Hunter Abbott
| Hunter Abbott | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 4 December 1980 Liverpool, England |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Power Maxed Racing |
| Car no. | 54 |
| Former teams | Rob Austin Racing |
| Starts | 86 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 19th in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2004 2005, 07 2006, 08–09, 16 2012 2013 |
Radical SR3 Championship SCSA British GT Championship GT4 European Series Ginetta GT Supercup Porsche GT3 Cup Benelux |
| Championship titles | |
| 1995 2005 2007 2008 2013 |
HKC Junior TKM Champion SCSA Rookie Champion SCSA Vice-Champion British GT Vice-Champion (GT4) Porsche Cup Challenge Benelux Vice-Champion |
| Awards | |
| 2005 2005 |
Roush Driver of the Year Autosport One to Watch |
Hunter Abbott is a British racing driver (born in Liverpool, 4 December 1980). He no longer drives in the BTCC and has suffered a number of high profile crashes in his career.
Abbott began his racing career in 1995, in karting, winning the HKC Junior TKM Championship during his first year racing. He moved to Senior TKM competing in the 1996 Super 1 National Kart Championships finishing 15th overall on his debut year. For 1998 Abbott moved to Formula 100C Super 1 National Kart Championships where he finished the season 4th overall and ran as high as 2nd in the European Intercontinatal A Championships. In 1999 Abbott moved to Formula A and competed in the Super 1 National Kart Championships.
At the end of 1999, Abbott made the move to car racing and won his debut race in the Jim Russell Formula Ford Championship at Silverstone. He competed in the 1999 Dubai 24 Hour, partnering Pedro Lamy and the 2000 Formula First season, taking five pole positions from six races.
Abbott did not race between July 2000 to March 2003 due to lack of sponsorship. In 2003, Abbott competed in a handful of Radical Enduro championship races driving a Radical Prosport and had several podium finishes.
For 2004, Abbott raced in the Radical Enduro championship with Martin Donnelly Racing. He missed the first two rounds of the championship but took eight victories and 11 pole positions in the remainder of the season, the most races any driver has ever won in one season of Radical Enduro.
In 2005, Abbott moved into the UK Oval Racing, joining the SCSA racing series; a UK based championship, similar to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series which raced on the Rockingham Motor Speedway oval circuit. He had a successful debut season, winning the Rookie Championship. This led to him being awarded 'One to Watch' by Autosport Magazine and "Driver of the Year" from over 200 European oval drivers by NASCAR team Roush Racing.
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