James Kaye
| James Kaye | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 British
|
| Born |
18 February 1964 Harrogate (England) |
| Related to | Richard Kaye (brother) |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 1986 |
| Current team | AmD Tuning.com |
| Car no. | 15 |
| Former teams |
WRC Developments with Barwell Synchro Motorsport Honda Team MSD Maxted Motorsport Park Lane Toyota Junior Team Demon Tweeks Containerships |
| Starts | 296 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2002 (Production class) |
| Previous series | |
| 2010 2007 2005 2002 1998–2000 1998–2000 1997 1991, 1993 1983–86, 1988 |
Belgian Touring Car Series FIA GT3 European Championship ETCC Italian Super Production National Saloon Cup GB Belgian Procar FIA GT Championship JTCC UPSCC |
| Championship titles | |
|
1992, 1994 1985 |
BTCC Independents' Cup UPSCC |
James Kaye (born 18 February 1964 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is a British auto racing driver. He has been a stalwart competitor of Hondas in various championships since 1995, and has had 2 lengthy spells in the BTCC. He won the BTCC independents' championship in 1992 and 1994.
After racing in the British National Production Saloon Championship with several championship in the late 80s and early 90s, he entered the BTCC as an independent in 1992, winning the independent title in his Toyota, and again in 1994. In 1993 he raced a semi-works Toyota for the Park Lane Racing team, ineligible for the Total Cup for Independents. In 1995 he was hired by Honda for their BTCC programme, racing there for 2 seasons.
He had an assortment of sports car drives for Honda from 1997–1999, returning to touring cars in the National Saloon Championship in 2000. The same cars were eligible for the newly created Class B of the BTCC that year, and James was runner up in a Honda Accord. This was renamed the Production Class for 2001, and James again finished 2nd, before winning the Production Class title in 2002 for Synchro Motorsport, a team of Honda employees working in their spare time at the Honda factory in Swindon.
The team moved up to the Touring class of the BTCC for 2003, defined as an Independent team as they had no financial or technical backing, James classified as Independent runner-up and 14th overall. Remaining with Synchro, James was 11th overall in 2004 and 2005. He took his first series podium at Oulton Park in 2006 after 14 years of trying. For 2007 the team pulled out, leaving James without a drive.
He returned to the BTCC for the 2013 season, driving the AmD Tuning.com Volkswagen Golf in the Jack Sears Trophy.
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