Martyn Bell

Martyn Nicholas Bell (born 17 July 1964) is a former auto racing driver. He raced BMWs in various championships including for four year the British Touring Car Championship. He won one overall title and three class titles in his nine years of driving BMWs for Geoff Steel (himself a former BTCC racer) and was the first person to campaign a BMW E46 in the UK.

Bell driving the Geoff Steel Racing-run BMW at the Brands Hatch round of the 2006 British Touring Car Championship.

In 2006, Bell and Steel moved into the BTCC in a 320i. He returned for the 2007 BTCC season with the same car under the team allaboutproperty.com Team banner. In 2008, he teamed up with fellow BTCC racer Erkut Kızılırmak with two former works Vauxhall Astra Sports Hatch for Team Arkas Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport. He competed in the 2009 championship in a two-car Tech-Speed Motorsport outfit, alongside Paul O'Neill.

Bell took a sabbatical from motorsport for 2010 due to a hip injury he sustained during the previous year.

Personal Bell is primarily a family man, married with two children and the Proprietor of Martyn Bell Motor Engineers Limited in Barrow upon Humber, some from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. He currently lives in South Ferriby, a hamlet three miles outside Barrow upon Humber.

Racing record

Bell driving at the Oulton Park round of the 2006 British Touring Car Championship. Bell is pursued by Simon Blanckley at the Snetterton round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.

Career summary Season Series Team/Car Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points PositionPre1996 Motocross ? ? ? ? 1997 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30) ? ? ? 4thin class 1998 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30) ? ? ? ? 1999 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 1stin class 2000 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 1stin class 2001 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 1stin class 2002 BMW Championship (BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 2nd 2003 Kumho BMW Championship (BMW M3 E46) ? ? ? 3rdin class(7thOverall) 2004 Kumho BMW Championship (BMW M3 E46) ? ? ? 1st 2005 Kumho BMW Championship (BMW M3 E46) ? ? ? 2ndin class(4thoverall) 2006 British Touring Car Championship Geoff Steel Racing(BMW 320i E46) 30 0 0 0 0 8 18th 2007 British Touring Car Championship Team Allaboutproperty.com(BMW 320i E46) 30 0 0 0 0 3 21st 2008 British Touring Car Championship Arkas Racing with Sunshine.co.uk(Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch) 30 0 0 0 0 0 23rd 2009 British Touring Car Championship Sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Motorsport(Honda Integra Type R) 21 0 0 0 0 2 23rd Bell driving the Arkas Racing Vauxhall Astra during the 2008 British Touring Car Championship.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) ( signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races)