| Bill McGovern | |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Sligo, Ireland |
| Retired: | 1989 |
| Last Series: | British Saloon Car Championship |
| Years Active: | 1965–1967, 1969–1974 |
| Teams: | Flintstone Racing Paul Emery George Bevan |
| Starts: | 54 |
| Wins: | 1 (31 in class) |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 35 |
| Best Finish: | 1st |
| Year: | 1970, 1971 and 1972 |
| Titles: | BSCC - Class A |
| Title Years: | 1970, 1971, 1972 1970, 1971, 1972 |
William McGovern (born 2 January 1937) is a British former racing driver.
McGovern is best known for becoming the first person to win three British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) driver titles.[1] He won three consecutive titles between 1970 and 1972 with a George Bevan-prepared Sunbeam Imp.
(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 | DC | Pts | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Flintstone Racing | Austin Mini Cooper S | BRH Ret | OUL | SNE | GOO | SIL | CRY | BRH | OUL | NC | 0 | NC | |||||||
| 1966 | Paul Emery | Hillman Imp | SNE Ret | GOO | SIL Ret | CRY 5† | BRH | BRH 16 | OUL Ret† | BRH | 24th | 6 | 6th | |||||||
| 1967 | Paul Emery | Hillman Imp | BRH Ret | SNE | SIL | SIL Ret | MAL | SIL | SIL | BRH | OUL | BRH | NC | 0 | NC | |||||
| 1969 | George Bevan | Sunbeam Imp | BRH | SIL | SNE | THR | SIL | CRY | MAL | CRO | SIL | OUL | BRH | BRH Ret | NC | 0 | NC | |||
| 1970 | George Bevan | Sunbeam Imp | BRH Ret | SNE 13 | THR 17 | SIL 11 | CRY 3† | SIL 15 | SIL 16 | CRO 9 | BRH 23 | OUL 19 | BRH 19 | BRH | 1st | 72 | 1st | |||
| 1971 | George Bevan | Sunbeam Imp | BRH 11 | OUL 2 | THR Ret | SIL 15 | CRY 2† | SIL Ret | CRO 9 | SIL 14 | OUL 10 | BRH 10 | MAL 7† | BRH 13 | 1st | 81 | 1st | |||
| 1972 | George Bevan | Sunbeam Imp | BRH 7 | OUL 12 | THR 9 | SIL 16 | CRY 5† | BRH 12 | OUL 8 | SIL 14 | MAL 6† | BRH 13 | 1st | 63 | 1st | |||||
| 1973 | George Bevan | Sunbeam Imp | BRH Ret | SIL 11 | THR Ret | THR Ret | SIL 11 | ING DNS | BRH 1† | SIL 11 | BRH Ret | 7th | 36 | 2nd | ||||||
| 1974 | George Bevan | Volkswagen Passat TS | MAL | BRH Ret | SIL ? | OUL | THR | SIL ? | THR | BRH Ret | ING | BRH | OUL | SNE | BRH | NC | 0 | NC | ||