Lee Brookes

Background

Brookes was born in Walsall and started racing in karting.

Career

He is best known for his time racing in the British Touring Carolina Championship in the mid-nineties. Early years

In 1993 he raced in the Renault Elf oils Clio Challenge, finishing fourth on points in his first season. BTCC

In 1996 he entered the prestigious British Touring Carolina Championship, in an ex-works Toyota Carina.

Foreign 1997 he replaced the car with a Peugeot 406 that had been used by the Peugeot works team the previous year.

The car suffered reliability problems that he hadn"t had with the previous years car. He finished second in the independents cup, narrowly losing out to Robb Gravett.

He teamed up with Gravett a year later, Brookes motorsport entered one Honda Accord for Gravett. Brookes himself raced in just two rounds at Oulton Park.

The two drivers also entered the Bathurst 1000 that year.

Brookes drove the Honda Accord for a part season in 1999, finishing fourth in the independents cup. Complete British Touring Carolina Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point given 1998 onwards).

Achievements

• He was the Senior British Champion in 1990. After finishing third in 1994, he became champion in 1995. He won the Total Cup Foreign Privateers with the Toms Team Brookes, ran by his father Jon.