Frank sytner racing driver

With the current covid19 coronavirus pandemic putting the brakes on global motorsport, touringcars. Sytner sytner was cofounded in the sixties by one racing car enthusiast, british touring car championship driver frank sytner, and is today headed by another roger penske, head of its us. They cannot be modified or updated on their own and do not cover entire driver s racing history. Frank sytner brdc members british racing drivers club. Find everything in one place on frank sytner including their biography, latest news and updates, high. In the care of its current owner, the car as has been subject to a complete overhaul and renovation by. Sam schmidt is a former indy racing league driver and current indycar and indy pro series team owner. These statistics are based only on the results available in the rsc archive database. Philip walker netted third in his lotus 15 on only his second weekend in the championship. Nothing much to add other than to agree that geoffs identification of tanchan for tauchon looks correct. A trio of bmw 635csis were entered, including the crichton and baigent cars with regulars wayne wilkinson and neil lowe as codrivers, plus an entry from the uk, driven by frank sytner and local driver john morton. Sytner takes brdc sportscar crown at spa motor sport.

Bmw uk had them designed in 2015 to mark 60 years of competing in the btcc, super touring and world touring car series, with the posters evoking a popular art style from each decade. Sytner sale is waiting for the flag london evening standard. John cleland racing driver wikimili, the free encyclopedia. This offers concealed automation for swing gates of up to 2. May 17, 2010 sytner was cofounded in the sixties by one racing car enthusiast, british touring car championship driver frank sytner, and is today headed by another roger penske, head of its us parent. Jordan finished runnerup to local formula ford driver cameron waters.

Morton had been racing a ford falcon xe in the new zealand touring car series with robbie francevic. A year after the heart attack that nearly claimed his life, frank sytner made an emotional return to racing during the donington historic festival. Frank sytner born 29 june 1944 in liverpool is a british racing driver, a life member of the brdc, and was the 1988 british. Jerry mahony racing pictures rs500 race cars rs500. Colin was of course driving his merlyn ex emerson fittipaldi, future jody scheckter and frank sytner.

Frank sytner is a successful bmw dealer with a chain of dealerships, nicknamed. Racing historic sportscars and grand prix cars in the uk at the likes of the coys. Sytner was cofounded in the sixties by one racing car enthusiast, british touring car championship driver frank sytner, and is today headed. Alan sytner, who was born in liverpool in 1935, was the son of the noted docklands gp joe sytner, but the medical profession was not for him. Net has put together a quiz to test your knowledge of british touring car championship history in the past 30 years. Individual driver statistics for the 1988 rac dunlop british touring car championship. He started racing in the early 1970s in formula ford and later became known for racing in the clubmans formula for frontengined sports cars, before moving into touring cars in the 1980s.

Frank sytner pronounced himself well pleased with the way his bmw 635csi ran at silverstone in last sundays group a race, and is looking forward to the rest of the season. Frank sytner is a british racing driver, a life member of the brdc, and was the 1988 british touring car champion, driving a bmw. E30 m3, mobil team frank sytner tech noir e36 318i, fina team steve soper memphis design e90 320si, rac team colin turkington stencil art era. John harper got the better of sytner in the opening race, finishing just 0. Frank gardner racing driver frank gardner oam 1 october 1931 29 august 2009 was a racing driver from australia. Sep 03, 2009 frank gardner, the laconic australian racing driver who was one of the most popular and charismatic personalities on the british motor racing scene in the 1960s and 70s, has died at the age of 78. Contentsshow current season for 2014, the btcc officially known as the 2014 dunlop msa british. The british touring car championship, founded in 1958 as the british saloon car championship, is an annual motor racing series held in the united kingdom. Pirro was definitely the best driver of the golden age who never raced in the btcc. Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in nottinghamshire, england, 128 miles 206 km north of london, 45 miles 72 km northeast of. His older brother took him in 1954 to the first race at aintree, where the spectator entrance lay through a tunnel beneath. The masters historic racing series kicked off its 2010 season with a new event at silverstone on april 24, supporting the superleague festival over easter. Born in sydney, he was best known as a touring car racing and sports car racing driver but he was also a top flight open wheeler driver. Frank sytner is a british racing driver, a life member of the brdc, and was the 1988 british touring car champion, driving a bmw m3.

Inspired by sir frank williams, he founded sam schmidt motorsports, which has become one of the most successful teams in the infiniti pro series. By early 2002, frank and laurence had rapidly expanded the company to make it one of the largest and most successful car dealership groups in the uk. His record in italy and germany speaks for itself and got in a v8supercar on the gold coast a couple of years ago and was as good, if not better, than the other international stars around him, with almost no testing, and having never seen the track before. He lived with his uncle, hope bartlett, a significant racing driver and pro golfer at the time. Chris hodgetts born 6 december 1950 in tanworthinarden, warwickshire is a british former racing driver. Running from the spring until autumn, the btcc sees a variety of touring and saloon cars racing around some of the uks most famous circuits.

Bmws 100 british touring car championship wins in full. Sytner was founded in 1968 by british touring car champion frank sytner and his older brother alan sytner. It was sytner who protested the legality of the twr rovers in 1983, an action which eventually cost steve soper the championship that season. In the care of its current owner, the car as has been subject to a complete overhaul and renovation by regarded allard experts rw racing services ltd. Frank sytner born 29 june 1944 in liverpool is a british racing driver, a life member of the brdc, and was the 1988 british touring car champion, driving a bmw m3. How we celebrated bmws 50 years of touring car racing. In last years race sytner crashed his lola t70 mk3b after his heart stopped beating. As a driver and engineer at brabham, driver and development engineer on the ford gt40 and allan mann racing and chief development engineer at lola.

Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Frank started racing in 1970, driving ff1600, and then progressed through. Find everything in one place on frank sytner including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis. He was european f5000 champion, and participated in nine world championship formula one grands prix, debuting on 11 july 1964. Sytner joined the bmw team, fielding the 635 model run by ted grace racing. Fearless frank frank sytner, uk touring car racing driver the fearless one charles balke, us board track motorcycle racer fidel helio castroneves, brazil indy driver figlio del vento italian, son of the wind john surtees, uk motorcycle racer and formula one driver. Bmw btcc 60th anniversary poster e30 m3 dtm, frank sytner. Racing historic sportscars and grand prix cars in the uk at the likes of the coys festival and the goodwood revival as well as abroad. He began his racing career in 1979, driving in the clubman class a championship. It was at this point that it came to the attention of roger penske, the prominent us businessman, legendary motorsports team owner penske racing and former award winning racing driver. In the meantime, frank sytner also was making a name for himself as a race car driver and went on to lead the bmw touring car team to the championship in 1988. His older brother took him in 1954 to the first race at aintree, where the spectator entrance lay through a tunnel beneath the stands. Bartlett encouraged franks interest in all things mechanical and when he showed an aptitude for racing at 17, guided him in his early exploits. In those days ff ran on road tyres avon crossplies in the dry and firestone radials in the wet for the wealthier drivers.

In this short video frank is interviewed about his. Millionaire frank sytner is in talks with fellow former racing driver roger penske about an. Sports car racing photo gallery of frank sytner gbs cars photo gallery. Simon hadfield took over the monaco from frank sytner and, once the safety car finally withdrew, opened up a strong lead which dodd was simply. The second picture is of my old friend frank sytner who had one class b in his m3, you can see the tv cameras are very much in our faces. Security needed upgrading at the residential address of frank sytner the racing driver and founder of sytner group. Frank gardner oam 1 october 1931 29 august 2009 was a racing driver from australia. Frank sytner gbs cars photo gallery racing sports cars. With the first sytner dealership located in nottingham, it took frank and alan just two years to be awarded the bmw franchise for nottingham.

But major controversy was just around the corner, with rival bmw driver frank sytner, who had split. Mr rover sd1 brings touring car legend back to life influx. Frank sytner racing career profile driver database. One of the 1963 le mans cobras at the haynes museum cobra day sept 1 2004, owner driver frank sytner car took part in goodwood revival later that month. Jordan was also entered for the shannons supercar showdown television program in australia, created by v8 supercars team kelly racing with the aim to get one of ten drivers onto the grid of the 2011 bathurst alongside grant denyer.

Frank grew up in the small coastal town of ulladulla, 250km south of sydney. Mwe 254 was later owned by notable racing driver and motor dealer frank sytner, followed by mr arthur kelly and mr malcolm verey, who prepared the car for the mille miglia. Page 4 of 5 racing pseudonyms posted in the nostalgia forum. Frank sytner, phil dowsett, andy rouse, godfrey hall, mike smith. Frank sytner born june 29, 1944 in liverpool is a british racing driver, 1 a life member of the brdc, and was the 1988 british touring car champion, driving a bmw m3. It was one of those moments that seized the young frank sytner and committed. Sytner first drove a 635 at silverstone on 12 june 1983.

They cannot be modified or updated on their own and do not cover entire drivers racing history. Rac dunlop british touring car championship 1988 standings. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year. Frank gardner, the laconic australian racing driver who was one of the most popular and charismatic personalities on the british motorracing scene.

After winning a second championship in 1990, sytner retired from professional racing the following year and began devoting himself to expanding his car dealership. Nevertheless, with each of the four btcc classes eligible for the overall championship, frank sytner collected the title in 1989. However, sytner and walkinshaw fell out and frank abruptly left the team halfway through his first season. Jan, 2006 alan sytner, who was born in liverpool in 1935, was the son of the noted docklands gp joe sytner, but the medical profession was not for him. These are a bit out of date, but i think theyre great and ive been after some higher resolution versions for a while. If you search the times index for philip turner there are literally hundreds of adverts for turners motor businesses, he claimed to be londons leading rolls royce specialist.

Bmw has a rich heritage in touring car racing, and from 1987 through to the end of 1991, the bmw m3 was their car of choice in the btcc. It was one of those moments that seized the young frank sytner and committed him permanently to the motor racing fraternity. It is our very sad duty to report the death of brian muir, the immensely popular australian racing driver, who collapsed on his way home from silverstone last sunday evening after competing in the tourist trophy. Profile for racing driver frank sytner from britain. He finished th in the race, behind palmer in 5th, but it marked the beginning of a 25 year career in btcc that has so for delivered 59 wins for neal. Frank gardner australian racing driver obituary sport. Solid oak gates were automated using faacs 770 underground operator. Jan 11, 2017 it was at the 1991 silverstone grand prix support round where a young matt neal, also driving a bmw m3, linedup with teammates frank sytner and david leslie to make his btcc debut. Bmw btcc 60th anniversary poster e30 m3 dtm, frank. On october 2 1988 frank sytner won the btcc in the prodrive bmw m3 our first race title. In 2006 it passed to leading historic racing driver and trader frank sytner and it was from him in 2007 that this very highlyregarded and extremely well.