Career
Tom Wrigley
Tom Wrigley (born 13 August 1992 in Chirk, Denbighshire, UK) is a British racing driver and business owner. He competes in GT and endurance racing, notably in the British GT Championship, and runs Tom Wrigley Performance, a tuning and performance-vehicle business based in Oswestry, specialising especially in German cars and race-car builds.
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Racing career
Early career and GT4 / Ginetta series • Wrigley first came to wider attention in 2014, winning the Kumho BMW Championship.  • He then also competed in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup in 2014, 2015 and 2016. His 2016 season was particularly successful: driving for Rob Boston Racing, he won the Ginetta GT4 Supercup title. He achieved 9 wins, multiple podiums, several fastest laps and poles.  • Noteworthy in 2016 was his performance at Knockhill, where he secured a hat-trick of victories, setting a new lap record in one of the races en route to his title. 
Le Mans prototype debut • In 2016, Wrigley made his debut in a prototype at Le Mans: specifically, the V de V Championship Four Hours of Le Mans, driving a Ginetta G57 prototype for Team LNT, alongside Bradley Ellis and Andrew Cummings.  • In that race, they qualified 4th overall around the Bugatti Circuit at Le Mans. During the first two hours they were in contention for a podium; however, a gearbox problem dropped them back, and they finished 9th overall and second among the G57 prototypes on track. 
Porsche Carrera Cup GB • After his success in GT4 with Ginetta, Wrigley made what he called a “natural progression” to Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in 2017 with the In2Racing team.  • In 2018, racing for JTR, he achieved 3rd place in the championship standings. During that season he also notched several wins. 
British GT Championship • After some years primarily focused on business and tuning, Wrigley returned to full-season motorsport in British GT. In 2023 he raced in the GT4 class, partnering with Ian Gough in RACE LAB. He secured two class wins in that season, and finished 3rd in the GT4 standings overall.  • For 2024, Wrigley again teamed with Ian Gough, this time with Century Motorsport, driving a BMW M4 in the GT4 Pro/Am category. This move leveraged his close experience with BMWs via his tuning business. The pair seek to challenge for the titles they narrowly missed previously. 
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Racing record summary
According to publicly compiled statistics (from e.g. DriverDB): • As of late 2024, Wrigley has started over 120 races, with 21 wins and 47 podiums in those appearances.  • He has also achieved several fastest laps and pole positions. 
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Tom Wrigley Performance (Business)
Nature of the business • Founded & based: Tom Wrigley Performance is located in Oswestry, UK. The company is owned and run by Tom Wrigley.  • Specialisation: The business specialises in performance tuning (especially German performance cars), ECU software-calibration / ECU remapping, hybrid turbo builds, big brake kits, suspension upgrades, full race car builds, custom diagnostics and safety compliance for competition cars. 
Achievements and reputation • Wrigley’s hands-on involvement in both racing and engineering/tuning is often cited as giving him technical insight that supports his motorsport results, especially in campaigns involving BMW machinery.  • The business is an approved parts dealer and installer in certain German suspension specialists’ networks (e.g. with Suspension Secrets), and Tom Wrigley Performance offers a “wide range of services and upgrades” including using Suspension Secrets products.  • It also offers “race-car build” services to clients (outside of his own racing program), including ensuring competitive performance with reliability. 
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Notable records & highlights • Le Mans prototype debut: Qualifying 4th, finishing 9th at the Bugatti circuit in 2016, second among his prototype class after mechanical issues.  • Lap record at Knockhill in Ginetta GT4 Supercup: During his 2016 winning season, at Knockhill he not only won multiple races (including a hat-trick) but set a new lap record for the circuit in that series. 
• In June 2025, Tom Wrigley Performance ran a G80 M3 (the BMW model) in 7.93 seconds at 173 mph over the quarter mile at Santa Pod Raceway, marking one of the first times a UK-based G80 build has broken into the 7-second bracket.  • The same tuning company has produced a G80 M3 tuned to about 1,039 horsepower which has completed a quarter mile in 9.8 seconds. This car includes hybrid turbos, ethanol fuel tuning, and other performance modifications such as advanced exhaust, port injection, and lowering/suspension work.  • In the standing half-mile (0 to half-mile from rest) for the G8X BMW chassis, Tom Wrigley Performance set a record of 14.28 seconds at 203 mph. While this is a half-mile record, it contextualises the quarter-mile capability since high speed and strong launch support both shorter and longer runs. 
Other vehicle speed and build recognitions: • Tom Wrigley’s tuning shop claims to have built one of the fastest road-going BMW M240i cars in Europe (capable of over 207 mph) and the fastest F80 M3 in the UK—though specific quarter-mile times or trap speeds for those builds are less consistently documented in public sources.
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Style, strengths & other activities • Wrigley is praised for his engineering knowledge, especially in relation to BMW performance cars, which helps in setting up racing cars, extracting consistency, and working with his tuning business to leverage synergies between competition and aftermarket tuning.  • He has balanced competition with his business commitments, taking periods off from full-season racing (focusing on Tom Wrigley Performance), and then returning at high competitive level.
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