Alec Poole

Irish racing driver (born 1943)

British Saloon Car Championship
BSCC - Class A

Alexander Kay Poole is an Irish motor racing driver from Dublin. He competed successfully in saloon and sports car races in Great Britain throughout the 1960s.[1] In 1969 he won the British Touring Car Championship in a privately entered Mini Cooper S. In 1968 he managed a fifteenth place in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for BMC in an Austin-Healey Sprite.[2] He managed a third-place finish in the 1978 24 Hours of Daytona. During the 1990s he was manager of motorsport for Nissan Europe.[3] He still competes in historic events such as the Goodwood Revival and the Silverstone Classic. As well as driving, he works as commercial director for the Tour Britannia historic racing event organisers.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Pts Class
1969 Equipe Arden Austin Mini Cooper S A BRH
14 		SIL
15 		SNE
14 		THR
13 		SIL
16 		CRY
10† 		MAL
?† 		CRO
15 		SIL
14 		OUL
17 		BRH
14 		BRH 1st 76 1st
1973 Nissan Datsun (Japan) Datsun Cherry 120A Coupé B BRH SIL THR THR SIL
9 		15th 14 4th
Datsun UK Ltd ING
? 		BRH
?
Datsun Sunny Coupé GX SIL
9 		BRH
1974 Gerry Edmonds Triumph Dolomite Sprint B MAL BRH SIL OUL THR SIL THR BRH
13 		ING BRH OUL SNE 30th 6 NC
Alec Poole Hillman Avenger 1600 GT A BRH
? 		8th
1977 Alec Poole Triumph Dolomite Sprint C SIL
? 		BRH OUL THR SIL THR DON SIL DON BRH THR NC 0 NC
Mini 1275 GT A BRH
? 		NC
1979 Team Toyota GB / Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica GT B SIL OUL THR SIL
17 		DON SIL
? 		MAL DON BRH THR SNE OUL 27th 10 6th
Source:[4]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

References

  1. ^ "A star studded field for Silverstone Classic! | Motors TV". www.motorstv.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008.
  2. ^ http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1968/68lemans.html Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine le Mans History.
  3. ^ http://www.tourbritannia.com/whoarewe.htm Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine TourBritannia profile.
  4. ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

External links

  • Tour Britannia Official Site
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Frank Gardner
 British Touring Car Champion
1969 		Succeeded by
Bill McGovern