Celebrities & Famous people who have raced

[Speed Badger]

Caitlyn Jenner (previously Bruce) raced in IMSA GT's in the 1980's.

[mfmman]

LukeBrown66 said:

One I forgot about was Matt Aitken, one of the awful threesome that was Stock Aitken and Waterman, he did a few seasons of very well funded FF1600 I think, remember seeing him at Cadwell in a very smart car, a Swift maybe?

I remember him racing in Prosport 3000, some of the comments online suggest he was pretty decent as well. I alos found some interesting comments about him in a team with some of Dire Straits in the link below at the Birkett 6hr

https://www.750mc.co.uk/ugc-1/1/92/0/1993_snettert...

[sparta6]

LukeBrown66 said:

One I forgot about was Matt Aitken, one of the awful threesome that was Stock Aitken and Waterman, he did a few seasons of very well funded FF1600 I think, remember seeing him at Cadwell in a very smart car, a Swift maybe?

Awful ?
Did you never strut your stuff to Dead Or Alive at Heaven on a Wednesday ?

[slopes]

sparta6 said:

LukeBrown66 said:

One I forgot about was Matt Aitken, one of the awful threesome that was Stock Aitken and Waterman, he did a few seasons of very well funded FF1600 I think, remember seeing him at Cadwell in a very smart car, a Swift maybe?

Awful ?
Did you never strut your stuff to Dead Or Alive at Heaven on a Wednesday ?

I'm pretty sure he also raced in the Jaguar XJR-15 series that followed the F1 circuit for a season or however long it was

[LukeBrown66]

I recall he had a decent team mate in FF1600, cant recall who it was though, cars where black i seem to think, he was OK I guess. but cant remember much, that was some year tough for FF1600

[Divieto di Sosta]

slopes said:

I'm pretty sure he also raced in the Jaguar XJR-15 series that followed the F1 circuit for a season or however long it was

Listed as finishing last at Monaco and DNF at Silverstone .

He might have been a good race driver but not as good as the ex F1 and other high quality opposition .

[slopes]

Divieto di Sosta said:

slopes said:

I'm pretty sure he also raced in the Jaguar XJR-15 series that followed the F1 circuit for a season or however long it was

Listed as finishing last at Monaco and DNF at Silverstone .

He might have been a good race driver but not as good as the ex F1 and other high quality opposition .

Doesn't surprise me at all and lets be fair, not many people would be as good as ex F1 or other ex racing drivers but thanks for the confirmation

[sparta6]

Divieto di Sosta said:

slopes said:

I'm pretty sure he also raced in the Jaguar XJR-15 series that followed the F1 circuit for a season or however long it was

Listed as finishing last at Monaco and DNF at Silverstone .

He might have been a good race driver but not as good as the ex F1 and other high quality opposition .

The ex-F1 drivers didn't knock out Platinum selling hit records. I'd call it Even Stevens

[bigmacca1]

I think hes F ford teamate was Warren Hughes , Aitkens car had : Loadas of money' on the nose cone and Hughes was Bugga all money'

[Ahonen]

entropy said:

Shane Lynch of Boyzone (boyband). Raced in Brit GTs for a number of years before turning to drifting.

Yep, I was his engineer in British GT in '02/'03. He was pretty handy and although not a proper pro he was a very consistently quick driver who rarely if ever made mistakes. And a nice bloke to boot. We very nearly won the British GT Championship in '03 but Shane was taken out by a spinning backmarker in the final race. The backmarker, somewhat ironically, was only in the race because we'd loaned them an engine...

[Halmyre]

sparta6 said:

Divieto di Sosta said:

slopes said:

I'm pretty sure he also raced in the Jaguar XJR-15 series that followed the F1 circuit for a season or however long it was

Listed as finishing last at Monaco and DNF at Silverstone .

He might have been a good race driver but not as good as the ex F1 and other high quality opposition .

The ex-F1 drivers didn't knock out Platinum selling hit records. I'd call it Even Stevens

It's a shame he didn't pursue a racing career right from the start.

[RB Will]

generationx said:

James Martin had a crack at the Millie Miglia once, I remember there was a documentary about it on telly. Terminally ill-prepared if I recall correctly.

Edited by generationx on Monday 20th December 14:05

I saw that years ago and have disliked him ever since. He cam across as an absolute bellend, treated his wife like dirt. If I remember right she really wanted to come and do the rally with him but he just bluntly told her no and that he would be taking a younger fitter woman as a co driver.


Scraping the barrel a bit here and not sure if it counts but numerous members of the F1 paddock used to or do race stuff. Newey, Toto, Marko, possibly Horner?

Obviously wont include all the ex F1 driver pundits but the ones above most wouldnt know them as drivers.

[sparta6]

Halmyre said:

sparta6 said:

Divieto di Sosta said:

slopes said:

I'm pretty sure he also raced in the Jaguar XJR-15 series that followed the F1 circuit for a season or however long it was

Listed as finishing last at Monaco and DNF at Silverstone .

He might have been a good race driver but not as good as the ex F1 and other high quality opposition .

The ex-F1 drivers didn't knock out Platinum selling hit records. I'd call it Even Stevens

It's a shame he didn't pursue a racing career right from the start.

Looking forward to hearing your 12" remixes

[budgie smuggler]

RB Will said:

generationx said:

James Martin had a crack at the Millie Miglia once, I remember there was a documentary about it on telly. Terminally ill-prepared if I recall correctly.

Edited by generationx on Monday 20th December 14:05

I saw that years ago and have disliked him ever since. He cam across as an absolute bellend, treated his wife like dirt. If I remember right she really wanted to come and do the rally with him but he just bluntly told her no and that he would be taking a younger fitter woman as a co driver.


Scraping the barrel a bit here and not sure if it counts but numerous members of the F1 paddock used to or do race stuff. Newey, Toto, Marko, possibly Horner?

Obviously wont include all the ex F1 driver pundits but the ones above most wouldnt know them as drivers.

Is that the one where he blew up a freshly rebuilt engine by giving it maximum berries having not run it in (or something along those lines)?

I remember he came across as a right arrogant prat in whatever programme that was.

Edited by budgie smuggler on Wednesday 9th February 15:16

[RB Will]

budgie smuggler said:

RB Will said:

generationx said:

James Martin had a crack at the Millie Miglia once, I remember there was a documentary about it on telly. Terminally ill-prepared if I recall correctly.

Edited by generationx on Monday 20th December 14:05

I saw that years ago and have disliked him ever since. He cam across as an absolute bellend, treated his wife like dirt. If I remember right she really wanted to come and do the rally with him but he just bluntly told her no and that he would be taking a younger fitter woman as a co driver.


Scraping the barrel a bit here and not sure if it counts but numerous members of the F1 paddock used to or do race stuff. Newey, Toto, Marko, possibly Horner?

Obviously wont include all the ex F1 driver pundits but the ones above most wouldnt know them as drivers.

Is that the one where he blew up a freshly rebuilt engine by giving it maximum berries having not run it in (or something along those lines)?

I remember he came across as a right arrogant prat in whatever programme that was.

Edited by budgie smuggler on Wednesday 9th February 15:16

Sounds familiar so probably was. I cant fid it online anywhere to rewatch it.

[anonymous-user]

RB Will said:

budgie smuggler said:

RB Will said:

generationx said:

James Martin had a crack at the Millie Miglia once, I remember there was a documentary about it on telly. Terminally ill-prepared if I recall correctly.

Edited by generationx on Monday 20th December 14:05

I saw that years ago and have disliked him ever since. He cam across as an absolute bellend, treated his wife like dirt. If I remember right she really wanted to come and do the rally with him but he just bluntly told her no and that he would be taking a younger fitter woman as a co driver.


Scraping the barrel a bit here and not sure if it counts but numerous members of the F1 paddock used to or do race stuff. Newey, Toto, Marko, possibly Horner?

Obviously wont include all the ex F1 driver pundits but the ones above most wouldnt know them as drivers.

Is that the one where he blew up a freshly rebuilt engine by giving it maximum berries having not run it in (or something along those lines)?

I remember he came across as a right arrogant prat in whatever programme that was.

Edited by budgie smuggler on Wednesday 9th February 15:16

Sounds familiar so probably was. I cant fid it online anywhere to rewatch it.

It was properly cringeworthy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00g82ff

[thegreenhell]

James Brolin raced in IMSA sportscars and also did the Nurburgring 24hrs.

[entropy]

Jason Priestly, best known for starring in Beverley Hills 90210 in the 90s.

He's a big racing fan. I remembered he raced at the Long Beach GP/Toyota Pro-Celeb races. He followed it up and raced in Trans Am, Grand Am - won in Mid Ohio, rallying, Infiniti Pro Series - IRL/Indycar feeder series. In the latter he had a massive shunt at Kentucky Speedway that nearly cost him his life.

[entropy]

Football manager Andre Villas Boas competed in the Dakar Rally and in a WRC3 rally.

[bigmowley]

As already mentioned Mark Knopfler in various categories including Production Porsche in the late 80’s when I did it, and if my memory serves me correctly Mark King, Level 42, in the same championship. I didn’t see much of either of them as I was at the front