(1936-07-22)22 July 1936 Wolvey, Warwickshire, England
Died
21 January 2000(2000-01-21) (aged 63) Rugby, Warwickshire, England
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active
7
Teams
Alan Fraser Racing Jean Denton Racing Halesford Motors Ltd. Chrysler Dealer Team
Starts
64
Wins
2 (32 in class)
Poles
0
Fastest laps
30
Best finish
1st in 1974, 1976, 1977
Championship titles
1974, 1976, 1977 1974, 1976, 1977
British Saloon Car Championship BSCC - Class A
William Bernard Unett (22 July 1936 – 21 January 2000) was a British racing driver and development engineer, three times winner of the British Saloon Car Championship in 1974, 1976 and 1977.[1]
Unett was born on 22 July 1936 in Wolvey, Warwickshire. His parents ran a farm and it was being around, then helping repair the farm machinery sparked his interest in mechanics. Instead of following his parents into farming, he joined Humber as an apprentice at the age of 15 which was part of the Rootes Group organisation. He became development engineer,[2] one of a select few, known as 'The Set 'em Alight Boys' due to Rootes Chief Test engineer Don Tarbun's expression 'For **** sake, set 'em alight', often exclaimed by him when facing difficulties.[3] Unett was deputy head of the department for the development of the 'series' Sunbeam Alpine in 1958–1959.[4]
^British racing drivers club
^sportscar magazine, Doug Nye, Oct 1966
^Don Tarbun, Alpine horn, 50th anniversary edition supplement July 2009.
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