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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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Preceded by British Touring Car Champion
1978-79 		Succeeded by


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