Graham Hathaway (born April 1951 in Chelmsford, Essex) is a British retired auto racing driver. He is now running his own team Graham Hathaway Racing (GHR).[1] His racing career has seen him compete in rallycross and saloon cars. In 1988, 1989 and 1990 he entered selected rounds of the British Touring Car Championship driving a Ford Sierra RS500.[2]
| Graham Hathaway | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 1951 Chelmsford, Essex, England |
| British Saloon / Touring Car Championship | |
| Years active | 4 |
| Teams | Terry Drury Racing Soans Ford Main Dealer Graham Hathaway Racing Trakstar Motorsport |
| Starts | 20 |
| Wins | 0 (1 in class) |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 19th in 1990 |
Graham Hathaway Racing edit
Robb Gravett won the BTCC privateers cup in 1997 for GHR with a Honda Accord. The team returned to the BTCC, when GHR ran a former Team Dynamics Honda Integra for Simon Blanckley under the Sibsport banner. More recently the team has entered cars in Historic Touring cars and 750 MC bike racing.
Guinness World Speed records achieved for Fastest Production Car 0-60 3.07sec, 0-100 7.06sec, 0-100-0 12.6secs, which stood up until 2006
Racing record edit
Complete British Touring Car Championship results edit
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Terry Drury Racing | Ford Escort RS Turbo | B | SIL | OUL | THR | THR | SIL | SIL | BRH | SNE | DON | OUL DNS |
DON | SIL 7† |
NC | 0 | NC | |
| 1988 | Soans Ford Main Dealer | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | SIL Ret |
OUL 13 |
THR DNS |
DON 13 |
THR 10 |
SIL 15 |
SIL 16 |
BRH | SNE Ret |
BRH 10 |
BIR C |
DON 8 |
SIL 11 |
NC | 0 | NC |
| 1989 | Graham Hathaway Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | OUL 9 |
SIL | THR | DON Ret |
THR DNS |
SIL | SIL | BRH | SNE | BRH 13 |
BIR | DON Ret |
SIL | NC | 0 | NC |
| 1990 | Trakstar Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | OUL | DON Ret‡ |
19th | 26 | 8th | |||||||||||
| Graham Hathaway Racing | THR 3 |
SIL 5 |
OUL 6 |
SIL | BRH Ret |
SNE | BRH DNS |
BIR | DON | THR | SIL | ||||||||
Source:[3]
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† Guest driver - not eligible for points.
‡ Endurance driver – not eligible for points
References edit
- ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=33 Archived 11 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine official 1990 BTCC standings
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 20 October 2022.