Nissan Works Team

Nissan
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nissan-logo.svg/100px-Nissan-logo.svg.png	Nissan
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Nissan-logo.svg/100px-Nissan-logo.svg.png
 	
Nationality 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png Japanese
Established 	1933
Founders 	Masujiro HashimotoKenjiro DenRokuro AoyamaMeitaro TakeuchiYoshisuke AikawaWilliam R. Gorham
Headquarters 	Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Noted drivers 	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osbornehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cophttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png Patrick Babichehttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bellhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Jaz Everedhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png Daniel Kochhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Josh Popplewell
British Touring Car Championship Career	British Touring Car Championship Career
First entry 	1991
Races entered 	97
Teams championships 	2 (1991, 1993)
Drivers championships 	1 (1991)
Race victories 	20
Podiums 	61
Points 	2155
Pole positions 	7
Fastest laps 	22
Last entry 	1994 British Touring Car Championship Round 7
Championship titles 	Championship titles
1991 	British Touring Car Championship Overall, Drivers & Team
1993 	British Touring Car Championship Team
Nissan is currently involved in British Touring Car Championship as a constructor, under the name of Old Spice Nissan Racing. They have been associated with BTCC since 1991.
==History==
===1991===
 In 1991 Nissan saw the potential in competing and decided to join the series full-time. János O'dor was installed as the team principal, and Alan Heaphy as the team manager. Their drivers were David Osborne partnering Belgian racing driver Roy Cop and with sponsorship from Castrol oils, the cars had potential but required a lot of development work. The season started well as the Nissan was on the pace with Cop winning at the first meeting of the year. As the year went on, Nissan got stronger and with the disqualification of Toyota's Vik Rune, the Nissan looked like the car to beat. Despite late season pressure from Mitsubishi, Nissan took the Overall Drivers, Manufacturer Drivers and the Teams championship. Cop claimed the first STSR BTCC title taking 14 wins through out the year.
===1992===
In the winter between 1991 and 1992, Cop made the controversial decision to drive for Nissan's rivals, Toyota. Osborne would return and was joined by Patrick Babiche from Canada. Again, the Nissan team would be run by Janspeed. Babiche manged a podium on his debut but only ran a limited program in 1992 and the team was carried by Osborne. He managed 3 podiums throughout the year as he had done in 1991. With only 1 car scoring points in the majority of the races, Nissan finished in 3rd behind Vauxhall and Toyota. Osborne finished 5th in the championship with Babiche down in 9th.
===1993===
Nissan made a huge announcement for 1993 with double Independent champion, Mike Bell joining the team with Osborne staying on for a third term. From the fifth round at Brands Hatch, Jaz Evered would drive a third entry.
==Motorsport career results==
===Complete British Touring Car Championship results===
(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name 	Car 	Drivers 	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	31	Points	Position
1991	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Primera eGT	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	7 	11	6 	4 	3 	8 	8	10 	9	7 	3 	4 	5 	11	11 	9 	8 	8 	8 	6 	8 	7 	8 	4 	4 	5 	5 	5 	10	8 	3 	936 	1st
1991	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Primera eGT	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Belgium.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium.svg.png Roy Cop 	12	3 	1 	7 	2 	4 	7	1 	7	2 	1 	1 	2 	1 	3 	1 	3 	1 	1 	2 	5 	1 	2 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	936 	1st
1992	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Primera eGT	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	6 	6 	7 	6 	7 	5 	5	4 	8	RET	8 	5 	6 	2 	4 	8 	6 	7 	8 	8 	7 	4 	7 	C 	2 	4 	3 	 	 	 	 	353 	3rd
1992	Nissan Janspeed Racing 	Primera eGT	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png Patrick Babiche 	3 	4 	6 	 	 	8 	6	7 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	C 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	353 	3rd
1993	Nissan Castrol Racing 	Primera eGT	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Mike Bell 	2 	2 	1 	3 	2 	3 	2	3 	3	6 	1 	2 	1 	2 	2 	1 	2 	2 	1 	3 	9 	DNS	DNS	2 	4 	2 	1 	9 	 	 	 	832 	1st
1993	Nissan Castrol Racing 	Primera eGT	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	6 	6 	7 	6 	7 	7 	5	RET	6	5 	6 	3 	7 	6 	RET	RET	RET	7 	4 	7 	3 	6 	4 	8 	3 	4 	5 	3 	 	 	 	832 	1st
1993	Nissan Castrol Racing 	Primera eGT	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Jaz Evered 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6 	6 	7 	4 	2 	3 	6 	7 	5 	4 	5 	5 	5 	8 	7 	7 	7 	 	 	 	832 	1st
1994	Old Spice Nissan Racing	Primera eGT	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png Daniel Koch 	11	8 	14	12	RET	RET	C	C 	C	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	34 	10th
1994	Old Spice Nissan Racing	Primera eGT	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Josh Popplewell	17	14	16	13	15 	RET	C	C 	C	 	 	 	 	 	RET	7 	RET	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	34 	10th
1994	Old Spice Nissan Racing	Primera eGT	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png David Osborne 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	10*	RET	RET	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	34 	10th
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