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David Oxton Nationality New Zealander Born 22 December 1945 Retired 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship Years active 1986 Teams David Oxton Starts 3 Wins 0 Poles 0 Best finish 17th in 1986 Previous series 1968-75
1970
1970-72
1970-74, 1977-78, 1981-82
1973
1973
1977
1977-84
1983Tasman Series
Formula A Continental
NZ Formula Ford Championship
New Zealand Gold Star
British Formula Atlantic Championship
Formula 5000 Great Britain
Formula Atlantic Canada
NZ International Formula Pacific Series
Australian Drivers' ChampionshipChampionship titles 1970-71
1971-72
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1980-81
1981-82Formula C
New Zealand Gold Star
NZ Formula Ford Championship
New Zealand Gold Star
New Zealand Gold Star
NZ Formula Pacific Series
New Zealand Gold StarDavid Oxton (born 22 December 1945) is a former New Zealand racing driver.[1] Oxton spent the majority of his career racing open wheel cars in New Zealand and Australia but did drive touring cars late in his career.
Oxton's career started in the late 1960s, driving a Daimler Dart in New Zealand motorsport events and in 1968 he made the move to open-wheel racing.[2] Oxton won two consecutive New Zealand Formula Ford Championships from 1970 to 1972 and in 1971 he debuted in both the New Zealand Gold Star Championship and the Tasman Series. During the 1970s Oxton would go on to win three New Zealand Gold Stars but did not achieve the same success in the Tasman Series, with a best finish of eighth in 1972 and 1974.
In 1973 Oxton travelled to the United Kingdom to compete in Formula Atlantic and Formula 5000 but he did not achieve great success on his overseas venture. He also competed in the BRDC International Trophy, a non-championship Formula One race, at Silverstone the same year, but failed to finish. Oxton competed in Formula Atlantic in Canada in 1977, a year in which he also began competing in the New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series. He finished tenth in the series in 1977 but would go on to win the title in the 1980-81 season and finish runner-up in 1983. Oxton won his fourth New Zealand Gold Star in the 1981-82 season.
The 1980s saw Oxton begin racing touring cars, starting with the Benson and Hedges Saloon Car Series in 1982.[3] He partnered Peter Brock at the 1985 Bathurst 1000 for the Holden Dealer Team but the pair failed to finish. The car was running in the top three and on the lead lap with three laps remaining until a broken timing chain forced Brock and Oxton into retirement. Oxton went on to race in the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1986, finishing seventeenth in the series after competing in three of the ten rounds.
Career results
Season Series Position Car Team 1970 Formula A Continental Championship 24th Lotus 70 1970-71 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 1st Elfin 600 Superford 1971 Tasman Series 10th Lotus 70
March 701STP Corporation 1972 Tasman Series 8th Begg FM4 Begg Engineering 1971-72 New Zealand Gold Star Championship 1st Begg FM4 David Oxton Racing 1971-72 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 1st Elfin Superford Winfield Racing Team 1972-73 New Zealand Gold Star Championship 1st Begg FM5 1973 Tasman Series 10th Begg FM5 Begg Engineering 1973 British Formula Atlantic Championship 16th Lyncar 003 1973 Formula 5000 Great Britain 15th Begg FM5 Begg Engineering 1973-74 New Zealand Gold Star Championship 1st Begg FM5 David Oxton Racing 1974 Tasman Series 8th Begg FM5 David Oxton Racing 1975 Tasman Series 12th Lola T330 David Oxton Racing 1977 New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series 10th Chevron B29 Oxton Motors 1977 Formula Atlantic Canada 11th Tui BH2 Team Tui 1980-81 New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series 1st Ralt RT4 1981-82 New Zealand Gold Star Championship 1st Ralt RT4/80 1983 New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series 2nd Ralt RT4/81 Oxton Motors 1984 New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series 4th Ralt RT4/82 Oxton Motors 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship 17th Ford Sierra XR4Ti David Oxton References
- ^ "David Oxton". Driver Database. 2011-09-03. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/david-oxton/. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ "David Oxton". My Formula 5000. http://www.myf5000.com/drivers_david_oxton.html. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ New Zealand Motoring News clipping, 3 December 1982
- ^ "The racing career of David Oxton — in detail". Driver Database. 2011-09-03. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/david-oxton/career/. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
Categories:- 1945 births
- New Zealand racecar drivers
- Tasman Series drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Living people
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