In September 1992, Vic Lee Motorsport was fighting for its second consecutive British Touring Car Championship title. But with just three rounds remaining, events away from the circuit threatened to bring the entire operation crashing down.

Ray Bellm was sitting in Vic Lee’s office, discussing plans for forthcoming tests, when the police arrived.

“I was sitting in Vic’s office and the police came in the office and told him that he was under arrest,” Bellm recalls.

“They asked me who I was. I said I was one of the drivers. They said, ‘Could you leave the office?’ And Vic was marched out and into a police car and gone.”

The arrest quickly became national news, leaving the future of the BMW team uncertain just as Tim Harvey was battling John Cleland for the championship.

Bellm subsequently met with BMW representatives to discuss the team’s future and offered to step out of his own car to take responsibility for keeping the operation running.

What followed was one of the most extraordinary conclusions to a BTCC season, with Bellm finding himself on the pit wall at Silverstone, communicating directly with Steve Soper as the championship battle unfolded.

More than thirty years later, Bellm has revealed exactly what he told Soper over the radio that afternoon, and offers a remarkable perspective on one of the most controversial incidents in touring car history.

In the latest episode of Stories From SuperTouring, Ray joins Alex Clarke to share his first hand account of Vic Lee Motorsport’s dramatic downfall, alongside memories of racing with Will Hoy, the formation of Team Dynamics and his remarkable sports car career.

Listen below.