Mark Hales (born 7 November 1950) is a British auto racing driver and instructor. He is best known for finishing as runner-up in the 1987 British Touring Car Championship season. Official 1987 BTCC standings
Career
Hales was a class B winner in 1987 with his Ford Escort RS Turbo. He switched to the Group N Production Championship in 1988, winning his class in a Ford Sierra in 1989. This led to him being hired for the 1990 BTCC by John McGuire Racing team, running a works backed Mitsubishi Starion. His final season in the BTCC was in 1991. He stayed with Mitsubishi, and was the sole driver for the works driver. He competed in a Mitsubishi Lancer in the first part of the season, switching to a Mitsubishi Galant for the second part. He got one championship point at Snetterton. He raced in the TVR Tuscan championship in 1993 and 1994, winning the title in both seasons for Team Rallytech. Most recently he has competed in historic racing, winning the Historic Six Hours of Spa in 2004. He was also a contributor and track-tester for the British motorracing magazines Evo and Octane. He also writes for the Daily Telegraph, and has published a book co-written by Nick Mason, called Into The Red.http://www.markhales.com/sub-pages/about-sub.html Writing Career
Racing record
Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1973–1990 in class) (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 14 15 DC Pts Class 1983 Mark Hales Ford Capri III 3.0S SIL OUL THR BRH THR SIL DON SILovr:19cls:11 DON BRH SIL NC 0 NC 1985 Terry Drury Racing Alfa Romeo GTV6 SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL DONovr:10cls:4 SILovr:8cls:3 SNEovr:9cls:5 BRH BRH SIL 19th 9 6th 1986 Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo SILRet THRRet SILRet DONRet BRHovr:18cls:5 SNEovr:5cls:3 BRHovr:10cls:4 DONovr:5cls:1 SILRet 12th 20 5th 1987 Terry Drury Racing Ford Escort RS Turbo SILovr:7cls:1 OULovr:7cls:1 THRovr:8cls:1 THRovr:9cls:1 SILovr:8cls:1 SILRet BRHovr:14cls:2 SNERet DONovr:10cls:4 OULovr:7‡cls:1‡ DONovr:9cls:3 2nd 51 1st Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport Toyota Corolla GT SILovr:9†cls:1† NC 1988 Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport Toyota Corolla GT SIL OULovr:11cls:2 THR DONovr:21cls:5 THR SILDNS 30th 8 6th Arquati Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 DONRet‡ NC ICS plc SILRet MIL Motorsport Toyota Supra Turbo SILRet BRHNC SNEovr:11cls:9 BRH BIRDNQ DONovr:18cls:13 1990 John Maguire Racing Mitsubishi Starion OULRet DONRet THRRet SILRet OULovr:16cls:8 SILovr:17cls:10 BRHovr:9cls:6 SNEovr:9cls:4 BRHovr:15cls:9 BIRovr:12cls:7 DONovr:15cls:9 THRovr:17cls:12 SILRet 18th 28 11th 1991 John Maguire Racing Mitsubishi Lancer SIL17 SNE10 DON16 THR16 SILDNS BRH SIL 23rd 1 Mitsubishi Galant DON114 DON2Ret OUL14 BRH113 BRH2Ret DONRet THR11 SILRet
‡ Endurance driver.
† Ineligible for points.
Complete European Touring Car Championship results (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 1988 Arquati UK Ltd Ford Sierra RS500 MNZ DON EST JAR DIJ VAL NÜR SPA ZOL SIL12 NOG NC 0
References
External links Official site