1. Timothy James Harvey was born on 20 November 1961 and is a British racing driver, best known for being the 1992 British Touring Car Champion, and the 2008 and 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain champion.
27 Facts About Tim Harvey
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Tim Harvey was the winner of the invitational Guia Race of Macau touring car event, in 1989.
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In seven full seasons in the championship, Tim Harvey finished in the top four of the final championship standings in each season, and left the series after a class victory in the Porsche Carrera World Cup meeting at the Nurburgring, with a series record of 35 overall victories.
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In 1984 and 1985, Tim Harvey raced in the MG Metro Challenge.
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Tim Harvey won five of the last seven races, having previously only won once.
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Tim Harvey had a difficult 1993 season developing the Renault 19 for the new Renault entry but still managed to win the European Grand Prix support race in lurid conditions, while he was outpaced by team-mate Alain Menu in 1994 in the new Laguna.
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Tim Harvey raced for Volvo in 1995, using his wealth of experience to develop the all new Volvo 850 saloon, finishing 5th overall and taking 2 wins but generally unable to match team-mate Rickard Rydell.
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Tim Harvey's experience was then used to develop the new Peugeot 406, signing with the French marque in 1996 but was unable to deliver the win that eluded Peugeot during the heyday of the supertouring years.
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Tim Harvey drove for Peugeot in the 1996,1997 and 1998 seasons, his best year being 1997 where he finished 9th in the championship, which included two 2nd-place finishes, and strong drives in the wet at Thruxton.
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Tim Harvey has raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup for several years, finishing second to Richard Westbrook in 2004 and Damien Faulkner in 2006.
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In 2007, Tim Harvey drove for Redline Racing in the new 997 Porsche GT3 in the British edition of the Carrera Cup.
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Tim Harvey holds series records for podium finishes and fastest laps.
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Tim Harvey finished third in 2009, taking his first win of the year in race 6 at Thruxton and a double win at Snetterton.
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Tim Harvey then opened 2010 with nine wins in the first ten races.
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Tim Harvey wrapped up the 2010 title with one race to spare at Brands Hatch on 9 October with a second-place finish behind Stephen Jelley to ensure that he could not be caught by championship runner up Michael Caine.
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Tim Harvey explained during the ITV4 coverage of the Oulton Park BTCC round on 5 June 2011 that he was not entirely retiring from racing and would be reappearing somewhere before long whilst continuing to commentate for ITV.
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Tim Harvey finished 13th overall, ahead of a number of the faster Supercup models.
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Tim Harvey twice won the BRDC C2 Championship in 1988 and 1989.
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Tim Harvey has contested the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times, winning his class in 1987.
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Tim Harvey won the British Sports Car Championship in 1999.
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Tim Harvey is a double winner of the Oulton Park Gold Cup in 2000 and 2001, joining previous winners Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and many others.
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Tim Harvey has made sporadic albeit successful outings in the British GT Championship, winning alongside various drivers in 2004 and 2005.
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Tim Harvey has been a Touring car winner internationally, coming first in the Macau Grand Prix street race in 1989 and the Wellington International in 1994.
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Tim Harvey has successfully raced in Japan, Australia, South Africa and all over Europe.
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On 19 June 2011, Tim Harvey won a Round of the Ginetta GT Supercup at Croft.
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Tim Harvey has coached the Oxford University Motor Drivers Club to success in the British Universities Karting Championship.
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In 2008, Tim Harvey was appointed Director of the British Racing Drivers' Club SuperStars program, designed to support the most promising young British drivers both financially and in an advisory role.