Ian Forrest (born 22 February 1950 in Kirkliston, Scotland) is a British racing driver.
Forrest first started racing in 1971, and went on to win 26 national saloon and sports car titles in his native Scotland. In 1989 he first entered the British Touring Car Championship. Official 1989 BTCC standings Forrest competed in four consecutive seasons in the BTCC, each time with a privately entered BMW M3, prepared by Prodrive. His 1991 effort saw him win the Privateer award and the £10,000 prize.
Forrest is currently the Circuit Manager at Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland.
Forrest is a qualified Clerk of the Course for motorcycle racing.
Forrest was awarded the Jackie Stewart Medal in 2006 and The Jim Clark Trophy in 2010 for lifetime services to Scottish Motorsports.
Forrest's son, Sandy, also races and has competed in the BRSCC Ford Fiesta Championship.
Forrest has also been seen regularly on Mark Evans' TV "Is Born" Series for Discovery Channel; "A Car Is Born", "A Car Is Reborn" and "A Racing Car Is Born"
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts Class 1989 Ian Forrest BMW M3 OULRet SILovr:18cls:4 THRovr:18cls:5 DONovr:8cls:3 THRRet SILovr:15cls:2 SILovr:17cls:3 BRHDNS SNEovr:14cls:3 BRHovr:10cls:3 BIRovr:13cls:3 DONovr14cls:3 SIL 11th 35 4th 1990 Ecosse Motorsport BMW M3 OULovr:9cls:5 DONRet THRovr:14cls:7 SILovr:13cls:7 OULovr:18cls:9 SILRet BRHovr:10cls:7 SNERet BRHovr:14cls:8 BIRovr:14cls:9 DONRet THRovr:8cls:4 SILovr:10cls:4 15th 47 8th 1991 Drambuie Racing BMW M3 SIL12 SNE11 DON11 THR15 SIL15 BRH14 SIL15 DON113 DON2NC OUL12 BRH112 BRH2Ret DON12 THR13 SIL22 27th 0 1992 Ian Forrest BMW M3 SIL THR OUL SNE BRH DON1 DON2 SIL KNO111 KNO210 PEM BRH1 BRH2 DON SILRet 27th 0
References
External links Profile at BTCC Pages