Doc Shepherd
George "Doc" Shepherd | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Bromley, England | 13 May 1900
Died | October 1986 Cambridge, England | (aged 86)
Retired | 1963 |
British Saloon Car Championship | |
Years active | 5 |
Teams | Team Speedwell Don Moore Racing |
Starts | 30 |
Wins | 2 (13 in class) |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 17 |
Best finish | 1st in 1960 |
Championship titles | |
1959 1960 | BSCC - Class A British Saloon Car Championship |
George Corbyn "Doc" Shepherd (13 May 1900 – October 1986) was a British racing driver. He entered the inaugural year of the British Saloon Car Championship in 1958, driving a class A Austin A35 where he finished fourth on points and second in class. in 1959, he finished second in the championship in an Austin A40. He became the BSCC champion a year later in 1960 for the Don Moore Racing Team.[1]
Racing record[edit]
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results[edit]
(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 | DC | Pts | Class |
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1958 | Team Speedwell | Austin A35 | A | BRH 5† | BRH 2‡ | MAL 2† | BRH 2† | BRH Ret† | CRY 6 | BRH ? | BRH 6 | BRH 6 | 4th | 41 | 2nd | ||
1959 | Doc Shepherd | Austin A40 | A | GOO ? | AIN ? | SIL 12 | CRY 2 | SNE 5 | BRH Ret† | BRH Ret† | 2nd | 42 | 1st | ||||
1960 | Don Moore Racing | Austin A40 | BRH 1 | SNE 3 | MAL 1 | OUL Ret | SNE 3 | BRH 5 | BRH 2 | BRH Ret | 1st | 48 | |||||
1961 | Doc Shepherd | Austin Mini Seven | A | SNE ? | GOO ? | AIN Ret | SIL Ret | CRY 7 | 11th | 18 | 4th | ||||||
BMW 700 CS | SIL DNS | BRH | OUL | SNE | |||||||||||||
1963 | Doc Shepherd | Morris Mini Cooper | A | SNE | OUL | GOO | AIN ? | SIL | CRY | SIL | BRH | BRH | OUL | SIL | NC | 0 | NC |
Source:[2] |
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
‡ Event with 3 races staged for the different classes.
References[edit]
- ^ "BTCC CHAMPIONS". British Touring Car Championship Pages. Archived from the original on 10 March 2001.
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 3 October 2022.