Alan Morrison (racing driver)

Alan Morrison
Nationality  British
Born 3 March 1968
Killyleagh (Northern Ireland)
Previous series
2000, 2002–03, 2009
1997–98		 BTCC
Ford Fiesta Championship
Championship titles
2000
1998		 BTCC Production Class
Ford Fiesta Championship

Alan Morrison (born 3 March 1968 in Killyleagh) is a British racing driver who resides in Northern Ireland.

Racing career

Morrison driving for Team Aon at the Oulton Park round of the 2009 BTCC 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 B wins. 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 team mate and finished 9th in the championship, including one race win, at Donington Park. He stayed with the team the following year with a new team mate 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]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded (2000 in class, 2002 point awarded in all races, 2003 and 2009 just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded (2000 in class) * signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded (2002 just in feature race, 2003 and 2009 all races)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pen. Pos Pts
2000 VIP Touring Car 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		 1st 264
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*		 −5 9th 68
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		 5th 125
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		 24th 2

References

  1. ↑ http://www.btcc-racing.com/drivers/morrison.asp
  2. ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (13 June 2009). "Onslow-Cole gets Arena Ford call up". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 15 June 2014.

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