Sarah Moore (racing driver)

Moore, born in Harrogate, competed in the Rotax Mini Max class of the Stars of Tomorrow National Championship in 2007, finishing 24th.{{cite web |url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/sarah-moore/career/ |title=Sarah Moore career statistics |publisher=Driver Database |accessdate=18 July 2013}} She also drove for Tockwith Motorsports in both the Ginetta Junior Championship and the Ginetta Junior Winter Championship. In the Ginetta Junior Championship, she entered the season finale at Brands Hatch, with her best result being 15th in the first race of the day. For 2008, she entered the BRDC Stars of Tomorrow MiniMax Championship, finishing 40th overall, but the Ginetta Junior Championship became her primary focus, as she competed in the full season for Tockwith Motorsports.{{cite web |url=http://www.tockwithmotorsports.net/Current_drivers.html |title=Current drivers – Race Team |publisher=Tockwith Motorsports |accessdate=18 July 2013}} She finished the season in 17th place, with her best race finish being a sixth place at Silverstone.{{cite web |url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/sarah-moore/race-results/ |title=Sarah Moore race results |publisher=Driver Database |accessdate=18 July 2013}} She also entered the Ginetta Junior Championship Winter Series that year, finishing all four races on the podium, with one victory, and finishing as runner-up to Josh Hill.

Moore remained in the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2009 with Tockwith Motorsports, and won the title, having taken five wins,{{cite web |url=http://www.btccpages.com/news/9/1637/York's-Sarah-Moore-is-champion!/ |title=York's Sarah Moore is champion! – Ginettas News |publisher=BTCCPages.com |date=5 October 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013}} and scored sixteen more points than runner-up Jake Cook. She also became the first female driver to win a race in a series that formed part of the TOCA package,{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/giving-women-drivers-a-good-name-is-childs-play-for-sarah-1693417.html |title=Giving women drivers a good name is child's play for Sarah |work=The Independent|date=31 May 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013 |first=Gemma |last=Briggs}} the first to win a mixed-gender series in the UK, and was awarded the BRDC Rising Star status.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/8190191.stm |title=Moore awarded Rising Star status |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013}} As a result of this, she was shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award,{{cite web |url=http://www.ginetta.com/news_article?id=202 |title=SARAH MOORE SHORTLISTED FOR BBC AWARD |publisher=Ginetta Cars |date=11 November 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013}} eventually being ranked fifth.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8342437.stm |title=2009 BBC Young Sports Personality: The top 10 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 November 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013}} In addition to this, she was named as the British Club Driver of the Year at the Autosport Awards,{{cite web |url=http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/miscellaneous/2009-12/16-year-old-sarah-moore-awarded-british-club-driver-of-the-year/ |title=16 Year Old Sarah Moore Awarded British Club Driver of the Year |publisher=Honest John |date=10 December 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80452 |title=British Club Driver: Sarah Moore |publisher=AUTOSPORT.com |date=6 December 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013}} and joined the YourRacingCar.com scheme.{{cite web |url=http://www.btccpages.com/news/9/1663/Sarah-Moore-Joins-YourRacingCar.com/ |title=Sarah Moore Joins YourRacingCar.com – Ginettas News |publisher=BTCCPages.com |date=9 November 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013}} The owner of Ginetta Cars, Lawrence Tomlinson, praised Moore, stating "Seeing Sarah go on stage at the awards in front of 1,400 industry heads has been one of the proudest moments in Ginetta's history."{{cite web |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/business/business-news/kirklees-business-news/2009/12/29/sarah-moore-and-lawrence-tomlinson-race-into-2010-86081-25482949/ |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130718124722/http://www.examiner.co.uk/business/business-news/kirklees-business-news/2009/12/29/sarah-moore-and-lawrence-tomlinson-race-into-2010-86081-25482949/ |title=Sarah Moore and Lawrence Tomlinson race into 2010 |publisher=Huddersfield Examiner |date=29 December 2009 |archivedate=18 July 2013 |accessdate=18 July 2013 |first=Henryk |last=Zientek}}

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In 2010, Moore received the Lord Wakefield Award from the BWRDC.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurotechracing.co.uk/Drivers/sarah-moore.html |title=Sarah Moore – Drivers |publisher=Eurotech Racing |accessdate=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404141316/http://www.eurotechracing.co.uk/Drivers/sarah-moore.html |archivedate=4 April 2012}} Sarah and her brother David switched to the Eurotech Racing team, but remained in the Ginetta Junior Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.supaswapsport.co.uk/2010/04/sarah-and-david-moore-racing-with-eurotech-and-supaswap/ |title=Sarah and David Moore racing with Eurotech and SupaSwap |publisher=SupaSwap |date=9 April 2010 |accessdate=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831073644/http://www.supaswapsport.co.uk/2010/04/sarah-and-david-moore-racing-with-eurotech-and-supaswap/ |archivedate=31 August 2010}} She was less successful that year, with the series having changed to the Ginetta G40; she didn't finish on the podium until the 17th race of the season, held at Donington Park, and finished seventh overall. In 2011, she graduated to the new InterSteps Championship series, and returned to the family-run Tockwith Motorsport team, who were entering under the "TMS Atlantic" name.{{cite web |url=http://www.girlracer.co.uk/index.php/motorsport/motorsport-news/9230-sarah-moore-competes-in-the-inaugural-intersteps-championship-races |title=Sarah Moore competes in the inaugural Intersteps championship races |publisher=Girlracer |date=1 April 2011 |accessdate=18 July 2013}} Having taken two fourth-place finishes in the first two races, she eventually finished the season in sixth place. She also competed in the first ever series of the 4Two Cup that year,{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8920451.print/ |title=Sarah Moore tests new Smart racecar |publisher=Telegraph & Argus |date=19 March 2011 |accessdate=18 July 2013 |first=Stuart |last=Martel}} taking a single victory.{{cite web |url=http://smarts4youracing.com/the-4two-cup/2011-season/ |title=2011 Season |publisher=smarts4you racing |accessdate=18 July 2013}}

She entered the 4Two Cup again in 2012, finishing second twice out of the four the races held at Spa-Francorchamps,{{cite web |url=http://smarts4youracing.com/news/spa-2012-race-report/ |title=Spa 2012 Race Report |publisher=smarts4you racing |date=16 April 2012 |accessdate=18 July 2013 |first=Paul |last=Bates}} and third in both races held at Snetterton.{{cite web |url=http://smarts4youracing.com/news/the-4two-cup-2012/ |title=the 4two cup 2012 |publisher=smarts4you racing |accessdate=18 July 2013 |date=15 May 2012 |first=Paul |last=Bates}} Moore also drove a Smart ForTwo alongside her brother Nigel in the Donington Park round of the Britcar Production Cup that year, finishing twentieth overall.{{cite web |url=http://www.tsl-timing.com/eerc/2012/121663ps1.pdf |title=Britcar Production Cup – Donington Park National – 21st April 2012 |publisher=Timing Solutions Ltd. |date=21 April 2012 |accessdate=18 July 2013 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Moore started in the reformed Britcar Endurance Championship in 2017, with professional Smart driver Rob Baker in a ForFour run by his S2Smarts team. She drove in the last 3 rounds of the championship, and in the end, Moore and Baker were fourth in the overall Sprint category standings and first in class. In round six at Oulton Park, she raced alongside her brother, Ed and father, Simon, who were both in Tockwith Ginetta G50s. Sarah upgraded to a Ginetta G50 with Tockwith Motorsport in the Endurance category with Matt Greenwood, eventually winning the endurance category overall in the first race at Brands Hatch.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britcar-endurance.com/newsRead.php?link=205&page=6|title=Britcar Dunlop Endurance Champions Crowned|website=Britcar Endurance|accessdate=21 November 2018}} In 2019, driving with Moh Ritson, Sarah returned in a Tockwith Motorsport G50, but it hasn't been a great season for them. In round six at Snetterton, Moore was needed in the final round of the WSeries at Brands Hatch, so brother Ed took over driving duties, but mechanical issues hindered his return to Britcar for the rest of the weekend.

Her brothers David, Nigel and Edward are all racing drivers.{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/features/4537383.Sarah_Moore__15__is_Tockwith_Motorsport_s_top_racing_driver_in_Ginetta_Junior_Championships/ |title=Sarah Moore, 15, is Tockwith Motorsport's top racing driver in Ginetta Junior Championships |publisher=York Press |date=10 August 2009 |accessdate=18 July 2013 |first=Stephen |last=Lewis}} Her father, Simon, runs the Tockwith Motorsports team, and owns Tockwith Motorsports Centre, which was founded by her grandfather Reg.{{cite web |url=http://www.tockwithmotorsports.net/About_us.html |title=About us |publisher=Tockwith Motorsports |accessdate=18 July 2013}} She stated in 2010 that she wanted to become Britain's first female Formula One driver, despite Divina Galica having already contested Formula One events 34 years prior.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/f1news/7392342/Sarah-Moore-hoping-to-become-Britains-first-ever-Formula-One-racing-driver.html |title=Sarah Moore hoping to become Britain's first female Formula One racing driver |work=The Telegraph|date=8 March 2010 |accessdate=18 July 2013 |first=Tom |last=Cary}}

Moore is lesbian and is married to Carlajane Metcalfe. She is a Driver Ambassador for Racing Pride, an LGBT rights charity.{{cite web |url= https://www.autosport.com/national/news/143890/motorsport-lgbtq%2B-scheme-racing-pride-launches|title= Racing Pride scheme for motorsport LGBTQ+ inclusivity launches|website= www.autosport.com | publisher= Autosport |date= 6 June 2019}}

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