Richard Longman

Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team. The following year, he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984, he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.

Longman also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.

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 DC Pts Class 1970 Downton Engineering Ltd BMC Mini Cooper S BRH12 SNE12 THR11 SILDNQ CRYDNS SIL SIL CRO BRH OUL BRH BRH 13th 20 3rd 1976 Richard Longman BMC Mini Cooper S BRH SIL OUL THR THR? SIL BRH MAL SNE BRH 30th 6 8th 1977 Patrick Motor Group Mini 1275 GT SIL BRH OUL THR SIL? THR? DON3† SIL16 DON1† BRH? THR? BRH11 5th 28 2nd 1978 Patrick MotorSport Mini 1275 GT SIL10 OUL3† THR? BRH3† SIL3† DON4† MALRet BRH? DON3† BRH? THR? OUL4† 1st 100 1st 1979 Patrick MotorSport Mini 1275 GT SIL14 OUL2† THR20 SIL18 DON? SIL? MAL3† DON? BRH? THR? SNE15 OUL5† 1st 97 1st 1980 Datapost Racing Ford Fiesta MAL2† OUL4† THR12 SILRet SILRet BRH? MAL4† BRH14 14th 24 5th THR? SILRet 7th 1981 Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS MALRet† SIL15 OUL13† THR? BRH7† SIL? SIL18 DON6† BRH14 THR? SIL11 5th 58 2nd 1982 Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso Austin Metro 1300 HLS SIL10 MAL9† OUL4† THR13 THR13 SIL15 DONRet BRH16 DON10 BRH7 SIL? 2nd 72 1st 1983 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i SIL14 OUL9 THR16 BRH13 THR10 SILRet DONRet SIL11 DON11 BRH11 SIL12 7th 35 4th 1984 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS1600i DON16 SIL10 OUL10 THR12 THRRet SIL? SNE12 BRH13 BRH13 DON13 SIL12 2nd 74 1st 1985 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL6 DON8 SIL5 SNE4 BRH7 BRH18 SILRet 7th 45 4th 1986 Royal Mail Datapost Ford Escort RS Turbo SIL5 THR7 SIL3 DON3 BRH8 SNE3 BRH7 DONRet SIL3 2nd 64 1st

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.