Bill McGovern (racing driver)
{{for|the American football coach|Bill McGovern (American football)}}
{{short description|British racing driver (born 1937)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Bill McGovern
| image = BSCC Hillman Imp.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = McGovern's Championship-winning Sunbeam Imp
| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|1|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sligo, Ireland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| retired = 1989
| related to =
| last series = 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
| prev series =
| prev series years =
| titles = List of BTCC champions
BSCC - Class A
| title years = 1970, 1971, 1972
1970, 1971, 1972
| awards =
| award years =
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/history_stats.php?statstype_id=1 |title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship |accessdate=2010-09-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070626/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_stats.php?statstype_id=1 |archivedate=16 July 2011 }} Official list of BTCC Champions He won three consecutive titles between 1970 and 1972 with a George Bevan-prepared Sunbeam Imp.{{fact|date=September 2022}}
Racing record
=Complete British Saloon Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! DC ! Pts ! Class |
| 1965
! Flintstone Racing ! {{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | OUL | SNE | GOO | SIL | CRY | BRH | OUL | | | | | ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
| 1966
! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE | GOO |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CRY | BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | BRH | | | | | ! 24th ! 6 ! 6th |
| 1967
! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | SNE | SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL | MAL | SIL | SIL | BRH | OUL | BRH | | | ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
| 1969
! George Bevan ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} | BRH | SIL | SNE | THR | SIL | CRY | MAL | CRO | SIL | OUL | BRH |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
| 1970
! George Bevan ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| THR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CRY |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CRO |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH | BRH | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 72 !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
| 1971
! George Bevan ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CRY |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CRO |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 81 !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
| 1972
! George Bevan ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| THR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CRY |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MAL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH | | | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 63 !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
| 1973
! George Bevan ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ING |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | | | | ! 7th ! 36 !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
| 1974
! George Bevan ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} | MAL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL | OUL | THR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL | THR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | ING | BRH | OUL | SNE | BRH ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
| colspan="20"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=18 January 2025}}}}}} |
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
References
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External links
- {{DriverDB driver|bill-mcgovern}}
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{{succession box|title=British Touring Car Champion |before=Alec Poole|after=Frank Gardner|years=1970–1972}}
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