Ian Forrest

{{short description|British racing driver (born 1950)}} {{BLP one source|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Ian Forrest | image = | image_size = | caption = | nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Kirkliston, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | retired = | relatives = | last_series = British Touring Car Championship | years_active = 1989–1992 | teams = Ian Forrest Ecosse Motorsport Drambuie Racing | starts = 42 | wins = 0 | poles = 0 | fastest_laps = 0 | best_finish = 11th | year = 1989 | prev_series = | prev_series_years = | titles = | title_years = | awards = | award_years = }}

'''Ian Forrest''' (born 22 February 1950 in Kirkliston, Scotland) is a British racing driver.

Forrest first started racing in 1971, and went on to win 26{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} national saloon and sports car titles in his native Scotland. In 1989 he first entered{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} the British Touring Car Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=32 |title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship |accessdate=2013-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030111908/http://www.btcc.net/html/history_standings.php?season_id=32 |archivedate=30 October 2013 }} Official 1989 BTCC standings</ref> Forrest competed in four consecutive seasons in the BTCC, each time with a privately entered BMW M3, prepared by Prodrive.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} His 1991 effort saw him win the Privateer award and the £10,000 prize.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Forrest is currently the Circuit Manager at Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Forrest is a qualified Clerk of the Course for motorcycle racing.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Forrest was awarded the Jackie Stewart Medal in 2006 and The Jim Clark Trophy in 2010 for lifetime services to Scottish Motorsports.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Forrest's son, Sandy, also races and has competed in the BRSCC Ford Fiesta Championship.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Forrest has also been seen regularly on Mark Evans' TV "Is Born" Series for Discovery Channel; "A Car Is Born", "A Car Is Reborn" and "A Racing Car Is Born"{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

==Racing record==

===Complete British 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 ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts ! Class |- | 1989 ! Ian Forrest ! BMW M3 ! {{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL ovr:18 cls:4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR ovr:18 cls:5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DON ovr:8 cls:3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR Ret |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL ovr:15 cls:2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL ovr:17 cls:3 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH DNS |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SNE ovr:14 cls:3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRH ovr:10 cls:3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BIR ovr:13 cls:3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DON ovr14 cls:3 | SIL | | ! 11th ! 35 ! 4th |- | 1990 ! Ecosse Motorsport ! BMW M3 ! {{Tooltip|B|Class B}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL ovr:9 cls:5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR ovr:14 cls:7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL ovr:13 cls:7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL ovr:18 cls:9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH ovr:10 cls:7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH ovr:14 cls:8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BIR ovr:14 cls:9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR ovr:8 cls:4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL ovr:10 cls:4 | | ! 15th ! 47 ! 8th |- | 1991 ! Drambuie Racing ! BMW M3 ! |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON 1 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON 2 NC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH 1 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH 2 Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR 13 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL 22 ! 27th ! 0 | |- | 1992 ! Ian Forrest ! BMW M3 ! | SIL | THR | OUL | SNE | BRH | DON 1 | DON 2 | SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO 1 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO 2 10 | PEM | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL Ret ! 27th ! 0 | |- !colspan="22"|{{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=8 April 2025}}</ref>}}}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.btccpages.com/drivers/Ian-Forrest/ Profile at BTCC Pages]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forrest, Ian}} Category:1950 births Category:Scottish racing drivers Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers Category:Living people