Joe Girling

Joe Girling is a British racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2013 for Tech-Speed Motorsport, under the M247 Racing banner.

Joe Girling
Nationality British
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2013
Current teamM247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport
Car number90
Starts7
Championships0
Wins0 (1 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish37th in 2013
Previous series
2011Renault Clio Cup Trophy
Last updated on: 3 August 2013.

Career

In 2011, Girling entered the Renault Clio Cup Trophy, a two-race event held at Rockingham. He finished fifth in the first race, and fourth in the second, driving a Stancombe Vehicle Engineering-entered car.[1]

In March 2013, it was announced that Girling would be driving for Tech-Speed Motorsport in the British Touring Car Championship, driving a Super 2000-class Chevrolet Cruze.[2] He made his début in the series at the opening round, held at Brands Hatch's Indy Circuit. He sat out the first two races due to a broken driveshaft,[3] before finishing eighteenth overall in the third race of the day.[4] At Donington Park, he took his first victory in the Jack Sears Trophy, following a series of retirements in the class, in the third race of the day.[5] Thruxton proved to be less successful, with his best result being third in class in race one.[6] He withdrew from the Oulton Park round of the series for medical reasons,[7] and missed the races at Croft due to an accident in qualifying.[8] He also missed the round at Snetterton.[9] Prior to the Knockhill round he decided to take a sabbatical from the BTCC.[10]

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)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Pts
2013 M247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze LT BRH
1
DNS		 BRH
2
DNS		 BRH
3
18		 DON
1
21		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
18		 THR
1
23		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
20		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 CRO
1
DNS		 CRO
2
DNS		 CRO
3
DNS		 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		 37th 0

References
  1. "2011 Renault Clio Cup Trophy Timings" (PDF). Timing Solutions Ltd. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. O'Leary, Jamie. "Tech-Speed confirms 2013 BTCC return with Joe Girling". Autosport. Haymarket Publicationsdate=19 March 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. Sillars, Paul (31 March 2013). "It's ok to be the underdog". M247 Racing. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. "Joe Girling race results". Driver Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. "BTCC » Three win in Jack Sears Trophy at Donington - Page 2". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. "Race results - Thruxton". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  7. Passingham, Michael (7 June 2013). "Joe Girling Sitting Out Oulton". BTCC Crazy. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  8. Salisbury, Matt (24 June 2013). "AmDTuning.com vows to bounce back from tough Croft". Matt Salisbury. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  9. Gallagher, Ian (3 August 2013). "Jason Plato fastest in first Snetterton practice". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  10. "Moffat to make BTCC history". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 20 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
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