Dennis Leech

Dennis Leech
Dennis Leech
Nationality	British
Born	6 April 1943 (age 81); Sidmouth, Devon
Retired	1992
British Touring Car Championship
Years active	circa 1980–1992
Previous series
1978, 1979, 1980	British Formula One Championship

Dennis Leech (born 6 April 1943 in Sidmouth) is a British former racing driver. Most of his racing career was spent driving saloon cars, mainly as a privateer in the British Touring Car Championship. He also entered selected rounds of the British Formula One Championship. His most competitive years in the BTCC came in the 1980s, where he was often a front runner in his Class A 3.5 litre Rover Vitesse. In 1987 he finished as runner-up in his class, finishing sixth overall in his ageing Rover.^[1] His final year in the BTCC came in 1992, entering his own-built Ford Sierra.

Racing record[edit]

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(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	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts	Class
1969	Dennis Leech	Ford Falcon Sprint	D	BRH	SIL	SNE	THR	SIL Ret	CRY 11†	MAL 2†	CRO 3	SIL 2	OUL 1	BRH 1	BRH 2				10th	40	3rd
1970	Dennis Leech	Ford Mustang Boss 302	D	BRH	SNE	THR	SIL	CRY Ret†	SIL 2	SIL	CRO 10	BRH Ret	OUL 3	BRH 2	BRH 23					28
1971	Castrol-Leechtune Engineering	Ford Mustang Boss 302	D	BRH 5	SNE 4†	THR 3	SIL 4	CRY DNS†	SIL DNS	CRO Ret	SIL Ret	OUL 5	BRH 2	MAL DSQ†	BRH Ret
1972	Dennis Leech	Ford Mustang Boss 429	D	BRH	OUL 3	THR 4	SIL 9	CRY DNS†	BRH 7	OUL Ret	SIL	MAL	BRH NC
1973	Dennis Leech	Ford Mustang Boss 429	D	BRH	SIL	THR	THR	SIL 14	ING ?	BRH Ret†	SIL	BRH
1981	Dennis Leech	Ford Capri III 3.0S	D	MAL	SIL ?	OUL 12†	THR ?	BRH ?†	SIL	SIL	DON 13†	BRH 10	THR Ret	SIL					44th	1	16th
1982	Dennis Leech	Rover 3500 S	D	SIL 6	MAL	OUL 4†	THR 8	THR 5	SIL 8	DON Ret	BRH Ret	DON	BRH	SIL Ret					30th	6	8th
1983	Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	A	SIL	OUL	THR	BRH 4	THR Ret	SIL Ret	DON 9	SIL Ret	DON	BRH	SIL					22nd	5	10th
1984	Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	A	DON 7	SIL Ret	OUL	THR	THR	SIL 8	SNE	BRH Ret	BRH	DON	SIL					NC	0	NC
1985	Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	A	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	DON	SIL 15	SNE	BRH	BRH Ret	SIL 3				25th	4	9th
1986	Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	A	SIL 2	THR Ret	SIL DNS	DON DNS	BRH 4	SNE	BRH	DON	SIL DNS							17th	10	5th
1987	Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	A	SIL 2	OUL	THR 1	THR 4	SIL 2	SIL 7	BRH 2	SNE 4	DON 3	OUL 6	DON 16	SIL Ret				6th	44	2nd
1988	Dennis Leech	Rover Vitesse	A	SIL	OUL	THR Ret	DON 11	THR Ret	SIL 14	SIL 17	BRH 12	SNE	BRH	BIR	DON	SIL			NC	0	NC
1990	Judge Developments	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL	DON	THR	SIL DNP	OUL 10	SIL 7	BRH	SNE	BRH 19	BIR DNS	DON Ret	THR DNS	SIL			26th	11	10th
1991	Judge Developments	Ford Sierra RS500		SIL 16	SNE 14	DON 8	THR Ret	SIL	BRH	SIL	DON 1	DON 2	OUL	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON	THR	SIL	20th	3
1992	Judge Developments	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		SIL	THR	OUL	SNE	BRH	DON 1	DON 2	SIL Ret	KNO 1	KNO 2	PEM 17	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 15	DON 13	SIL 15	NC	0

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Complete European F5000 Championship results[edit]

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Pts
1975	Dennis Leech	Chevron B24	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH DSQ	OUL 8	BRH 12	SIL Ret	ZOL	ZAN	THR DNS	SNE Ret	MAL	THR 9	BRH 7	OUL Ret	SIL 13	SNE Ret	MAL DNS	BRH	26th	9

Complete Shellsport International Series results[edit]

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
1976	Dennis Leech	Chevron B28	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	THR 5	BRH Ret	MAL DNQ	SNE 9	BRH 23	THR 10	OUL Ret	BRH	BRH 13		24th	11
1977	Dennis Leech	Chevron B28	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	MAL	THR	BRH	OUL DNS	MAL	DON 7	BRH Ret	THR 6	SNE	BRH	20th	10

Complete British Formula One Championship results[edit]

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.
1978	Dennis Leech	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	OUL	BRH	SNE	MAL	ZAN	DON	THR	OUL	MAL	BRH	THR 16	SNE				NC
1979	Dennis Leech	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ZOL	OUL	BRH	MAL	SNE	THR	ZAN	DON	OUL	NOG	MAL	BRH	THR 9	SNE	SIL	NC
1980	Dennis Leech	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	OUL	BRH	SIL	MAL	THR	MNZ	MAL	SNE	BRH	THR	OUL	SIL 11				NC

References[edit]

^ "BTCC - 1987 Standings". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2009. Official 1987 BTCC Standing

[1] "BTCC - 1987 Standings". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2009. Official 1987 BTCC Standing

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