Martyn Bell

British racing driver (born 1964)

For other people of the same name, see Martin Bell (disambiguation).

Martyn Bell

Nationality|  British
Born|  (1964-07-17) July 17, 1964 (age 59)
England
Previous series
2006–09
2002–05| BTCC
Kumho BMW Championship
Championship titles
2004| Kumho BMW Championship

Martyn Nicholas Bell (born 17 July 1964) is an auto racing driver. Since 2006 he has contested the British Touring Car Championship, but he spent the majority of his career racing BMWs in various championships. He won one overall title and 3 class titles in his 9 years of driving BMWs for Geoff Steel (himself a former BTCC racer) and was the first person to campaign a BMW E46 in the UK.

In 2006 he and Steel moved into the British Touring Car Championship in a 320i. He returned for the 2007 BTCC season with the same car under the team allaboutproperty.com Team banner. In 2008 he teamed up with fellow BTCC racer Erkut Kızılırmak with two former works Vauxhall Astra Sports Hatch for Team Arkas Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport. He competed in the 2009 championship in a two-car Tech-Speed Motorsport outfit, alongside Paul O'Neill.

Bell took a sabbatical from motorsport for 2010 due to a hip injury he sustained during the previous year.[1]

## Personal[edit]

Martyn is primarily a family man, married with two children and the Proprietor of Martyn Bell Motor Engineers Limited in Barrow upon Humber, some 15 miles (24 km) from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. He currently lives in South Ferriby, a hamlet 3 miles outside Barrow upon Humber.

Martyn is a popular figure who always has time for his fans. He works hard for his Sponsors, taking the BMW to events and exhibitions all over the UK and Europe. When not racing he is involved in his local community supporting many local events. Martyn has trained as a Motor Sport Marshal and can sometimes be found at Cadwell Park Circuit putting something back into the Sport. He is an accomplished public speaker.

## Racing record[edit]

Bell driving the Geoff Steel Racing-run BMW at the Brands Hatch round of the 2006 British Touring Car Championship. Bell driving at the Oulton Park round of the 2006 British Touring Car Championship. Bell is pursued by Simon Blanckley at the Snetterton round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.

### Career summary[edit]

Season  | Series  | Team/Car  | Races  | Wins  | Poles  | F/Laps  | Podiums  | Points  | Position

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Pre
1996  | Motocross | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
1997  | BMW Championship | (BMW 325i Sport E30)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 4th
in class
1998  | BMW Championship | (BMW 325i Sport E30)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
1999  | BMW Championship | (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 1st
in class
2000  | BMW Championship | (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 1st
in class
2001  | BMW Championship | (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 1st
in class
2002  | BMW Championship | (BMW M3 E36)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 2nd
2003  | Kumho BMW Championship | (BMW M3 E46)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 3rd
in class
(7th
Overall)
2004  | Kumho BMW Championship | (BMW M3 E46)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 1st
2005  | Kumho BMW Championship | (BMW M3 E46)  | ?  | ?  | ?  | 2nd
in class
(4th
overall)
2006 | British Touring Car Championship | Geoff Steel Racing
(BMW 320i E46)  | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 18th
2007 | British Touring Car Championship | Team Allaboutproperty.com
(BMW 320i E46)  | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 21st
2008 | British Touring Car Championship | Arkas Racing with Sunshine.co.uk
(Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch)  | 30  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 23rd
2009 | British Touring Car Championship | Sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Motorsport
(Honda Integra Type R)  | 21  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 23rd
Bell driving the Arkas Racing Vauxhall Astra during the 2008 British Touring Car Championship.

### Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races)

Year  | Team  | Car  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 19  | 20  | 21  | 22  | 23  | 24  | 25  | 26  | 27  | 28  | 29  | 30  | Pos  | Pts

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2006 | Geoff Steel Racing | BMW 320i | BRH

10 | BRH

Ret | BRH

Ret | MON

15 | MON

9 | MON

11 | OUL

Ret | OUL

13 | OUL

14 | THR

12 | THR

Ret | THR

DNS | CRO

16 | CRO

15 | CRO

16 | DON

14 | DON

12 | DON

10 | SNE

14 | SNE

Ret | SNE

13 | KNO

Ret | KNO

8 | KNO

10 | BRH

14 | BRH

Ret | BRH

13 | SIL

16 | SIL

Ret | SIL

15 | 18th | 8
2007 | Team allaboutproperty.com | BMW 320i | BRH

13 | BRH

13 | BRH

11 | ROC

15 | ROC

12 | ROC

DNS | THR

13 | THR

Ret | THR

15 | CRO

14 | CRO

12 | CRO

Ret | OUL

13 | OUL

14 | OUL

10 | DON

Ret | DON

20 | DON

20 | SNE

15 | SNE

12 | SNE

16 | BRH

Ret | BRH

Ret | BRH

14 | KNO

9 | KNO

17 | KNO

13 | THR

Ret | THR

16 | THR

Ret | 21st | 3
2008 | Arkas Racing with sunshine.co.uk | Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch | BRH

Ret | BRH

17 | BRH

16 | ROC

18 | ROC

17 | ROC

12 | DON

14 | DON

Ret | DON

Ret | THR

17 | THR

Ret | THR

15 | CRO

20 | CRO

16 | CRO

Ret | SNE

Ret | SNE

18 | SNE

14 | OUL

18 | OUL

13 | OUL

14 | KNO

Ret | KNO

18 | KNO

18 | SIL

17 | SIL

14 | SIL

18 | BRH

17 | BRH

16 | BRH

Ret | 23rd | 0
2009 | Sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Motorsport | Honda Integra Type-R | BRH

10 | BRH

12 | BRH

10 | THR

13 | THR

14 | THR

13 | DON

15 | DON

15 | DON

19 | OUL

17 | OUL

17 | OUL

15 | CRO

15 | CRO

13 | CRO

11 | SNE

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| KNO

| KNO

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| SIL

15 | SIL

15 | SIL

18 | ROC

| ROC

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| BRH

17 | BRH

Ret | BRH

Ret | 23rd | 2

## References[edit]

1. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2010-01-25). "Hip injury forces Bell out for 2010". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-25.

## External links[edit]

* Martyn Bell Racing
* Geoff Steel Racing
* Official BTCC Website
* Profile at BTCCPages.com

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Teams and drivers competing in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship

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* 1\. Tom Ingram
* 3\. Tom Chilton
* 14\. Ronan Pearson
* 22\. Nick Halstead

* 2\. Colin Turkington
* 12\. Stephen Jelley
* 33\. Adam Morgan

* 24\. Jake Hill

* 6\. Rory Butcher
* 37\. Ricky Collard
* 42\. George Gamble

* 27\. Dan Cammish
* 32\. Dan Rowbottom
* 77\. Sam Osborne
* 116\. Ashley Sutton

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* 11\. Andrew Watson
* 40\. Árón Taylor-Smith
* 88\. Mikey Doble

* 16\. Aiden Moffat
* 66\. Josh Cook
* 70\. Will Powell
* 99\. Jade Edwards

* 17\. Dexter Patterson
* 18\. Daryl DeLeon
* 99\. Jade Edwards

* 19\. Bobby Thompson
* 123\. Dan Lloyd
* 777\. Michael Crees

* 28\. Nicolas Hamilton
* 79\. Robert Huff
* 96\. Jack Butel

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