Gary Kwok

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Gary Kwok
Nationality Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Born (1966-06-11) June 11, 1966 (age 57)
Hong Kong
Canadian Touring Car Championship career
Current teamM&S Racing
Starts129
Wins20
Poles5
Best finish1 in 2019
Previous series
2005
2008
2009-2011
Hong Kong Touring Car Championship
Canadian GT Sprints Trophy
Canadian Touring Car Championship
Championship titles
2019 Canadian Touring Car Championship TCR Champion

Gary Kwok (born June 11, 1966) is best known as a Canadian race driver.

Contents

He has raced in the Hong Kong Touring Car Championship, the Canadian Touring Car Championship, the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and the Pirelli World Challenge.

In 2011 he drove for the Wiechers-Sport team in the World Touring Car Championship at Macau. [1]

In 2019 Gary was the Canadian Touring Car Championship TCR class champion. [2]

Career results

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2011 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320TC BRA
1

BRA
2

BEL
1

BEL
2

ITA
1

ITA
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

CZE
1

CZE
2

POR
1

POR
2

GBR
1

GBR
2

GER
1

GER
2

ESP
1

ESP
2

JPN
1

JPN
2

CHN
1

CHN
2

MAC
1

16
MAC
2

Ret
NC0

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References

  1. TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). "TouringCarTimes - WTCC: Canadian driver Gary Kwok at Wiechers for Macau". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-11-11.. Retrieved 15 November 2011
  2. Wang, Sean (August 26, 2019). "Tight championship battles on track as the 2019 CTCC presented by Pirelli wraps up at CTMP". Inside Track Motorsport News. Retrieved June 25, 2020.