Vince Woodman

Vincent Michael Woodman (6 August 1937 – 2 June 2021) was a British racing driver. He started racing in 1965 and competed mainly in touring cars, mostly with cars from the Ford marque. In 1973, he finished third overall in the British Saloon Car Championship, driving a 1300cc Ford Escort. He finished fifth in the BSCC in 1982, winning four races outright, the last wins for a Ford Capri. Woodman died on 2 June 2021.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring 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 14 15 Pts Class 1966 VMW Motors Ford Cortina Lotus SNE GOO SIL CRY BRH BRH OUL BRH12^ 30th 4 9th 1967 VMW Motors Ford Cortina Lotus BRHRet^ SNE SIL SIL MALRet† SIL SIL BRH OUL BRH17 30th 4 10th 1969 VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT BRH22^ SIL14 SNE10 THR SIL CRY MAL CRO SIL OULRet BRH9^ BRHRet 21st 10 6th 1970 VMW Motors Ford Escort 1.0 BRHRet^ SNE17 THR18 SIL18 CRY5† SIL25 SIL21^ CRORet^ BRH 7th 44 4th Ford Escort 1300 GT OUL11 BRH14^ BRH8 9th 1971 VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT BRH7^ OULRet THR7 SIL11 CRY1† SIL11 CRORet SILRet OUL9 BRH6 MAL4† BRH8 5th 59 2nd 1972 VMW Motors Ford Escort 1300 GT BRH5 OULRet THR6 SILRet CRY3† BRHRet OULRet SIL?^ MALRet† BRHRet 13th 22 3rd 1973 Team Esso Uniflo Ford Escort 1300 BDA BRH7 SIL7 THRRet THR6 SIL4 INGRet^ BRH5† SILRet^ 3rd 51 2nd Ford Escort RS1600 BRH9 NC 1974 Team Esso Uniflo Chevrolet Camaro Z28 MAL3† BRH4 SIL3 OUL3 THR SIL1 THRRet BRHDNS ING5† BRH2† OUL3 SNE? BRH2 10th 39 3rd 1975 Team Esso Uniflo Chevrolet Camaro Z28 MAL5† BRH2 OULRet THR7 SIL3 BRH2† THR3 SIL4 MAL?† SNE2 SIL2 ING1† BRH1† OUL1 BRH3 5th 64 3rd 1976 Team Esso Uniflo Ford Capri II 3.0s BRH? SIL9 OULDNS THR6 THR SILRet BRH1 MAL4† SNE5† BRH7 14th 24 5th 1977 Team Esso Uniflo Ford Capri II 3.0s SILRet BRH? OUL6† THR1 SIL2 THR6 DON7† SIL5 DONRet† BRH3 THR4 BRH3 11th 18 4th 1978 Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0s SIL6 OUL7† THR2 BRHRet† SILRet† DON4† MALRet† BRH5 DON3† BRH6 THR5 OUL5† 13th 24 4th 1979 Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0s SIL5 OUL4† THR2 SIL6 DON4 SILDSQ MAL5† DON2 BRH? THR SNE2 OUL 13th 37 4th 1980 Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0s MAL3† OUL3† THR2 SIL3 SIL4 BRH3 MAL4† BRH4 THRRet SIL3 9th 36 3rd 1981 Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0s MAL3† SIL3 OUL4† THR1 BRH7† SIL5 SIL26 DONRet† BRHRet THR4 SIL4 11th 35 5th 1982 Equipe Esso Ford Capri III 3.0s SIL3 MAL2† OUL6† THR1 THR1 SIL2 DON1 BRH4 DONRet BRH1 SIL7 5th 60 2nd 1984 BMW (GB) Ltd BMW 635CSi DONDNS SIL OUL5 THR6 THR7 SIL SNE BRH4 BRH5 DON6 SIL6 18th 10 9th 1989 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v OUL SIL THR DON12‡ THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL 35th 6 9th 1990 Graham Hathaway Racing Ford Sierra RS500 OUL DON THR SIL OUL SIL BRHRet‡ SNE BRH BIR DON THR SIL NC 0 NC † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Endurance driver.

^ Race with 2 heats - Aggregate result.