David Pinkney
| David Pinkney | |
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| Nationality |
 British
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| Born | 5 July 1962 Bridlington (England) |
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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.
David stated out in the Uniroyal Saloon Car Championship in 1987 with a Rover SD1 he then moved on to the BTCC in 1989 with an RS 500 prepared by Terry Drury, and then 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 2003, 2004 and once in 2005, and the Seat Cupra Championship in 2005.
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.
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