Stewart Lines Explained

Stewart Lines
Nationality: British
Birth Date:1963 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
First Year:2017
Current Team:Maximum Motorsport
Car Number:95
Starts:14
Wins:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:5
Best Finish:5th
Year:2018
Prev Series:BTCC
Volkswagen Racing Cup GB
Renault Clio Cup GB Winter Series
SEAT Cupra Championship
Prev Series Years:2015-2017
2011-2014
2007
2007

Stewart Alan Lines is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2019 Britcar Endurance Championship. He has also raced in the British Touring Car Championship, made his debut in 2015

Racing career

Lines began his touring car career in the 2007 SEAT Cupra Championship season, he raced in the championship as guest driver for one round only. Later in 2007 he raced in the 2007 Renault Clio Cup GB Winter Series ending 9th in the standings. In 2011 he switched to the Volkswagen Racing Cup GB, he finished 3rd in the standings in 2013, with 478 points.[1] In March 2015, it was announced that Lines would make his British Touring Car Championship debut with Houseman Racing driving a Toyota Avensis.[2]

Lines was part of the first ever front-wheel drive winning team of the 750 Motor Club Birkett Relay in 2018. Cupra Racing formed a team of Seat Cupra TCR cars piloted by Carl Swift, Shayne Deegan, Lee Deegan and Stewart Lines and won the event by just half a second, beating Sports Prototype teams.

In 2017, Lines entered into Britcar in a SEAT León TCR. He drove in two rounds of the season as an invitation entry. Tom Walker and Oliver Taylor drove the car as a points-eligible entry at Oulton Park in round six. In 2018, Lines entered the Dunlop Endurance Championship in a Maximum Motorsport-run SEAT Cupra TCR, in Class 4, with fellow BTCC-driver Adam Morgan and later Mat Jackson. For the 2019 season, Lines entered the Dunlop Endurance Championship with Ollie Taylor for Maximum Motorsport in a SEAT León TCR TCR, again running in Class 4.[3] [4]

Lines' team Maximum Motorsport organises and, with Maximum Networks,[5] a tech-savvy communications company, heavily sponsors the VW Racing Cup[6] and operates the Dunlop Touring Car Trophy[7] alongside the TCR UK series,[8] also being one of the main sponsors. His team also competes in the aforementioned championships and the Britcar Endurance Championship with TCR-spec cars, in which they were in contention for the 2019 title, winning the Class 4 title.[9] [10]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2015nowrapHouseman RacingnowrapToyota AvensisBRH
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

ROC
2

ROC
3

SIL
1

SIL
2

SIL
3

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

34th0
2016nowrapMaximum MotorsportnowrapFord Focus STBRH
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

ROC
2

ROC
3

SIL
1

SIL
2

SIL
3

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

31st0
2017nowrapTeam Parker Racing
with Maximum Motorsport
nowrapFord Focus STBRH
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

ROC
2

ROC
3

SIL
1

SIL
2

SIL
3

BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

37th0

Complete Britcar results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

YearTeamCarClass12345678910111213141516Points
2017nowrapMaximum GroupnowrapCUPRA León TCRE4I / SIL
1
SIL
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
SIL
1

SIL
2

BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SILBRH
1

BRH
2

NCNC0†
2018nowrapMaximum MotorsportnowrapCUPRA León TCRE4ROC
1

ROC
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

OUL
1

OUL
2

DON
1
DON
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
BRH
1

BRH
2

5th2nd180
2019nowrapMaximum MotorsportnowrapCUPRA León TCR4SIL
1

SIL
2

SIL
1
SIL
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
26th9th87
2021nowrapMaximum MotorsportsnowrapGinetta G55 Supercup4SIL
1

SIL
2

SNE
1
SNE
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
BRH
1
BRH
1
DON
1
DON
2
BRH
1
BRH
1
28th15th12
† Ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.

Complete TCR UK/Touring Car Trophy results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314Pts
2018nowrapMaximum MotorsportnowrapSEAT Cupra TCRSIL
1

SIL
2

KNO
1
KNO
2
BHI
1

BHI
1

CAD
1

CAD
2

DSQ
OUL
1

OUL
2

CRO
1

CRO
2

DON
1

DON
2

6th208
2019nowrapMaximum MotorsportnowrapSEAT Cupra TCROUL
1
OUL
2
DON
1
DON
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
BHI
1

BHI
2

DON
1
DON
2
7th9th11234
nowrapPower Maxed RacingnowrapVauxhall AstraOUL
1
OUL
2
DON
1
DON
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
BHI
1
BHI
2
DON
1

DON
2

TCR Spa 500 results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stewart Lines career statistics . Driver Database . 8 June 2015.
  2. Web site: JWT Performance signs Stewart Lines. Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 11 March 2015. 8 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Busy Brummy Lines Up TCR Taylor. Britcar Endurance. 6 March 2019.
  4. britcar-endurance.com/teamDrivers.php
  5. Web site: Maximum Motorsport Partners.
  6. Web site: VW Racing Cup.
  7. Web site: Goodyear Touring Car Trophy.
  8. Web site: TCR UK/TCT Donington Park Preview. 16 October 2019.
  9. Web site: Docker Returns in Re-liveried VW Golf. Britcar Endurance. 17 January 2019.
  10. Web site: Britcar.