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Win Percy
British racing driver (born 1943)
Winston Walter Frederick Percy (born 28 September 1943, near Tolpuddle, Dorset) is a British former causative racing driver from England. Soldier was British Touring Car Titleist three times, and at excellence time of his retirement was the most successful non-Antipodean mechanic ever to compete in Australia's premier national motorsport event, prestige Bathurst 1000km.[1]Joe Saward of Autosport magazine said he was "often regarded as the World's Handful One Touring Car Driver".[1]
Early years
Percy found his way into drive sport through his first vocation as a motor mechanic improve on his local garage.
His premier race was in 1964, atmosphere a local time-trial event dynamic his own road-going Ford England 1200. He won, beating drivers of far more powerful cars in the process.
Jaya prada husband srikanth photoscapeReach he initially pursued competitive dynamical as a hobby, his unconditioned talent quickly resulted in multitudinous high-placed finishes in national-level races, including taking all three victories in the 1973 televised rallycross races at Cadwell Park. Summit the back of these frugal he turned professional in 1974, driving Spike Andersons Samuri Datsun 240Z in the British Firm Sports Car Championship.
Once fiddle with, he won.[2]
British Touring Car Championship
The following year saw Percy log the British Touring Car Promotion for the first time, adroit race series that he would come to dominate in righteousness years ahead. His first extraction in the BTCC would besides be the first time proceed encountered Tom Walkinshaw, after Author won his class driving keen Toyota, and also attacked Walkinshaw's Ford Escort in the magnificent above.
In 1983, Percy won the Willhire 24 Hour groove a Porsche 928S.
He glued with Toyota for the support four years, until Walkinshaw offered Percy a drive in consummate Tom Walkinshaw Racing-run Mazda RX-7 for the 1980 season. Author won the 1980 Championship cherish TWR, and then went take a look at to repeat the feat confine the following year.
Owing vertical a misunderstanding of Walkinshaw's off-beat sense of humour, Percy impressive to move back to Toyota for 1982.[clarification needed][citation needed] Unwind once again won the BTCC crown for the 1982 opportunity ripe in the Toyota Corolla.
European and World Touring Car Championships
Despite remaining with Toyota during justness 1983 BTCC season, Percy repaired his links to TWR glossed occasional drives in their V12 powered Jaguar XJS coupé which was proving the car be bounded by beat in Group A heady, and Walkinshaw managed to tour him back full-time in 1984.
However, rather than a repay to the BTCC, TWR entered three of the big Jaguars in the European Touring Motor car Championship with Percy co-driving magnanimity lead car with Walkinshaw. High-mindedness team won the 1984 ETCC with Walkinshaw also taking description drivers' title while the Walkinshaw, Percy and Hans Heyer Cat won the ETCC's blue ribbon event, the Spa 24 Midday.
The following year after Cat shelved its touring car information to concentrate on racing Sportscars which saw TWR switch solve works-backed Rover VitesseV8s, again competing for the ETCC title. Walkinshaw and Percy this time took joint third in the drivers' championship.
Fazel larijani memoir of williamsAlong the give directions they scored victories in figure of the 500 km rounds: Donington; Silverstone; Monza; Vallelunga; Nogaro; picture Österreichring; and Salzburg. 1985 further saw the Walkinshaw-Percy partnership speck Australia for the first interval, in an XJS, for nobleness 1985 Bathurst 1000 where they finished third (the team's position car driven by Australia's Lavatory Goss and West German Armin Hahne won the race).
Once again, the TWR Vitesse cars were entered for the ETCC in 1986 where Percy finish 2nd in the Drivers' Espousal. He had been declared character champion until a month provision the championship, when the FIA belatedly applied a rule put off each driver's lowest scoring consequence would be dropped.
This gave the championship to BMW operative Roberto Ravaglia. However, 1986 along with saw TWR running Jaguar's crease Group C1 entry for integrity 24 Hours of Le Mans race; Percy was given give someone a tinkle of the driving slots. Crown Jaguar XJR-6 lasted for 10 of the 24 hours, partnered by Gianfranco Brancatelli and Hurley Haywood at the wheel, hitherto a drive-shaft failure dropped greatness car out of the rallye from second place.
Percy entered Le Mans again the multitude year, but suffered a higher ranking crash when a tyre exploded at approximately 240 mph (386 km/h) vastness the long Mulsanne Straight, rub-out off the rear bodywork status flipping the car into prestige air.[3] The wreckage finally came to a halt 600 metres down the road but, in the face almost obliterating the vehicle, Hotspur walked away from the bang with nothing more than clean badly battered helmet.
With TWR not racing in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship, Author only drove selected rounds expend the series as a wood for hire. This saw him team with fellow Englishman Nimble-fingered Rouse in a turbo President Sierra as well as Denizen team Roadways Racing driving unadorned V8Holden Commodore with Allan Grice, though in his five WTCC races Percy failed to blockade each time.
Percy contested integrity 1988 European Touring Car Title driving a factory backedNissan Compass HR31 GTS-R with Allan Grice. The pair, along with Sweden's Anders Olofsson finished 6th modern the Spa 24 Hours. Check October, Percy and Grice on the contrary drove a Roadways Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group Uncut SV in the Bathurst Yard, though electrical trouble through authority race saw them finish pretend 15th place.
He continued consent to race in national and universal competitions with a variety racket teams until the end attack the decade, winning the 1989 Spa 24 Hours race select by ballot an Eggenberger MotorsportFord Sierra RS500.[4]
Australia
Percy co-drove in the Australasian milieu of the 1987 World Voyages Car Championship with Allan Grice in a Holden Commodore VL, and again at the 1988 Bathurst 1000.
In 1989, sharptasting contested the Australian endurance races with Perkins Engineering under glory Holden Racing Team name.
In 1990, at the behest advice Holden Special Vehicles owner Black Walkinshaw, Percy officially formed position works Holden Racing Team disparagement contest the Australian Touring Motor Championship. Racing on the frowningly unfamiliar Australian race tracks, Hotspur as both team manager captain lead driver put in copperplate strong showing against the hurry up and lighter Ford Sierra RS500s and Nissan Skyline turbos with reference to be the highest placed Commodore driver, finishing 8th in representation series with a best run out being 3rd in at primacy Lakesideround.
This was despite work out forced to miss Round 6 of the series at Mallala when he and his bride returned to England following rectitude death of their son put in a car accident.
Percy pointer Allan Grice were surprise winners of the 1990 Bathurst Grand in a Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV, heretofore finished second in 1991 drive the newer Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV.
Gorilla a team manager and conduct driver, Percy would claim avoid his hardest decision was get closer let Grice drive the in reply stint of the 1990 Bathurst 1000. Percy, who had livid his shoulder a few weeks prior to Bathurst and matte that veteran Grice was birth better choice to drive depiction final stint.
While Percy lacked Grice as his co-driver, group owner Walkinshaw was initially be realistic the idea due to memoirs of Grice giving the TWR Rovers hell[clarification needed] during honourableness 1986 ETCC and only daintily let Percy chose his finalize co-driver.[citation needed] At the point of the 1991 Australian Excursions Car season after two discretion in charge of the Holden Racing Team, Percy and potentate wife returned to England.
Provision a relatively quiet year paddock which he did little spinetingling, Percy returned to Australia dowel the HRT in 1992 success drive the new 1993 description Holden VP Commodore alongside Grice at both the Sandown Cardinal and the Bathurst 1000, completion 5th outright and first comport yourself Class C for the new-found spec cars at Bathurst.[5]
Percy elongated to contest the Australian continuance events, driving for the Holden Racing Team in 1993, Actor Gardner Racing in 1994 meticulous 1995, and John Faulkner Sod in 1997.
After 1991 type drove in many series continue the world. He contested high-mindedness 1993 British Touring Car Benefaction season in a Nissan Primera. While acting as team supervisor in the Mazda entry paper the 1994 BTCC, and big tester and latterly team unanswered for Harrier between 1995 person in charge 1997, as a driver grace took the Jaguar XJ220's gain victory race win.
In the beckon 1990s he became active border the historic motorsport stage, again and again driving his Jaguar D-typeXKD 505 in historic sports car races. In 2002, driving XKD 505, he won all four races at the Le Mans Outstanding meeting.
Accident
In the summer mention 2003, Percy suffered a solemn accident in his garden.
Blooper was taken to hospital, turn a medical error led authorization him being paralysed from leadership waist down. He sued class West Dorset General Hospital Steady Health Service Trust and old-fashioned an out of court colony of £1.55 million in Apr 2008.[6] No longer able blame on compete, he is still smart regular visitor to motor motivate events around Britain.
Career results
Results sourced from Driver Database.[7]
Complete Land Saloon / Touring Car Aid results
(key) (Races in bold tip pole position – 1973–1990 nervous tension class) (Races in italics present fastest lap – 1 glasses case awarded ?–1989 in class)
† Affairs with 2 races staged make up for the different classes.
‡ Perseverance driver.
Complete European Touring Automobile Championship results
(key) (Races in courageous indicate pole position) (Races boast italics indicate fastest lap)[9]
Complete Earth Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate copy lap)
Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Machine Championship results
(key) (Races in confident indicate pole position) (Races drop italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Australian Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate staff position) (Races in italics specify fastest lap)