Richard Longman

Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert.^[1] He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team.^[2] The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984 he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.

Richard Longman
Nationality	British
Born	(1946-03-18) 18 March 1946 (age 79) Calcutta, India
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active	1970, 1976–1986
Teams	Downton Engineering Ltd Longman Racing Patrick MotorSport
Starts	106
Wins	1 (48 in class)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	48
Best finish	1st in 1978, 1979
Championship titles
1978, 1979 1978, 1979, 1982 1984 1986	British Saloon Car Championship BSCC - Class A BSCC - Class C BSCC - Class B

He also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.

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	DC	Pts	Class
1970	Downton Engineering Ltd	BMC Mini Cooper S	B	BRH 12	SNE 12	THR 11	SIL DNQ	CRY DNS	SIL	SIL	CRO	BRH	OUL	BRH	BRH	13th	20	3rd
1976	Richard Longman	BMC Mini Cooper S	A	BRH	SIL	OUL	THR	THR ?	SIL	BRH	MAL	SNE	BRH			30th	6	8th
1977	Patrick Motor Group	Mini 1275 GT	A	SIL	BRH	OUL	THR	SIL ?	THR ?	DON 3†	SIL 16	DON 1†	BRH ?	THR ?	BRH 11	5th	28	2nd
1978	Patrick MotorSport	Mini 1275 GT	A	SIL 10	OUL 3†	THR ?	BRH 3†	SIL 3†	DON 4†	MAL Ret	BRH ?	DON 3†	BRH ?	THR ?	OUL 4†	1st	100	1st
1979	Patrick MotorSport	Mini 1275 GT	A	SIL 14	OUL 2†	THR 20	SIL 18	DON ?	SIL ?	MAL 3†	DON ?	BRH ?	THR ?	SNE 15	OUL 5†	1st	97	1st
1980	Datapost Racing	Ford Fiesta	B	MAL 2†	OUL 4†	THR 12	SIL Ret	SIL Ret	BRH ?	MAL 4†	BRH 14					14th	24	5th
			A									THR ?	SIL Ret					7th
1981	Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso	Austin Metro 1300 HLS	A	MAL Ret†	SIL 15	OUL 13†	THR ?	BRH 7†	SIL ?	SIL 18	DON 6†	BRH 14	THR ?	SIL 11		5th	58	2nd
1982	Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso	Austin Metro 1300 HLS	A	SIL 10	MAL 9†	OUL 4†	THR 13	THR 13	SIL 15	DON Ret	BRH 16	DON 10	BRH 7	SIL ?		2nd	72	1st
1983	Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS1600i	C	SIL 14	OUL 9	THR 16	BRH 13	THR 10	SIL Ret	DON Ret	SIL 11	DON 11	BRH 11	SIL 12		7th	35	4th
1984	Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS1600i	C	DON 16	SIL 10	OUL 10	THR 12	THR Ret	SIL ?	SNE 12	BRH 13	BRH 13	DON 13	SIL 12		2nd	74	1st
1985	Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS Turbo	B	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL 6	DON 8	SIL 5	SNE 4	BRH 7	BRH 18	SIL Ret	7th	45	4th
1986	Royal Mail Datapost	Ford Escort RS Turbo	B	SIL 5	THR 7	SIL 3	DON 3	BRH 8	SNE 3	BRH 7	DON Ret	SIL 3				2nd	64	1st
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.