David Pinkney

David Pinkney
Nationality	British
Born	July 5, 1952 (1952-07-05) (age 59) 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 Racing
Starts	128
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	11th in 2001 & 2006
Previous series
2008 2005 2003–05	British GT Championship SEAT Cupra Championship Porsche Carrera Cup GB

David Pinkney (born 5 July 1952 in Bridlington) is a successful businessman and auto racing driver.

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

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ "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. 

Persondata
Name	Pinkney, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	5 July 1952
Place of birth	Bridlington (England)
Date of death
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