Alan Morrison (born 3 March 1971) is a British

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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

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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 The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), officially known as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by ...

's newly introduced Class B. With his Peugeot 306 Gti he won the class championship with 13 class victories. He is probably best known that year for a huge crash at

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where he went into a barrel roll going round the Grand Prix circuit. In 2002 he got a BTCC touring class works drive for

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, ran by Arena in a Honda Civic Type-R. He drove with

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as teammate and finished 9th in the championship, including one race win, at

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. He stayed with the team the following year with a new teammate in

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, and finished an impressive 5th on points. Morrison returned to the BTCC in 2009, as a late entry back with

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(under the Team Aon banner) in a Ford Focus ST but left the team after the

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weekend.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

( key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2001 all races, 2006–present just in first race, 2001 in class) Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 2001–present all races, 2001 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given – 2001–present all races)

References

External links

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BTCC Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Alan 1971 births Living people Racing drivers from Northern Ireland British Touring Car Championship drivers Arena Motorsport drivers People from Killyleagh Motorsport people from County Down