Roy Pierpoint
| Roy Pierpoint | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 15 May 1929 BSCC - Class D |
Roy Pierpoint (15 May 1929 – 12 January 2023)[1] was a British racing driver who drove in saloons and sports cars.
Racing career
His first race was in 1949, at a
Amal carburetters, a neat silencer in its straight exhaust pipe and an oil-cooler ahead of the main radiator." He finished seventh in a 3-lap handicap.[2]
Pierpoint raced very little after that until 1961. In 1962 he drove in several events including the
Hill Climb events. He continued in sports car racing in 1963 and 1964, again in the Guards Trophy. In 1968 he was in the Nürburgring 1000 km race in a Ford GT40, but did not finish. He competed in 1968 and 1969 at Denmark's Jyllands-Ringen
, with two wins from four races.
Pierpoint was best known for his time driving in the
British Saloon Car Championship, with a total of fourteen race wins. In his first year in 1965, he won the Championship for Alan Mann Racing, driving a V8 4.7-litre Ford Mustang: "After a struggle throughout 1965 against the Austin Mini-Cooper S of Warwick Banks,.."[3] The championship was won after a protest against the car of Jack Brabham, which was found to have illegal modifications. He raced a Ford Falcon the following year, which was not competitive enough to defend his title. He stuck with the Falcon for another three years. In 1968 he finished fifth on points and in 1969 he finished third in the championship. He spent two more years in the BSCC, but did not come close to winning the title in a Chevrolet Camaro
.
Racing record
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965
|
Weybridge Engineering Company Ltd. | Ford Mustang | D | BRH 1 |
OUL 1 |
SNE 2 |
GOO 3 |
SIL 1 |
CRY 1† |
BRH 2 |
OUL 3 |
1st | 48 | 1st | ||||
| 1966 | Roy Pierpoint | Ford Falcon Sprint
|
D | SNE Ret |
GOO Ret |
SIL | CRY 1† |
BRH 1 |
BRH Ret |
OUL | BRH | 16th | 16 | 5th | ||||
1967
|
Roy Pierpoint | Ford Falcon Sprint
|
D | BRH 6 |
SNE 3 |
SIL 4 |
SIL Ret |
MAL Ret† |
SIL Ret |
SIL | OUL 4† |
BRH 16 |
15th | 16 | 4th | |||
| Ford Mustang | BRH Ret |
|||||||||||||||||
1968
|
Roy Pierpoint | Ford Falcon Sprint
|
D | BRH Ret |
THR Ret |
SIL 2 |
CRY 3† |
MAL 3† |
BRH Ret |
SIL 3 |
CRO 1 |
OUL 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH Ret |
5th | 44 | 2nd | |
1969
|
Bill Shaw Racing | Ford Falcon Sprint
|
D | BRH 1 |
SIL 2 |
SNE 1 |
THR 1 |
SIL 1 |
BRH 4 |
BRH Ret |
7th | 44 | 1st | |||||
| Chevrolet Camaro | CRY Ret† |
MAL Ret† |
CRO 1 |
SIL 1 |
OUL Ret |
|||||||||||||
1970
|
Bill Shaw Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Z28
|
D | BRH Ret |
SNE 3 |
THR 3 |
SIL Ret |
CRY Ret† |
SIL Ret |
BRH Ret |
OUL | BRH Ret |
BRH | 31st | 8 | 6th | ||
| SRG | Ford Mustang | SIL 36 |
CRO | |||||||||||||||
1971
|
SCA Freight Ltd. | Chevrolet Camaro Z28
|
D | BRH | SNE 5 |
THR | SIL | CRY | SIL | CRO | SIL | OUL | BRH | MAL | BRH | 41st | 2 | 8th |
Source:[4]
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
References
- ^ Notice of death – Roy Pierpoint (1929–2023)
- ^ Motor Sport, September 1949, Pages 351–353. See also: Crystal Palace Official Programme, National Car Race Meeting, Page 11, 5 September 1964.
- ^ Racing Car Show 1966, Official Catalogue and Guide, Page 11.
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 10 October 2022.