Thierry Tassin

Thierry Tassin
Thierry Tassin
Born	11 January 1959 (age 65)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
	1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	95th (1989)
First race	1989 GM Parts 300 (Nazareth)
Last race	1989 GM Parts 300 (Nazareth)

Thierry Tassin (born 11 January 1959) is a Belgian racing driver.^[1] He won the prestigious Spa 24 Hours endurance race on four occasions (1983, '86, '94 and '96) - all in a BMW ^[2]

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
1982	Docking Spitzley Ltd	Docking-Spitzley DS1	Hart	SIL DSQ	HOC 6	THR Ret	NÜR 18	MUG 9	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	SPA Ret	HOC	DON Ret	MAN	PER	MIS DNQ	18th	1
1983	Onyx Race Engineering	March 832	BMW	SIL Ret	THR 4	HOC 6	NÜR 6	VAL 4	PAU 4	JAR	DON	MIS	PER	ZOL	MUG		8th	11
1984	Onyx Race Engineering	March 842	BMW	SIL 4	HOC 7	THR 5	VAL 10	MUG 5	PAU Ret	HOC 2	MIS 4	PER	DON 5	BRH 7			7th	18

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
1985	PMC Motorsport	Williams FW08C	Cosworth	SIL NC	THR 13											17th	1
1985	Eddie Jordan Racing	March 85B	Cosworth			EST Ret	NÜR	VAL	PAU	SPA Ret	DIJ Ret	PER	ÖST 6	ZAN 8	DON Ret	17th	1
1986	Eddie Jordan Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	SIL 22†	VAL	PAU	SPA	IMO	MUG	PER	ÖST	BIR	BUG	JAR		NC	0
1987	GA Motorsport	Lola T87/50	Cosworth	SIL	VAL	SPA 16	PAU	DON	PER	BRH	BIR	IMO	BUG	JAR		NC	0

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts	Class
1978	Thierry Tassin	Volkswagen Golf GTI	B	SIL	OUL	THR	BRH	SIL	DON 2†‡	MAL	BRH	DON	BRH	THR	OUL	NC‡	0‡	NC‡
Source:^[3]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Car not to full BSCC specification - Not eligible for points.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts
1987	Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	MNZ Ret	JAR ovr:14 cls:3	DIJ ovr:5 cls:3	NUR ovr:8 cls:2	SPA Ret							25th	58
	Andy Rouse Engineering	Ford Sierra RS500						BNO Ret	SIL Ret
	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Ford Sierra RS500								BAT Ret	CLD Ret	WEL	FJI

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	NBGNC	Pts	Ref
1989	Pearson Racing	90	Buick	DAY	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR	BRI	NZH 40	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT	DOV	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR	MAR	95th	43	^[4]

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Pts
1994	BMW Team Belgium	BMW 318is	AVU 7	WUN Ret	ZOL	ZAN	ÖST	SAL	SPA	NÜR	18th	4

References

^ "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
^ "Total 24 hours of Spa 2013". www.total24hours.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-14.
^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "Thierry Tassin – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 4, 2024.

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[sref-1] "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[2] "Total 24 hours of Spa 2013". www.total24hours.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-14.

[3] Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[4] "Thierry Tassin – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 4, 2024.

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