Richard Longman
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1946-03-18) 18 March 1946
Calcutta, India
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active12
TeamsDownton Engineering Ltd
Longman Racing
Patrick MotorSport
Starts106
Wins1 (48 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps48
Best finish1st in 1978, 1979
Championship titles
1978, 1979

1978, 1979, 1982
1984
1986
British Saloon Car Championship
BSCC - Class A

BSCC - Class C
BSCC - Class B

Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert.[1] He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team.[2] The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984 he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.

He also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Pts Class
1970 Downton Engineering Ltd BMC Mini Cooper S B BRH
12
SNE
12
THR
11
SIL
DNQ
CRY
DNS
SIL SIL CRO BRH OUL BRH BRH 13th 20 3rd
1976 Richard Longman BMC Mini Cooper S A BRH SIL OUL THR THR
?
SIL BRH MAL SNE BRH 30th 6 8th
1977 Patrick Motor Group Mini 1275 GT A SIL BRH OUL THR SIL
?
THR
?
DON
3†
SIL
16
DON
1†
BRH
?
THR
?
BRH
11
5th 28 2nd
1978 Patrick MotorSport Mini 1275 GT A SIL
10
OUL
3†
THR
?
BRH
3†
SIL
3†
DON
4†
MAL
Ret
BRH
?
DON
3†
BRH
?
THR
?
OUL
4†
1st 100 1st
1979 Patrick MotorSport Mini 1275 GT A SIL
14
OUL
2†
THR
20
SIL
18
DON
?
SIL
?
MAL
3†
DON
?
BRH
?
THR
?
SNE
15
OUL
5†
1st 97 1st
1980 Datapost Racing Ford Fiesta B MAL
2†
OUL
4†
THR
12
SIL
Ret
SIL
Ret
BRH
?
MAL
4†
BRH
14
14th 24 5th
A THR
?
SIL
Ret
7th
1981 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS A MAL
Ret†
SIL
15
OUL
13†
THR
?
BRH
7†
SIL
?
SIL
18
DON
6†
BRH
14
THR
?
SIL
11
5th 58 2nd
1982 Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS A SIL
10
MAL
9†
OUL
4†
THR
13
THR
13
SIL
15
DON
Ret
BRH
16
DON
10
BRH
7
SIL
?
2nd 72 1st
1983 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i C SIL
14
OUL
9
THR
16
BRH
13
THR
10
SIL
Ret
DON
Ret
SIL
11
DON
11
BRH
11
SIL
12
7th 35 4th
1984 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i C DON
16
SIL
10
OUL
10
THR
12
THR
Ret
SIL
?
SNE
12
BRH
13
BRH
13
DON
13
SIL
12
2nd 74 1st
1985 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo B SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL
6
DON
8
SIL
5
SNE
4
BRH
7
BRH
18
SIL
Ret
7th 45 4th
1986 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo B SIL
5
THR
7
SIL
3
DON
3
BRH
8
SNE
3
BRH
7
DON
Ret
SIL
3
2nd 64 1st
Source:[3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

References

  1. "1979 Patrick Motorsport Racing Programme - Original Archive, Specialist and Limited Edition Tech and Info".
  2. http://www.btccpages.com/champ.php History at btcc.net
  3. de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 27 September 2022.


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