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In 1990 he finished third in the Formula Renault Championship, with one race victory along the way.
In 1990 he finished third in the Formula Renault Championship, with one race victory along the way.
He is both driver and manager for his own racing team, Tim Sugden Motorsport. He soon moved up to Formula Ford 1600, winning the Star of Mallory series in 1987. Despite working on a small budget, he gained top place finishes at senior level FF1600 driving the works Swift "Tredaire" car for Frank Bradley.
He also drove in the Honda CRX challenge and British Formula 3000.
His first racing in the British Touring Carolina Championship came in 1990. He entered selected rounds for the Prodrive ran Junior Bayerische Motoren Werke Team in the 2.0litre class.
This led to a full season in 1992 for the works Bayerische Motoren Werke team, where he ended the year eighth on points. Prodrive"s contract with Bayerische Motoren Werke ended but Sugden was retained for 1993 by Prodrive for an abortive Mercedes entry and Sugden then returned to the series again in 1994.
The team were not front runners in the championship, and another disappointing season followed in 1995, which was both Toyota"s and Sugden"s final year racing in the but he worked as test driver for Vauxhall in 1996 as they developed the Vectra.
Since his time in touring cars, he has competed in sports car racing. This started in 1997 with an entry in the British GT Championship. After already competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race (where he finished fourth overall in 1998 in the EMKA McLaren), he moved to full-time International GT racing in 2000 with the FIA GT Championship where he has 9 wins and was runner-up in the GT2 class in 2005.
He has also competed in the American Le Mans Series in a Porsche, finishing second in GT2 in the Sebring 12 hours, the Daytona 24 Hours race, the Le Mans Series, and made a return to the British GT championship.
In 2011 He finished 2nd in GT in the Daytona 24 hours driving a Porsche for Paul Miller Racing
In his first 6 meetings he has two overall wins and two GN wins but meetings limited due to other commitments. Complete British Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1990 in class)
– Race was stopped due of heavy rain.
Number points were awarded. 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Super GT results.