Richard Marsh (born 24 September 1967) is an

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driver from

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, England. After competing in the Ford Fiesta championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup he graduated to the production class of the

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midway through the 2003 season with John Batchelor's Team Varta squad. He remained with the team for

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in the Touring Class, initially driving a

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but subsequently a

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. For

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he rejoined the BTCC at its halfway point again driving a Peugeot 307 entered by Team Griffin Motorsport with sponsorship from Farécla. He did not score any points in his first race back, and the team missed several races due to unreliable machinery. For the final round they converted the car to bio-ethanol, qualifying ahead of 6 other cars. For 2007 he and

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teamed up to drive

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cars for Gary Ayles in the series. He scored no points, and missed the final two rounds following the multiple collision at

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. He is no longer racing in the series.

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

External links

Profile from btcc.net

richardmarsh.com
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