Dave Newsham is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in BTCC for BTC Norlin Racing. Newsham has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 66 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,124 ranks Newsham 2517th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2017-09-30 | Brands Hatch | P8 | +75 |
| 2017-09-30 | Brands Hatch | DNF | −149 |
| 2017-09-30 | Brands Hatch | P17 | −19 |
| 2017-09-16 | Silverstone | P7 | +96 |
| 2017-09-16 | Silverstone | P9 | +72 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸BTCC | BTC Norlin Racing | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | P16 | +719 | 3,449 |
| 2016 | ▸BTCC | Power Maxed Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +272 | 2,988 |
| 2015 | ▸BTCC | Power Maxed Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −342 | 2,458 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jack Goff | 2,924 | 51 | 16 | 35 | 31% |
| 🇬🇧 Colin Turkington | 5,614 | 50 | 9 | 41 | 18% |
| 🇬🇧 Gordon Shedden | 4,877 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 20% |
| 🇬🇧 Andrew Jordan | 3,954 | 50 | 14 | 36 | 28% |
| 🇬🇧 Matt Neal | 3,767 | 48 | 9 | 39 | 19% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam Morgan | 4,862 | 47 | 10 | 37 | 21% |
| 🇬🇧 Jason Plato | 3,446 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 36% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram | 6,921 | 45 | 13 | 32 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | 4,342 | 44 | 22 | 22 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Árón Taylor-Smith | 3,870 | 44 | 26 | 18 | 59% |
Dave Newsham is a British touring car driver who competed in the BTCC from 2015 to 2017, accumulating 66 starts across three seasons. He scored a single podium finish during this period and recorded an average classification of 12th place, competing primarily for BTC Norlin Racing and Power Maxed Racing. His Racer Rating of 3,124 places him in the upper amateur to lower semi-professional tier of drivers competing at national championship level.[1]
Throughout his BTCC tenure, Newsham raced consistently against a field of established touring car professionals. He finished ahead of several strong drivers on occasion, including FIA Gold-graded Colin Turkington (a one-time champion) nine times across 50 shared races, and Jake Hill (a one-time champion with FIA Silver grading) sixteen times across their shared starts. However, his head-to-head records against the field's top performers were heavily weighted in their favour. Against Turkington, Newsham finished behind him 41 times; against Gordon Shedden, another former champion, he trailed in 40 of 50 races. His most frequent rival was Jack Goff, a driver of similar calibre, against whom Newsham held a modest advantage with 16 finishes ahead to 35 behind across 51 meetings.[2]
Newsham has since retired from racing and pursued business interests outside motorsport. His three-year tenure in the BTCC represents a semi-professional career at national championship standard, where he proved capable of occasional competitive performances against established professionals but did not achieve consistent race-winning pace.