DRIVER PROFILES
| Des Thresh | ||
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| Car No | 1 | |
| Location | Huntingdon | |
| This is Des's 4th season with the BMWRDC championship & will be racing in Class B for this season. | ||
| Sponsors | Hunts construction, Brian Long Motorsport | |
| Last Years Position | 2010 Overall Champion, Class B Champion |
| Garrie Whittaker | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 2 | |
| Location | Nottingham | |
| This is Garrie's 6th season with the BMW's racing & 2nd season with his E36. He is currently building an E46 for later this season. He has competed in the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School in 1997. | ||
| Sponsors | Sytner | |
| Last Years Position | Class A Champion |
| Colin Whitmore | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 4 | |
| Location | Sutton Bridge | |
| Colin has been racing in the BMWRDC series for a few years but was around the paddock for a couple of years helping out with Andy Allen’s team. This year Colin will be racing Andy Allen’s winning racecar from three years ago and has now fitted a 3200cc Evo M3 engine so the car should be more competitive. Colin has also raced in Formula saloons, Northern saloons and Southern saloons. | ||
| Sponsors | Colin Whitmore – Quality Home furnishers in Sutton Bridge | |
| Last Years Position | 7th in Class A |
| Stephen Pearson | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 6 | |
| Location | Bury St Edmunds | |
| This is Stephen's 6th year racing in the BMW series. He won 2007 championship in the ex Rick Kerry's M5 | ||
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| Last Years Position | 6th in Class A & 2010 winner of Mark Williams Memorial Trophy |
Graham Heard |
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 8 | |
| Location | Self Sponsored | |
| Graham previously raced in the Porsche 924 2007 Championship. Previously owned by James Perrott | ||
| Sponsors | Self Sponsored | |
| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Ian Crisp | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 10 | |
| Location | Cirencester | |
| This is Ian’s 6th season in the Kumho BMWs in Class C, B & A. Ian use to race in the 80’s in single seaters before taking a career break back to IT. Ian now races just for pleasure. Maiden win at Thruxton 2009 | ||
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| Last Years Position | 4th in Class A & 2010 Silverstone driver of the day |
| David Kempton | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 11 | |
| Location | Welwyn Garden City | |
| David last raced with the BMWRDC in 2002 & has come back to play for 2nd year & defend his Class A Crown! His company FX Intro is one of our sponsor | ||
| Sponsors | FX Intro, Foreign Exchange Company, | |
| Last Years Position | 2nd in Class A & 2010 Driver of the season |
| Colin Wells | ||
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Car | BMW Z4 |
| Car No | 14 | |
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| Back racing with the BMWs - Colin is a previous BMWRDC Champion (93,94 & 97) & has come back to the series this season in his new Z4 | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not compete |
| Piers Ross | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 15 | |
| Location | Tunbridge Wells | |
| This is Piers’ 3rd season with the BMWRDC championship. Piers is a Scenic Construction for the theatre industry. For the last 3 years, Piers has spent doing trackdays. He did win a kart race against his mates on his birthday but lost to his mates at digger racing !!! The car used to be Piers road car but was convinced that it would be an idea to turn the car into a race car by his team Bexley Motorsport. | ||
| Sponsors | Bexley Motor Sport- Race preparation & Tuning. All Scene All Props – Specialist builders for Theatre & the Arts. ABS Motorsport – Lightweight GRP panels Supercar Detailing – Bespoke and exclusive car detailing |
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| James Card | ||
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Car | BMW E46 M3 |
| Car No | 21 | |
| Location | Chesterfield | |
| Started in 2007 Class A ½ season sharing race car with father James is currently driving his new E46 race car which he built for this season |
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| Sponsors | Hewitt Card Accountants, Milner Off Road, Earls Performance Products Ltd | |
| Last Years Position | 11th in Class A & winner of 2010 Team Trophy |
Class B
Evelyne Buanic |
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Car | BMW E30 M3 |
| Car No | 27 | |
| Location | Bosworth | |
| Evelyne watched the Championship when it first started! Got fed up of watching in 1990 and started sharing a 2002 run by Wollaston Motors. Got fed up of sharing a car and bought a 323 in 1993. Evelyne has only failed to start 2 races since then. I started in class E, then D, C and now B. Evelyne frequently finished 2nd or 3rd in class overall at the wheel of various BMW’s: 2002, 323, M535, 325, M3 E30 2 litre and currently E30 2.5! Evelyne is Class B class representative for 2011 | ||
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| Last Years Position | 3rd in Class B |
| Adrian Gilbert | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 28 | |
| Location | Ealing | |
| 6th Season with Kumho. Returned to motorsport after 25 year break!!! Won last year the ‘Scrutineers Award’ | ||
| Sponsors | Gilberts for BMWs | |
| Last Years Position | 4th in Class B & 2010 winner of Scrutineer Trophy |
| Mark Smith | ||
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Car | BMW E36 M3 |
| Car No | 29 | |
| Location | Chalfont St Giles | |
| Raced in the BMWRDC previously before going to Brit Car, but has now returned to the race in the BMW | ||
| Sponsors | London & District Housing, Run by JC Racing of Thirsk | |
| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
Rodger Card |
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Car | BMW E30 M3 |
| Car No | 32 | |
| Location | Chesterfield | |
| Raced for 3 years in the BMW Kumho. Many years ago spent 4 years in Formula Ford - Will be driving his son’s car from last season – James Card after he rolled his car at Rockingham | ||
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| Last Years Position | 5th in Class B |
| Trevor Ford | ||
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Car | BMW E30 M3 |
| Car No | 35 | |
| Location | Esher | |
| Trevor is the BMW Racing Drivers Club President. He first started racing in 1987 in his 323i. Trevor races on a 'FUN' basis only. | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not compete |
| Stuart Laws | ||
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Car | BMW E30 325i |
| Car No | 41 | |
| Location | South Norwood | |
| Stuart has been racing with the BMW’s since 1989 (22nd years this season) and before joining the BMW’s Stuart used to take part in 96 Club track days. He started off in Class D & moved to Class C after a few years. This will be Stuart’s 2nd year in the E36 M3. | ||
| Sponsors | C3 BMW parts | |
| Last Years Position | 2nd in Class B & 2010 winner of Geoff Cook Memorial Trophy |
Class C
| Peter Miller | ||
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Car | BMW E36 328i |
| Car No | 50 | |
| Location | Burgess Hill | |
| New to the BMWs. Done trackdays for 6 years Ordinary car until 2006. Purchased for trackdays and stripped,caged,lowered etc. All this as a 2litre. In 2010 a 2.8 litre engine fitted and still used as a trackday car. Over the 2010/11 winter converted to a Kumho car |
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| Sponsors | The Caravan Club | |
| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Simon Hudson | ||
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Car | BMW E30 325i |
| Car No | 55 | |
| Location | Bilsington | |
| Raced in the BMWRDC previously & has come back for another go | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
Class D
James Ford |
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Car | BMW E36 318ti Compact |
| Car No | 69 | |
| Location | Chessington, Surrey | |
| This is James’s first season of racing. Never raced but his uncle Trevor is the President of the BMW Racing Drivers Club & James has been coming racing ever since he was 5 to watch Uncle Trevor – The car was sitting outside his dad’s house & they decided to convert it into a race car. | ||
| Sponsors | Old School Windscreens - http://www.oldschoolwindscreens.co.uk | |
| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Robert Salisbury | ||
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Car | BMW E36 318is |
| Car No | 70 | |
| Location | Exeter | |
| New to the BMWs - 2 Owner car purchase this year. Prepared by driver with some external help. Currently running 102kg overweight so further work to do during season. | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Sean Foley | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 71 | |
| Location | Wigan | |
| Bought Car For 400 Pounds. Did All Work himself . Never Done Anything Like This Before - 43 Years Old Loves Racing Just Hurts A Bit When You Crash !!!! If You Want To Race Have A Go Because The Sport Is Addictive. |
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| Sponsors | Foley_Power_Ltd, Sp_Motors/Hanton Bespoke Joinery, Plastics_4_Performance | |
| Last Years Position | 4th in Class D 318is |
| John Cockburn | ||
| Car | BMW E36 318ti Compact | |
| Car No | 72 | |
| Location | Thirsk | |
| JCRacing can transform your road car in to a race car. We can rebuild your existing race car we can upgrade trackday cars in preparation for competition. | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| John Jones | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 73 | |
| Location | Chippenham | |
| This will be John’s 3rd season with the BMWRDC & is Class D class representative for 2011 | ||
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| Last Years Position | 5th in Class D 318is |
| Ralph Kirk | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 74 | |
| Location | Dronfield | |
| This will be Ralph’s 3rd season with the BMWRDC | ||
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| Last Years Position | 6th in Class D 318is |
| Douglas Simmens | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 76 | |
| Location | Henley on Thames | |
| This will be Douglas’s first full season with the BMWRDC & is hiring the BMWRDC Club car. | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not compete |
| John Brabbin | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 77 | |
| Location | Wigan | |
| This will be John’s 3rd season with the BMWRDC - 1997 coupe and was used daily until November 2008. MOT & tax expired in January 2009. Most of the preparatory work carried out whilst the car was at the front of the house on a trailer!! | ||
| Sponsors | Self entered….On the look out for any amount of sponsorship. Have received valuable assistance from the dedicated staff of FIX IT UK. Great job well done!!! | |
| Last Years Position | 3rd in Class D 318is |
| Darren Fielding | ||
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Car | BMW E36 318ti Compact |
| Car No | 78 | |
| Location | Telford | |
| Owner of a Accident Repair Centre, Darren is new to the series – has done some Karting - | ||
| Sponsors | Autocraft Telford / Autoglaze / Secal Laser | |
| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Karl Skitt | ||
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Car | BMW E36 318ti Compact |
| Car No | 79 | |
| Location | Telford | |
| New to the series, Karl is a Scrap Dealer | ||
| Sponsors | ||
| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Neil McDonald | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 80 | |
| Location | New Barnet | |
| Neil will be racing with us for a couple of the rounds in the car which is up for hirer for any of you who fancy trying racing with the BMWRDC | ||
| Sponsors | AUTOMAC - info@automac.co.uk 0844 2886622 Mob - 07767688233 |
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| Last Years Position | Did not compete |
| Richard Bacon | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 81 | |
| Location | ||
| 1 race in 2010 in the BMWRDC at Oulton Park. Kart Racing as a kid many moons ago | ||
| Sponsors | AUTOMAC - info@automac.co.uk 0844 2886622 Mob - 07767688233 |
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| Last Years Position | Did not compete |
| Tom Hibbert | ||
| Car | BMW E36 318is | |
| Car No | 82 | |
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Matthew Fielding | ||
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Car | BMW E36 318is |
| Car No | 83 | |
| Location | Telford | |
| Owner of a Accident Repair Centre, Darren is new to the series – Will be racing his brother | ||
| Sponsors | Autocraft Telford / SSH Self Drive / Secal Laser | |
| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Phil Grayson | ||
| Car | BMW E36 318is | |
| Car No | 84 | |
| Location | Leeds | |
| New to the Bmws - Built by friends and family with no experience of motorsport. Final preparations done by Track Torque Racing, Tockwith | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Alistair Stenhouse | ||
| Car | BMW E36 318is | |
| Car No | 85 | |
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Devin Grosse | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 86 | |
| Location | Norwich | |
| First competitive race in 2008 in BMWRDC at Snetterton, BMWRDC rounds in 2010 at Brands, Silverstone & Snetterton. Hoping to run all rounds in 2011. Also raced in 1994 British Grand Prix of Banger racing at Long Eaton | ||
| Sponsors | Holiday Inn Norwich – North, Kallkwik Norwich, Cooper BMW Norwich, Website Design Centre, Shawn Taylor Racing, Courtesy Taxis Norwich, Eldugh Park Go Kart Raceway Could not race in 2011 without all his fantastic sponsors |
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| Last Years Position | 9th in Class D – Changed from class B to D mid season |
| Paul Bellamy | ||
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Car | BMW 318is |
| Car No | 88 | |
| Location | Nottingham | |
| This will be Paul’s 2nd season of racing – He has done a couple of track days - Car was a road car in November 2009 and converted to race and developed throughout the 2010 season | ||
| Sponsors | Keycraft Garden Buildings/Garden Centre, JAC Exhausts, Elkingtons Accountants, Synshield Fabrications | |
| Last Years Position | 2nd in Class D & 2010 winner of Rookie of the Season |
| Mike Hibbert | ||
| Car | BMW E36 318is | |
| Car No | 90 | |
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
| Darren Beckly | ||
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Car | BMW E36 318is |
| Car No | 91 | |
| Location | Bebington | |
| New to the BMWs - No previous race history. The car was bought at the end of 2010 as a road car and Darren along with his dad began converting the car into a full race prepared vehicle | ||
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| Last Years Position | Did not complete |
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