Jamie Wall
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Jamie Wall is a British auto racing
Auto racing
Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...

 driver. His best years in motor sports were at a young age.

Racing career

He started racing in karting in Britain
United Kingdom
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, Europe
Europe
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 and the World Championship. In 1995 he first raced saloon cars in the Ford Credit Fiesta Championship. In 1996 he raced in both the Rover Coupe Turbo Cup and the Ford Fiesta Challenge.

His most famous moment was a drive in the prestigious British Touring Car Championship
British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then FIA Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s...

 in 1997
1997 British Touring Car Championship season
The 1997 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship was won by Alain Menu of the Williams Renault Laguna Dealer Racing team, who drove a Renault Laguna. The runner up was Frank Biela of Audi Sport UK in an Audi A4 Quattro. Third place was Menu's teammate, Jason Plato...

. He raced an ex-works Vauxhall Cavalier
Vauxhall Cavalier
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 for the Mint Motorsport team, finishing forth in the Total Independents Cup with 168 points.

He spent two years driving in the Australian Super Touring Championship in an independent Honda Accord
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

. In 2001 he drove in the Asia-Pacific Le Mans Series, in a Pilbeam-Nissan. This was followed by a drive in the 2003 Late Model US Stock Car Championship.

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