James Shead

{{short description|British racing driver (born 1965)}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox racing driver |name = James Shead |image = |image_size = |caption = |nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|8|19|df=y}} |birth_place = Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England |death_date = |death_place = |retired = |relatives = |last_series = British Touring Car Championship |years_active = 1988, 1990 |teams = John Maguire Racing Hawaiian Tropic |starts = 10 |wins = 0 (4 in class) |poles = 0 (7 in class) |fastest_laps = 0 (4 in class) |best_finish = 8th |year = 1988 |prev_series = |prev_series_years = |titles = British Touring Car Championship - Class C |title_years = 1988 |awards = |award_years = }} '''James Shead''' (born 19 August 1965) is a British racing driver. His father, Don was also a racing driver.

In 1988, Shead won class C in the British Touring Car Championship. He finished eighth overall in the championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTI.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061018015930/http://www.btcc-racing.com/results/1988/ Article title]}} BTCC Racing 1988 class champions</ref> In the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, he finished third in class C2 and 25th overall for Team Mako alongside Robbie Stirling and Ross Hyett.{{citation needed|date=December 2025}}

==Racing record==

===Complete British Touring Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position in class) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded 1987-1989 all races)

{| 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 |- !rowspan=1| 1988 !rowspan=1| John Maguire Racing !rowspan=1| Volkswagen Golf GTI !rowspan=1| {{Tooltip|C|Class C}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| '''SIL''' DNS | OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''THR''' ovr:13 cls:1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''DON'' ovr:19 cls:1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''''THR''''' ovr:18 cls:2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''SIL''''' ovr:18 cls:1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''SIL''' ovr:14 cls:2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''BRH'' ovr:16 cls:2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''SNE''' ovr:16 cls:2 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH DNS |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BIR C |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''DON''' ovr:19 cls:1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL ovr:15 cls:2 ! 8th ! 31 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''1st''' |- !rowspan=1| 1990 !rowspan=1| Hawaiian Tropic !rowspan=1| Ford Sierra Sapphire !rowspan=1| {{Tooltip|B|Class B}} | OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON Ret‡ | THR | SIL | OUL | SIL | BRH | SNE | BRH | BIR | DON | THR | SIL ! NC ! 0 ! NC |- !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=28 January 2023}}</ref>}}}} |} ‡ Endurance driver.

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==External links== *{{DriverDB driver|james-shead}}

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