Nick Leason (born 23 August 1968 in Purley, London) is a British

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Career

In 2007, Leason drove in the British Touring Car Championship. Leason had initially planned to compete in the Daniels Motorsport-run Vauxhall Astra Coupe he had raced in the two final rounds of the 2006 season. However, this project was abandoned during pre-season and Leason was instead confirmed as a driver for BTC Racing in a Lexus teamed with

Chris Stockton Christopher Stockton (born 5 April 1969) is a British auto racing driver, who is known for his efforts in the British Touring Car Championship, and British and International GT racing Racing career Early years Born in Chester, Stockton won 1 ...

. He did not race at Croft that year 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 Rick Kerry (born 22 January 1972) is a British motor racing driver from Ipswich, United Kingdom. In 2007, Kerry drove in the British Touring Car Championship in a BMW 120d, the championship's first-ever diesel car. Racing History Prior to join ...

and Team AFM Racing to race a pair of diesel fuelled

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s, though the team missed the whole season. Leason did eventually race the diesel powered BMW 120d in the opening four rounds of the 2009 BTCC but withdrew due to lack of budget.

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

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) (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)

References

External links

Home pageBTCC Profile page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leason, Nick 1968 births Living people English racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers People from Purley, London Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers