Jerry Mahony

Jeremy John Mahony (pronounced Marny) (born 15 May 1955) is a British former racing driver, best known for driving a Ford Sierra RS500 in the British Touring Car Championship under the Arquati Racing banner. He first competed in the BTCC in 1988 and won his very first race at Silverstone having done two rounds in 1987 in a converted prodsaloon Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and also the Silverstone TT round of the WTCC in a Belgian entered Holden Commodore buying the drive with his Arquati sponsorship. That however would prove to be his only win, but he challenged consistently in his first season, finishing second in class to Andy Rouse. The following season was marred by bad luck and unreliability and included an appearance at Oulton Park in the #89 Celebrity Car in the MG Metro Turbo Challenge. A switch to a BMW M3 in 1990 did little to reverse his fortunes and he quit the sport halfway through the season. He turned his attention to his business interests, including corporate entertainments. He was arrested in 2005 alongside Vic Lee, and was jailed for 11 years on drug trafficking charges.

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 1987 Roger Dowson Engineering Ford Sierra RS Cosworth SIL OUL THR THR SIL SILRet BRHRet SNE DON OUL DON SIL NC 0 NC 1988 Arquati Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 SILovr:1cls:1 OULovr:3cls:3 THRovr:3cls:3 DONRet THRovr:3cls:3 SILovr:8cls:8 SILovr:4cls:4 BRHovr:5cls:5 SNEovr:8cls:8 BRHovr:3cls:3 BIRC DONovr:9cls:9 SILovr:5cls:5 7th 33 2nd 1989 Arquati Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 OULovr:3cls:3 SILovr:27cls:15 THRovr:6cls:6 DONRet THRRet SILovr:9cls:9 SILovr:11cls:11 BRHovr:8cls:8 SNEovr:9cls:9 BRHovr:8cls:7 BIRovr:10cls:10 DONRet SILRet 41st 5 15th 1990 Arquati Racing Team BMW M3 OULRet DONovr:11cls:6 THRRet SILovr:12cls:6 OULRet SILovr:18cls:11 BRH SNEovr:12cls:7 BRH BIRDNA DON THR SIL 23rd 16 15th

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts 1987 Alex Guyaux Holden Commodore VL MNZ JAR DIJ NÜR SPA BNO SILovr:14cls:6† BAT CLD WEL FJI NC 0 † Not eligible for points.

Complete European Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts 1988 Arquati UK Ltd Ford Sierra RS500 MNZ DON EST JAR DIJ VAL NÜR SPA ZOL SIL12 NOG NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1990 ADA Engineering Ian Harrower John Sheldon ADA 02B-Ford Cosworth C2 164 DNF DNF