Darren Dowling

{{short description|British racing driver (born 1968)}}

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| name = Darren Dowling

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|2|22|df=y}}

| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British

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| Team = BTC Racing

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Poles = 0

| Fastest laps = 0

| First year = 2006

| First win = -

| Best position = 27th (2006)

| Last season = 2006

| Last position = 27th (0 points)

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Darren Dowling (born 22 February 1968 in Watford) is a British racing driver.

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Career

=British Touring Car Championship=

Dowling drove the final six rounds of the British Touring Car Championship in 2006. He raced in a Lexus IS200 for the newly formed BTC Racing team alongside team-mate Chris Stockton. His best ever finish was a fourteenth position at Silverstone, ending the season with no points. The team continued in 2007, but he was replaced by Nick Leason.

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Racing record

=Complete British Touring Car Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races)

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! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! 29

! 30

! DC

! Pts

2006

! nowrap| BTC Racing

! nowrap| Lexus IS200

| BRH
1

| BRH
2

| BRH
3

| MON
1

| MON
2

| MON
3

| OUL
1

| OUL
2

| OUL
3

| THR
1

| THR
2

| THR
3

| CRO
1

| CRO
2

| CRO
3

| DON
1

| DON
2

| DON
3

| SNE
1

| SNE
2

| SNE
3

| KNO
1

| KNO
2

| KNO
3

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
1

{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
2

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
3

{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
1

{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
2

{{small|14}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
3

{{small|Ret}}

| 27th

| 0

=[[Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour|24 Hours of Silverstone]] results=

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Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! {{Tooltip|Car No.|Car number}}

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

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! 2010

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} GTF-MCC

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} Fred Tonge
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Head
{{flagicon|GBR}} Tim Hood
{{flagicon|GBR}} Steve Glynn

|align="left" nowrap| TVR Sagaris

| 7

| 1

| 369

| 49th

| 5th

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! 2011

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} GTF Racing

|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} Fred Tonge
{{flagicon|GBR}} Steve Glynn
{{flagicon|GBR}} David Mason
{{flagicon|GBR}} Paul Smith

|align="left" nowrap| TVR Sagaris

| 28

| 2

| 71

| DNF

| DNF

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=Post-BTCC=

Recently Dowling has driven in the BRSCC Sports and Saloon Car Trophy in a TVR Sagaris.