Anthony Whorton-Eales (born 21 May 1994) is a British racing driver who last competed in a one-off round of the 2024 Mini Challenge UK for Jamsport Racing UK. He previously won the Mini Challenge UK championship in 2018, Renault Clio Cup UK championship in 2016 and the BriSCA F1 Under 25s Championship in 2016.
Racing career
Early career
Whorton-Eales began his car racing career at the age of 11 on the short ovals in the ORCi Ministox under the number 254 with Incarace Motor Sport in which he raced until his 16th birthday. In 2011, he joined the Renault UK Clio Cup, running four races for Scuderia Vittoria. In 2012, he ran his first full season in the series for Westbourne Motorsport, finishing the season eighth in points. For 2013, he joined the KX Akademy as well as becoming a member of the BRDC's rising stars. This saw him return to Scuderia Vittoria where he would take his first Clio Cup win on his way to seventh in points. The following two seasons saw him move to SV Racing coming fourth in points in 2014 while 2015 saw him become a championship contender against Ashley Sutton and Ash Hand, he eventually finished the season bottom of the trio, third in points.
2016 saw Whorton-Eales run for his own team where he would battle returning 2014 champion, Mike Bushell for the championship. In the end he narrowly came out on top to win the Renault UK Clio Cup title on his fifth attempt.
Whorton-Eales is still competitive on the short ovals, racing in everything from a budget formula known as Incarods to Classic Hot Rods, and he has also competed in BriSCA Formula One Stock Cars where he is the current Under-25 Champion.
British Touring Car Championship
For the 2017 season, Whorton-Eales was signed by AmD Tuning to compete in the British Touring Car Championship. He drove the team's second Audi S3 alongside Ollie Jackson.
Whorton-Eales missed the first half of the 2018 BTCC season, replacing Tom Boardman at AmD during the mid-season break. He returned to the Championship at Snetterton for the BTCC 60th Anniversary meeting.
Mini Challenge UK
Unable to find a drive for the 2018 BTCC season, Whorton-Eales moved to the Mini Challenge UK with JamSport Racing where he would secure the drivers championship that season. After leaving the series to compete in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, it was announced on 6 November 2019 that Whorton-Eales will be returning to the series in 2020 to compete full-time with JamSport Racing.
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
2019 saw Whorton-Eales move to the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series with AmD Tuning in a partnership with Racing-Total and Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing. He would drive the No. 46 Ford Mustang full-time in the Elite 1 class.
Racing record Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)
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 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts 2017 AmD Tuning withCobra Exhausts Audi S3 Saloon BRH125 BRH2Ret BRH323 DON116 DON212 DON3Ret THR130 THR224 THR3DNS OUL127 OUL228 OUL321 CRO116 CRO211 CRO317 SNE120 SNE221 SNE311 KNO117 KNO210 KNO327* ROC118 ROC218 ROC3Ret SIL16 SIL223 SIL313 BRH116 BRH218 BRH325 23rd 34 2018 AmD with AutoAidRCIB Insurance Racing MG 6 GT BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 30th 6
Complete NASCAR results
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2019 Racing-Total AmD Tuning 46 Ford VAL VAL FRA FRA 29th 72 Marko Stipp Motorsport AmD Tuning BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL
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