Dave Allan (racing driver)


David Mark Allan was a British racing driver and Honda test driver. He started his racing career in the National Saloon Car Championship with Synchro Motorsport which he was a key member of, driving a Honda Civic finishing 14th with 16 points. He drove in the series for another two years finishing tenth in 1999 and 14th in 2000 along with entering one race of the Belgian Procar in both years.
For 2001, Allen made the switch to the British Touring Car Championship driving a Honda Accord in the Production Class eventually finishing 12th in the championship, missing three rounds with Mark Lemmer driving in two. He made a late entry in 2002 racing alongside eventual Production champion James Kaye driving a Honda Civic Type-R. He was outraced by Kaye for most of the season finishing ninth in the championship.
In 2011, Allen drove in the Dunlop Production GTN Championship driving a Honda Jazz.
At about 11:30 on Tuesday 3 July, Allen was killed when the car he was testing at Millbrook Proving Ground lost control and rolled several times.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in bold indicate pole position in class Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap in class
YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526DCPtsClass
2001Synchro MotorsportHonda AccordBRH
1

10†
BRH
2

ovr:19
cls:13
THR
1

ovr:8
cls:4
THR
2

ovr:15
cls:10
OUL
1

ovr:21
cls:13
OUL
2

ovr:11
cls:7
SIL
1

ovr:16
cls:9
SIL
2

ovr:14
cls:7
MON
1
MON
2
DON
1

ovr:15
cls:8
DON
2

ovr:9
cls:4
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

DNS
SNE
1
SNE
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
OUL
1

ovr:18
cls:10
OUL
2

ovr:14
cls:8
SIL
1

ovr:17
cls:8
SIL
2

ovr:14
cls:6
DON
1

ovr:19
cls:11
DON
2

Ret
BRH
1

ovr:18
cls:10
BRH
2

ovr:13
cls:9
N/A4912th
2002Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type-RBRH
1
BRH
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

ovr:18
cls:7
SIL
1

ovr:26
cls:14
SIL
2

ovr:19
cls:5
MON
1

ovr:16
cls:6
MON
2

ovr:16
cls:5
CRO
1

ovr:15
cls:5
CRO
2

Ret
SNE
1

ovr:18
cls:4
SNE
2

ovr:15
cls:5
KNO
1

ovr:17
cls:5
KNO
2

ovr:19
cls:6
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

ovr:19
cls:7
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

ovr:17
cls:8
N/A619th

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.