Sam Tordoff
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Tordoff at the Silverstone round of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season.
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
19 April 1989 Bradford (England) |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Team JCT600 with GardX |
| Car no. | 600 |
| Former teams | Triple 8 Race Engineering |
| Starts | 122 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 11 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
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2011–12 2011–12 2009–10 |
Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup GB Renault Clio Cup |
| Awards | |
| 2010–11 | BRDC Rising Star |
Samuel Lewis "Sam" Tordoff (born 19 April 1989) is a British racing car driver. He has previously driven in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB but currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship for Team JCT600 with GardX. He is the grandson of rally driver and car dealer Jack Tordoff. Tordoff finished second overall in the 2016 British Touring Car Championship, 2 points behind Gordon Shedden. Tordoff supports his racing career with his day-to-day job as an accountant.
In February 2009, Bradford-born Tordoff joined the Renault Clio Cup UK grid with Total Control Racing. He took his first podium finish in the Saturday race at Snetterton with second place behind Alex MacDowall, then followed this up by taking his maiden win with a lights to flag victory ahead of championship leader Phil Glew. Tordoff finished eighth in his first season of car racing.
He continued in the Clio Cup in 2010, where he finished on the podium at 12 out of the 18 races he competed in. Tordoff took his first win of the year in race two at Snetterton in almost the same circumstances as his first, the previous season. He finished third in the championship having missed the final round at Brands Hatch to race in the British Touring Car Championship, becoming the fifth Clio Cup graduate to compete in the BTCC, in 2010.
He made his British Touring Car Championship debut competing in the final meeting of the 2010 season at Brands Hatch, driving a Vauxhall Vectra for Uniq Racing with Triple Eight. In the final round he placed 10th, scoring one championship point.
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