Alec Poole
{{Short description|Irish racing driver (born 1943)}}
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{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Alec Poole
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| nationality = {{flagicon|IRE}} Irish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|5|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
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| last series = British Saloon Car Championship
| years active = 1969, 1973–1974, 1977, 1979
| teams = Equipe Arden
Nissan Datsun (Japan)
Datsun UK Ltd
Gerry Edmonds
Team Toyota GB
| starts = 22
| wins = 0 (7 in class)
| poles = 0
| fastest laps = 6
| best finish = 1st
| year = 1969
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| titles = List of BTCC champions
BSCC - Class A
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Alexander Kay Poole is an Irish motor racing driver from Dublin. He competed successfully in saloon and sports car races in Great Britain throughout the 1960s.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorstv.com/car/others/silverstone-classic/22072008/a-star-studded-field-silverstone-classic |title=A star studded field for Silverstone Classic! {{!}} Motors TV |website=www.motorstv.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117181805/http://www.motorstv.com/car/others/silverstone-classic/22072008/a-star-studded-field-silverstone-classic |archive-date=2008-11-17}} In 1969 he won the British Touring Car Championship in a privately entered Mini Cooper S. In 1968 he managed a fifteenth place in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for BMC in an Austin-Healey Sprite.http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1968/68lemans.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192332/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1968/68lemans.html |date=2016-03-03 }} le Mans History. He managed a third-place finish in the 1978 24 Hours of Daytona. During the 1990s he was manager of motorsport for Nissan Europe.http://www.tourbritannia.com/whoarewe.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915090906/http://www.tourbritannia.com/whoarewe.htm |date=2008-09-15 }} TourBritannia profile. He still competes in historic events such as the Goodwood Revival and the Silverstone Classic. As well as driving, he works as commercial director for the Tour Britannia historic racing event organisers.
Racing record
=Complete British Saloon Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
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! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! DC ! Pts ! Class |
| 1969
! Equipe Arden ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| THR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CRY |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CRO |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH | BRH | |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 76 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
| rowspan=3| 1973
!rowspan=2| Datsun Cherry 120A Coupé !rowspan=3| {{Tooltip|B|Class B}} | BRH | SIL | THR | THR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL | | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| 15th !rowspan=3| 14 !rowspan=3| 4th |
| rowspan=2| Datsun UK Ltd
| | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ING |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH | | | | | | |
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| Datsun Sunny Coupé GX
| | | | | | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL | BRH | | | | |
| rowspan=2| 1974
! Gerry Edmonds ! {{Tooltip|B|Class B}} | MAL | BRH | SIL | OUL | THR | SIL | THR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH | ING | BRH | OUL | SNE | !rowspan=2| 30th !rowspan=2| 6 ! NC |
| Alec Poole
! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH ! 8th |
| rowspan=2| 1977
!rowspan=2| Alec Poole ! {{Tooltip|C|Class C}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL | BRH | OUL | THR | SIL | THR | DON | SIL | DON | BRH | THR | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 ! NC |
| Mini 1275 GT
! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH | ! NC |
| 1979
! Team Toyota GB / Hughes of Beaconsfield ! {{Tooltip|B|Class B}} | SIL | OUL | THR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL | DON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL | MAL | DON | BRH | THR | SNE | OUL | ! 27th ! 10 ! 6th |
| colspan="20"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=27 September 2022}}}}}} |
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090117235218/http://www.tourbritannia.com/MoreArticle.aspx Tour Britannia Official Site]
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{{succession box|title=British Touring Car Champion |before=Frank Gardner|after=Bill McGovern |years=1969}}
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Category:British Touring Car Championship drivers
Category:British Touring Car Championship Champions
Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers