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.[1]

Luke Hines
Hines in 2014
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1982-05-04) 4 May 1982 (age 42)
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Related toMartin Hines (father)
BTCC record
TeamsVX Racing
SEAT Sport UK
Drivers'
championships
0
Wins3
Podium finishes
Poles
Fastest laps
Debut season2003
First win2004
Best championship position9th (2005)
Final season (2005) position9th (87 points)

Career

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Hines driving for Vauxhall at Donington Park during the 2004 British Touring Car Championship season.

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 2 races and finished 10th overall. In 2005 he switched to the SEAT team, moving up a place to 9th with 1 race win. He returned to the BTCC for the final two meetings of 2014 in place of Glynn Geddie at United Autosports.

For 2006 he 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 10-year-old Deaf racer Caleb McDuff[2] in preparation for McDuff's campaign in the 2018 Super 1 National Kart Championships.

Racing record

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Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(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 P MON
1

Ret
MON
2

DNS
BRH
1

15
BRH
2

12
THR
1

13
THR
2

13
SIL
1

11
SIL
2

11
ROC
1

18
ROC
2

11
CRO
1

16
CRO
2

13
SNE
1

10
SNE
2

14
BRH
1

18
BRH
2

18
DON
1

14
DON
2

17
OUL
1

17
OUL
2

14
243 1st
2004 VX Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupé THR
1

Ret
THR
2

7
THR
3

5
BRH
1

9
BRH
2

1*
BRH
3

10
SIL
1

8
SIL
2

14
SIL
3

11
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

9
OUL
3

11
MON
1

6
MON
2

3
MON
3

2
CRO
1

8
CRO
2

14
CRO
3

8
KNO
1

15
KNO
2

5
KNO
3

6
BRH
1

5
BRH
2

10
BRH
3

7
SNE
1

10
SNE
2

1*
SNE
3

8
DON
1

6
DON
2

10
DON
3

Ret
10th 115
2005 SEAT Sport UK SEAT Toledo Cupra DON
1

7
DON
2

8
DON
3

9
THR
1

8
THR
2

8
THR
3

8*
BRH
1

5
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

Ret
OUL
1

7
OUL
2

Ret
OUL
3

5
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

9
CRO
3

6
MON
1

12
MON
2

5
MON
3

Ret
SNE
1

10
SNE
2

8
SNE
3

Ret
KNO
1

7
KNO
2

5
KNO
3

Ret
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

1*
SIL
3

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

7
BRH
3

Ret
9th 87
2014 United Autosports Toyota Avensis BRH
1

BRH
2

BRH
3

DON
1

DON
2

DON
3

THR
1

THR
2

THR
3

OUL
1

OUL
2

OUL
3

CRO
1

CRO
2

CRO
3

SNE
1

SNE
2

SNE
3

KNO
1

KNO
2

KNO
3

ROC
1

ROC
2

ROC
3

SIL
1

20
SIL
2

20
SIL
3

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

17
30th 0

References

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  1. ^ Btcc – Seat Sport Uk Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Pontypool racer McDuff to go full throttle in top karting championship". South Wales Argus. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.