Luke Hines (born 4 May 1982 in

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, Hertfordshire) is a British

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. He is the son of former

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champion and Zip Kart founder/owner Martin Hines.

Career

After a small amount of

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racing in

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, Hines tested a Production Class Alfa Romeo 156 for Gary Ayles' team following the conclusion of the 2002 British Touring Car Championship. He entered the Production Class of the

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

, with the Barwell Motorsport team. He was the class champion in a field of five full-time drivers. He did enough to be noticed by

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, who signed him for a

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

assault on the Touring Class, when he won 2 races and finished 10th overall. In

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

he switched to the

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team, moving up a place to 9th with 1 race win. He returned to the BTCC for the final two meetings of 2014 in place of Glynn Geddie at United Autosports. For 2006 he moved to the

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driving a Panoz Esperante for the LNT team. He immediately established himself as one of the front runners along with his team mate Tom Kimber-Smith and led the championship after a pair of wins at

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. Hines and Kimber-Smith ended the year second in the standings, missing out on the title by just two points. Hines returned to British GT in

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, partnering Jeremy Metcalfe in a

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GT3 and finishing runner-up a second time. He raced partial seasons in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

and for a final year in

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, in which he earned a podium at

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. Hines has established kart racing team AllStars Racing, announcing in April 2018 that he would be working with 10-year-old Deaf racer Caleb McDuff in preparation for McDuff's campaign in the 2018

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Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race, 2003 in class) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races, 2003 in class) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

References

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