John Simon Bintcliffe (born 7 February 1966 in

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) is a British

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. He has been involved in the

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as both driver and team owner. Bintcliffe competed in the Honda CR-X Challenge in 1993, and won the Renault Clio Cup in 1994, and the Ford Credit Fiesta series in 1995. Bintcliffe competed in the

for

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from 1996 to 1998, teamed with series champions

Frank Biela Frank Stanley Biela (born 2 August 1964) is a German auto racing driver, mainly competing in touring cars and sportscar racing. He has raced exclusively in cars manufactured by the Audi marque since 1990. Career Biela started his career in 19 ...

and

Yvan Muller Yvan Muller (born 16 August 1969) is a French auto racing driver most noted for success in touring car racing. He is a four-time World Touring Car Championship, World Touring Car Champion, winning the title in 2008 with SEAT, in 2010 and 2011 wit ...

. Due to its Quattro 4-wheel drive system, Audi initially had the best car, and despite his lack of experience John was able to twice finish 7th in the championship, taking 2 race wins against many higher profile drivers. However, the team struggled in 1998, and John was 15th overall, only just ahead of independent champion

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. This may be an unfair reflection on John, given teammate Muller's success; in the same year Frank Biela only mustered 14th place in the German equivalent series, using the same 2-wheel drive Audi. Bintcliffe is the team manager for the Bintcliffe Sport team, based on the Barr Lane estate in York. Having run Paul O'Neill in the MGF Cup, they raced in the BTCC's Class B in 2000 (with

Rob Collard Robert John Collard (born 1 October 1968) is a British auto racing driver from Hampshire, best known for racing in the British Touring Car Championship, winning two races in a West Surrey Racing MG, and claiming the Independent's Cup title in 2 ...

among their drivers), and the equivalent Production Class in 2001. They also ran

Jason Plato Timothy Jason Plato (born 14 October 1967) is a British auto racing, racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) for BTC Racing. He has twice been List of BTCC champions, BTCC Champion, in 2001 British Touring ...

and

Darren Manning Darren Manning (born 30 April 1975) is a British motor racing driver who has raced in the IRL IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Career history Early career Manning was born in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire ...

in ASCAR. John returned to racing in 2011 racing in an Audi R8 LMS in the British GT championship for

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. Bintcliffe is now director of Donotbend Ltd., a designer furniture outlet based in Minskip near York.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded 1998 only)

Complete British GT Championship results

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

References

Profile at BTCCPages
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bintcliffe, John 1966 births Living people British Touring Car Championship drivers Sportspeople from Bridlington English racing drivers British GT Championship drivers Sportspeople from Yorkshire Renault UK Clio Cup drivers Audi Sport drivers United Autosports drivers 20th-century English sportsmen