Mark Howard (born 9 January 1965) is a British racing driver who competed 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 ...

in 2016, after winning the

Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Clio Cup Great Britain is an entry-level one-make touring car racing motorsport category, and the current name in the long history of Renault one-make cups in the UK. It currently attracts drivers from across the United Kingdom to compete along w ...

Masters title in

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Racing career

Howard began his career in the Renault 5 ELF Turbo UK Cup, which he won in 1993. He then had an 18-year hiatus from racing until 2011 when he returned to racing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup. He went on to finish 9th in the championship standings that season. He switched to the

championship in

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, he finished 12th in the championship that year. He went on to win the Clio Cup Masters title in

, finishing 13th in the overall standings. In March 2016, it was announced that Howard would make his

debut with the debuting Team BKR driving a

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Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

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* * 1965 births Living people British Touring Car Championship drivers English racing drivers Renault UK Clio Cup drivers Sportspeople from Norwich 20th-century English sportsmen {{UK-autoracing-bio-stub