Alan Minshaw

Alan Minshaw
Alan Minshaw
	Alan Minshaw's 1988 British Touring Car Championship BMW M3
Nationality	British
Born	17 May 1935; Liverpool, Lancashire, England
British Saloon / Touring Car Championship
Years active	9
Teams	Demon Tweeks Racing
Starts	51
Wins	0 (3 in class)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	2nd in 1983
Championship titles
1983	British Saloon Car Championship - Class C

Alan Minshaw (born 17 May 1935) is a British former racing driver. In 1983 he won Class C and finished second overall in the British Saloon Car Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi.[1]

Demon Tweeks Westfield in 2009

As of 2012, Minshaw owned a varied collection of historic racing vehicles, and regularly competed alongside his sons.[2]

Racing record

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts	Class
1979	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Scirocco GTI	B	SIL ?	OUL Ret†	THR 26	SIL Ret	DON	SIL	MAL Ret†	DON	BRH	THR	SNE	OUL ?†		32nd	4	7th
1981	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	B	MAL	SIL 21	OUL	THR	BRH 14†	SIL ?	SIL 20	DON DNS	BRH	THR ?	SIL			28th	5	9th
1983	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	SIL 11	OUL 12	THR 11	BRH 10	THR 11	SIL 9	DON 12	SIL 12	DON 8	BRH 14	SIL Ret			2nd	45	1st
1984	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	B	DON	SIL	OUL	THR	THR	SIL	SNE	BRH	BRH	DON Ret	SIL 16			27th	2	11th
1985	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	B	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	DON	SIL 12	SNE	BRH	BRH	SIL		33rd	1	10th
1986	Demon Tweeks Racing	Toyota Corolla GT	C	SIL	THR	SIL	DON	BRH 13	SNE 10	BRH	DON	SIL					15th	10	5th
1987	Demon Tweeks Racing	Toyota Corolla GT	D	SIL 10‡	OUL WD	THR	THR	SIL									19th	14	NC
1987	Demon Tweeks Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C						SIL 22	BRH 12	SNE	DON Ret	OUL 10	DON Ret	SIL		19th	14	3rd
1988	Demon Tweeks	BMW M3	B	SIL 7	OUL 7	THR 8	DON Ret	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH 21	SNE	BRH	BIR			14th	23	7th
1988	Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C												DON Ret	SIL 13	14th	23	4th
1989	Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	OUL Ret	SIL 22	THR 24	DON 16	THR Ret	SIL 22	SIL 24	BRH 18	SNE 20	BRH Ret				19th	24	5th
1989	Demon Tweeks	BMW M3	B											BIR DNQ	DON 16	SIL	19th	24	13th
Source:[3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Guest driver - not eligible for points.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts
1987	Demon Tweeks	Volkswagen Golf GTI	MNZ	JAR	DIJ	NÜR	SPA	BNO	SIL DNQ	BAT	CLD	WEL	FJI	NC	0

"BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2010. Official 1983 BTCC standings
"Classic racing stars at Silverstone". Racecar.com. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

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