Joe Girling

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Joe Girling

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| nationality = {{flag|GBR|name=British}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|01|14}}

| birth_place =

| related to =

| current series = British Touring Car Championship

| first year = 2013

| current team = M247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport

| car number = 90

| former teams =

| starts = 27

| championships = 0

| wins = 0 (1 in class)

| poles = 1

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 11th

| year = 2013

| last finish =

| prev series = Renault Clio Cup Trophy

| prev series years = 2011

| titles =

| title years =

| awards =

| award years =

| updated = 3 August 2013

}}

Joe Girling (born 14 January 1990) is a British racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2013 for Tech-Speed Motorsport, under the M247 Racing banner.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.tsl-timing.com/barc/2011/114521clt.pdf |title=2011 Renault Clio Cup Trophy Timings |publisher=Timing Solutions Ltd |date=12 November 2011 |accessdate=15 July 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106153|title=Tech-Speed confirms 2013 BTCC return with Joe Girling|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=19 March 2013|accessdate=15 July 2013|first=Jamie|last=O'Leary}} 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,{{cite web |url=http://racing.m247.com/its-ok-to-be-the-underdog/ |title=It's ok to be the underdog |publisher=M247 Racing |date=31 March 2013 |accessdate=15 July 2013 |first=Paul |last=Sillars |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825182553/http://racing.m247.com/its-ok-to-be-the-underdog/ |archive-date=25 August 2013 |url-status=dead }} before finishing eighteenth overall in the third race of the day.{{cite web |url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/joe-girling/race-results/ |title=Joe Girling race results |publisher=Driver Database |accessdate=15 July 2013}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/190321/2/btcc_donington_2013_three_win_in_jack_sears_trophy.html|title=BTCC » Three win in Jack Sears Trophy at Donington - Page 2|work=Crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|date=23 April 2013|accessdate=15 July 2013}} Thruxton proved to be less successful, with his best result being third in class in race one.{{cite news|url=http://btcc.net/html/raceresults_detail.php?race_id=101&season_id=56|title=Race results - Thruxton|work=British Touring Car Championship|publisher=TOCA|accessdate=15 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015110834/http://www.btcc.net/html/raceresults_detail.php?race_id=101&season_id=56|archive-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead}} He withdrew from the Oulton Park round of the series for medical reasons,{{cite news|url=http://www.btcccrazy.co.uk/btcc/no-joe-gilring-at-oulton/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216081926/http://www.btcccrazy.co.uk/btcc/no-joe-gilring-at-oulton/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2015|title=Joe Girling Sitting Out Oulton|publisher=BTCC Crazy|date=7 June 2013|accessdate=15 July 2013|first=Michael|last=Passingham}} and missed the races at Croft due to an accident in qualifying.{{cite web |url=http://www.mattsalisbury.co.uk/2013/06/24/amdtuning-com-vows-to-bounce-back-from-tough-croft/ |title=AmDTuning.com vows to bounce back from tough Croft |publisher=Matt Salisbury |date=24 June 2013 |accessdate=15 July 2013 |first=Matt |last=Salisbury}} He also missed the round at Snetterton.{{cite news|last=Gallagher|first=Ian|title=Jason Plato fastest in first Snetterton practice|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/08/03/jason-plato-fastest-in-first-snetterton-practice/|work=TouringCarTimes|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|accessdate=3 August 2013|date=3 August 2013}} Prior to the Knockhill round he decided to take a sabbatical from the BTCC.{{cite news|title=Moffat to make BTCC history |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3514 |work=British Touring Car Championship |publisher=TOCA |accessdate=23 August 2013 |date=20 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185356/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3514 |archivedate=11 November 2013 }}

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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8