Andrew Jordan (racing driver)
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| Nationality |  British |
| Born | May 23, 1989 Sutton Coldfield (England) |
| 2012 British Touring Car Championship | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | Pirtek Racing |
| Car no. | 77 |
| Former teams | Team Eurotech VX Racing |
| Starts | 89 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 10th in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
| 2007 2006 2005 |
Renault Clio Cup GB SEAT Cupra Championship Ginetta Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2005 | Ginetta Winter Series |
Andrew Jordan (born 24 May 1989 in Sutton Coldfield) is an English auto racing driver, who drives in the British Touring Car Championship.
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[edit] Racing Career
[edit] Rallycross
He first started racing in Rallycross. In 2003 he entered the Ford Rally Academy, and he went on to win the Winter Junior Rallycross Championship. The next year, he was the BTRDA Junior Rallycross Champion, and won the title of best newcomer in the British Junior series. In 2005 he won four different titles, the Junior Rallycross, BTRDA Rallycross, Super Series junior and the Ginetta Winterseries. In 2006 he was the youngest ever driver and race winner in the British Rallycross Supercar class, in a Team Eurotech Ford Focus. He was runner-up in the 2007 British Rallycross, with three wins.
[edit] Renault Clio Cup
After driving some races in the 2006 SEAT Cupra Championship, he raced in the 2007 Renault Clio Cup, which supports the British Touring Car Championship. Driving for his father's team, he finished twelfth in the championship with a best result of second, coming in the opening round at Brands Hatch.
[edit] BTCC
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In 2008, it was announced that he would join his father Mike Jordan (himself an experienced touring car and sportscar driver) as part of a two car Team Eurotech in the British Touring Car Championship. This was the first time a father and son would drive together in series history and both drove ex-Team Dynamics Honda Integras. The teenager's first season was a successful one, despite some reliability problems from his ageing but competitive Integra. This included two podiums, at Oulton Park and Knockhill. He finished the season in thirteenth place, one place ahead of his father.
For 2009 it was announced that he would continue in the BTCC in a Vauxhall Vectra for the works Vauxhall team alongside Fabrizio Giovanardi and Matt Neal. Jordan scored his first pole position at the third round of the season at Donington Park.
In 2010, Andrew rejoined his family-run team now under the Pirtek Racing banner, running a Vectra with a turbo engine prepared by TOCA to the NGTC regulations which will power all the cars from 2011 onwards.[1] He scored his first series win in the third race of round five at Croft, having started from pole due to the reverse grid system.[2] At Snetterton, Jordan was hampered by an engine failure which prevented him from starting the final race of the weekend.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-12-02). "Jordan rejoins family team for 2010". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80400. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ "Jordan praises Pirtek after 'amazing' breakthrough". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-06-23. http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/160898/1/jordan_praises_pirtek_after_amazing_breakthrough.html. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "Double score and disappointment for Jordan". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-08-12. http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/162378/1/double_score_and_disappointment_for_jordan.html. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
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