Alexander Kay Poole is an Irish motor racing driver from Dublin. He competed successfully in saloon and sports car races in Great Britain throughout the 1960s.[1] In 1969 he won the British Touring Car Championship in a privately entered Mini Cooper S. In 1968 he managed a fifteenth place in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for BMC in an Austin-Healey Sprite.[2] He managed a third-place finish in the 1978 24 Hours of Daytona. During the 1990s he was manager of motorsport for Nissan Europe.[3] He still competes in historic events such as the Goodwood Revival and the Silverstone Classic. As well as driving, he works as commercial director for the Tour Britannia historic racing event organisers.
| Alec Poole | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Irish |
| Born | 21 May 1943 Dublin, Ireland |
| British Saloon Car Championship | |
| Years active | 1969, 1973–1974, 1977, 1979 |
| Teams | Equipe Arden Nissan Datsun (Japan) Datsun UK Ltd Gerry Edmonds Team Toyota GB |
| Starts | 22 |
| Wins | 0 (7 in class) |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 6 |
| Best finish | 1st in 1969 |
| Championship titles | |
| 1969 1969 | British Saloon Car Championship BSCC - Class A |
Racing record
editComplete British Saloon Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Equipe Arden | Austin Mini Cooper S | A | BRH 14 |
SIL 15 |
SNE 14 |
THR 13 |
SIL 16 |
CRY 10† |
MAL ?† |
CRO 15 |
SIL 14 |
OUL 17 |
BRH 14 |
BRH | 1st | 76 | 1st | |
| 1973 | Nissan Datsun (Japan) | Datsun Cherry 120A Coupé | B | BRH | SIL | THR | THR | SIL 9 |
15th | 14 | 4th | ||||||||
| Datsun UK Ltd | ING ? |
BRH ? |
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| Datsun Sunny Coupé GX | SIL 9 |
BRH | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Gerry Edmonds | Triumph Dolomite Sprint | B | MAL | BRH | SIL | OUL | THR | SIL | THR | BRH 13 |
ING | BRH | OUL | SNE | 30th | 6 | NC | |
| Alec Poole | Hillman Avenger 1600 GT | A | BRH ? |
8th | |||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Alec Poole | Triumph Dolomite Sprint | C | SIL ? |
BRH | OUL | THR | SIL | THR | DON | SIL | DON | BRH | THR | NC | 0 | NC | ||
| Mini 1275 GT | A | BRH ? |
NC | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Team Toyota GB / Hughes of Beaconsfield | Toyota Celica GT | B | SIL | OUL | THR | SIL 17 |
DON | SIL ? |
MAL | DON | BRH | THR | SNE | OUL | 27th | 10 | 6th | |
Source:[4]
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
References
edit- ^ "A star studded field for Silverstone Classic! | Motors TV". www.motorstv.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008.
- ^ http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1968/68lemans.html Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine le Mans History.
- ^ http://www.tourbritannia.com/whoarewe.htm Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine TourBritannia profile.
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 27 September 2022.