Bill McGovern (racing driver)

Bill McGovern
Bill McGovern
	McGovern's Championship-winning Sunbeam Imp
Nationality	British
Born	2 January 1937 (age 87); Sligo, Ireland
Retired	1989
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active	9
Teams	Flintstone Racing; Paul Emery; George Bevan
Starts	54
Wins	1 (31 in class)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	35
Best finish	1st in 1970, 1971 and 1972
Championship titles
1970, 1971, 1972; 1970, 1971, 1972	British Saloon Car Championship; BSCC - Class A

William McGovern (born 2 January 1937) is a British former racing driver.

McGovern is best known for becoming the first person to win three British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) driver titles.^[1] He won three consecutive titles between 1970 and 1972 with a George Bevan-prepared Sunbeam Imp.^{[citation needed]}

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts	Class
1965	Flintstone Racing	Austin Mini Cooper S	B	BRH Ret	OUL	SNE	GOO	SIL	CRY	BRH	OUL						NC	0	NC
1966	Paul Emery	Hillman Imp	A	SNE Ret	GOO	SIL Ret	CRY 5†	BRH	BRH 16	OUL Ret†	BRH						24th	6	6th
1967	Paul Emery	Hillman Imp	A	BRH Ret	SNE	SIL	SIL Ret	MAL	SIL	SIL	BRH	OUL	BRH				NC	0	NC
1969	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH	SIL	SNE	THR	SIL	CRY	MAL	CRO	SIL	OUL	BRH	BRH Ret		NC	0	NC
1970	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH Ret	SNE 13	THR 17	SIL 11	CRY 3†	SIL 15	SIL 16	CRO 9	BRH 23	OUL 19	BRH 19	BRH		1st	72	1st
1971	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH 11	OUL 2	THR Ret	SIL 15	CRY 2†	SIL Ret	CRO 9	SIL 14	OUL 10	BRH 10	MAL 7†	BRH 13		1st	81	1st
1972	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH 7	OUL 12	THR 9	SIL 16	CRY 5†	BRH 12	OUL 8	SIL 14	MAL 6†	BRH 13				1st	63	1st
1973	George Bevan	Sunbeam Imp	A	BRH Ret	SIL 11	THR Ret	THR Ret	SIL 11	ING DNS	BRH 1†	SIL 11	BRH Ret					7th	36	2nd
1974	George Bevan	Volkswagen Passat TS	A	MAL	BRH Ret	SIL ?	OUL	THR	SIL ?	THR	BRH Ret	ING	BRH	OUL	SNE	BRH	NC	0	NC
Source:^[2]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

References

^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010. Official list of BTCC Champions
^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 25 September 2022.