Howard K. Fuller (born 31 July 1992 in
Worcester Park
Worcester Park is a suburban town in South West London, England. It lies in the London boroughs of Sutton and Kingston, and partly in the Surrey borough of Epsom and Ewell. The area is southwest of Charing Cross. The suburb's population was 16 ...
,
Surrey) is a British
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primaril ...
driver. He currently drives 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 ...
for
RCIB Insurance Racing.
Racing career
Early career
Fuller started out his racing career in
kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on ...
, with his key result being a win at the Winter Festival at Sandown Park, which is run by
Daytona Motorsport, in 2002.
Volkswagen Racing Cup
Fuller first entered the Volkswagen Racing Cup in 2010 at
Rockingham, winning in his second race in the category by a four–second margin. He went on to race in the following round of the championship at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and B ...
where he retired with gearbox problems.
British Touring Car Championship
Team HARD. (2012–2017)
Fuller joined 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 ...
grid for the Rockingham round of the
2012 season, replacing
Robb Holland in the
Team HARD. Honda Civic
The is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1972. Since 2000, the Civic has been categorized as a compact car, while previously it occupied the subcompact class. , the Civic is positioned between the Honda Fit/City and Hond ...
. He finished 14th in his first race, bettering this with a 12th place finish in the wet conditions of race two. He finished race one and two at Silverstone two weeks later 11th.
Aaron Williamson
Aaron Williamson (born 4 June 1992) is a British racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2012. He later returned to the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom in 2013.
Racing career
Williamson began his career in the ...
took over the car for the final event of the season at
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hos ...
, meaning Fuller finished the season 24th in the drivers' championship.
Fuller originally planned to stay in the BTCC for the
2013 season, driving a Team HARD.
Volkswagen CC.
Although entered for the full season, he did not make his first race appearance until Rockingham where he drove a
Vauxhall Insignia.
He was due to return to the BTCC in 2020, again with Team HARD but this time in the team's Volkswagen CC, as a replacement for
Mike Bushell. However, the start of the season was delayed until August due to the outbreak of COVID-19, by which time he was replaced by
Ollie Brown.
TCR UK
SWR Racing (2018-)
Fuller joined Sean Walkinshaw Racing (SWR) in 2018 to pilot their Honda Civic Type R in the inaugural TCR UK series (www.tcruk.co.uk). Fuller qualified 3rd at Silverstone and finished in 4th and 5th places in the two races that weekend.
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 given)
References
External links
Official website
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1992 births
British Touring Car Championship drivers
Living people
Formula Renault BARC drivers