As a successful BMW dealer[2] with a chain of dealerships it was natural that he should gravitate towards their products, however he started his BTCC career driving for Tom Walkinshaw's TWR team, which was running the Rover SD1 Vitesse.

[4] It was Sytner who protested the legality of the TWR Rovers in 1983, an action which eventually cost Steve Soper the championship that season.

Sytner won his class, the new look 2.0 litre super touring formula, and came second overall in 1990, despite strong competition from 1989 champion John Cleland in the works Vauxhall Cavalier.

[9] Together with his brother Alan Sytner, who at one time owned the Cavern Club in Liverpool[10] Frank founded his first car dealership in Nottingham in 1968, specialising in BMWs.

Sytner sought £5 million in damages, but the case was ultimately dismissed by the High Court on the grounds of the statute of limitations.