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.
| Joe Girling | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 14 January 1990 |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 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 in 2013 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 | Renault Clio Cup Trophy |
| Last updated on: 3 August 2013. | |
Career edit
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 edit
Complete British Touring Car Championship results edit
(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)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | M247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport | Chevrolet Cruze LT | BRH 1 DNS |
BRH 2 DNS |
BRH 3 18 |
DON 1 21 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 18 |
THR 1 23 |
THR 2 Ret |
THR 3 20 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
CRO 1 DNS |
CRO 2 DNS |
CRO 3 DNS |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
37th | 0 |
References edit
- ^ "2011 Renault Clio Cup Trophy Timings" (PDF). Timing Solutions Ltd. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (19 March 2013). "Tech-Speed confirms 2013 BTCC return with Joe Girling". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Sillars, Paul (31 March 2013). "It's ok to be the underdog". M247 Racing. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Joe Girling race results". Driver Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "BTCC » Three win in Jack Sears Trophy at Donington - Page 2". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Race results - Thruxton". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Passingham, Michael (7 June 2013). "Joe Girling Sitting Out Oulton". BTCC Crazy. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Salisbury, Matt (24 June 2013). "AmDTuning.com vows to bounce back from tough Croft". Matt Salisbury. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Gallagher, Ian (3 August 2013). "Jason Plato fastest in first Snetterton practice". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Moffat to make BTCC history". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.