Nick Foster (racing driver)

Nick Foster
Foster at the Brands Hatch Indy round of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.
Nationality British
Born (1965-10-10) 10 October 1965 (age 59)
Redditch (England)
Related toLouis Foster (son)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2011
Current teamTeam IHG Rewards Club
Car number8
Starts121
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish2nd in 2012
Previous series
2009–10
2007–08
2006		GT Cup
British GT
Radical Championship
Championship titles
1998–99Silverstone Rally Sprint Group N

Nicholas John Foster (born 10 October 1965 in Redditch, Worcestershire) is a British racing driver and businessman who has driven in the British Touring Car Championship.

Racing career

After spending the first part of his career in rallying, Foster switched to circuit racing in 2006, competing in the Radical Championship. In 2007 he began two years in the British GT Championship, driving a GT3 class Dodge Viper for Team RPM. Two years in the GT Cup followed.

British Touring Car Championship

Foster driving the eBay Motors BMW 125i at Donington Park during the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

In 2011, Foster stepped up to the British Touring Car Championship, driving for West Surrey Racing in a BMW 320si.[1] His best result of the season was a second-place finish in the reversed grid race at Croft, ahead of teammate Rob Collard. He stayed with the team for 2012, now rebranded as eBay Motors.[2] Nick remained with the WSR team for 2013, with a brand new NGTC spec BMW 1 series, alongside Collard and returning former champion Colin Turkington.[3] He stayed as part of WSR's unchanged line–up for the 2014 season.[4] Foster announced his retirement from the BTCC on 7 January 2015.

Foster is Co-Founder and CEO of Novara Technologies a company that connects the world of Medical, Telecommunications and Industrial Electronics with standard and bespoke interconnect and cable solutions.[5]

Personal life

Foster's son, Louis Foster, is a racing driver currently competing in Indy NXT.[6]

Racing record

Complete British GT 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 DC Pts
2007 Team RPM Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT3 OUL
1
10 		OUL
2
17 		DON
1
9 		DON
2
11 		SNE
1
Ret 		BRH
1
7 		BRH
2
10 		SIL
1
22 		THR
1
4 		THR
2
9 		CRO
1
7 		CRO
2
Ret 		ROC
1
5 		ROC
2
2 		17th 22
2008 Team RPM Dodge Viper Competition Coupe GT3 OUL
1
6 		OUL
2
9 		KNO
1
17 		KNO
2
DSQ 		ROC
1
4 		ROC
2
4 		SNE
1
12 		SNE
2
8 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
DNS 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
6 		DON
1
4 		SIL
1
Ret 		14th 22

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)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Pts
2011 WSR BMW 320si BRH
1
12 		BRH
2
14 		BRH
3
14 		DON
1
12 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
10 		THR
1
15 		THR
2
16 		THR
3
17 		OUL
1
6 		OUL
2
8 		OUL
3
9 		CRO
1
13 		CRO
2
7 		CRO
3
2 		SNE
1
13 		SNE
2
11 		SNE
3
9 		KNO
1
11 		KNO
2
10 		KNO
3
9 		ROC
1
5 		ROC
2
5 		ROC
3
12 		BRH
1
10 		BRH
2
10 		BRH
3
10 		SIL
1
13 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
16 		14th 47
2012 eBay Motors BMW 320si BRH
1
9 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
DNS 		DON
1
11 		DON
2
11 		DON
3
12 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
14 		THR
3
11 		OUL
1
9 		OUL
2
6 		OUL
3
8 		CRO
1
18 		CRO
2
10 		CRO
3
8* 		SNE
1
11 		SNE
2
13 		SNE
3
13 		KNO
1
8 		KNO
2
5 		KNO
3
7 		ROC
1
10 		ROC
2
10 		ROC
3
9 		SIL
1
6 		SIL
2
10 		SIL
3
4* 		BRH
1
15 		BRH
2
14 		BRH
3
13 		11th 164
2013 eBay Motors BMW 125i M Sport BRH
1
NC 		BRH
2
10 		BRH
3
13 		DON
1
17 		DON
2
16 		DON
3
15 		THR
1
24 		THR
2
16 		THR
3
13 		OUL
1
12 		OUL
2
15 		OUL
3
8 		CRO
1
4 		CRO
2
7 		CRO
3
8* 		SNE
1
14 		SNE
2
12 		SNE
3
10 		KNO
1
16 		KNO
2
14 		KNO
3
8 		ROC
1
11 		ROC
2
12 		ROC
3
13 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
13 		SIL
3
11 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
18 		BRH
3
16 		15th 98
2014 eBay Motors BMW 125i M Sport BRH
1
11 		BRH
2
5 		BRH
3
19 		DON
1
18 		DON
2
15 		DON
3
8 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
20 		OUL
1
8 		OUL
2
Ret 		OUL
3
15 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
13 		CRO
3
7 		SNE
1
NC 		SNE
2
14 		SNE
3
Ret 		KNO
1
10 		KNO
2
10 		KNO
3
4* 		ROC
1
15 		ROC
2
Ret 		ROC
3
DNS 		SIL
1
15 		SIL
2
16 		SIL
3
15 		BRH
1
10 		BRH
2
9 		BRH
3
8* 		16th 101
2015 Team IHG Rewards Club BMW 125i M Sport BRH
1
 BRH
2
 BRH
3
 DON
1
 DON
2
 DON
3
 THR
1
 THR
2
 THR
3
 OUL
1
 OUL
2
 OUL
3
 CRO
1
 CRO
2
 CRO
3
 SNE
1
 SNE
2
 SNE
3
 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 KNO
3
 ROC
1
16 		ROC
2
16 		ROC
3
12 		SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 BRH
1
 BRH
2
 BRH
3
 24th 4

References

  1. ^ "BTCC official 2011 entry list". btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  2. ^ It's three eBay BMW turbos Archived 18 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, BTCC.net.
  3. ^ West Surrey Racing launch their new BMW, touringcartimes.com.
  4. ^ "TURKINGTON HEADS EBAY MOTORS TRIO". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  5. ^ http://novaratechnologies.com/
  6. ^ "Louis Foster aiming for consistent approach in rookie British F4 campaign". 15 March 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.