Mark Johnathon Lovell (27 March 1960 – 12 July 2003)[1] was a British rally driver. He won the 1986 British Rally Championship in a Ford RS200 Group B, the 1987 and 1988 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, the 1988 International Dutch Rally Drivers' Championship and the 2001 SCCA ProRally Drivers' Championship in the United States. He also won the 2003 Pikes Peak Rally only two weeks before his death.

When the Subaru Impreza WRX and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution were introduced in 2002 and 2003 to the United States, both cars created more interest in the sport of rallying. Subaru and subsequently Mitsubishi entered the US Pro Rally championship with factory teams; Mark Lovell was the lead driver for the Subaru / Prodrive team, with Americans Karl Scheible (2002) and Ramana Lagemann (2003) as teammates.

Mark and his co-driver Roger Freeman were both killed in July 2003 during the Oregon Trail Rally when their Works ProRally Subaru Impreza WRX left the road and struck a tree at high speed shortly after the start of the first stage.

A memorial page for both Mark and Roger has been set up, which includes many photographs of the team and events at both the Pikes Peak and Oregon Trail Pro Rallies.

Racing record

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Pts
1982 Passey & Porter Ltd Ford Escort RS2000 MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC NZL BRA FIN ITA CIV GBR
Ret
NC 0
1983 British Junior Rally Team Ford Escort RS1600 MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV GBR
23
NC 0
1984 British Junior Rally Team Ford Escort RS1600 MON SWE
Ret
POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV NC 0
British Citroën Citroën Visa 1000 Pistes GBR
12
1985 British Junior Rally Team Ford Escort RS1600 MON SWE
24
POR KEN FRA GRC NZL ARG FIN ITA CIV NC 0
Ford Escort RS Turbo GBR
Ret
1986 Ford Motor Company Ltd Ford RS200 MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR
Ret
USA NC 0
1987 British Telecom Radiopaging Ford Sierra RS Cosworth MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR
Ret
NC 0
1988 Ford Motor Company Ltd Ford Sierra RS Cosworth MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRC USA NZL ARG FIN CIV ITA GBR
17
NC 0
1989 Ford Motor Company Ltd Ford Sierra RS Cosworth SWE MON POR KEN FRA
Ret
GRC NZL ARG FIN AUS ITA CIV NC 0
Andrews Sykes Ford Champions Team GBR
17

Titles

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Motorsport Memorial – Mark Lovell". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Autosport
National Rally Driver of the Year

1985
Succeeded by


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