Nick Foster (racing driver) explained

Nick Foster
Nationality: United Kingdom
Birth Date:1965 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Redditch (England)
Related To:Louis Foster (son)
Current Series:British Touring Car Championship
First Year:2011
Current Team:Team IHG Rewards Club
Car Number:8
Starts:121
Wins:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
Best Finish:2nd
Year:2012
Prev Series:GT Cup
British GT
Radical Championship
Prev Series Years:2009–10
200708
2006
Titles:Silverstone Rally Sprint Group N
Title Years:1998–99
Podiums:1

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

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)

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314DCPts
2007Team RPMPorsche 997 GT3 CupGT3OUL
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
17th22
2008Team RPMDodge Viper Competition CoupeGT3OUL
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
14th22

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)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPts
2011WSRBMW 320siBRH
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
14th47
2012eBay MotorsBMW 320siBRH
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
11th164
2013eBay MotorsBMW 125i M SportBRH
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
15th98
2014eBay MotorsBMW 125i M SportBRH
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*
16th101
2015Team IHG Rewards ClubBMW 125i M SportBRH
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

24th4

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: BTCC official 2011 entry list. btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. 24 March 2011. 24 March 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318012107/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2294&month=3&year=2011&form=browse&searchterm=. 18 March 2012. dmy-all.
  2. http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=2828&month=0&year=2012&form=search&searchterm=ebay It's three eBay BMW turbos
  3. http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/03/13/west-surrey-racing-launch-their-new-bmw West Surrey Racing launch their new BMW
  4. News: TURKINGTON HEADS EBAY MOTORS TRIO. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 13 February 2014. 11 February 2014.
  5. http://novaratechnologies.com/
  6. Web site: Louis Foster aiming for consistent approach in rookie British F4 campaign. March 15, 2019. May 22, 2019.