Post #150
As I am full of a cold I cant do much to the car and I got bored so thought I do a bit of research into the history of these cars, so here it is and it seems they were very successful
Silverstone Insurance National Saloon Car Champoinship.
1999 first year entered in the National Saloon car championship by Bowmen Racing and Peugeot Sport UK. Despite 3 wins in the year and 4 pole positions they finished 2nd in the championship with Finnish driver Toni Ruokonen and 4th with British Driver Dan Eaves.
2000 was a great year for the 306 and despite them being banned from using the 6th gear and being given 80kgs of wieght as success ballast, they still won the championship winning 5 races again with Toni Ruokonen, Dan Eaves again finished 4th and a third car run by HTML Motorsport driven by Simon Harrison
In 2001 the National saloon car championship became the BTCC prodution class.
Bristish Touring Car Championship .
In 2000 one car was entered into all the events the new class for BTCC class B which was for production based cars run by Bowmen Racing and Peugeot Sport UK sponsored by the VIP Touring Car Club. This car was driven by British driver Alan Morrison. There was a second car which raced a few times in the year driven by different drivers. At the first race at Silverstone the 2nd car was driven by touring car ace Will Hoy but sadly he did not finish either race. At Donnington the 2nd car was driven by Peugeot Sport UK boss Mick Linfords son Lee Linford. At Brands Hatch Toni Ruokonen was given a go in the BTCC and Dan Eaves had a go at Oulton Park and the second visit to Silverstone. Alan Morrison won the class by 4 points over Hondas James Kaye. Dan Eaves was 5th even though he had only done 2 races, Ruokenon was 10th and Lee Linford bringing up the rear in 13th!
In 2001 the Class B became the Production Class, Bowen Racing became Vic Lee Racing and moved on the the main class with the 406 Coupe BTCC car with Peugeot Sport UK. The Production Class 306 was now run by HTML Motorsport with drivers British Simon Harrison who had previously raced the BTCC 405 in 1995 and Norwegain Roger Moen. There was 3 other private cars run driven by Tom Boardman, Annie Templeton and Spice Girl Melanie Cs brother Paul O Neill.
Simon Harrison won by 7 points again over 2nd place James Kaye in a Honda, Roger Moen finish 3rd, Paul O Neill was 8th, Tom Boardman 11th and Annie Templeton 19th
The 306 was raced in the BTCC right up till 2003 in the production class by various other small teams with varied success.
Asian Touring Car Championship.
In 2000 ATCC moved from Super Touring to Super Production regulations and Bowen/Vic Lee Racing along with Longman Racing and Peugeot Sport UK entered with great success, winning the championship in 2000 Henry Lee Jonior, in 2001 with Charoensukawtana Nattavude and in 2002 with Toni Ruokonen.
The car spec was almost the same all the way through, here is some spec taken from 2000 National Saloon car spec sheet.
Car Specifications;
Peugeot 306 GTi-6 Group "N" + specification.
Car design and bulit;
Peugeot Sport/Bowmen Racing
Engine built;
Peugeot Sport/ Richard Longman Ltd
Gearbox;
5 speed dog box with limited slip plate type differential
Suspension;
Front- McPherson strut, 3 way adjustable built by Penske
Rear- a specially designed unit built for Peugeot Sport Bowmen by Solution F
Brakes;
295mm vented front discs with AP Racing Four piston calipers. Standard solid rear discs with AP Racing two piston calipers. Mintex F4R pads.
Data Acquisistion;
Pi system III+
Engine Management;
ECU by EFi Italy
Fuel Cell;
FT3 specification with quick fill by ATL laboratory
Wheels;
Speedline multispoke 7x15inch
Tyres;
Dunlop
Weight;
without driver 996kg
Found a few pics aswell, here;
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