Mark Lemmer (born 27 April 1967) is a British former auto racing driver, who is also presently the managing director of the family run Barwell Motorsport racing team which was set up by his father Richard. The team have run cars in different disciplines around the world, in 2008 they entered Aston Martins in the American Le Mans Series. They plan to contest in the European Le Mans Series in 2009.[1]

Racing career

Barwell Motorsport was set up in the 1960s as Barwell Automotive Ltd by Paul Butler and Richard Lemmer. Paul Butler raced an ex-Alan Jones Brabham BT28 in F3 and Formula Alanticin the 1970s.

He started racing in various one make series including Mazdas and Volkswagen Polos. His first title came in 1994 when he became champion of the Scottish Mutual Volkswagen Vento VR6 Challenge. After finishing third in the 1995 championship, he drove in the 1996 TVR Tuscan challenge, which included one podium finish. He finished third on points in the 1997 Vauxhall Vectra SRi V6 Challenge, with one race win.

In 1998 he raced in the British Touring Car Championship. He raced a Vauxhall Vectra in the Michelin Cup for Independents with Mint Motorsport. With three independent wins, he ended the year fourth place in his class. After a year in the National Saloon Cup, he returned to the BTCC in 2000 with a Honda Integra in the newly formed Class B. One class win for the Barwell team in round seven at Knockhill was enough to see him finish third behind team mate James Kaye. He entered just four rounds in 2001, with a Production Class Honda Accord for Synchro Motorsport.

After the BTCC his racing has included the Britcar Endurance series and Historic Racing events. His latest drive was in for the works Mitsubishi rally team in the 2008 Britcar 24-Hour race at Silverstone.[2]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded - 2000-01 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 2001 only, 2000-01 in class) * signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap (1 point awarded - 2001 in class)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Pts Class
1998 Mint Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra THR
1

14
THR
2

Ret
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

14
DON
1

16
DON
2

Ret
BRH
1

17
BRH
2

Ret
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

DNS
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

Ret
CRO
1

17
CRO
2

17
NC 0
Mardi Gras Motorsport SNE
1

SNE
2

THR
1

18
THR
2

13
KNO
1

KNO
2

BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

16
OUL
1

OUL
2

SIL
1

15
SIL
2

13
2000 Barwell Motorsport Honda Integra Type-R B BRH
1

14
BRH
2

10
DON
1

12
DON
2

12
THR
1

12
THR
2

DSQ
KNO
1

11
KNO
2

10
OUL
1

11
OUL
2

12
SIL
1

12
SIL
2

9
CRO
1

12
CRO
2

10
SNE
1

9
SNE
2

11
DON
1

13
DON
2

13
BRH
1

14
BRH
2

13
185 3rd
Honda Accord OUL
1

15
OUL
2

12
SIL
1

12
SIL
2

Ret
2001 Synchro Motorsport Honda Accord P BRH
1

BRH
2

THR
1

THR
2

OUL
1

OUL
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

MON
1

MON
2

DON
1

DON
2

KNO
1

KNO
2

SNE
1

10
SNE
2

16
CRO
1

11
CRO
2

Ret*
OUL
1

OUL
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

DON
1

DON
2

BRH
1

BRH
2

10 21st

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1999 United Kingdom Foss-Tech Racing United Kingdom Tim Sugden
United Kingdom Stephen Day
Honda Integra Type R SP 452 12th 12th
2000 United Kingdom ELR & Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom James Kaye
Scotland David Leslie
Honda Accord SP ?/engine DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Silverstone results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Car No. Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2008 United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom James Kaye
United Kingdom Jay Wheels
United Kingdom Andy Barnes (DNS)
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 48 3 517 25th 5th
2008 United Kingdom Barwell Motorsport United Kingdom Mike Brown
United Kingdom Guy Harrington
United Kingdom Ben de Zille Butler
Honda Integra Type R 60 4 254 DNF DNF
2015 Russia Team Russia by Barwell Russia Timur Sardarov
Russia Leo Machitski
United Kingdom James Kaye
MARC Focus V8 92 2 327 DNF DNF

References

  1. "Barwell Motorsport back to Europe for le Mans Series and GT3". Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  2. "Britcar Latest News". Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.


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