Alan Morrison (racing driver)


Alan Morrison is a British racing driver who resides in Northern Ireland.

Racing career

A former British Champion in motocross and winner of a single 125cc Motocross World Championship race, he first started circuit racing in the Ford Fiesta championship in 1997 and again this time winning the championship in 1998. He entered the Vauxhall Vectra Sri Challenge in 1999, finishing 2nd on points. For 2000 Morrison was in the British Touring Car Championship's newly introduced class B. With his Peugeot 306 Gti he won the class championship with 13 class B wins. He is probably best known that year for a huge crash at Brands Hatch where he went into a barrel roll going round the Grand Prix circuit. In 2002 he got a BTCC touring class works drive for Honda, ran by Arena in a Honda Civic Type-R. He drove with Andy Priaulx as teammate and finished 9th in the championship, including one race win, at Donington Park. He stayed with the team the following year with a new teammate in Matt Neal, and finished an impressive 5th on points. Morrison returned to the BTCC in 2009, as a late entry back with Arena Motorsport in a Ford Focus ST but left the team after the Oulton Park weekend.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded * signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded
YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPts
2000VIP Touring Car ClubPeugeot 306 GTiBRH
1

12
BRH
2

Ret
DON
1

10
DON
2

13
THR
1

11
THR
2

7
KNO
1

NC
KNO
2

9
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2
Ret
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

7
CRO
1

10
CRO
2

7
SNE
1

7
SNE
2

13
DON
1
11
DON
2

12
BRH
1
11
BRH
2
15
OUL
1
10
OUL
2
13
SIL
1
9
SIL
2
Ret
1st264
2002Honda RacingHonda Civic Type-RBRH
1
Ret
BRH
2
Ret
OUL
1
10
OUL
2
5
THR
1
12
THR
2
8
SIL
1
5
SIL
2
Ret*
MON
1
Ret
MON
2
6
CRO
1
6
CRO
2
Ret*
SNE
1
6
SNE
2
Ret
KNO
1
5
KNO
2
10
BRH
1
8
BRH
2
2
DON
1
10
DON
2

1*
−59th68
2003Honda RacingHonda Civic Type-RMON
1
3
MON
2
5
BRH
1
7
BRH
2
8*
THR
1
5
THR
2
2
SIL
1
4
SIL
2
Ret
ROC
1

2*
ROC
2
Ret*
CRO
1
Ret*
CRO
2
4
SNE
1

Ret*
SNE
2
2
BRH
1
14
BRH
2
3
DON
1
5
DON
2
5*
OUL
1
2*
OUL
2
Ret
5th125
2009Team AonFord Focus STBRH
1
13
BRH
2
15
BRH
3
12
THR
1
Ret
THR
2
Ret
THR
3
Ret
DON
1
16
DON
2
13
DON
3
15
OUL
1
14
OUL
2
10
OUL
3
10
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
24th2