Ollie Jackson
| Ollie Jackson | |
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Jackson at the 2012 750 Motor Club Birkett Relay Race
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| Nationality |
 British
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| Born |
26 April 1984 Reigate (England) |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | AmD Tuning |
| Car no. | 48 |
| Former teams |
STP Racing with Sopp & Sopp Triple 8 Race Engineering Speedworks Motorsport |
| Starts | 119 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 18th in 2012 |
| Previous series | |
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2011 2008–2010 2008 2006–2007 2005 |
British GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup GB Caterham Superlights Caterham Graduates Caterham Academy |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010 | Porsche Carrera Cup GB Pro-Am1 |
Oliver Jackson (born 26 April 1984 in Whitechapel, London) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship.
Ollie Jackson is from Reigate, Surrey and was educated at Epsom College. He then obtained a BSc in Computer Information Systems from the University of Bath and an MSc in Automotive Product Engineering from Cranfield University. His current occupation is as a Development Engineer at Alcon Specialist Brakes and Clutches in Tamworth, Staffordshire. He previously worked at Lotus Engineering as a Ride and Handling Engineer.
Jackson started his racing career driving in the Caterham Academy, a series for novice drivers. He took one race win in 2005 before moving up to the Mega Graduate Class in 2006, claiming two wins. He took two further wins in 2007 to finish as runner-up in the championship. For 2008 he raced in Caterham Superlights and took two victories on the way to second in the championship.
In 2009 he moved up to the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain racing for Motorbase Performance. In his maiden season he finished 7th on 163 points. He stayed with the team for 2010, winning 11 of the 20 races as winner of the pro-am1 category and claiming pro-am1 title ahead of Jonas Gelžinis and Tony Gilham. At the end of 2009, Jackson had an unrivalled record in the Carrera Cup Great Britain having scored points in all 40 races he competed in.
In January 2011, Jackson was announced as a driver for the new works-backed Lotus team which would compete in the GT4 category of the British GT Championship with the Lotus Evora. He competed in the first 8 rounds of the championship, finishing 6th in the GT4 category with a class win at Spa-Francorchamps.
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