Bill McGovern (racing driver)

Bill McGovern
Bill McGovern
	McGovern's Championship-winning Sunbeam Imp
Nationality	British
Born	2 January 1937 (age 87); Sligo, Ireland
Retired	1989
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active	1965–1967, 1969–1974
Teams	Flintstone Racing; Paul Emery; George Bevan
Starts	54
Wins	1 (31 in class)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	35
Best finish	1st in 1970, 1971 and 1972
Championship titles
1970, 1971, 1972; 1970, 1971, 1972	British Saloon Car Championship; BSCC - Class A

William McGovern (born 2 January 1937) is a British former racing driver.

McGovern is best known for becoming the first person to win three British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) driver titles.^[1] He won three consecutive titles between 1970 and 1972 with a George Bevan-prepared Sunbeam Imp.^{[citation needed]}

Racing record

Complete British Saloon 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	DC	Pts	Class
1965	Flintstone Racing	Austin Mini Cooper S	B	BRH Ret	OUL	SNE	GOO	SIL	CRY	BRH	OUL						NC	0	NC
1966	Paul Emery	Hillman Imp	A	SNE Ret	GOO	SIL Ret	CRY 5†	BRH	BRH 16	OUL Ret†	BRH						24th	6	6th
1967	Paul Emery	Hillman Imp	A	BRH Ret	SNE	SIL	SIL Ret	MAL	SIL	SIL	BRH	OUL	BRH				NC	0	NC
1969	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH	SIL	SNE	THR	SIL	CRY	MAL	CRO	SIL	OUL	BRH	BRH Ret		NC	0	NC
1970	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH Ret	SNE 13	THR 17	SIL 11	CRY 3†	SIL 15	SIL 16	CRO 9	BRH 23	OUL 19	BRH 19	BRH		1st	72	1st
1971	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH 11	OUL 2	THR Ret	SIL 15	CRY 2†	SIL Ret	CRO 9	SIL 14	OUL 10	BRH 10	MAL 7†	BRH 13		1st	81	1st
1972	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH 7	OUL 12	THR 9	SIL 16	CRY 5†	BRH 12	OUL 8	SIL 14	MAL 6†	BRH 13				1st	63	1st
1973	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH Ret	SIL 11	THR Ret	THR Ret	SIL 11	ING DNS	BRH 1†	SIL 11	BRH Ret					7th	36	2nd
1974	George Bevan	Volkswagen Passat TS	A	MAL	BRH Ret	SIL ?	OUL	THR	SIL ?	THR	BRH Ret	ING	BRH	OUL	SNE	BRH	NC	0	NC
Source:^[2]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

References

^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010. Official list of BTCC Champions
^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

External links

Bill McGovern career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alec Poole	British Touring Car Champion 1970–1972	Succeeded by Frank Gardner

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[1] "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010. Official list of BTCC Champions

[2] Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

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v t e British Touring Car Champions
Four-time	Andy Rouse Ashley Sutton Colin Turkington
Three-time	Bernard Unett Bill McGovern Frank Gardner Gordon Shedden Matt Neal Win Percy
Two-time	Alain Menu Chris Hodgetts Fabrizio Giovanardi Jack Sears James Thompson Jason Plato John Cleland Richard Longman
One-time	Alec Poole Andrew Jordan Doc Shepherd Frank Biela Frank Sytner Gabriele Tarquini Jake Hill Jeff Uren Jim Clark Joachim Winkelhock John Fitzpatrick John Love John Whitmore Laurent Aïello Rickard Rydell Robb Gravett Roy Pierpoint Tim Harvey Tom Ingram Will Hoy Yvan Muller

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