Nick Leason
{{short description|British racing driver (born 1968)}}
{{About|the racing driver|the market trader|Nick Leeson}}
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| birth_place = Purley, London (England)
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Nick Leason (born 23 August 1968 in Purley, London) is a British racing driver.
Career
=British Touring Car Championship=
Leason was registered as an entry in the Production Class for the 2003 Season, driving a ex-GR Motorsport Ford Focus for CMS Motorsport with support from MacMillan Cancer but this entry was delayed and ultimately never happened, he was also the test driver for a failed Super 2000 Ford Focus BTCC project in 2004.
He finally made his BTCC debut in 2006. He entered the last two meetings in a Vauxhall Astra Coupe run by Daniels Motorsport and previously driven by Andy Neate in the final meeting of the 2005 Season. He notably lost a wheel on his way to the grid at Silverstone.
For the 2007 Season, Leason was confirmed as a driver for BTC Racing in a Lexus teamed with Chris Stockton. He did not race at Croft that year{{Cite web |last=BTCCPages.com |title=Leason misses Croft rounds - BTCC News - BTCCPages.com |url=http://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=878 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304052741/http://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=878 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.btccpages.com}} and after persistent reliability troubles he decided to abort his full season campaign. Leason achieved a final championship position of 24th.
In 2008, Leason announced that he planned to join up with Rick Kerry and Team AFM Racing to race a pair of diesel fuelled BMW 120ds,{{Cite web |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=829 |title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship |access-date=8 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070613/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=829 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} though the team missed the whole season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65647|title = Team AFM to miss season start}}
Leason did eventually race the diesel powered BMW 120d in the opening four rounds of the 2009 BTCC{{Cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74132|title = Leason joins BTCC with Team AFM| date=April 2009 }} but withdrew due to lack of budget.
=SEAT Cupra Championship=
Leason contested the SEAT Cupra Cup UK in 2005.
Race career
- 2009 – AFM Motorsport. BMW 120D. No. 16
- 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
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) (
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! 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| NJL Racing ! nowrap| Vauxhall Astra Coupé | BRH | BRH | BRH | MON | MON | MON | OUL | OUL | OUL | THR | THR | THR | CRO | CRO | CRO | DON | DON | DON | SNE | SNE | SNE | KNO | KNO | KNO |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SIL ! 28th ! 0 |
| 2007
! nowrap| BTC Racing ! nowrap| Lexus IS200 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| THR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| THR | CRO | CRO | CRO | OUL | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | DON | SNE | SNE | SNE | BRH | BRH | BRH | KNO | KNO | KNO | THR | THR | THR ! 32nd ! 0 |
| 2009
! nowrap| Team AFM Racing ! nowrap| BMW 120d |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON | OUL | OUL | OUL | CRO | CRO | CRO | SNE | SNE | SNE | KNO | KNO | KNO | SIL | SIL | SIL | ROC | ROC | ROC | BRH | BRH | BRH ! 28th ! 0 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.nickleason.co.uk/ Home page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110929105136/http://www.btcc.net/html/driver_detail.php?id=101%2F BTCC Profile page]
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Category:English racing drivers
Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers
Category:People from Purley, London
Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Croydon