Richard Longman

Richard Longman was a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert.^[1] He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team.^[2] The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984 he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.

He also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Bernard Unett	British Touring Car Champion 1978-79	Succeeded by Win Percy

British Touring Car Champions

Four-time	Andy Rouse

Three-time	Bernard Unett Bill McGovern Frank Gardner Win Percy Matt Neal Gordon Shedden

Two-time	Alain Menu Chris Hodgetts Fabrizio Giovanardi Jack Sears James Thompson Jason Plato John Cleland Richard Longman Colin Turkington

One-time	Alec Poole Andrew Jordan Doc Shepherd Frank Biela Frank Sytner Gabriele Tarquini Jeff Uren Jim Clark Joachim Winkelhock John Fitzpatrick John Love John Whitmore Laurent Aïello Rickard Rydell Robb Gravett Roy Pierpoint Tim Harvey Will Hoy Yvan Muller

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