Hilton Cowie

HILTON Cowie (born 4th February 1967) is a Zambian-born South African former racing driver who most notably competed in the 1993 International Formula 3000 Championship with ACE Racing and one round of the 1994 BPR Global GT Series with Chamberlain Engineering.

Racing career

Cowie was born on 4th February 1967 in Mufulira, Zambia before eventually moving to South Africa.

Starting in 1989, Cowie would compete in the British Formula Three Championship with Hubbard Racing, before moving to Fred Goddard Racing for the 1992 season. He also made sporadic appearances in the German Formula Three Championship that year, but did not finish a single race.

Formula 3000

Cowie joined ACE Racing for the 1993 F3000 season, but would fail to qualify for the first two races at Donington Park and Silverstone. He would be dropped by the team and replaced by ex-Formula One driver Enrico Bertaggia for the remaining rounds. Later on in the year, Cowie would race in the 1993 British Formula Two Championship, running to Formula 3000 regulations. He would achieve a podium at Donington Park and a sixth place finish at Oulton Park with his previous Formula Three team Fred Goddard Racing.

He would enter an F3000 one final time with the non-championship 1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race alongside Nordic Racing, where he would finish in 6th.

GT and touring cars

One of Cowie's first races was a special event that took place at the Kyalami circuit in 1987. Using a privately entered Tiga SC83 powered by a Mazda engine, he would finish the race in 11th.

Cowie raced in the first round of the 1994 BPR Global GT Series with the Lotus Esprit of Chamberlain Engineering. He competed with fellow South Africans Stephen Watson and George Fouché, finishing in 8th place overall and 4th place in the GT3 class. Staying with both Watson, Fouché and the Lotus Esprit, Cowie would compete in the 1994 24 Hours of Daytona, retiring on lap 354 after an engine failure. The trio would be classified in 37th place overall and 19th place in class.

He also competed in the South African Touring Car Championship between 1995 and 1998.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete British Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)