24 Facts About Dave Newsham

David Robert Newsham was born on 7 July 1967 and is a British racing driver and businessman.

Dave Newsham raced in the British Touring Car Championship from 2011 to 2017, but in 2016, he competed in the British Rallycross Championship, only entering two rounds of the BTCC in place of Kelvin Fletcher.

Dave Newsham announced his retirement from the BTCC on 9 January 2018.

Dave Newsham scored one race win at Silverstone and finished fifth on points at the end of the season.

In 2011, Dave Newsham stepped up to the British Touring Car Championship.

Dave Newsham started the season driving for Geoff Steel Racing, with a Super 2000 BMW 320si.

Dave Newsham scored a point in his first race at Brands Hatch, but a disappointing weekend at Donington Park which included two retirements prompted him to leave the team.

Dave Newsham started on pole position for the reversed grid race at Snetterton but fell down the order to 8th at the end after taking wheel damage.

Dave Newsham finished the season 15th in the Drivers Championship, four places down on his teammate despite having missed the round at Thruxton.

In 2012, Dave Newsham switched to an ex-Triple Eight Race Engineering S2000 spec Vauxhall Vectra run by Team ES Racing.

Dave Newsham achieved his first pole position at Brands Hatch at the start of the season, setting his time during the middle of the session and stayed at the top of the timesheet.

Dave Newsham was in contention for the win in race 1 until Jason Plato made contact with him and he retired.

Dave Newsham took a third place podium finish in the final race of the day.

Dave Newsham scored his second best result of the season at Thruxton when he finished second in the first race.

Dave Newsham won his first BTCC race in the third race at Snetterton, and added to his race wins with a lights to flag victory in the third race at Knockhill, his 'local' circuit.

Dave Newsham secured his sixth podium of the season at Silverstone in the second race, having already finished second in the first race of the day.

Dave Newsham finished the season 9th in the drivers' standings and 6th in the Independents' Trophy.

Dave Newsham tested for Speedworks Motorsport at Donington Park on 29 November 2012.

Dave Newsham signed up with AmD and drove their NGTC Ford Focus for the 2014 campaign, finishing 17th overall with a best result of 2nd.

Dave Newsham signed for Power Maxed Racing in 2015 and drove their Chevrolet Cruze.

Dave Newsham achieved a pair of 4th-place finishes during the year and finished 16th in the championship standings.

Unable to secure the budget for Touring Cars in 2016, Dave Newsham ventured into the British Rallycross Championship, again driving for Power Maxed Racing.

Dave Newsham managed a 7th place at his home race at Knockhill and 9th at Rockingham.

Dave Newsham signed for BTC Norlin Racing in 2017, again driving the Chevrolet Cruze.