Alan Minshaw

Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw's 1988 British Touring Car Championship BMW M3
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born(1935-05-17)17 May 1935
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died16 April 2024(2024-04-16) (aged 88)
British Saloon / Touring Car Championship
Years active1979, 1981, 1983–1989
TeamsDemon Tweeks Racing
Starts51
Wins0 (3 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps5
Best finish2nd in 1983
Championship titles
1983British Saloon Car Championship - Class C
Demon Tweeks Westfield in 2009

Alan Richard Minshaw (17 May 1935 – 16 April 2024) was a British racing driver. In 1983 he won Class C and finished second overall in the British Saloon Car Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi.[1]

As of 2012, Minshaw owned a varied collection of historic racing vehicles, and regularly competed alongside his sons.[2]

Minshaw died on 16 April 2024, at the age of 88.[3]

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (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 DC Pts Class
1979 Demon Tweeks Racing Volkswagen Scirocco GTI B SIL
? 		OUL
Ret† 		THR
26 		SIL
Ret 		DON SIL MAL
Ret† 		DON BRH THR SNE OUL
?† 		32nd 4 7th
1981 Demon Tweeks Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI B MAL SIL
21 		OUL THR BRH
14† 		SIL
? 		SIL
20 		DON
DNS 		BRH THR
? 		SIL 28th 5 9th
1983 Demon Tweeks Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI C SIL
11 		OUL
12 		THR
11 		BRH
10 		THR
11 		SIL
9 		DON
12 		SIL
12 		DON
8 		BRH
14 		SIL
Ret 		2nd 45 1st
1984 Demon Tweeks Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI B DON SIL OUL THR THR SIL SNE BRH BRH DON
Ret 		SIL
16 		27th 2 11th
1985 Demon Tweeks Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI B SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL DON SIL
12 		SNE BRH BRH SIL 33rd 1 10th
1986 Demon Tweeks Racing Toyota Corolla GT C SIL THR SIL DON BRH
13 		SNE
10 		BRH DON SIL 15th 10 5th
1987 Demon Tweeks Racing Toyota Corolla GT D SIL
10‡ 		OUL
WD 		THR THR SIL 19th 14 NC
Volkswagen Golf GTI C SIL
22 		BRH
12 		SNE DON
Ret 		OUL
10 		DON
Ret 		SIL 3rd
1988 Demon Tweeks BMW M3 B SIL
7 		OUL
7 		THR
8 		DON
Ret 		THR SIL SIL BRH
21 		SNE BRH BIR 14th 23 7th
Volkswagen Golf GTI C DON
Ret 		SIL
13 		4th
1989 Demon Tweeks Volkswagen Golf GTI C OUL
Ret 		SIL
22 		THR
24 		DON
16 		THR
Ret 		SIL
22 		SIL
24 		BRH
18 		SNE
20 		BRH
Ret 		19th 24 5th
BMW M3 B BIR
DNQ 		DON
16 		SIL 13th
Source:[4]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Guest driver - not eligible for points.

Complete World 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
1987 United Kingdom Demon Tweeks Volkswagen Golf GTI MNZ JAR DIJ NÜR SPA BNO SIL
DNQ 		BAT CLD WEL FJI NC 0

References

  1. ^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010. Official 1983 BTCC standings
  2. ^ "Classic racing stars at Silverstone". Racecar.com. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Successful tin-top racer and Demon Tweeks founder Alan Minshaw dies aged 88". 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 31 October 2022.


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