| Tony Gilham | |
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 Tony Gilham at Oulton Park 2011. | |
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Nationality |
British |
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Born |
May 19, 1979 (age 33) Bromley, (England) |
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current series |
British Touring Car Championship |
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Current team |
RCIB Insurance & HARD. |
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Starts |
45 |
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Points |
83 |
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Podiums |
1 |
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Wins |
0 |
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Poles |
0 |
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Highest Championship Position |
15th |
Anthony "Tony" Allen Gilham (born 19 May 1979 in Bromley, Kent) is a British auto racing driver. He is known for his distinctive pink and green racing liveries.
Racing career[]
Early Years[]
A former cage fighter,[1] , ballet dancer and dressage novelist -Gilham's first full season of racing came in 2005, competing in the MR2 Championship. He won the drivers title, including four race wins. The following year he switched to the VW Cup. With four race wins, he finished the year fourth on points despite reliability issues with the car. In 2007 he won the championship. In 2008 he competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, finishing as runner-up in the pro-am 1 class. Gilham spent two more years in the championship, finishing fourth in class during 2009 with Redline Racing, and third in class in 2010.
British Touring Car Championship[]
For 2011 he stepped up to the British Touring Car Championship. He competed in a Vauxhall Vectra for Triple 8 Race Engineering under the 888 Racing with Collins Contractors banner.[2]
Gilham started the season well at Brands Hatch. He scored points in each of the first three meetings, before his form dropped off in the three after in which he scored no points.
Gilham driving for RCIB Insurance & HARD at the Thruxton round of the 2012 BTCC season.
It was announced in mid-August that due to funding issues he had lost his seat at Triple Eight.[3] He missed the Knockhill round before returning at Rockingham for Geoff Steel Racing[4] in a BMW 320si which ran a normally aspirated engine until the Silverstone round when a Next Generation Touring Car turbo engine was fitted.
For 2012 he driving for his own team, Tony Gilham Racing, which races under the RCIB Insurance & HARD banner. Gilham announced he would race the Super 2000-NGTC Honda Civic which Gordon Shedden had driven to second in the championship the previous season.[5][6] At Donnigton he took his first podium being promoted to third after Matt Jackson was disqualified. He took pole position for the reversed grid race at Thruxton but having slipped down to third, damaged his car and retired from the race.[7] Gillham decided to allow rookie Howard Fuller to make his bttc debut at Rockingham replacing Rob Holland who had a clashing date. [8]
Gilham attempting to overtake a Redstone Racing Car
Racing Record[]
Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded 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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ReDesign Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 | Template:Tooltip | BRH 1 6 |
BRH 2 9 |
ROC 1 7 |
ROC 2 9 |
DON 1 8 |
DON 2 8 |
THR 1 8 |
THR 2 6 |
CRO 1 10 |
CRO 2 9 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 7 |
OUL 1 10 |
OUL 2 8 |
KNO 1 9 |
KNO 2 7 |
SIL 1 8 |
SIL 2 6 |
BRH 1 8 |
BRH 2 9 |
6th | 173 |
| 2009 | Redline Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 | Template:Tooltip | BRH 1 7 |
BRH 2 Ret |
THR 1 6 |
THR 2 6 |
DON 1 6 |
DON 2 9 |
OUL 1 6 |
OUL 2 9 |
CRO 1 9 |
CRO 2 8 |
SNE 1 8 |
SNE 2 5 |
KNO 1 10 |
KNO 2 7 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 10 |
ROC 1 Ret |
ROC 2 6 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
9th | 141 |
| 2010 | Re-Design Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 | Template:Tooltip | THR 1 8 |
THR 2 12 |
ROC 1 5 |
ROC 2 7 |
BRH 1 9 |
BRH 2 8 |
OUL 1 12 |
OUL 2 11 |
CRO 1 9 |
CRO 2 8 |
SNE 1 8 |
SNE 2 8 |
SIL 1 8 |
SIL 2 14 |
KNO 1 8 |
KNO 2 8 |
DON 1 7 |
DON 2 10 |
BRH 1 11 |
BRH 2 8 |
9th | 145 |
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 lead 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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 888 Racing with Collins Contractors | Vauxhall Vectra | BRH 1 8 |
BRH 2 10 |
BRH 3 9 |
DON 1 15 |
DON 2 8 |
DON 3 Ret |
THR 1 11 |
THR 2 10 |
THR 3 9 |
OUL 1 14 |
OUL 2 Ret |
OUL 3 12 |
CRO 1 Ret |
CRO 2 12 |
CRO 3 12 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 13 |
SNE 3 15 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
19th | 12 | |||||||||
| Geoff Steel Racing | BMW 320si | ROC 1 15 |
ROC 2 14 |
ROC 3 17 |
BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 23 |
BRH 3 Ret |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 19 |
SIL 3 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | RCIB Insurance & HARD. | Honda Civic | BRH 1 18 |
BRH 2 13 |
BRH 3 10 |
DON 1 14 |
DON 2 7 |
DON 3 3 |
THR 1 11 |
THR 2 9 |
THR 3 Ret* |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 11 |
OUL 3 10 |
CRO 1 12 |
CRO 2 11 |
CRO 3 Ret |
15th* | 71* | |||||||||||||||
| Thorney Motorsport | Vauxhall Insignia | SNE 1 13 |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 Ret |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
* Season in progress
References[]
- ↑ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/motorsport/3431589/Cagefighters-bid-to-thump-the-stars.html The Sun
- ↑ Template:Cite news
- ↑ Template:Cite news
- ↑ http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=6677
- ↑ BTCC Media Day car livery picture special, TouringCarTimes.
- ↑ Tony Gilham to race Honda Civic turbo, TouringCarTimes.
- ↑ Gordon Shedden leads Honda 1–2 in race three at Thruxton, TouringCarTimes.
- ↑ [http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=3146 rookie for rockinham
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