Jeff Smith (British racing driver)

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Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith - 2017 BTCC Knockhill (Saturday).jpg
Smith in 2017.
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1966-03-27) 27 March 1966 (age 57)
Coventry, England
Related to Brett Smith (son)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2010
Current team Eurotech Racing
Car number55
Former teams Triple 8 Race Engineering
Starts156
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish12th in 2012
Previous series
2016–17
2015
2014
2014
2012
2010
2009
2008–10
2008–10		 Mini Challenge UK
24H Series
British GT Championship
Michelin Clio Cup Race Series
Superstars Series
Renault Clio Cup France
Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Renault Clio Cup Italia

Jeffrey Frank Smith (born 27 March 1966) is a British racing driver and businessman. He is the owner of Industrial Control Distributors and Eurotech Racing, who he previously drove for in the British Touring Car Championship.

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Racing career

Renault Clio Cup UK

Born in Coventry, Smith entered the Renault Clio Cup UK championship in 2008, competing in all but two events. He continued in 2009 with a best result of 9th in the final race of the season at Brands Hatch. In 2010 he competed in all races except the rounds at Knockhill, where he raced in the British Touring Car Championship instead. Smith returned to the Clio Cup at Silverstone where he scored his best finish of 4th, but did not race in the season finale at Brands Hatch, and finished the season 8th overall.

British Touring Car Championship

Triple 8 Race Engineering (2010)

Smith competed in three rounds of the British Touring Car Championship in 2010 at Knockhill, driving a Vauxhall Vectra for Uniq Racing with Triple Eight, [1] where he finished 12th, 13th and 10th.

Eurotech Racing (2011–2013, 2015–)

In December 2010 Smith was confirmed as a driver for Eurotech Racing, under the Pirtek Racing banner, in 2011. [2] He raced the entire 2011 British Touring Car Championship season for the team. At Oulton Park he was fined £500, given a reprimand and an endorsement of three points on his racing licence for an incident which saw him collide with Tom Boardman in race one. [3] He finished the season 18th in the Drivers Championship.

In 2012 he raced an NGTC Honda Civic for Pirtek Racing. [4] He started on pole position for the reverse grid race at Donington Park but finished fifth having had a slow start and losing the lead before the first corner. He took his first podium finish in the series at Knockhill with a second place finish in race three. [5] In the wet conditions of race three at Rockingham, he lost control of the back of his car on the high speed banking and spun into the concrete wall. He escaped unhurt but the car was severely damaged at the rear. [6] His car was re–shelled before the next round at Silverstone. [7]

Smith driving the Pirtek Racing Honda Civic at Oulton Park during the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season. BTCC Oulton Park (9006022378).jpg
Smith driving the Pirtek Racing Honda Civic at Oulton Park during the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season.

He stayed with Pirtek Racing in 2013. [8] He took a further podium finish at the season-opener at Brands Hatch, but slipped to fourteenth position in the championship after missing several races in the second half of the season.

Smith missed the 2014 season due to business commitments, but returned to the championship for 2015 by buying the Eurotech team, following the departure of lead driver Andrew Jordan and his father Mike as team principal. He is competing as an owner-driver alongside Martin Depper.

In the first race of the 2017 season, Smith took his maiden pole at the Brands Hatch Indy round, the opening round of the season, as qualifying was interrupted by rain and red flags. During qualifying at Croft Circuit, Smith was involved in a multiple car pile-up, causing chest and shoulder injuries, which put an end to his season. He was replaced for the rest of the season by his son, Brett Smith. [9]

Ahead of the 2018 season, it was announced that due to the severity of Smith's shoulder injury, he would also miss the 2018 season, but is expected to make a full recovery. [10]

Superstars Series

Smith joined the Superstars Series for the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2012 season, driving a Team Dinamic BMW M3 (E92). [11] His best result of the weekend was seventh in race two, with both races having taken place in wet conditions. [12]

British Endurance Championship

In 2013 it was announced Smith would be racing for BPM Racing in the British Endurance Championship in a Renault Megane V6 Trophy car. [13]

Personal life

Smith's son, Brett, is also a racing driver, currently competing in the BTCC with the family run Eurotech Racing team. Jeff's partner is Jo Polley daughter of George Polley.

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)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPts
2010 Triple 8 Race Engineering Vauxhall Vectra THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		ROC
1 		ROC
2 		ROC
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		KNO
1
14		 KNO
2
15		 KNO
3
14		 DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		29th0
2011 Pirtek Racing Vauxhall Vectra BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
16		 BRH
3
13		 DON
1
10		 DON
2
13		 DON
3
5		 THR
1
9		 THR
2
12		 THR
3
11		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
10		 CRO
1
15		 CRO
2
Ret		 CRO
3
14		 SNE
1
11		 SNE
2
16		 SNE
3
17		 KNO
1
16		 KNO
2
18		 KNO
3
14		 ROC
1
14		 ROC
2
8		 ROC
3
7		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
24		 BRH
3
14		 SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
16		 SIL
3
25		17th19
2012 Pirtek Racing Honda Civic BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
7		 BRH
3
4		 DON
1
13		 DON
2
6		 DON
3
5		 THR
1
13		 THR
2
11		 THR
3
9		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
DNS		 OUL
3
12		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
13		 CRO
3
11		 SNE
1
10		 SNE
2
11		 SNE
3
11		 KNO
1
14		 KNO
2
9		 KNO
3
2		 ROC
1
Ret		 ROC
2
13		 ROC
3
Ret		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
11		 SIL
3
10		 BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
8		 BRH
3
17		12th157
2013 Pirtek Racing Honda Civic BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
7		 DON
1
10		 DON
2
11		 DON
3
10		 THR
1
5		 THR
2
6		 THR
3
6*		 OUL
1
11		 OUL
2
10		 OUL
3
18*		 CRO
1
12		 CRO
2
10		 CRO
3
10		 SNE
1
13		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
19		 KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1
12		 ROC
2
10		 ROC
3
10		 SIL
1
18		 SIL
2
DNS		 SIL
3
DNS		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		14th132
2015 Eurotech Racing Honda Civic BRH
1
19		 BRH
2
23		 BRH
3
14		 DON
1
14		 DON
2
15		 DON
3
13		 THR
1
17		 THR
2
20		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
19		 OUL
2
10		 OUL
3
10		 CRO
1
26		 CRO
2
24		 CRO
3
14		 SNE
1
26		 SNE
2
18		 SNE
3
18		 KNO
1
12		 KNO
2
Ret		 KNO
3
14		 ROC
1
25		 ROC
2
15		 ROC
3
Ret		 SIL
1
16		 SIL
2
16		 SIL
3
Ret		 BRH
1
24		 BRH
2
14		 BRH
3
16		20th31
2016 Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R BRH
1
14		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
7		 DON
1
7		 DON
2
18		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
4		 THR
2
25		 THR
3
11		 OUL
1
21		 OUL
2
15		 OUL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
20		 CRO
2
18		 CRO
3
18		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
15		 SNE
3
15		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
15		 KNO
3
Ret		 ROC
1
25		 ROC
2
17		 ROC
3
13		 SIL
1
15		 SIL
2
25		 SIL
3
15		 BRH
1
19		 BRH
2
11		 BRH
3
17		18th55
2017 Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
16		 BRH
3
17		 DON
1
9		 DON
2
13		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
11		 THR
2
10		 THR
3
27		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
21		 OUL
3
24		 CRO
1
WD		 CRO
2
WD		 CRO
3
WD		 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 		26th25

Complete International Superstars Series results

(key)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2012 Dinamic BMW M3 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1
13		 SPA
2
7		 VAL
1 		VAL
2 		PER
1 		PER
2 		31st6

Complete British GT Championship results

(key)

YearTeamCarClass12345678910DCPoints
2014 Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1 		OUL
2 		ROC
1 		SIL
1 		SNE
1
11		 SNE
2
13		 SPA
1
3		 SPA
2
13		 BRH
1
3		 DON
1 		17th37.5

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References

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  2. ↑ Meissner, Johan (2 December 2010). "Jeff Smith joins Eurotech in a Vauxhall Vectra". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Hudson, Neil (8 June 2011). "Jeff Smith punished for incident with Boardman". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Meissner, Johan (6 October 2011). "Pirtek Racing to run two NGTC Hondas in 2012". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Knockhill – Race results (3)". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rockingham race round-up". British Touring Car Championship . TOCA. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Hudson, Neil (5 October 2012). "Back to Silverstone for the penultimate round". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 June 2015. Eurotech Racing have also pulled out all the stops to get Jeff Smith back out this weekend.
  8. ↑ Turner, Kevin (25 October 2012). "Andrew Jordan targets overall BTCC title in 2013". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  9. ↑ James, Matt (29 June 2017). "Injured Eurotech BTCC driver Jeff Smith to be replaced by son Brett". Autosport . Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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  13. ↑ Broomhead, James (15 February 2013). "New Pairing Join BPM Racing For 2013 Season". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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