Alan Minshaw

{{short description|British racing driver (1935–2024)}} {{sources needed|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox racing driver |name = Alan Minshaw |image = BMW M3 - Flickr - exfordy (1).jpg |image_size = |caption = Minshaw's 1988 British Touring Car Championship BMW M3 |nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British |birth_date = {{birth date|1935|5|17|df=y}} |birth_place = Liverpool, Lancashire, England |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|16|1935|5|17|df=y}} |death_place = |retired = |relatives = |last_series = British Saloon / Touring Car Championship |years_active = 1979, 1981, 1983–1989 |teams = Demon Tweeks Racing |starts = 51 |wins = 0 (3 in class) |poles = 0 |fastest_laps = 5 |best_finish = 2nd |year = 1983 |prev_series = |prev_series_years = |titles = British Saloon Car Championship - Class C |title_years = 1983 |awards = |award_years = }}

thumb|Demon Tweeks Westfield in 2009 '''Alan Richard Minshaw''' (17 May 1935 – 16 April 2024) was a British racing driver. In 1983 he won Class C and finished second overall in the British Saloon Car Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=26|title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship|accessdate=4 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911095550/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=26|archivedate=11 September 2011}} Official 1983 BTCC standings</ref>

As of 2012, Minshaw owned a varied collection of historic racing vehicles, and regularly competed alongside his sons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racecar.com/news/50904/historic-and-market/classic-racing-stars-at-silverstone|title=Classic racing stars at Silverstone|website=Racecar.com|date=23 July 2012|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>

Minshaw died on 16 April 2024, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 April 2024 |title=Successful tin-top racer and Demon Tweeks founder Alan Minshaw dies aged 88 |url=https://www.autosport.com/national/news/obituary-successful-tin-top-racer-and-demon-tweeks-founder-alan-minshaw-dies-aged-88/10602775/ |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref>

==Racing record==

===Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" !Year !Team !Car !Class !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !DC !Pts !Class |- |1979 !Demon Tweeks Racing !Volkswagen Scirocco GTI !{{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SIL ? |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|OUL Ret† |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|THR 26 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SIL Ret |DON |SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MAL Ret† |DON |BRH |THR |SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OUL ?† | !32nd !4 !7th |- |1981 !Demon Tweeks Racing !Volkswagen Golf GTI !{{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |MAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SIL 21 |OUL |THR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRH 14† |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SIL ? |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SIL 20 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"|DON DNS | BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|THR ? |SIL | | !28th !5 !9th |- |1983 !Demon Tweeks Racing !Volkswagen Golf GTI !{{Tooltip|C|Class C}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SIL 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OUL 12 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|THR 11 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BRH 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|THR 11 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SIL 9 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|DON 12 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|''SIL'' 12 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|''DON'' 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRH 14 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|''SIL'' Ret | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|'''2nd''' |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|'''45''' |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |- |1984 !Demon Tweeks Racing !Volkswagen Golf GTI !{{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |DON |SIL |OUL |THR |THR |SIL |SNE |BRH |BRH |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DON Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SIL 16 | | !27th !2 !11th |- |1985 !Demon Tweeks Racing !Volkswagen Golf GTI !{{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |SIL |OUL |THR |DON |THR |SIL |DON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SIL 12 |SNE |BRH |BRH |SIL | !33rd !1 !10th |- |1986 !Demon Tweeks Racing !Toyota Corolla GT !{{Tooltip|C|Class C}} |SIL |THR |SIL |DON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BRH 13 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SNE 10 |BRH |DON |SIL | | | | !15th !10 !5th |- |rowspan=2|1987 !rowspan=2|Demon Tweeks Racing !Toyota Corolla GT !{{Tooltip|D|Class D}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SIL 10‡ |style="background:#FFFFFF;"|OUL WD |THR |THR |SIL | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2|19th !rowspan=2|14 !NC |- !Volkswagen Golf GTI !{{Tooltip|C|Class C}} | | | | | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SIL 22 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BRH 12 |SNE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DON Ret |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|OUL 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DON Ret | SIL | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|'''3rd''' |- |rowspan=2|1988 !rowspan=2|Demon Tweeks !BMW M3 !{{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SIL 7 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|OUL 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|THR 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DON Ret |THR |SIL |SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH 21 |SNE |BRH |BIR | | !rowspan=2|14th !rowspan=2|23 ! 7th |- !Volkswagen Golf GTI !{{Tooltip|C|Class C}} | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|''DON'' Ret |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|''SIL'' 13 !4th |- |rowspan=2|1989 !rowspan=2|Demon Tweeks !Volkswagen Golf GTI !{{Tooltip|C|Class C}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|OUL Ret |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SIL 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|THR 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DON 16 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|THR Ret |style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SIL 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SIL 24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRH 18 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SNE 20 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BRH Ret | | | !rowspan=2|19th !rowspan=2|24 !5th |- !BMW M3 !{{Tooltip|B|Class B}} | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|BIR DNQ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DON 16 |SIL !13th |- !colspan="20"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|last1=de Jong|first1=Frank|title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html|website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993|access-date=31 October 2022}}</ref>}}}} |} † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Guest driver - not eligible for points.

===Complete World Touring Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! DC ! Pts |- | 1987 |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} '''Demon Tweeks''' ! Volkswagen Golf GTI | MNZ | JAR | DIJ | NÜR | SPA | BNO |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| SIL DNQ | BAT | CLD | WEL | FJI ! NC ! 0 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{DriverDB driver|alan-minshaw}} *[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-121214913 Top Racing Firm in Multi-million Buyout - Liverpool Daily Post]

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