Nick Leason

Nick Leason
Nick Leason
Nationality	British
Born	23 August 1968 (age 56); 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

British Touring Car Championship

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

Leason contested the SEAT Cupra Cup UK in 2005.

Race career

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

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(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
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
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
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

References

^ 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.

External links

[1] ttp://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=878

[2] "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2008.

[3] "Team AFM to miss season start".

[4] "Leason joins BTCC with Team AFM". April 2009.

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