Cupra Championship racer killed in road accident.

Tim Bevan, a racer in the SEAT Cupra Championship, has been killed in a road accident ahead of this weekend's race meeting at Brands Hatch.

The 31-year-old, who wasn't due to compete in the latest rounds of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship support series, lost his life in the accident on Thursday evening, robbing the SEAT paddock of one of its most popular figures.

Tim Bevan, a racer in the SEAT Cupra Championship, has been killed in a road accident ahead of this weekend's race meeting at Brands Hatch.

The 31-year-old, who wasn't due to compete in the latest rounds of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship support series, lost his life in the accident on Thursday evening, robbing the SEAT paddock of one of its most popular figures.

"Tim's flamboyant character made him stand out," a statement issued by SEAT Sport UK read. "The 31-year old from Water Orton in Birmingham ran under the WAAP Racing banner - which tongue-in-cheek stood for Wing And A Prayer Racing - and he regularly changed the colour scheme of his SEAT Leon Cupra R.

"At Thruxton last year it appeared with a cow skin pattern and this year Tim's car suddenly turned out in bright red with 'Can you see me now?' written on the back - in response to an incident in a previous race, when a rival bumped into him and claimed that he hadn't seen him. He was a very competent and competitive racing driver, and took his racing very seriously when he was behind the steering wheel.

"Tim's demolition and exporting metals business, Beaver Metals, meant that racing was always going to be a hobby, rather than a career. Yet he often went to extraordinary lengths to go racing, and flew back from China last year to race at Croft - landing in the UK just twelve hours before his first qualifying session.

"Tim leaves a huge hole in the SEAT Cupra Championship and will be missed terribly by everyone who had the pleasure to meet him in the BTCC support paddock."

Crash.net joins SEAT Sport UK and the entire Cupra Championship paddock in extending its sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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