Lee Jon Brookes (born 22 February 1968) is a British retired auto racing driver, who is still involved within motorsport, where he presently runs the Total Control Racing team. He is best known for his time racing in the British Touring Car Championship in the mid-nineties.
Racing career
Early years Brookes was born in Walsall and started racing in karting. He was the Senior British Champion in 1990. In 1993, he raced in the Renault Elf oils Clio Challenge, finishing fourth on points in his first season. After finishing third in 1994, he became champion in 1995.
BTCC In 1996, Brookes entered the prestigious British Touring Car Championship, in an ex-works Toyota Carina. He won the Total Cup For Privateers with the TOM'S Team Brookes, ran by his father Jon. Although running as an independent driver, Brookes did have limited works backing from Toyota. In 1997 he replaced the car with a Peugeot 406 that had been used by the Peugeot works team the previous year. The car suffered reliability problems that he hadn't had with the previous years car. He finished second in the independents cup, narrowly losing out to Robb Gravett. He teamed up with Gravett a year later, Brookes Motorsport entered one Honda Accord for Gravett. Brookes himself raced in just two rounds at Oulton Park. The two drivers also entered the Bathurst 1000 that year. Brookes drove the Honda Accord for a part season in 1999, finishing fourth in the independents cup. He appeared on the official entry list for the 2000 BTCC Season but did not race. (https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/bumper-line-up-for-2000-btcc-5039306/5039306/) (https://1990sbtcc.com/seasons/2000-btcc-season/)
Brookes Motorsport reformed as TCR, which still runs on the TOCA support package, with some success.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point given 1998 onwards)
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 Pos Pts 1996 Tom's Team Brookes Toyota Carina E DON113 DON215 BRH115 BRH2Ret THR110 THR212 SIL118 SIL211 OUL114 OUL214 SNE112 SNE213 BRH113 BRH218 SIL114 SIL216 KNO113 KNO214 OUL112 OUL215 THR19 THR216 DON115 DON215 BRH114 BRH214 19th 3 1997 Brookes Motorsport Peugeot 406 DON1Ret DON2Ret SIL114 SIL211 THR1Ret THR2DNS BRH113 BRH215 OUL116 OUL29 DON114 DON212 CRO1NC CRO213 KNO117 KNO215 SNE113 SNE2Ret THR110 THR214 BRH19 BRH213 SIL115 SIL216 17th 5 1998 Brookes Motorsport Honda Accord THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 THR1 THR2 KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1DNS OUL2DNS SIL1 SIL2 NC 0 1999 Brookes Motorsport Honda Accord DON112 DON29 SIL1Ret SIL210 THR110 THR210 BRH1DNS BRH2DNS OUL1 OUL2 DON113 DON2Ret CRO113 CRO212 SNE111 SNE216 THR114 THR2Ret KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 17th 5
References
External links TCR official website BTCC Pages profile