Nick Leason
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Nick Leason (born 23 August 1968) is a British racing driver currently who drove a Lexus IS200 in the British Touring Car Championship in 2007. He previously entered for the last 2 rounds (6 races) of 2006 at Brands Hatch and Silverstone. Leason achieved a final championship position of 24th, and was the third best driver to do only the last 1/2 rounds of the series, behind Paul O'Neill and Tom Ferrier. Leason announced he would compete in his first full BTCC season in 2007, driving the Daniels Motorsport-run Vauxhall Astra Coupe he had raced in the closing rounds of the 2006 season. However, this project was abandoned during pre-season and Leason was instead confirmed as a driver for BTC Racing in a Lexus teamed with Chris Stockton. He did not race at Croft that year [1] and after persistent reliability troubles decided to abort his full season campaign. He vowed to return at some point[2], but did not.
For 2008 Nick Leason announced he plans to join up with Rick Kerry and Team AFM Racing to race a pair of diesel fuelled BMW 120d's[3], though the team missed the start of the season [4]
Before this, Leason has an extensive CV, although with little racing from 2002-2006, after two previous attempts at gaining a BTCC race seat failed. Concentrating on tin-tops and sports cars, mostly one-make, he has driven Ford cars most often. He has yet to win any championship he has contested.
[edit] Race career
- 2007 - BTC Racing. Lexus IS200. No. 19.
- 2006 - Final two BTCC meetings of the season. Team NJL Racing with Daniels Motorsport. Vauxhall Astra Coupe. No. 19
- 2005 - Seat Cupra Championship
- 2004 - Test driver BTCC Ford Focus Project
- 2003 - Test driver
- 2002 - Lamborghini Supertrophy - 3rd in class points, 6th overall
- 2001 - Ford Fiesta Zetec Championship
- 2000 - Proton Coupe Cup
- 1999 - Proton Coupe Cup
- 1998 - Fiesta XR2 Challenge and Stock Hatch Championship
- 1997 - Stock Hatch Championship - 9th in points (Ford Fiesta XR2)
- 1996 - Fiesta XR2 Challenge
- 1995 - Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing
- 1994 - Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing
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