Nick Leason (born 23 August 1968 in Purley, London) is a British racing driver.
Career
British Touring Car Championship
Leason was registered as an entry in the Production Class for the 2003 Season, driving a ex-GR Motorsport Ford Focus for CMS Motorsport with support from MacMillan Cancer but this entry was delayed and ultimately never happened, he was also the test driver for a failed Super 2000 Ford Focus BTCC project in 2004.
Leason finally made his BTCC debut in 2006. He entered the last two meetings in a Vauxhall Astra Coupe run by Daniels Motorsport and previously driven by Andy Neate in the final meeting of the 2005 Season. He notably lost a wheel on his way to the grid at Silverstone.
For the 2007 season, Leason was confirmed as a driver for BTC Racing in a Lexus teamed with Chris Stockton. 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 and Team AFM Racing to race a pair of diesel fuelled BMW 120ds, 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.
SEAT Cupra Championship
Leason contested the SEAT Cupra Cup UK in 2005.
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 (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)
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts 2006 NJL Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupé BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 MON1 MON2 MON3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 THR1 THR2 THR3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 DON1 DON2 DON3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 BRH115 BRH2DNS BRH3DNS SIL1NC SIL215 SIL3DNS 28th 0 2007 BTC Racing Lexus IS200 BRH115 BRH2DNS BRH3DNS ROC118 ROC2Ret ROC313 THR1Ret THR2DNS THR3DNS CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 DON1 DON2 DON3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR1 THR2 THR3 32nd 0 2009 Team AFM Racing BMW 120d BRH1Ret BRH217 BRH315 THR1NC THR220 THR315 DON1Ret DON2Ret DON318 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 28th 0
References
External links Home page BTCC Profile page