Colin Blair
| Colin Blair | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 17 September 1957 Glasgow, Scotland |
| British Touring Car Championship | |
| Years active | 2000–2001 |
| Teams | Pro Motorsport GA-Janspeed Racing |
| Starts | 37 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 11th in 2000 |
Colin Blair (born 17 September 1957 in Glasgow) is a British former racing driver best known for his short time driving in the British Touring Car Championship. After working for a recruitment company, he didn't start in motor sport until the age of thirty-nine.
Racing career
Blair spent two years in 1997 and 1998, racing in the Scottish Road saloon car champion with a class A Ford Sierra RS500. In 1999, he drove a class A Ford Escort in the Ford Saloon Car Challenge, where he finished the season in second place. He stepped up to the BTCC in 2000, with an independent Nissan Primera GT.[1][2] Early in the season he won the Michelin Cup for Independents at Brands Hatch and scored points towards the Independents' standings.[3] At the series' Knockhill round in May, he arrived tied at the top of the Michelin Cup points table with reigning independent champion Matt Neal.[1]
Blair later crashed out of the Oulton Park feature race in his Nissan Primera.[4] Crash.net later reported that Blair withdrew after a testing crash at Croft and was replaced in the PRO Motorsport Primera by David Leslie.[5]
He finished 11th in the 2000 BTCC standings with 26 points,[2][6] and placed second in the Michelin Cup for Independents behind Neal.[2]
In 2001, he drove in the production class BTCC with GA Janspeed Racing in an Alfa Romeo 156 with teammate Gavin Pyper, finishing in eighteenth place.[7]
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races, 2001 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races in 2001 only, 2001 in class) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded, 2001 in class)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 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 | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | PRO Motorsport | Nissan Primera GT '00 | S | BRH 1 ovr:11 cls:11 |
BRH 2 ovr:8 cls:8 |
DON 1 ovr:9 cls:9 |
DON 2 ovr:10 cls:10 |
THR 1 ovr:10 cls:10 |
THR 2 ovr:6 cls:6 |
KNO 1 ovr:10 cls:10 |
KNO 2 ovr:7 cls:7 |
OUL 1 ovr:8 cls:8 |
OUL 2 Ret |
SIL 1 ovr:9 cls:9 |
SIL 2 ovr:10 cls:7 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
11th | 26 | |||
| 2001 | GA-Janspeed Racing | Alfa Romeo 156 | P | BRH 1 Ret† |
BRH 2 DNS |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 Ret |
OUL 1 ovr:22 cls:14 |
OUL 2 ovr:13 cls:9 |
SIL 1 ovr:17 cls:10 |
SIL 2 Ret |
MON 1 Ret |
MON 2 ovr:9 cls:5 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 Ret |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 Ret |
SNE 1 ovr:16 cls:12 |
SNE 2 Ret |
CRO 1 ovr:17 cls:11 |
CRO 2 Ret |
OUL 1 ovr:19 cls:11 |
OUL 2 Ret |
SIL 1 ovr:18 cls:9 |
SIL 2 Ret |
DON 1 ovr:17 cls:9 |
DON 2 ovr:10 cls:4 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
N/A | 22 | 18th |
† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.
References
- ^ a b "Ford star Reid hopes for home advantage". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "Final BTCC Championship Standings". Crash.net. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "BTCC Round 2 report - Brands Hatch". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "Round 10 Feature Race Report". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "Neal awarded provisional Indie Cup". Crash.net. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "BTCC history: 2000 standings". BTCC.net. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ "Production class draws big entry". Autosport. Retrieved 6 January 2026.