Alec Poole Explained

Alec Poole
Nationality: Irish
Birth Date:21 May 1943
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Last Series:British Saloon Car Championship
Years Active:5
Teams:Equipe Arden
Nissan Datsun (Japan)
Datsun UK Ltd
Gerry Edmonds
Team Toyota GB
Starts:22
Wins:0 (7 in class)
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:6
Best Finish:1st
Year:1969
Titles:
BSCC - Class A
Title Years:1969
1969

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.)

YearTeamCarClass12345678910111213DCPtsClass
1969Equipe ArdenAustin Mini Cooper SBRH
14
SIL
15
SNE
14
THR
13
SIL
16
CRY
10†
MAL
?†
CRO
15
SIL
14
OUL
17
BRH
14
BRH1st761st
1973Nissan Datsun (Japan)Datsun Cherry 120A CoupéBRHSILTHRTHRSIL
9
15th144th
Datsun UK LtdING
?
BRH
?
Datsun Sunny Coupé GXSIL
9
BRH
1974Gerry EdmondsTriumph Dolomite SprintMALBRHSILOULTHRSILTHRBRH
13
INGBRHOULSNE30th6NC
Alec PooleHillman Avenger 1600 GTBRH
?
8th
1977Alec PooleTriumph Dolomite SprintSIL
?
BRHOULTHRSILTHRDONSILDONBRHTHRNC0NC
Mini 1275 GTBRH
?
NC
1979Team Toyota GB / Hughes of BeaconsfieldToyota Celica GTSILOULTHRSIL
17
DONSIL
?
MALDONBRHTHRSNEOUL27th106th

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A star studded field for Silverstone Classic! Motors TV . www.motorstv.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081117181805/http://www.motorstv.com/car/others/silverstone-classic/22072008/a-star-studded-field-silverstone-classic . 2008-11-17.
  2. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1968/68lemans.html le Mans History.
  3. http://www.tourbritannia.com/whoarewe.htm TourBritannia profile.