Rick Kerry (born 22 January 1972) is a British

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driver from

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, United Kingdom. In 2007, Kerry drove in the

British Touring Car Championship The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as ...

in a BMW 120d, the championship's first-ever diesel car.

Racing History

Prior to joining the BTCC, Kerry competed in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club in a Ford Escort XR3. He then moved into the

Kumho BMW Championship The Kumho BMW Championship is a single make racing series based in the UK. Exclusively for BMWs, the championship is run by the BMW Racing Drivers Club in conjunction with the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC). The championship is a BARC reg ...

in 2002. The first car he raced in the championship was an E34 M5. In 2005 & 2006 he drove an M3 E36, which was built, developed and run by West Suffolk Racing. The new car proved a great success as he was champion straight away in 2005, and again in 2006. At the end of the 2006 season, he took the decision to join the BTCC for 2007.

BTCC 2007

Kerry graduated to the series with Team Alternative Fuel Motorsport Racing, or Team AFM Racing. Kerry opted to enter a BMW 1 Series rather than the conventional S2000 BMW 320SI campaigned in the WTCC by the BMW factory teams. The car, which was built by Team AFM, made its track debut at Snetterton on 23 March 2007, just a week before the start of the season.BTCC's first diesel car makes track debut
/ref> Kerry entered seven of the ten rounds, but missed three of the 21 races for which the team was present. He scored no overall points, but came 20th overall in the Independents category.

Britcar

Kerry will compete in the

2021 Britcar Endurance Championship The 2021 Britcar Endurance Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Goodyear Britcar Endurance Championship) was a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars and sportscars held across England. The championship's field ...

with Mark Hayes in a CUPRA León TCR.

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)

References

External links

Team AFM Racing
Living people English racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers Sportspeople from Ipswich 1972 births Britcar drivers {{England-autoracing-bio-stub