Bill McGovern

William McGovern (born 2 January 1937) was a British racing driver.

McGovern is best known for becoming the first person to win three British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) driver titles. He won three consecutive titles between 1970 and 1972 with a George Bevan-prepared Sunbeam Imp.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results (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 12 13 DC Pts Class 1965 Flintstone Racing Austin Mini Cooper S BRHRet OUL SNE GOO SIL CRY BRH OUL NC 0 NC 1966 Paul Emery Hillman Imp SNERet GOO SILRet CRYovr:5†cls:2† BRH BRHovr:16cls:5 OULRet† BRH 24th 6 6th 1967 Paul Emery Hillman Imp BRHRet SNE SIL SILRet MAL SIL SIL BRH OUL BRH NC 0 NC 1969 George Bevan Sunbeam Imp BRH SIL SNE THR SIL CRY MAL CRO SIL OUL BRH BRHRet NC 0 NC 1970 George Bevan Sunbeam Imp BRHRet SNEovr:13cls:1 THRovr:17cls:1 SILovr:11cls:1 CRYovr:3†cls:1† SILovr:15cls:1 SILovr:16cls:1 CROovr:9cls:1 BRHovr:23cls:2 OULovr:19cls:2 BRHovr:19cls:1 BRH 1st 72 1st 1971 George Bevan Sunbeam Imp BRHovr:11cls:1 OULovr:2cls:1 THRRet SILovr:15cls:1 CRYovr:2†cls:1† SILRet CROovr:9cls:1 SILovr:14cls:1 OULovr:10cls:1 BRHovr:10cls:1 MALovr:7†cls:1† BRHovr:13cls:1 1st 81 1st 1972 George Bevan Sunbeam Imp BRHovr:7cls:1 OULovr:12cls:1 THRovr:9cls:1 SILovr:16cls:1 CRYovr:5†cls:1† BRHovr:12cls:1 OULovr:8cls:1 SILovr:14cls:1 MALovr:6†cls:1† BRHovr:13cls:1 1st 63 1st 1973 George Bevan Sunbeam Imp BRHRet SILovr:11cls:1 THRRet THRRet SILovr:11cls:1 INGDNS BRHovr:1†cls:1† SILovr:11cls:1 BRHRet 7th 36 2nd 1974 George Bevan Volkswagen Passat TS MAL BRHRet SILovr:?cls:? OUL THR SILovr:?cls:? THR BRHRet ING BRH OUL SNE BRH NC 0 NC † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.