Tommy Byrne (racing driver)
- Tommy Byrne (racing driver)
Former F1 driver
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Name = Tommy Byrne
Nationality = flagicon|Ireland Irish
Years = F1|1982
Team(s) = Theodore
Races = 5 (2 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1982 German Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Tommy Byrne (born May 6, 1958 in Drogheda, County Louth) is a former racing driver from Ireland. He participated in five Formula One Grands Prix in F1|1982 with the backmarker Theodore team, debuting on August 8. He scored no championship points.
After performing well in Formula Ford in 1981, Byrne won the 1982 British Formula Three Championship even though he was forced to miss some races while he competed in Formula One. After a brief return to Formula 3 in 1983, Byrne moved to the United States and began racing in the American Racing Series in 1986 where he won ten races in 55 starts, both second place in the series record books. He also was the championship runner up in 1988 and 1989. He raced in the series until 1992 and then retired. Despite his extended career in the States, Byrne never made a Champ Car start. He currently lives in Florida, but teaches Honda Teen/Adult Defensive Driving, Advanced Defensive Driving, Acura High Performance and Acura Advanced Performance Driving during the race season at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
He has a book co-authored with Mark Hughes and released in England on August 8, 2008, "Crashed and Byrned: The Greatest Racing Driver You Never Saw". [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article4887934.ece Review of "Crashed and Byrned"] ]
Complete Formula One results
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External links
* [http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-byrtom.html GP Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article4887934.ece Review of "Crashed and Byrned"]
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