David Lee Pinkney is a British businessman and auto racing driver. He competed in the British Touring Car Championship on and off between 1989 and 2011.

Racing career

James Weaver talked Pinkney into racing and he started out in the Uniroyal Saloon Car Championship in 1987 with a £5000 Rover Vitess SD1 racing against the new Sierra Cosworths- in 1988 he raced a Cosworth Sierra in the production saloon championship- then moved on to the BTCC in 1989 with a troubled RS500 prepared by Terry Drury, then three more years in a Cosworth Saphire - Moving back to the BTCC in a Prodrive BMW in 1993. He also briefly raced in the BTCC series with Tim Harvey in 2001 in a rather unreliable Alfa Romeo 147, leaving the JSM team after four rounds and four breakdowns.

Pinkney has won the VW Vento VR6 Championships in 1996 & 97 - The Vauxhall Vectra winter series and the Vauxhall Vectra SRi Championship in 1998 and 1999. He also raced on and off in the Porsche Carrera Cup in 2003, 2004 and once in 2005, and the Seat Cupra Championship in 2005.

In 2006, Pinkney raced in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in one of the 2005 championship-winning Honda Integra cars. David was very competitive against the new 2006 cars - He took a pair of top-five finishes at Thruxton in rounds 11 and 12, and also a podium in race three at Knockhill. For 2007, he drove an N.Technology built Alfa 156 run by the newly established A-Tech team, unfortunately the Alfa wouldn't work on dunlops.

After competing in two rounds of the British GT Championship in 2008, Pinkney returned to the BTCC in 2009, driving competitively for Team Dynamics in a Honda Civic TypeR with three different team-mates – Gordon Shedden at the first round, former F1 Formula One race-winner Johnny Herbert in three rounds, and double series champion James Thompson in the other rounds.

In 2010, Pinkney drove a BTCC Triple Eight Vauxhall Vectra with the new Swindon Turbo engine - He opened the season with his first ever triple top-ten finish, with eighth in race one and two tenth places. He was quickest at Brands throughout in the second meeting but was unfortunately power compromised for the rest of the season, which ended his competitive racing career.

In 2011, Pinkney entered the BTCC with Rob Austin Racing driving their new NGTC-spec Audi A4. Pinkney failed to make the start at the first meeting at Brands Hatch and subsequently left the team.

Luton Town Football Club On 13 April 2007, Pinkney bought Luton Town Football Club. The club tried to secure planning permission for a 50.000 seater stadium at Junction 12 on the M1. In 2008, Pinkney moved on following the decision of the FA to charge the football club in relation to a number of financial irregularities.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded - 2001 all races, 2006–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 2001–present all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given - 2001 just in feature race, 2006–present all races)

Year Team Car Class 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 OverallDC Pts Class 1989 Terry Drury Racing Ford Sierra RS500 OULDNQ SILRet THRovr:23cls:11 DONRet THRovr:11cls:10 SILRet SILovr:16cls:14 BRH SNE BRHRet BIR DON SIL 60th 0 27th 1993 Pinkney Motorsport BMW 318is SILRet DON13 SNE14 DONRet OUL13 BRH1Ret BRH2Ret PEM16 SIL15 KNO1 KNO2 OUL BRH19 THR DON1 DON2 SIL 30th 0 2001 JS Motorsport Alfa Romeo 147 BRH1Ret† BRH2Ret THR1ovr:12cls:5 THR2Ret OUL1Ret OUL2DNS SIL1ovr:19cls:8 SIL2ovr:7cls:7 MON1 MON2 DON1 DON2 KNO1 KNO2 SNE1 SNE2 CRO1 CRO2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 13th 14 2006 Motorbase Performance Honda Integra Type-R BRH1Ret BRH210 BRH38 MON113 MON24 MON310 OUL110 OUL28 OUL3Ret THR1Ret THR24 THR35 CRO17 CRO29 CRO3Ret DON111 DON2Ret DON39 SNE112 SNE2Ret SNE311 KNO1Ret KNO23 KNO39 BRH19 BRH29 BRH3Ret SIL113 SIL211 SIL312 13th 56 2007 A-Tech Alfa Romeo 156 BRH120 BRH2Ret BRH313 ROC113 ROC28 ROC312 THR115 THR210 THR313* CRO1Ret CRO2Ret CRO312 OUL1Ret OUL2Ret OUL3DNS DON116 DON216 DON314 SNE1Ret SNE2Ret SNE3Ret BRH1Ret BRH2DNS BRH3DNS KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR1Ret THR2Ret THR315 20th 5 2009 Team Dynamics Honda Civic BRH115 BRH213 BRH3Ret THR114 THR213 THR310 DON114 DON212 DON310 OUL115 OUL211 OUL3Ret CRO110 CRO211 CRO3Ret SNE18 SNE2Ret SNE39 KNO1Ret KNO2Ret KNO312 SIL1Ret SIL216 SIL310 ROC115 ROC213 ROC3Ret BRH115 BRH214 BRH310 18th 10 2010 Pinkney Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra THR18 THR210 THR310 ROC118 ROC216 ROC3Ret BRH1Ret BRH28 BRH3Ret OUL1Ret OUL210 OUL311 CRO1Ret CRO2DNS CRO3Ret SNE1Ret SNE211 SNE39 SIL1Ret SIL2Ret SIL311 KNO111 KNO2Ret KNO3Ret DON110 DON218 DON313 BRH1DNS BRH2DNS BRH3DNS 15th 12 2011 Rob Austin Racing Audi A4 BRH1DNS BRH2DNS BRH3DNS DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 NC 0 † Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 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 DC Pts 1993 Pinkney Motorsport BMW 318is ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 WUN1 WUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 DON1NC DON221 DIE1 DIE2 SIN1 SIN2 AVU1 AVU2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† 0† † Not classified in championship due to only entering in the non-championship event.

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2003 Porsche Cars Great Britain Porsche 996 GT3 ITA1 ESP AUT MON GER1 FRA GBR17 GER2 HUN ITA2 USA1 USA2 NC‡ 0‡ ‡ – Guest driver – Not eligible for points.

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