Joe Girling Explained

Joe Girling
Nationality: United Kingdom
Birth Date:1990 1, df=yes
Current Series:British Touring Car Championship
First Year:2013
Current Team:M247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport
Car Number:90
Starts:27
Championships:0
Wins:0 (1 in class)
Poles:1
Fastest Laps:0
Best Finish:11th
Year:2013
Prev Series:Renault Clio Cup Trophy
Prev Series Years:2011
Updated:3 August 2013

Joe Girling (born 14 January 1990) is a British racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2013 for Tech-Speed Motorsport, under the M247 Racing banner.

Career

In 2011, Girling entered the Renault Clio Cup Trophy, a two-race event held at Rockingham. He finished fifth in the first race, and fourth in the second, driving a Stancombe Vehicle Engineering-entered car.[1]

In March 2013, it was announced that Girling would be driving for Tech-Speed Motorsport in the British Touring Car Championship, driving a Super 2000-class Chevrolet Cruze.[2] He made his début in the series at the opening round, held at Brands Hatch's Indy Circuit. He sat out the first two races due to a broken driveshaft,[3] before finishing eighteenth overall in the third race of the day.[4] At Donington Park, he took his first victory in the Jack Sears Trophy, following a series of retirements in the class, in the third race of the day.[5] Thruxton proved to be less successful, with his best result being third in class in race one.[6] He withdrew from the Oulton Park round of the series for medical reasons,[7] and missed the races at Croft due to an accident in qualifying.[8] He also missed the round at Snetterton.[9] Prior to the Knockhill round he decided to take a sabbatical from the BTCC.[10]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 Renault Clio Cup Trophy Timings . Timing Solutions Ltd . 12 November 2011 . 15 July 2013 .
  2. News: Tech-Speed confirms 2013 BTCC return with Joe Girling. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 19 March 2013. 15 July 2013. Jamie. O'Leary.
  3. Web site: It's ok to be the underdog . M247 Racing . 31 March 2013 . 15 July 2013 . Paul . Sillars . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825182553/http://racing.m247.com/its-ok-to-be-the-underdog/ . 25 August 2013 . dead .
  4. Web site: Joe Girling race results . Driver Database . 15 July 2013.
  5. News: BTCC » Three win in Jack Sears Trophy at Donington - Page 2. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 23 April 2013. 15 July 2013.
  6. News: Race results - Thruxton. British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 15 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015110834/http://www.btcc.net/html/raceresults_detail.php?race_id=101&season_id=56. 15 October 2013. dead.
  7. News: Joe Girling Sitting Out Oulton. BTCC Crazy . 7 June 2013. 15 July 2013. Michael. Passingham.
  8. Web site: AmDTuning.com vows to bounce back from tough Croft . Matt Salisbury . 24 June 2013 . 15 July 2013 . Matt . Salisbury.
  9. News: Gallagher. Ian. Jason Plato fastest in first Snetterton practice. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 3 August 2013. 3 August 2013.
  10. News: Moffat to make BTCC history . . . 23 August 2013 . 20 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185356/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3514 . 11 November 2013 .