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Dave Allan

Died
July 3, 2012
Age
47 years
Cause
car accident

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David Mark Allan (1 April 1965 – 3 July 2012) was a British racing driver and Honda test driver. He started his racing career in the National Saloon Car Championship with Synchro Motorsport which he was a key member of, driving a Honda Civic finishing 14th with 16 points. He drove in the series for another two years finishing tenth in 1999 and 14th in 2000 along with entering one race of the Belgian Procar in both years.

For 2001, Allan made the switch to the British Touring Car Championship driving a Honda Accord in the Production Class eventually finishing 12th in the championship, missing three rounds with Mark Lemmer driving in two. He made a late entry in 2002 racing alongside eventual Production champion James Kaye driving a Honda Civic Type-R. He was outraced by Kaye for most of the season finishing ninth in the championship.

In 2011, Allan drove in the Dunlop Production GTN Championship driving a Honda Jazz.[citation needed]

At about 11:30 on Tuesday 3 July, Allan was killed when the car he was testing at Millbrook Proving Ground lost control and rolled several times.[citation needed]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position in class (1 point awarded all races) Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap in class (1 point awarded just in feature race)

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Britcar 24 Hour results

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