Colin Turkington
| Colin Turkington | |
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Turkington at the Brands Hatch Indy round of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
21 March 1982 Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Related to | Gary Turkington (brother) |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2002 |
| Current team | Team BMW |
| Car no. | 4 |
| Former teams |
VX Racing Silverline Subaru BMR Racing |
| Starts | 341 |
| Wins | 43 |
| Poles | 17 |
| Fastest laps | 42 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2009, 2014 |
| Previous series | |
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2013 2007, 2010–12 2011 2000–01 |
Superstars Series WTCC STCC Ford Fiesta Cup |
| Championship titles | |
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2009, 2014 2001 |
BTCC Ford Fiesta Cup |
| Awards | |
| 2009, 2014 | Autosport National Driver of the Year |
Colin Henry Turkington (born 21 March 1982) is a Northern Irish auto racing driver, who is currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Team BMW WSR in a BMW 125i M Sport . His most notable successes to date include becoming 2009 British Touring Car Champion driving for Team RAC and 2014 British Touring Car Champion driving for eBay Motors. He has also competed in the World Touring Car Championship and the inaugural Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. In 2013 he returned to the British Touring Car Championship with his current team, West Surrey Racing.
Turkington, who was born in Portadown, began his racing career in the Ulster Karting series in 1993. He competed in autograss in 1996 and 1997, before moving on to the Northern Irish Metro Championship in 1998, where he won his first title. He moved on to the Ford Credit Fiesta Zetec Championship on mainland Britain in 1999, winning the title in 2001.
Turkington moved to the BTCC in 2002. His first BTCC drive was in a year-old MG ZS, sponsored by the pop group Atomic Kitten, partnering fellow Fiesta graduate Gareth Howell. He finished 14th in the Drivers' Championship.
For 2003, Turkington moved to the manufacturer-backed West Surrey Racing, winning his first race at Brands Hatch and finishing 8th in the Drivers' Championship. Despite the loss of official MG backing in 2004, he finished 6th in the 2004 Drivers' Championship, taking the second win of his BTCC career at Mondello Park.
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