Alan Morrison (racing driver)

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Alan Morrison
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1971-03-03) 3 March 1971 (age 52)
Killyleagh, County Down, Northern Ireland
British Touring Car Championship
Years active4
Teams Touring Car V.I.P. Club
Honda Racing
Team Aon
Starts76
Wins1 (13 in class)
Poles1 (10 in class)
Fastest laps2 (13 in class)
Best finish5th in 2003
Championship titles
2000
1998
BTCC - Class B
Ford Fiesta Championship

Alan Morrison (born 3 March 1971) is a British racing driver.

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Racing career

Morrison driving the Touring Car V.I.P. Club Peugeot 306 GTi during the 2000 British Touring Car Championship season. BTCC 2000 Alan Morrison.jpg
Morrison driving the Touring Car V.I.P. Club Peugeot 306 GTi during the 2000 British Touring Car Championship season.

A former British Champion in motocross and winner of a single 125cc Motocross World Championship race, he first started circuit racing in the Ford Fiesta championship in 1997 and again this time winning the championship in 1998. He entered the Vauxhall Vectra Sri Challenge in 1999, finishing 2nd on points. For 2000 Morrison was in the British Touring Car Championship's newly introduced Class B. With his Peugeot 306 Gti he won the class championship with 13 class victories. He is probably best known that year for a huge crash at Brands Hatch where he went into a barrel roll going round the Grand Prix circuit. In 2002 he got a BTCC touring class works drive for Honda, ran by Arena in a Honda Civic Type-R. He drove with Andy Priaulx as teammate and finished 9th in the championship, including one race win, at Donington Park. He stayed with the team the following year with a new teammate in Matt Neal, and finished an impressive 5th on points. [1] Morrison returned to the BTCC in 2009, as a late entry back with Arena Motorsport (under the Team Aon banner) in a Ford Focus ST but left the team after the Oulton Park weekend. [2]

Morrison driving for Team Aon at the Oulton Park round of the 2009 BTCC season. Alan Morrison (20) Knickerbrook.JPG
Morrison driving for Team Aon at the Oulton Park round of the 2009 BTCC season.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2001 all races, 2006–present just in first race, 2001 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 2001–present all races, 2001 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given – 2001–present all races)

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Pen.DCPtsClass
2000 Touring Car V.I.P. Club Peugeot 306 GTi B BRH
1

12
BRH
2

Ret
DON
1

10
DON
2

13
THR
1

11
THR
2

7
KNO
1

NC
KNO
2

9
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

7
CRO
1

10
CRO
2

7
SNE
1

7
SNE
2

13
DON
1

11
DON
2

12
BRH
1

11
BRH
2

15
OUL
1

10
OUL
2

13
SIL
1

9
SIL
2

Ret
2641st
2002 Honda Racing Honda Civic Type-R T BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

Ret
OUL
1

10
OUL
2

5
THR
1

12
THR
2

8
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

Ret*
MON
1

Ret
MON
2

6
CRO
1

6
CRO
2

Ret*
SNE
1

6
SNE
2

Ret
KNO
1

5
KNO
2

10
BRH
1

8
BRH
2

2
DON
1

10
DON
2

1*
−59th68
2003 Honda Racing Honda Civic Type-R T MON
1

3
MON
2

5
BRH
1

7
BRH
2

8*
THR
1

5
THR
2

2
SIL
1

4
SIL
2

Ret
ROC
1

2*
ROC
2

Ret*
CRO
1

Ret*
CRO
2

4
SNE
1

Ret*
SNE
2

2
BRH
1

14
BRH
2

3
DON
1

5
DON
2

5*
OUL
1

2*
OUL
2

Ret
5th125
2009 Team Aon Ford Focus ST BRH
1

13
BRH
2

15
BRH
3

12
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

Ret
THR
3

Ret
DON
1

16
DON
2

13
DON
3

15
OUL
1

14
OUL
2

10
OUL
3

10
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
24th2

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