David Pinkney
| David Pinkney | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 5 July 1952 Bridlington (England) |
| Previous series | |
| 2008 2006–07, 09–2011 2005 2003–05 2003 1993 1989, 1993, 2001 | British GT Championship BTCC SEAT Cupra Championship Porsche Carrera Cup GB Porsche Supercup DTM BTCC |
David Pinkney is a British businessman and auto racing driver. He competed in the British Touring Car Championship on and off between 1989 and 2011.
Early Racing Career
David was a semi-regular BTCC driver in the late 1980s and early 1990s, in a BMW from 1992 to 1993. He also briefly raced in the series in 2001, in a rather unreliable Alfa Romeo 147, leaving the JSM team after four rounds.
He has won the Vectra championship twice, in 1996 and 1999. He also raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup in 2004 and once in 2005, and the Seat Cupra Championship in 2005.
Return To BTCC
In 2006 he raced in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in one of the 2005 championship-winning Honda Integra cars. He took a pair of top 5 finishes at Thruxton in rounds 11 and 12, following it with 2 more points finishes at Croft and a podium in race three at Knockhill. For 2007, he drove an N.Technology built Alfa 156 run by the newly established A-Tech team alongside Richard Marsh.
After competing in the British GT Championship in 2008, he has returned to the BTCC in 2009, driving for Team Dynamics, with three different team-mates – Gordon Shedden at the first round, former Formula One race-winner Johnny Herbert in the final three, and double series champion James Thompson in between.
In 2010, Pinkney drove a Vauxhall Vectra, run by his own team Pinkney Motorsport. He opened the season with his first ever triple top-ten finish, with eighth in race one and two tenth places.[1]
He was scheduled to drive for Rob Austin's Audi team for 2011, but after completing a demonstration lap with the new car at the opening round he withdrew due to his business commitments and Austin himself took over the drive.
Luton Town Football Club
On 13 April 2007, following the resignation of chairman Bill Tomlins, it was announced that he would be taking over Luton Town Football Club. The club went into administration on 22 November that same year.[2]
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded - 2001 all races, 2006–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 2001–present all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given - 2001 just in feature race, 2006–present all races)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Pinkney Motorsport | BMW 318is | ZOL 1 |
ZOL 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
WUN 1 |
WUN 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
DON 1 NC |
DON 2 21 |
DIE 1 |
DIE 2 |
SIN 1 |
SIN 2 |
AVU 1 |
AVU 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
NC† | 0† |
† Not classified in championship due to only entering in the non-championship event.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Porsche Cars Great Britain | Porsche 996 GT3 | ITA1 | ESP | AUT | MON | GER1 | FRA | GBR 17 |
GER2 | HUN | ITA2 | USA1 | USA2 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
‡ – Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
References
- ^ "Pinkney pleased with triple top ten". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ "Luton suffer 10-point deduction". BBC Sport. BBC. 2007-11-22. Retrieved 2010-04-07.