Carl Boardley | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | 7 December 1975 |
Related to | Stuart Boardley (brother) |
British Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2018 |
Current team | Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero |
Car number | 41 |
Former teams | Laser Tools Racing |
Starts | 91 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Best finish | 21st in 2020 |
Previous series | |
2013–2018 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup Hot Rods (oval racing) |
Championship titles | |
2006, 2007 2008, 2009 | Hot Rods (oval racing) |
Carl Richard Boardley (born 7 December 1975) is a British racing driver and four time National Hot Rods (oval racing) World Champion, currently holding the records for most wins in a row.
On 5 July 2009 he won the National Hot Rod World Championship for his fourth World title in a row. [1]
His younger brother Stuart is a former professional footballer. [2]
In 2013 Boardley contested the entire season of the Ginetta GT Supercup, with a Ginetta G55 entered under the banner of his own CBM Motorsport team. Boardley finished the season in 9th place with 316 points. His highest place finish was 3rd place at Thruxton.
For 2014, Boardley is being entered by JHR Developments, [3] the winning team of 2013 champion and now BTCC driver Tom Ingram.
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2013 | Ginetta GT Supercup | CBM Motorsport | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 316 | 9th |
2014 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup | CBM Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 15th |
2015 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup | CBM Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 12th |
2016 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup | CBM Motorsport | 23 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 477 | 3rd |
2017 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup | Xentek Motorsport | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 352 | 8th |
2018 | Ginetta GT4 Supercup | Team HARD | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 620 | 2nd |
British Touring Car Championship | Team HARD. with Trade Price Cars | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2019 | British Touring Car Championship | RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29th |
2020 | British Touring Car Championship | HUB Financial Solutions with Team HARD. | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21st |
2021 | British Touring Car Championship | Laser Tools Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 22nd |
2022 | British Touring Car Championship | UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023 | TCR UK Touring Car Championship | Zest Racecar Engineering | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 403 | 1st |
2024 | TCR UK Touring Car Championship | CBM with Hart GT | 20 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 611 | 1st |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded 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 awarded all races)
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