Luke Hines (born 4 May 1982 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire) is a British racing driver. He is the son of former karting champion and Zip Kart founder/owner Martin Hines.Btcc – Seat Sport Uk
Career
After a small amount of open wheel racing in Formula Ford, Hines tested a Production Class Alfa Romeo 156 for Gary Ayles' team following the conclusion of the 2002 British Touring Car Championship. He entered the Production Class of the BTCC in 2003, with the Barwell Motorsport team. He was the class champion in a field of five full-time drivers. He did enough to be noticed by Vauxhall, who signed him for a 2004 assault on the Touring Class, when he won two races and finished 10th overall. In 2005, he switched to the SEAT team, moving up a place to ninth with one race win. He returned to the BTCC for the final two meetings of 2014 in place of Glynn Geddie at United Autosports.
For 2006, Hines moved to the British GT Championship driving a Panoz Esperante for the LNT team. He immediately established himself as one of the front runners along with his team mate Tom Kimber-Smith and led the championship after a pair of wins at Mondello Park. Hines and Kimber-Smith ended the year second in the standings, missing out on the title by just two points. Hines returned to British GT in 2008, partnering Jeremy Metcalfe in a Ferrari F430 GT3 and finishing runner-up a second time. He raced partial seasons in 2012, 2013 and for a final year in 2014, in which he earned a podium at Rockingham Motor Speedway.
Hines has established kart racing team AllStars Racing, announcing in April 2018 that he would be working with ten-year-old Deaf racer Caleb McDuff in preparation for McDuff's campaign in the 2018 Super 1 National Kart Championships.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race, 2003 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races, 2003 in class) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)
Year Team Car Class 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 Class 2003 Barwell Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R MON1Ret MON2DNS BRH1ovr:15cls:2 BRH2ovr:12cls:2 THR1ovr:13cls:2 THR2ovr:13cls:2 SIL1ovr:11cls:1 SIL2ovr:11cls:1 ROC1ovr:18cls:6 ROC2ovr:11cls:1 CRO1ovr:16cls:3 CRO2ovr:13cls:1 SNE1ovr:10cls:1 SNE2ovr:14cls:2 BRH1ovr:18cls:2 BRH2ovr:18cls:3 DON1ovr:14cls:1 DON2ovr:17cls:1 OUL1ovr:17cls:2 OUL2ovr:14cls:2 N/A 243 1st 2004 VX Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupé THR1 THR2 THR3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 MON1 MON2 MON3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON1 DON2 DON3 10th 115 2005 SEAT Sport UK SEAT Toledo Cupra DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 MON1 MON2 MON3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 9th 87 2014 United Autosports Toyota Avensis BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL120 SIL220 SIL3Ret BRH1Ret BRH2Ret BRH317 30th 0
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