John Batchelor (racing)
John Batchelor | |
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Born | 4 January 1959 |
Died | 11 April 2010 | (aged 51)
William John Batchelor
Early life
Batchelor was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, where he lived for a short period before moving to Surrey, Kent and Portugal due to his father's work.[3] He received four O-Levels at school and had an exchange year in Oregon, United States, after which he sold insurance door-to-door in East Lancashire.[3][4] He worked in this for nine months before selling cleaning products for five years, when he started "System Hygiene", a janitorial supplies company based in Accrington.[3][4] He married Gillian in 1981 and the couple have had four children.[5] "System Hygiene" was sold by Batchelor to business partner Robin Huddleston in 1990.[4] e stood as a Common Sense Sick of Politicians candidate for Blackburn in the 1997 general election, coming in last place after winning 0.8% of the share with 362 votes.[6] Following the election, through an open letter, he said "I extend my gratitude to the 362 voters in Blackburn who backed my campaign to take politics out of government. I would also like to point out that an additional 30,000 voters also offered me their support by being so sick of politicians that they abstained from voting at all. If we now add this figure to my votes and then subtract the votes of the 'winning' candidate it shows a 5,000-vote majority for those who are sick of politicians."[7]
Racing career
He became a
Batchelor was involved in the planned entry of Chinese automobile manufacturer Brilliance into the newly-formed FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2005. However, the Brilliance WTCC program did not make the grid. [13] [14]
Batchelor also registered an entry for the 2005 British Touring Car Championship, driving a Super 2000 Honda Civic Type-R under the Team Firstserve Group banner, but this also failed to materialize.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position in class (1 point awarded all races) Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap in class (1 point awarded just in feature race)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 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 | DC | Pts | Class |
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2001
|
Team B&Q / Talksport Radio | Honda Integra Type-R | P | BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 20 |
THR 1 14 |
THR 2 14 |
OUL 1 23 |
OUL 2 14 |
SIL 1 22 |
SIL 2 21 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 13 |
KNO
1 |
KNO
2 |
SNE
1 |
SNE
2 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 17 |
SIL 1 DNS |
SIL 2 DNS |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 Ret |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
8 | 22nd | |
2002
|
Team B&Q Jet York City | Honda Accord | P | BRH 1 DNS |
BRH 2 DNS |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 DNS |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
SNE
1 |
SNE
2 |
KNO
1 |
KNO
2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
0 | NC |
Football
Batchelor became the owner and chairman of
Batchelor spent a month in hospital in late 2006 for alcoholism.
He was a Burnley supporter and a season ticket holder at Turf Moor.[34]
Death
Batchelor died on 11 April 2010 in Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, Greater Manchester at the age of 51 after suffering from liver disease caused by alcoholism.[2][35]
References
- ^ a b "The Besglos Polish Company Limited". Insolvency Service. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ a b Waterson, James (18 April 2010). "The curious case of John Batchelor". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g "York City are in for one hell of a ride". Evening Press. 15 March 2002. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Batchelor with singular ambition". York City South. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ a b Cave, Andrew (18 May 2002). "Business Profile: Batchelor with singular ambition". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ "Blackburn". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ "Point made". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 7 May 1997. Retrieved 12 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Morriss, Tim (28 May 2008). "Mansfield Town to be named after Sky Dream Team Harchester United under John Batchelor?". Mansfield Chad. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
- ^ a b Morriss, Tim (28 March 2008). "Mansfield Town to be named after Sky Dream Team Harchester United under John Batchelor?". Mansfield Chad. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Parliamentary Candidates". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Tatton". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Team Varta". btccpages.com. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Batchelor 'very unlikely' to continue BTCC effort". November 2004.
- ^ Kilby, Michael (21 September 2021). "Batchelor's Shot at Brilliance". Grand Prix Rejects. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Saved". Evening Press. 15 March 2002. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ a b c Conn, David (9 April 2008). "'I do asset-strip' says the man who wants Mansfield". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ "York unveil new owner". BBC Sport. 15 March 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "York chief's ITV digital bid". BBC Sport. 1 May 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Batchelor's ITV digital bid fades". BBC Sport. 12 June 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ a b Bruce, Adam. "This is our club!". Red & Blue NET. Archived from the original on 17 October 2003. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Batchelor receives death threats". BBC Sport. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "York go into administration". BBC Sport. 18 December 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Batchelor heads York bid". BBC Sport. 11 February 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Trust deal inches York to safety". BBC Sport. 26 March 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Mayor slams Dream Team name plan". BBC Sport. 29 March 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Stanley reject £1.5M bid to buy club". Lancashire Telegraph. 3 April 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Vaughan denies Chester sale claim". BBC Sport. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
- ^ Law, Peter (4 July 2009). "Four men behind new £12.5m bid for Saints". Daily Echo. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
- ^ "Former York City owner John Batchelor gets directorship ban". The Press. 24 December 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ Nunn, Nick (16 April 2010). "Controversial East Lancashire businessman dies. aged 51". Blackburn Citizen. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Stead, Mark (16 April 2010). "Ex-York City chairman John Batchelor dies aged 51". The Press. Retrieved 16 April 2010.