Philip Colin Dowsett (born 4 March 1951) is a British retired

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driver. He initially competed in

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and

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in the 1970s, finishing as runner-up in the 1979 and 1980 National Formula Atlantic Championships. He competed regularly in the

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during the 1980s in a Toyota Corolla GT. In 1988 and 1989 he won consecutive class D (up to 1600cc) titles, becoming the last driver to win that class. He finished as runner-up in the championship overall in 1988, five points behind champion

Frank Sytner 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. He also won his class in 1990. Racing career He started racing in the ear ...

. He is the father of racing cyclist

Alex Dowsett Alex Edward Albert Dowsett (born 3 October 1988) is a former British professional road racing cyclist, who rode for UCI WorldTeam . He was a time trial specialist, and in 2015, he broke track cycling's world hour record by , with a distance of ...

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class) † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

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* 1951 births Living people English racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Place of birth missing (living people) 24 Hours of Spa drivers {{England-autoracing-bio-stub TOM'S drivers