Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert. He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team. The following year, he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984, he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.

Longman also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.[citation needed]

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112DCPtsClass
1970Downton Engineering LtdBMC Mini Cooper SBBRH 12SNE 12THR 11SIL DNQCRY DNSSILSILCROBRHOULBRHBRH13th203rd
1976Richard LongmanBMC Mini Cooper SABRHSILOULTHRTHR ?SILBRHMALSNEBRH30th68th
1977Patrick Motor GroupMini 1275 GTASILBRHOULTHRSIL ?THR ?DON 3†SIL 16DON 1†BRH ?THR ?BRH 115th282nd
1978Patrick MotorSportMini 1275 GTASIL 10OUL 3†THR ?BRH 3†SIL 3†DON 4†MAL RetBRH ?DON 3†BRH ?THR ?OUL 4†1st1001st
1979Patrick MotorSportMini 1275 GTASIL 14OUL 2†THR 20SIL 18DON ?SIL ?MAL 3†DON ?BRH ?THR ?SNE 15OUL 5†1st971st
1980Datapost RacingFord FiestaBMAL 2†OUL 4†THR 12SIL RetSIL RetBRH ?MAL 4†BRH 1414th245th
ATHR ?SIL Ret7th
1981Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and EssoAustin Metro 1300 HLSAMAL Ret†SIL 15OUL 13†THR ?BRH 7†SIL ?SIL 18DON 6†BRH 14THR ?SIL 115th582nd
1982Royal Mail Datapost Racing with EssoAustin Metro 1300 HLSASIL 10MAL 9†OUL 4†THR 13THR 13SIL 15DON RetBRH 16DON 10BRH 7SIL ?2nd721st
1983Royal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS1600iCSIL 14OUL 9THR 16BRH 13THR 10SIL RetDON RetSIL 11DON 11BRH 11SIL 127th354th
1984Royal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS1600iCDON 16SIL 10OUL 10THR 12THR RetSIL ?SNE 12BRH 13BRH 13DON 13SIL 122nd741st
1985Royal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS TurboBSILOULTHRDONTHRSIL 6DON 8SIL 5SNE 4BRH 7BRH 18SIL Ret7th454th
1986Royal Mail DatapostFord Escort RS TurboBSIL 5THR 7SIL 3DON 3BRH 8SNE 3BRH 7DON RetSIL 32nd641st
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Sporting positions
Preceded byBernard UnettBritish Touring Car Champion 1978-79Succeeded byWin Percy