# James Shead

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**James Shead** (born 19 August 1965) is a British [racing driver](/source/Racing_driver). His father, Don was also a racing driver.

In 1988, Shead won class C in the [British Touring Car Championship](/source/British_Touring_Car_Championship). He finished eighth overall in the championship in a [Volkswagen Golf GTI](/source/Volkswagen_Golf).[1] In the [1990 24 Hours of Le Mans](/source/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]

## 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)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Pts Class 1988 John Maguire Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI C SIL DNS OUL THR ovr:13 cls:1 DON ovr:19 cls:1 THR ovr:18 cls:2 SIL ovr:18 cls:1 SIL ovr:14 cls:2 BRH ovr:16 cls:2 SNE ovr:16 cls:2 BRH DNS BIR C DON ovr:19 cls:1 SIL ovr:15 cls:2 8th 31 1st 1990 Hawaiian Tropic Ford Sierra Sapphire B OUL DON Ret‡ THR SIL OUL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON THR SIL NC 0 NC Source:[2]

‡ Endurance driver.

## References

1. [Article title](https://web.archive.org/web/20061018015930/http://www.btcc-racing.com/results/1988/) BTCC Racing 1988 class champions

1. de Jong, Frank. ["British Saloon Car Championship"](http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html). *History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993*. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

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