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Mark Hales

Mark Hales
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1950-11-07) 7 November 1950 (age 74)
Birmingham, England
British Saloon / Touring Car Championship
Years active1983, 1985–1988, 1990–1991
TeamsTerry Drury Racing
Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport
Arquati Racing Team
ICS plc
MIL Motorsport
John Maguire Racing
Starts58
Wins0 (8 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps7
Best finish2nd in 1987
Championship titles
1987British Touring Car Championship - Class B

Mark Hales (born 7 November 1950) is a British auto racing driver and instructor. He is best known for finishing as runner-up in the 1987 British Touring Car Championship season.[1]

Career

He was a class B winner in 1987 with his Ford Escort RS Turbo. He switched to the Group N Production Championship in 1988, winning his class in a Ford Sierra in 1989. This led to him being hired for the 1990 BTCC by John McGuire Racing team, running a works backed Mitsubishi Starion. His final season in the BTCC was in 1991. He stayed with Mitsubishi, and was the sole driver for the works driver.[2] He competed in a Mitsubishi Lancer in the first part of the season, switching to a Mitsubishi Galant for the second part. He got one championship point at Snetterton. He raced in the TVR Tuscan championship in 1993 and 1994, winning the title in both seasons for Team Rallytech.[3] Most recently he has competed in historic racing, winning the Historic Six Hours of Spa in 2004. He was also a contributor and track-tester for the British motorracing magazines Evo and Octane. He also writes for the Daily Telegraph, and has published a book co-written by Nick Mason, called Into The Red.[4]

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1973–1990 in class) (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 14 15 DC Pts Class
1983 Mark Hales Ford Capri III 3.0S A SIL OUL THR BRH THR SIL DON SIL
19 		DON BRH SIL NC 0 NC
1985 Terry Drury Racing Alfa Romeo GTV6 B SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL DON
10 		SIL
8 		SNE
9 		BRH BRH SIL 19th 9 6th
1986 Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo B SIL
Ret 		THR
Ret 		SIL
Ret 		DON
Ret 		BRH
18 		SNE
5 		BRH
10 		DON
5 		SIL
Ret 		12th 20 5th
1987 Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo B SIL
7 		OUL
7 		THR
8 		THR
9 		SIL
8 		SIL
Ret 		BRH
14 		SNE
Ret 		DON
10 		OUL
7‡ 		DON
9 		2nd 51 1st
Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport Toyota Corolla GT D SIL
9† 		NC
1988 Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport Toyota Corolla GT D SIL OUL
11 		THR DON
21 		THR SIL
DNS 		30th 8 6th
Arquati Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 A DON
Ret‡ 		NC
ICS plc SIL
Ret
MIL Motorsport Toyota Supra Turbo SIL
Ret 		BRH
NC 		SNE
11 		BRH BIR
DNQ 		DON
18
1990 John Maguire Racing Mitsubishi Starion B OUL
Ret 		DON
Ret 		THR
Ret 		SIL
Ret 		OUL
16 		SIL
17 		BRH
9 		SNE
9 		BRH
15 		BIR
12 		DON
15 		THR
17 		SIL
Ret 		18th 28 11th
1991 John Maguire Racing Mitsubishi Lancer SIL
17 		SNE
10 		DON
16 		THR
16 		SIL
DNS 		BRH SIL 23rd 1
Mitsubishi Galant DON
1
14 		DON
2
Ret 		OUL
14 		BRH
1
13 		BRH
2
Ret 		DON
Ret 		THR
11 		SIL
Ret
Source:[5]

‡ Endurance driver.

† Ineligible for points.

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts
1988 United Kingdom Arquati UK Ltd Ford Sierra RS500 MNZ DON EST JAR DIJ VAL NÜR SPA ZOL SIL
12 		NOG NC 0

References

  1. ^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2009. Official 1987 BTCC standings
  2. ^ "The British Touring Car Championship".
  3. ^ "Our Management Team". rallytech.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.markhales.com/sub-pages/about-sub.html Writing Career
  5. ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 18 October 2022.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hales