Alec Poole

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Alec Poole
Nationality Flag of Ireland.svg Irish
Born (1943-05-21) 21 May 1943 (age 80)
Dublin, Ireland
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active5
TeamsEquipe Arden
Nissan Datsun (Japan)
Datsun UK Ltd
Gerry Edmonds
Team Toyota GB
Starts22
Wins0 (7 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps6
Best finish1st in 1969
Championship titles
1969
1969
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.

Contents

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass12345678910111213DCPtsClass
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 1st761st
1973 Nissan Datsun (Japan) Datsun Cherry 120A Coupé B BRH SIL THR THR SIL
9
15th144th
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 30th6NC
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 NC0NC
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 27th106th
Source: [4]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

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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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by British Touring Car Champion
1969
Succeeded by