- David Pinkney
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David Pinkney Nationality British
Born July 5, 1952
Bridlington (England)2011 British Touring Car Championship Debut season 1989 Current team Rob Austin Racing Car no. 12 Former teams Pinkney Motorsport
Team Dynamics
A-Tech
Motorbase Performance
JSM
Terry Drury RacingStarts 128 Wins 0 Poles 0 Fastest laps 1 Best finish 11th in 2001 & 2006 Previous series 2008
2005
2003–05British GT Championship
SEAT Cupra Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup GBDavid Pinkney (born 5 July 1952 in Bridlington) is a successful businessman and auto racing driver.
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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
Pinkney's black-and-pink Honda Integra at the Brands Hatch round of the 2006 British Touring Car Championship.Pinkney driving the A-Tech-run Alfa Romeo 156 during the Snetterton round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.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 along side Richard Marsh. After a handful of points finishes, his involvement in an 11-car pile-up at Brands Hatch left him in hospital and the car severely damaged.
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 will be driving for Rob Austin's Audi team for 2011.
Pink theme
His car liveries generally contain a large amount of pink, in deference to his name. The slogan "Pink My Ride" (a play on Pimp My Ride) appears on the top of his windscreen. At the 2009 Knockhill meeting, Dunlop specially produced pink-rimmed tyres for his car.
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]
References
- ^ "Pinkney pleased with triple top ten". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-04-06. http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/158497/1/pinkney_pleased_with_triple_top_ten.html. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ "Luton suffer 10-point deduction". BBC Sport (BBC). 2007-11-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/luton_town/7108271.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
Teams and drivers competing in the 2011 British Touring Car Championship season Silverline Chevrolet Honda Racing Team Aon Airwaves Racing WSR Dynojet Rob Austin Racing 888 with Collins Contractors 1 Plato
20 MacDowall4 Onslow-Cole
5 Chilton
44 Neate11 Wrathall
14 Nash
34 Gilham
48 Jackson
88 SmithGeoff Steel Racing Special Tuning Racing GoMobileUK.com Welch Automotive Central Group Racing Speedworks Motorsport Pirtek Racing Thorney Motorsport 17 Newsham
34 Gilham42 Welch
43 Wood
50 Hughes
55 Smith
77 Jordan67 Thorne
Team ES Racing AmD Milltek Racing 78 James
99 Onslow-Cole
99 Hollamby
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