David Alexander Brodie (15 May 1943 – 17 December 2024) was a British

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driver. He is best known for his time competing in the

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. His best season in the BTCC was in

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, finishing fourth overall on points.

Career

Brodie started motor racing in 1968 winning his first race at Silverstone in an Austin A35. Since then, he has completed in over 700 races and driven saloons, sports cars, and

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single seaters. Brodie was seriously injured in a crash during the

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support race for the

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at Silverstone. He is credited with being the seventh most successful driver ever at

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and has held lap records on all UK circuits. The record he set at Thruxton in 1989 for saloons remained unbroken until 1995.Having raced at virtually all the European circuits, Brodie also competed in a number of 500 km and 24-hour races. The last of these was

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when he qualified as fastest team driver and then led LM2 until the car was withdrawn in the early hours of Sunday morning. Interesting fuel consumption statistics from this event showed that during 1.5 hour driving stints, Brodie used 13 litres less than one driver and 8 litres less than the other. In later years, Brodie raced successfully in the VW saloon car series winning races and establishing new lap records. Brodie was an active director of the

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and was a director of the Springfield boys club with

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, a post he held for 27 years. He was also a director of BBR GTi, a company Brodie developed following a successful racing career beginning in the 1970s.

Personal life and death

Brodie had two sons from his first marriage to Kathy Brodie, and was later married to Peggy Brodie. David Brodie died on 17 December 2024, at the age of 81.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1973–1990 in class) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class) † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes. ‡ Endurance driver.

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) * Ineligible to score points.

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

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