James Shead

James Shead (born 19 August 1965) is a British racing driver. His father, Don was also a racing driver.

In 1988, Shead won class C in the British Touring Car Championship. He finished eighth overall in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI. In the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, he finished third in class C2 and 25th overall for Team Mako alongside Robbie Stirling and Ross Hyett.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded 1987-1989 all races)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Pts Class 1988 John Maguire Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI SILDNS OUL THRovr:13cls:1 DONovr:19cls:1 THRovr:18cls:2 SILovr:18cls:1 SILovr:14cls:2 BRHovr:16cls:2 SNEovr:16cls:2 BRHDNS BIRC DONovr:19cls:1 SILovr:15cls:2 8th 31 1st 1990 Hawaiian Tropic Ford Sierra Sapphire OUL DONRet‡ THR SIL OUL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON THR SIL NC 0 NC ‡ Endurance driver.