Alan Morrison returns with Team Aon

TouringCarTimes has received information that Alan Morrison is expected to be announced as the driver of the second Team Aon Ford Focus in the British Touring Car Championship 2009. The deal is expected to be revealed at the official Media Day tomorrow at Rockingham.

Morrison was last seen in the BTCC during the 2003 season when he drove for Arena Motorsport (Team Aon) when the team ran Honda works cars.

Morrison’s career started in motocross. He switched to four wheels in 1997, driving in the Ford Fiesta championship, winning the title in 1998.

The 38 year old Northern Irish driver made his first apperance in BTCC in a Peugeot 306 in the season of 2000, driving in the B class, notching up 13 class wins.

In 2002 he got his first ever works drive and was team mate with Andy Priaulx. 2003 was his last year when his team mate was named Matt Neal. That year saw Morrison finishing an impressive fifth in the championship after clinching two race wins.