Alex Portman is a retired British auto racing

Auto racing

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 driver. He raced in the eighties in the TVR Tuscan Challenge and some Historic Racing events;winning a championship 1991 and 1992 in a Ray Mallock built GT40. In 1990 he drove in the GM Vauxhall Lotus Euroseries, and raced in Canada in 1991 with the North American Formula Atlantic Championship. He also did some races in the British GT Championship.

BTCC

For 1992 he competed in the prestigious British Touring Car Championship

British Touring Car Championship

The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then FIA Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s...

, replacing Bobby Verdon-Roe

Bobby Verdon-Roe

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 for the last part of the season with the Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall team in a Vauxhall Cavalier

Vauxhall Cavalier

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. He finished the year outside the points. In 1993 he moved to Team Dynamics

Team Dynamics

Team Dynamics is a UK-based motor-racing team based in Pershore, Worcestershire; best known for their successes as an independent squad in the British Touring Car Championship, including winning the Overall Drivers title in 2005 and 2006 with Matt Neal...

, alongside Matt Neal

Matt Neal

Matthew Neal is a British motor racing driver. He won the British Touring Car Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2011. He has also won a European Touring Car Championship race. He is 6' 6" tall, making him almost entirely unable to race single-seaters...

 in a BMW

BMW

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 318is Coupe. His best finish was a tenth place in the fifth round at Oulton Park

Oulton Park

Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...

, ending the season with one point.