Jon Dooley

Jon Dooley (29 April 1946 – 2 September 2020)^[1] was a British auto racing driver. He finished third overall in the British Touring Car Championship on three occasions, in 1981, 1984 and 1987 competing in cars from the Alfa Romeo marque. He competed in the BSCC/BTCC from 1976 to 1989, all but one race in an Alfa Romeo.^[2]

Racing record[edit]

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts	Class
1976	Campari Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	A	BRH ?	SIL Ret	OUL	THR 17	THR	SIL	BRH Ret	MAL ?†	SNE ?†	BRH ?				10th	28	3rd
1977	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	C	SIL	BRH ?	OUL ?†	THR ?	SIL ?	THR	DON	SIL Ret	DON ?†	BRH	THR	BRH		31st	1	9th
1978	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	C	SIL ?	OUL	THR	BRH	SIL ?	DON ?†	MAL ?†	BRH Ret	DON 10†	BRH ?	THR	OUL		22nd	17	6th
1979	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	A	SIL	OUL 7†	THR 25	SIL 23	DON ?	SIL ?	MAL 5†	DON ?	BRH ?	THR ?	SNE ?	OUL		11th	39	3rd
1980	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	A	MAL 10†	OUL	THR 15	SIL 20	SIL Ret	BRH ?	MAL 5†	BRH ?	THR ?	SIL 22				5th	58	2nd
1980	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	C	MAL 9†						MAL ?†							5th	58	8th
1981	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	A	MAL 4†	SIL 13	OUL 4†	THR ?	BRH 6†	SIL ?	SIL 16	DON 10†	BRH 16	THR ?	SIL 10			3rd	65	1st
1982	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	C	SIL Ret		OUL 8†	THR 15	THR 22	SIL Ret	DON 15	BRH 10	DON Ret	BRH Ret	SIL 8			8th	49	2nd
1982	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	A		MAL 6†	OUL Ret†											8th	49	6th
1983	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	B	SIL Ret	OUL 4	THR 4	BRH 6	THR Ret	SIL Ret	DON Ret	SIL 10	DON Ret	BRH 18	SIL 9			6th	36	3rd
1984	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	B	DON 12	SIL Ret	OUL Ret	THR 19	THR 8	SIL 12	SNE 7	BRH 8	BRH 8	DON 9	SIL 11			3rd	51	1st
1985	John West Foods Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	B	SIL 7	OUL 5	THR Ret	DON 7	THR 4	SIL 9	DON 9	SIL 6	SNE Ret	BRH Ret	BRH 8	SIL Ret		9th	43	3rd
1986	John West Foods Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo 75	B	SIL	THR 6	SIL Ret	DON Ret	BRH NC	SNE 6	BRH 9	DON 6	SIL 6					10th	23	4th
1987	John West Foods Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	B	SIL 9	OUL 12	THR 12	THR DNS	SIL Ret	SIL 18	BRH 9	SNE 9	DON 8	OUL 8	DON 15	SIL 8		3rd	47	2nd
1988	Brookside Garage	Alfa Romeo 75	B	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	BRH	BIR	DON DNQ	SIL Ret	NC	0	NC
1989	Terry Drury Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL	SIL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	BRH	BIR	DON	SIL ?	NC	0	NC
Source:^[3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

References[edit]

^ "Jon Dooley 1946-2020". www.aroc-uk.com. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2009. Official 1987 BTCC standings
^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

External links[edit]

Jon Dooley career summary at DriverDB.com

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[1] "Jon Dooley 1946-2020". www.aroc-uk.com. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[2] "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2009. Official 1987 BTCC standings

[3] Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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