Alec Poole

Alexander Kay Poole is an Irish motor racing driver from Dublin. He competed successfully in saloon and sports car races in Great Britain throughout the 1960s. In 1969 he won the British Touring Car Championship in a privately entered Mini Cooper S. In 1968, he managed a fifteenth place in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for BMC in an Austin-Healey Sprite. He managed a third-place finish in the 1978 24 Hours of Daytona. During the 1990s, he was manager of motorsport for Nissan Europe. He still competes in historic events such as the Goodwood Revival and the Silverstone Classic. As well as driving, he works as commercial director for the Tour Britannia historic racing event organisers.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Pts Class 1969 Equipe Arden Austin Mini Cooper S BRH14 SIL15 SNE14 THR13 SIL16 CRY10† MAL?† CRO15 SIL14 OUL17 BRH14 BRH 1st 76 1st 1973 Nissan Datsun (Japan) Datsun Cherry 120A Coupé BRH SIL THR THR SIL9 15th 14 4th Datsun UK Ltd ING? BRH? Datsun Sunny Coupé GX SIL9 BRH 1974 Gerry Edmonds Triumph Dolomite Sprint MAL BRH SIL OUL THR SIL THR BRH13 ING BRH OUL SNE 30th 6 NC Alec Poole Hillman Avenger 1600 GT BRH? 8th 1977 Alec Poole Triumph Dolomite Sprint SIL? BRH OUL THR SIL THR DON SIL DON BRH THR NC 0 NC Mini 1275 GT BRH? NC 1979 Team Toyota GB / Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyota Celica GT SIL OUL THR SIL17 DON SIL? MAL DON BRH THR SNE OUL 27th 10 6th

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.