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Martin Schanche
Norwegian racing driver and politician

Martin Schanche

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Norwegian racing driver and politician
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Trondheim, Norway
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Biography

Martin Schanche (born 1 January 1945 in Trondheim), a.k.a. "Mister Rallycross", is a former racing driver and Norwegian politician.

Biography

Schanche was born in Trondheim, but grew up at the tiny village of Leirpollskogen in Tana, the most northern part of Norway. Today he lives in Drøbak, together with his German-born wife Birgit and their daughter Melissa. Martin Schanche has also two other children from a former marriage, a daughter by the name of Elisabeth, and a son named Martin junior.

He started his racing career rather late, only in 1972 when he was already 27 years old. Due to his attacking driving style he was quickly nicknamed "Villmannen fra Tana" ("The Wild Man from Tana") by his fellow Norwegian competitors. In 1975 he won a silver medal in the Norwegian Ice Racing Championships. Between 1976 and 2001 he competed in Rallycross, and became the FIA European champion of 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1991 and 1995, as well as the vice-champion for another eight years. With his 74 main category wins Schanche is still yet the undisputed record holder concerning the amount of overall victories in rounds counting towards the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers. Beside his rallycross campaigns and four World Sports Car seasons he was a starter of the 1980 Rally Sweden, the 1982 Rally of Great Britain, and failed to set a new track record in the 1984 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), due to a flat right front tyre.

Since retiring from motorsport he has embarked on a second career as a municipality politician in Frogn for the Progress Party. In 2003 he was the subject of a lot of nationwide attention after he slapped the chin of his political opponent Torgeir Micaelsen of the Labour Party at the end of a school debate in Drammen because Micaelsen, during the debate and in front of the public, had called him a coward. That attention made him an often imitated character in Norwegian radio. As of 2006, he also has been working as a consultant for Prodrive on the work of Subarus WRC-cars. While active in rallycross, Schanche himself engineered transmissions and differentials for his cars. His company later on manufactured parts and modified parts for rally- and rallycross-cars.

Schanche is holder of a helicopter license and has operated his own helicopters. In 2000 he was involved in a crash in which his daughter was slightly injured.

Racing record

Key: DSQ = excluded from whole event; DNS = did not start; NC = not classified for points; SUS = suspended; ( ) = dropped score, due to championship rules

Complete FIA European Rallycross Cup results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011ERCPoints
1977Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort RS 1800AUT1
DNS
NED1
DNS
ITA
DSQ
SWE1
DNS
FIN
NC
BEL1
NC
SWE2
DNS
NED2
DNS
BEL2
DNS
GER
3
AUT2
DNS
18th12
1978Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort RS 1800AUT
6
ITA
2
SWE
2
FIN
NC
BEL
1
NED
1
FRA
1
GBR
1
GER
2
  1st131

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

TC Division

YearEntrantCar1234567891011ERXPoints
1979Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort RS 1800AUT
2
ITA
3
FIN
4
SWE
5
FRA
1
BEL
1
NED
4
GBR
1
GER
2
  1st130
1980Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort RS 1800AUT
16
ITA
1
SWE
1
FIN
3
DEN
5
BEL
3
NED
1
NOR
5
GBR
3
FRA
6
GER
1
2nd138
1981Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort RS 1800 TurboAUT
NC
SWE
2
FIN
1
DEN
2
BEL
11
NED
1
FRA
1
NOR
4
GBR
1
GER
10
 1st121

Division 2

YearEntrantCar123456789101112ERXPoints
1982Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort RS 1800 TurboAUT
7
SWE
6
FIN
3
FRA
9
BEL
6
NED
1
NOR
1
GBR
1
GER
3
   2nd102
1983Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort RS 1800 TurboAUT
10
SWE
1
FIN
NC
FRA
5
BEL
3
NED
1
NOR
5
GBR
NC
    4th69
1984Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort XR3 Turbo 4x4AUT
5
SWE
2
FIN
1
FRA
1
BEL
1
NED
1
GBR
NC
GER
1
NOR
1
   1st149
1985Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort XR3 Turbo 4x4AUT
6
FIN
6
SWE
6
FRA
2
BEL
2
NOR
1
GBR
1
GER
1
NED
6
   2nd138
1986Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort XR3 Turbo 4x4AUT
7
FIN
1
FRA
1
BEL
4
NED
1
NOR
1
GBR
NC
GER
DNS
SWE
6
   2nd114
1987Martin Schanche RacingFord RS200 E2AUT
NC
SWE
DNS
FIN
NC
ESP
NC
FRA
12
IRE
DNS
BEL
1
NED
1
NOR
22
GBR
1
GER
4
 6th78
1988Martin Schanche RacingFord RS200 E2ESP
5
AUT
2
SWE
(DSQ)
FIN
(7)
IRE
2
FRA
6
BEL
1
NED
(10)
NOR
(6)
GBR
1
GER
5
 2nd109
1989Martin Schanche RacingFord RS200 E2ESP
(3)
AUT
1
SWE
(6)
FiN
2
IRE
2
FRA
1
BEL
2
NED
2
NOR
(6)
GBR
(9)
GER
2
 2nd125
1990Martin Schanche RacingFord RS200 E2AUT
(6)
SWE
4
FIN
2
IRE
3
FRA
(6)
BEL
1
NED
1
NOR
(11)
GER
1
GBR
1
  2nd125
1991Martin Schanche RacingFord RS200 E2POR
1
AUT
1
FIN
1
FRA
(2)
IRE
(DSQ)
SWE
(6)
BEL
(6)
NED
1
NOR
1
GBR
1
GER
1
 1st140
1992Martin Schanche RacingFord RS200 E2GBR
1
AUT
DNS
POR
1
FIN
DSQ
SWE
SUS
FRA
SUS
IRE
SUS
BEL
NC
NED
5
NOR
1
GER
1
 4th92
1993Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort Mk5 RS2000 T16 4x4AUT
3
POR
6
FRA
(NC)
IRE
5
SWE
(NC)
FIN
DNS
BEL
1
NED
6
NOR
4
GER
3
  5th90
1994Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort Mk6 RS2000 T16 4x4AUT
(16)
POR
2
FRA
2
IRE
3
GBR
1
SWE
(5)
FIN
1
BEL
4
NED
1
NOR
(6)
GER
(5)
 2nd122
1995Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort Mk6 RS2000 T16 4x4AUT
(DSQ)
POR
(6)
FRA
1
SWE
2
GBR
2
IRE
(3)
BEL
1
NED
1
NOR
1
FIN
1
CZE
1
GER
(6)
1st154
1996Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort Mk7 RS2000 T16 4x4AUT
7
POR
7
FRA
15
SWE
DNS
IRE
DNS
GBR
(NC)
BEL
9
NED
(NC)
NOR
4
CZE
1
GER
4
 9th76

Division 1*

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
1997Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort Mk7 RS2000 T16 4x4AUT
1
FRA
1
POR
5
GBR
DSQ
SWE
(6)
FIN
1
BEL
(NC)
NOR
1
CZE
(6)
GER
3
3rd107
1998Martin Schanche RacingFord Escort Mk7 RS2000 T16 4x4AUT
4
POR
(6)
FRA
3
SWE
3
GBR
DNS
FIN
1
BEL
2
NOR
(5)
GER
1
CZE
4
3rd113
1999Martin Schanche RacingOpel Astra G T16 4x4CZE
DNS
FRA
(NC)
POR
7
SWE
15
FIN
11
BEL
12
NED
10
NOR
9
GER
NC
 11th38
2000Martin Schanche RacingOpel Astra G T16 4x4POR
5
FRA
5
CZE
(NC)
SWE
7
BEL
(NC)
NED
6
NOR
1
POL
4
GER
5
 5th90
2001Martin Schanche RacingOpel Astra G T16 4x4FRA
(5)
POR
2
AUT
(6)
CZE
1
SWE
4
BEL
2
NED
5
NOR
3
POL
(7)
GER
(10)
4th94

* Division 2 was rebranded as Division 1 in 1997.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearClassNoTyresCarTeamCo-DriversLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1985C297AStrandell 85
Porsche Type-934 3.3 L Turbo Flat-6
Sweden Strandell PorscheSweden Stanley Dickens-DNSDNS
1986C289GArgo JM19
Zakspeed 1.8L Turbo I4
Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche RacingRepublic of Ireland Martin Birrane
Norway Torgjer Kleppe
1DNFDNF
1987C2117GArgo JM19B
Zakspeed 1.8L Turbo I4
Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche RacingUnited Kingdom Will Hoy
United Kingdom Robin Smith
5DNFDNF
1988C1117GArgo JM19C
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche RacingUnited Kingdom Robin Smith
United Kingdom Robin Donovan
2782516

Publications

  • Martin Schanche, by Sverre Amundsen, Racing Revyen 1979, 126 pages, Norwegian language, ISBN 82-990531-0-2.
  • Martin Schanche – i fyr og flamme, by Rolf Nordberg, Cappelens Forlag 1981, 136 pages, Norwegian language, ISBN 82-02-09490-9.
  • Martin – så glad, så sint, så fort…, by Sverre Inge Apenes, Godbok 1986, 158 pages, Norwegian language, ISBN 82-7398-000-6.
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