10
2nd481st
Source: [2]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

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References

  1. "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009. 1965 official BTCC standings.
  2. de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 9 October 2022.