James Kaye

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James Peter Kaye (born 18 February 1964 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is a British auto racing driver. He has been a stalwart competitor of Hondas in various championships since 1995, and has had 2 lengthy spells in the BTCC. He won the BTCC independents' championship in 1992 and 1994.

Racing career

File:BTCC 2000 James Kaye.jpg
Kaye driving the Barwell Motorsport Honda Accord at Brands Hatch during the 2000 British Touring Car Championship season.
File:James Kaye 2006 BTCC Brands Hatch.jpg
Kaye driving for Synchro Motorsport at the Brands Hatch round of the 2006 British Touring Car Championship season.

After racing in the British National Production Saloon Championship with several championship in the late 80s and early 90s, he entered the BTCC as an independent in 1992, winning the independent title in his Toyota, and again in 1994. In 1993 he raced a semi-works Toyota for the Park Lane Racing team, ineligible for the Total Cup for Independents. In 1995 he was hired by Honda for their BTCC programme, racing there for 2 seasons.

He had an assortment of sports car drives for Honda from 1997–1999, returning to touring cars in the National Saloon Championship in 2000. The same cars were eligible for the newly created Class B of the BTCC that year, and James was runner up in a Honda Accord. This was renamed the Production Class for 2001, and James again finished 2nd, before winning the Production Class title in 2002 for Synchro Motorsport, a team of Honda employees working in their spare time at the Honda factory in Swindon.

The team moved up to the Touring class of the BTCC for 2003, defined as an Independent team as they had no financial or technical backing, James classified as Independent runner-up and 14th overall. Remaining with Synchro, James was 11th overall in 2004 and 2005. He took his first series podium at Oulton Park in 2006 after 14 years of trying. For 2007 the team pulled out, leaving James without a drive.

He returned to the BTCC for the 2013 season, driving the AmD Tuning.com Volkswagen Golf in the Jack Sears Trophy.[1]

For the final round of the 2018 Dunlop Endurance Championship, Kaye raced with Matt Le Breton in an Audi RS3 TCR, finishing 11th in race one and 4th in race two.

File:BTCC Race 2 - 15 (9451422097).jpg
Kaye driving the AmD Tuning Honda Civic at Snetterton during the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season.

In 2023, Kaye returned to racing in the final meeting of the inaugural Racing Hondas Championship at Snetterton.[2] Driving a Honda Civic of the same model he had driven in the BTCC from 2002 to 2006 in Class C, he won his class in Race 1 and came 3rd in Race 2.[3] This placed him equal 4th overall in the championship in his class.[4]

Career highlights

  • 2006 BTCC with Synchro Racing, once again back in the Civic Type R. Scored in four of the first six races, and then at Oulton Park qualified a fine fourth and converted it into his first BTCC podium finish.
  • 2005 BTCC with Synchro Racing, Honda Civic Type R. Quietly began racking up points finishes but constantly in the wars. His best finish was at the Indy round at Brands Hatch, where he was 4th in race three. He even resorted to changing his race number (from 10 to 31) in the final round to see if it would bring a change of luck. Perhaps it worked: he finished all three races in the points, making a season total of 58, 11th in the championship.
  • 2004 BTCC with Synchro with the Civic again. A quiet year by James' high standards, but 3rd in qualifying and 4th in the first race at Brands Hatch was a high point. Ended up 11th in the championship with 49 points, 5th in the Independents.
  • 2003 BTCC with Team Synchro, Honda Civic Type R. His season seemed to lack consistency but still led to 2nd in the Independents' cup.
  • 2002 BTCC Production Class – Honda – Champion; Macau Grand Prix – 6th in second heat
  • 2001 BTCC Production Class – Honda – 2nd; Spa 24 Hours; Macau Grand Prix – 4th
  • 2000 BTCC Production Class – Honda – 2nd
  • 1999 Belgian Procar Championship
  • 1997 FIA World GT Championship
  • 1996 BTCC – Honda – 12th
  • 1995 BTCC – Honda – 18th
  • 1994 BTCC Independents' Cup – Toyota – Champion; Australian Touring Cars
  • 1993 BTCC – Toyota Junior Team – 20th; Japanese Group A Touring Cars
  • 1992 BTCC Independents' Cup – Toyota – Champion
  • 1991 British National Group N Championship – Honda Civic Vtec
  • 1990 Honda CRX Championship
  • 1989 Ford Fiesta Championship – Champion; Renault 5 Turbo Championship; Honda CRX Championship; Uniroyal Production Saloon Car Championship
  • 1988 Uniroyal Production Saloon Car Championship – Class Champion; Renault 5 Turbo Championship; Honda CRX Championship
  • 1987 Renault 5 Turbo Championship – 2nd
  • 1986 Uniroyal Production Saloon Car Championship – Class Champion
  • 1985 Uniroyal Production Saloon Car Championship – Champion
  • 1984 Uniroyal Production Saloon Car Championship – Class Champion
  • 1983 Uniroyal Production Saloon Car Championship

Personal life

James' father Peter Kaye was a Hillclimb/Sprint driver, which was a great influence on James growing up. James is the oldest of 5 children, and his younger brother Richard Kaye, has also raced professionally. James is married and has proven his virility beyond doubt by fathering 5 children.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 1996–2002 all races, 2003–present just in first race, 1987–1989 and 2000–2003 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 1987–1989 and 2000–present all races, 1987–1989 and 2000–2003 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 2001 just in feature races, 2003–present all races, 2001 for leading in class)

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 Overall
DC 		Pts Class
1986 Containerships Vauxhall Nova Sport <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />DScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". SIL THR SIL DON BRH
ovr:17
cls:1 		SNE BRH DON SIL 15th 10 2nd
1988 Demon Tweeks Volkswagen Golf GTI <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". SIL
ovr:15‡
cls:1‡ 		OUL
Ret 		THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL 58th 1 8th
1989 Demon Tweeks BMW M3 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />BScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OUL
ovr:17
cls:5 		SIL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL 51st 2 12th
1992 Park Lane Racing Toyota Carina SIL
Ret 		THR
Ret 		OUL
13 		SNE
Ret 		BRH
13 		DON
1
14 		DON
2
Ret 		SIL
5 		KNO
1
12 		KNO
2
9 		PEM
14 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
12 		DON
5 		SIL
8 		10th 19
1993 Park Lane
Toyota Junior Team 		Toyota Carina E SIL
13 		DON
11 		SNE
9 		DON
Ret 		OUL
Ret 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
DNS 		PEM
Ret 		SIL
10 		KNO
1
DNS 		KNO
2
DNS 		OUL
12 		BRH THR
20 		DON
1
14 		DON
2
Ret 		SIL
14 		21st 3
1994 Maxted Motorsport Toyota Carina E THR
16 		BRH
1
17 		BRH
2
19 		SNE
13 		SIL
1
18 		SIL
2
15 		OUL
Ret 		DON
1
18 		DON
2
16 		BRH
1
15 		BRH
2
21 		SIL
15 		KNO
1
12 		KNO
2
18 		OUL
Ret 		BRH
1
18 		BRH
2
Ret 		SIL
1
20 		SIL
2
13 		DON
1
17 		DON
2
17 		29th 0
1995 Honda Team MSD Honda Accord DON
1
11 		DON
2
10 		BRH
1
19 		BRH
2
14 		THR
1
16 		THR
2
13 		SIL
1
10 		SIL
2
13 		OUL
1
14 		OUL
2
10 		BRH
1
13 		BRH
2
19 		DON
1
14 		DON
2
10 		SIL
Ret 		KNO
1
Ret 		KNO
2
5 		BRH
1
10 		BRH
2
8 		SNE
1
18 		SNE
2
9 		OUL
1
7 		OUL
2
9 		SIL
1
16 		SIL
2
9 		18th 25
1996 Honda Team MSD Honda Accord DON
1
9 		DON
2
10 		BRH
1
9 		BRH
2
11 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
9 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
8 		OUL
1
13 		OUL
2
Ret 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
7 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
14 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
11 		KNO
1
8 		KNO
2
8 		OUL
1
10 		OUL
2
10 		THR
1
8 		THR
2
9 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
10 		BRH
1
DNS 		BRH
2
8 		12th 33
2000 Barwell Motorsport Honda Accord <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />BScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". BRH
1
ovr:13
cls:2 		BRH
2
ovr:9
cls:1 		DON
1
ovr:11
cls:2 		DON
2
ovr:11
cls:1 		THR
1
ovr:13
cls:3 		THR
2
Ret 		OUL
1
ovr:10
cls:1 		OUL
2
ovr:10
cls:1 		SIL
1
ovr:11
cls:2 		SIL
2
ovr:8
cls:2 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
ovr:6
cls:1 		SNE
1
ovr:8
cls:2 		SNE
2
ovr:10
cls:2 		DON
1
ovr:12
cls:2 		DON
2
ovr:11
cls:1 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
ovr:11
cls:1 		OUL
1
ovr:12
cls:3 		OUL
2
ovr:9
cls:1 		SIL
1
ovr:10
cls:2 		SIL
2
ovr:10
cls:2 		N/A 260 2nd
Honda Integra Type-R KNO
1
ovr:12
cls:2 		KNO
2
ovr:11
cls:3
2001 Team Kaliber Sport
with Barwell 		Honda Accord <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />PScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". BRH
1
Ret† 		BRH
2
ovr:7*
cls:1 		THR
1
ovr:7
cls:3 		THR
2
ovr:5*
cls:1 		OUL
1
ovr:2
cls:2 		OUL
2
Ret 		SIL
1
ovr:9
cls:5 		SIL
2
ovr:9*
cls:2 		MON
1
ovr:2
cls:1 		MON
2
ovr:5*
cls:1 		DON
1
ovr:12
cls:5 		DON
2
Ret 		KNO
1
ovr:6
cls:4 		KNO
2
ovr:6
cls:2 		SNE
1
ovr:9
cls:6 		SNE
2
Ret 		CRO
1
ovr:6
cls:3 		CRO
2
ovr:10
cls:5 		OUL
1
ovr:13
cls:6 		OUL
2
ovr:10
cls:4 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
ovr:9*
cls:1 		DON
1
ovr:3
cls:3 		DON
2
ovr:14
cls:8 		BRH
1
ovr:10
cls:2 		BRH
2
ovr:7
cls:3 		N/A 220 2nd
2002 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />PScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
NC 		OUL
1
ovr:12
cls:1 		OUL
2
Ret 		THR
1
ovr:15
cls:1 		THR
2
ovr:12
cls:1 		SIL
1
ovr:16
cls:3 		SIL
2
ovr:15
cls:2 		MON
1
ovr:13
cls:3 		MON
2
Ret 		CRO
1
ovr:11
cls:2 		CRO
2
ovr:14
cls:2 		SNE
1
ovr:17
cls:3 		SNE
2
ovr:11
cls:1 		KNO
1
ovr:16
cls:4 		KNO
2
ovr:17
cls:4 		BRH
1
ovr:14
cls:2 		BRH
2
ovr:13
cls:2 		DON
1
ovr:16
cls:3 		DON
2
ovr:11
cls:2 		N/A 210 1st
2003 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />TScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MON
1
Ret 		MON
2
Ret 		BRH
1
ovr:12
cls:12 		BRH
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		THR
1
ovr:11
cls:11 		THR
2
ovr:7
cls:7 		SIL
1
ovr:8
cls:8 		SIL
2
Ret 		ROC
1
Ret 		ROC
2
DNS 		CRO
1
ovr:13
cls:13 		CRO
2
ovr:11
cls:11 		SNE
1
ovr:7*
cls:7 		SNE
2
ovr:11
cls:11 		BRH
1
ovr:11
cls:11 		BRH
2
Ret 		DON
1
ovr:10
cls:10 		DON
2
ovr:11
cls:11 		OUL
1
ovr:10
cls:10 		OUL
2
ovr:12
cls:12 		14th 16
2004 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R THR
1
13 		THR
2
9 		THR
3
7 		BRH
1
12 		BRH
2
7 		BRH
3
Ret 		SIL
1
13 		SIL
2
15 		SIL
3
9 		OUL
1
6 		OUL
2
12 		OUL
3
9 		MON
1
15 		MON
2
7 		MON
3
Ret 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
12 		CRO
3
13 		KNO
1
13 		KNO
2
9 		KNO
3
11 		BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
6 		BRH
3
Ret 		SNE
1
9 		SNE
2
6 		SNE
3
13 		DON
1
11 		DON
2
9 		DON
3
9 		11th 49
2005 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
Ret 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
9 		THR
3
7 		BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
4 		OUL
1
11 		OUL
2
DNS 		OUL
3
Ret 		CRO
1
9 		CRO
2
5 		CRO
3
Ret 		MON
1
8 		MON
2
Ret 		MON
3
11 		SNE
1
8 		SNE
2
6 		SNE
3
6 		KNO
1
10 		KNO
2
Ret 		KNO
3
Ret 		SIL
1
8 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
10 		BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
6 		BRH
3
7 		11th 58
2006 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
9 		BRH
3
Ret 		MON
1
10 		MON
2
6 		MON
3
DNS 		OUL
1
3 		OUL
2
9 		OUL
3
DNS 		THR
1
7 		THR
2
7 		THR
3
4 		CRO
1
8 		CRO
2
7 		CRO
3
9 		DON
1
10 		DON
2
7 		DON
3
8 		SNE
1
9 		SNE
2
Ret 		SNE
3
8 		KNO
1
Ret 		KNO
2
Ret 		KNO
3
DNS 		BRH
1
11 		BRH
2
13 		BRH
3
Ret 		SIL
1
DNS 		SIL
2
DNS 		SIL
3
Ret 		12th 61
2010 WRC Developments
with Barwell 		Honda Integra Type-R THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		ROC
1 		ROC
2 		ROC
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		DON
1
9 		DON
2
14 		DON
3
Ret 		BRH
1
16 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
Ret 		22nd 2
2013 AmD Tuning.com Volkswagen Golf BRH
1
15 		BRH
2
12 		BRH
3
DNS 		DON
1
19 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
Ret 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
19 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
19 		CRO
3
Ret 		27th 5
Honda Civic SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
19 		SNE
3
DNS 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1 		ROC
2 		ROC
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes. ‡ Kaye won in class but was awarded no points due to less than 3 class cars starting the race.

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 Template:Flagicon Demon Tweeks Volkswagen Golf GTI MNZ JAR DIJ NÜR SPA BNO SIL
DNQ 		BAT CLD WEL FJI NC 0

Complete Japanese Touring 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 DC Pts
1991 Team Trust Toyota Corolla Levin AE92 JTC-3 SUG SUZ TSU SEN AUT FUJ
7 		76th 6
1993 Racing Project Bandoh Toyota Corolla Levin AE101 JTC-3 MIN AUT SUG SUZ AID
14 		TSU TOK SEN FUJ 26th 8

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Co-Driver Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1994 Template:Flagicon Bruce Miles Racing Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy Toyota Carina <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />BScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 136 23rd 5th
1997* Template:Flagicon Vauxhall Sport Template:Flagicon John Cleland Vauxhall Vectra 32 Ret Ret

* Super Touring race

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1998 Template:Flagicon Team Honda Sport Belgium Template:Flagicon Simon Harrison
Template:Flagicon Stephen Day 		Honda Integra Type R SP 470 8th 8th
1999 Template:Flagicon ELR Template:Flagicon Philippe Tollenaire
Template:Flagicon Philippe Favre 		Honda Accord SP 518/cylinder head gasket DNF DNF
2000 Template:Flagicon ELR & Barwell Motorsport Template:Flagicon David Leslie
Template:Flagicon Mark Lemmer 		Honda Accord SP ?/engine DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Silverstone results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Car No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2008 Template:Flagicon Barwell Motorsport Template:Flagicon Mark Lemmer
Template:Flagicon Jay Wheels
Template:Flagicon Andy Barnes (DNS) 		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 48 3 517 25th 5th
2011 Template:Flagicon Ryan MacLeod Template:Flagicon Ryan MacLeod
Template:Flagicon Ashley Walsh
Template:Flagicon Jamie Capilleri
Template:Flagicon Joseph Girlin 		Holden Astra 70 3 518 11th 6th
2012 Template:Flagicon Ryan MacLeod Template:Flagicon Ryan MacLeod
Template:Flagicon Jamie Capilleri
Template:Flagicon Keith Kassulke 		Holden Astra 87 4 472 15th/DNF 9th/DNF
2015 Template:Flagicon Team Russia by Barwell Template:Flagicon Timur Sardarov
Template:Flagicon Leo Machitski
Template:Flagicon Mark Lemmer 		MARC Focus V8 92 2 327 DNF DNF

Complete Britcar results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />DCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />CPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Points
2018 WDC Racing Audi RS3 TCR E4I ROC
1 		ROC
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		BRH
1
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
2
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC NC 0†

Complete British GT 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 DC Points
2023 Simpson Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Gen II GT4 OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
1 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		ALG
1 		BRH
1 		DON
1 		NC† 0†

† As Kaye was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

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External links

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exciting-news-racing-veteran-james-kaye-returns-track-lucas-qweqe
  3. ↑ https://www.racinghondas.uk/results/snetterton-rounds-13-14-2023/
  4. ↑ https://www.racinghondas.uk/results/championship-standings/
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