Nigel Smith (born 17 March 1951) is a British businessman and retired auto racing driver.
Racing career Smith's racing career started 1972 as a successful karting driver winning superkart grands prix in the Netherlands, Belgium and New Zealand. He made the switch to car racing in 1984, making appearances in Sports 2000 and Formula Ford. In 1990 and 1991, he was a front running driver in the Honda CRX Challenge. He privately entered a class B Ralt in the British Formula Three Championship in 1991 and 1992. In 1993, he competed in British Formula 2 with a Reynard 92D. He finished the season as the highest placed British driver with six podiums.
In 1994. Smith entered a former Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Cavalier in the British Touring Car Championship. A successful season saw him finish as runner-up in the Total Cup for Privateers and score his first outright point at Brands Hatch. He returned for another season in the BTCC in 1995 and finished third in the privateers cup.
Smith went on to compete in touring car racing in North America and Sweden. In 1998, he competed in one season of the GTR Euroseries before spending two years in FIA GT Championship in a N-GT class Porsche 911 GT3.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pos Pts 1994 Team HMSO Cavalier Vauxhall Cavalier 16v THR18 BRH113 BRH214 SNE15 SIL120 SIL2Ret OUL16 DON120 DON218 BRH116 BRH220 SIL13 KNO1Ret KNO217 OUL17 BRH119 BRH210 SIL117 SIL216 DON123 DON220 25th 1 1995 HMSO Bookshops Vauxhall Cavalier 16v DON116 DON216 BRH118 BRH216 THR111 THR214 SIL1Ret SIL2Ret OUL112 OUL216 BRH116 BRH217 DON116 DON2Ret SILRet KNO112 KNO218 BRH116 BRH216 SNE117 SNE215 OUL114 OUL214 SIL1Ret SIL2DNS 26th 0
Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 1996 Bohlin Racing Vauxhall Cavalier GSi MAN12 MAN22 KARDNS FAL1 FAL2 KNU1 KNU2 KIN1 KIN2 11th 35
Complete North American Touring Car Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts 1996 Motorsport Team Schemes Vauxhall Cavalier LRP1 LRP2 DET1 DET2 POR1 POR2 TOR110 TOR2DNS TRV1 TRV2 MOH19 MOH29 VAN1 VAN2 LAG1 LAG2 13th 23
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2001 Perspective Racing Thierry Perrier Michel Neugarten Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 275 9th 3rd 2003 Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing Michel Neugarten Ian Khan Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 305 18th 3rd 2004 Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing Ian Khan Tim Sugden Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 283 23rd 10th 2006 Russian Age Racing Cirtek Motorsport Tim Sugden Christian Vann Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT1 124 DNF DNF
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