Alan Minshaw

Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw
	Alan Minshaw's 1988 British Touring Car Championship BMW M3
Nationality	British
Born	17 May 1935; Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died	16 April 2024 (aged 88)
British Saloon / Touring Car Championship
Years active	1979, 1981, 1983–1989
Teams	Demon Tweeks Racing
Starts	51
Wins	0 (3 in class)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	2nd in 1983
Championship titles
1983	British Saloon Car Championship - Class C
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Alan Richard Minshaw (17 May 1935 – 16 April 2024) was a British racing driver. In 1983 he won Class C and finished second overall in the British Saloon Car Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi.^[1]

As of 2012, Minshaw owned a varied collection of historic racing vehicles, and regularly competed alongside his sons.^[2]

Minshaw died on 16 April 2024, at the age of 88.^[3]

Racing record

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts	Class
1979	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	B	SIL ?	OUL Ret†	THR 26	SIL Ret	DON	SIL	MAL Ret†	DON	BRH	THR	SNE	OUL ?†		32nd	4	7th
1981	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	B	MAL	SIL 21	OUL	THR	BRH 14†	SIL ?	SIL 20	DON DNS	BRH	THR ?	SIL			28th	5	9th
1983	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	SIL 11	OUL 12	THR 11	BRH 10	THR 11	SIL 9	DON 12	SIL 12	DON 8	BRH 14	SIL Ret			2nd	45	1st
1984	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	B	DON	SIL	OUL	THR	THR	SIL	SNE	BRH	BRH	DON Ret	SIL 16			27th	2	11th
1985	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	B	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	DON	SIL 12	SNE	BRH	BRH	SIL		33rd	1	10th
1986	Demon Tweeks Racing	Toyota Corolla GT	C	SIL	THR	SIL	DON	BRH 13	SNE 10	BRH	DON	SIL					15th	10	5th
1987	Demon Tweeks Racing	Toyota Corolla GT	D	SIL 10‡	OUL WD	THR	THR	SIL									19th	14	NC
1987	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C						SIL 22	BRH 12	SNE	DON Ret	OUL 10	DON Ret	SIL		19th	14	3rd
1988	Demon Tweeks	BMW M3	B	SIL 7	OUL 7	THR 8	DON Ret	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH 21	SNE	BRH	BIR			14th	23	7th
1988	Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C												DON Ret	SIL 13	14th	23	4th
1989	Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	OUL Ret	SIL 22	THR 24	DON 16	THR Ret	SIL 22	SIL 24	BRH 18	SNE 20	BRH Ret				19th	24	5th
1989	Demon Tweeks	BMW M3	B											BIR DNQ	DON 16	SIL	19th	24	13th
Source:^[4]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Guest driver - not eligible for points.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts
1987	Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	MNZ	JAR	DIJ	NÜR	SPA	BNO	SIL DNQ	BAT	CLD	WEL	FJI	NC	0

^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010. Official 1983 BTCC standings
^ "Classic racing stars at Silverstone". Racecar.com. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "Successful tin-top racer and Demon Tweeks founder Alan Minshaw dies aged 88". 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

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