| Career rundown:
2001 - Bintcliffe Sport - Team Manager. (Entered in BTCC Production class.)
2000 - This saw John prepare and run 2 new Nissan Primeras for Rob Collard and Marc Nordon in the
new BTCC Class B. All of the teams hard work was rewarded with a fine victory for Rob Collard in
the Snetterton night race.
1999 - Switched his attention to team management with Peter Hignett who had run the 1998 British GT2
championship winning car driven by Kurt Luby and Richard Dean. John ran the ex Andy Middlehurst
Nissan Primera for David Shaw in the National Saloon Cup and a MGF for the newcomer Paul O'Neil in
the MGF Cup under the name Bintcliffe Sport Racing. Peter ran a Honda Integra Type R for Ian
Griswold in the National Saloon Cup and a MGF for Brian Heerey in the MGF Cup under ABG Motorsport.
1998 - Drove the new front wheel drive car for Audi Sport UK but
had a very tough year finishing out of the top ten at the end of the season.
1997 - Drove again for Audi Sport UK in the Audi A4 Quattro finishing 7th and winning 2 races, one at
Knockhill and the other at Thruxton.
1996 - Drove for Audi Sport UK in the Audi A4 Quattro finishing 7th in his rookie BTCC while his team mate Frank Biela went on to win the championship. 26 races, 0 wins, 1 fastest lap, 0 poles, 7th in championship.
1995 - Won the Ford Credit Fiesta champion beating Rob Hall by 2 points.
1994 - Completed his first full season in the Renault Elf Clio Cup winning the championship by a 10
point margin over David Shaw. This was after having to sell his watch to pay for tyres and making
other sacrifices to save money to divert towards his racing career.
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