Nick Leason
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| Nick Leason | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 23 August 1968 Purley, London (England) |
| Previous series | |
| 2007 2006–07, 2009 2005–06 | Porsche Carrera Cup GB BTCC SEAT Cupra Championship |
Nick Leason (born 23 August 1968 in Purley, London) is a British racing driver.
Career[edit]
British Touring Car Championship[edit]
Leason was registered as an entry in the Production Class for the 2003 Season, driving a ex-GR Motorsport Ford Focus for CMS Motorsport with support from MacMillan Cancer but this entry was delayed and ultimately never happened, he was also the test driver for a failed Super 2000 Ford Focus BTCC project in 2004.
He finally made his BTCC debut in 2006. He entered the last two meetings in a Vauxhall Astra Coupe run by Daniels Motorsport and previously driven by Andy Neate in the final meeting of the 2005 Season. He notably lost a wheel on his way to the grid at Silverstone.
For the 2007 Season, Leason was confirmed as a driver for BTC Racing in a Lexus teamed with Chris Stockton. He did not race at Croft that year[1] and after persistent reliability troubles he decided to abort his full season campaign. Leason achieved a final championship position of 24th.
In 2008, Leason announced that he planned to join up with Rick Kerry and Team AFM Racing to race a pair of diesel fuelled BMW 120ds,[2] though the team missed the whole season.[3]
Leason did eventually race the diesel powered BMW 120d in the opening four rounds of the 2009 BTCC[4] but withdrew due to lack of budget.
SEAT Cupra Championship[edit]
Leason contested the SEAT Cupra Cup UK in 2005.
Race career[edit]
- 2009 – AFM Motorsport. BMW 120D. No. 16
- 2007 – BTC Racing. Lexus IS200. No. 19.
- 2006 – Final two BTCC meetings of the season. Team NJL Racing with Daniels Motorsport. Vauxhall Astra Coupe. No. 19
- 2005 – Seat Cupra Championship
- 2004 – Test driver BTCC Ford Focus Project
- 2003 – Test driver
- 2002 – Lamborghini Supertrophy – 3rd in class points, 6th overall
- 2001 – Ford Fiesta Zetec Championship
- 2000 – Proton Coupe Cup
- 1999 – Proton Coupe Cup
- 1998 – Fiesta XR2 Challenge and Stock Hatch Championship
- 1997 – Stock Hatch Championship – 9th in points (Ford Fiesta XR2)
- 1996 – Fiesta XR2 Challenge
- 1995 – Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing
- 1994 – Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing
Racing record[edit]
Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)
| Year | Team | Car | 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 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | NJL Racing | Vauxhall Astra Coupé | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
MON 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 DNS |
BRH 3 DNS |
SIL 1 NC |
SIL 2 15 |
SIL 3 DNS |
28th | 0 |
| 2007 | BTC Racing | Lexus IS200 | BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 DNS |
BRH 3 DNS |
ROC 1 18 |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 13 |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 DNS |
THR 3 DNS |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
THR 3 |
32nd | 0 |
| 2009 | Team AFM Racing | BMW 120d | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 17 |
BRH 3 15 |
THR 1 NC |
THR 2 20 |
THR 3 15 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 18 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
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 |
28th | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=878
- ^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ "Team AFM to miss season start".
- ^ "Leason joins BTCC with Team AFM". April 2009.