Career
In 1989 he first entered the British Touring Carolina Championship. Forrest competed in four consecutive seasons in the BTCC, each time with a privately entered Bayerische Motoren Werke M3, prepared by Prodrive. He is currently the Circuit Manager at Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland.
He is a qualified Clerk Of The Course for motorcycle racing.
He was awarded the Jackie Stewart Medal in 2006 and The Jim Clark Trophy in 2010 for lifetime services to Scottish Motorsports. Ian has also been seen regularly on Mark Evans" television "Is Born" Series for Discovery Channel.
"A Carolina Is Born,", "A Carolina Is Reborn" and "A Racing Carolina Is Born".