Blair spent two years in 1997 and 1998, racing in the Scottish Road saloon car champion with a class A
Ford Sierra RS500. In 1999, he drove a class A
Ford Escort in the Ford Saloon Car Challenge, where he finished the season in second place. He stepped up to the BTCC in 2000, with an independent
Nissan Primera GT. Early in the season he won the Michelin Cup for Independents at Brands Hatch and scored points towards the Independents' standings. At the series' Knockhill round in May, he arrived tied at the top of the Michelin Cup points table with reigning independent champion
Matt Neal.
Crash.net later reported that Blair withdrew after a testing crash at Croft and was replaced in the PRO Motorsport Primera by
David Leslie. He finished 11th in the 2000 BTCC standings with 26 points, and placed second in the Michelin Cup for Independents behind Neal. ==Racing record==