Jack Goff

Jack Alan Goff (born 6 March 1991) is a British former racing driver. He was the 2012 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom champion. He made his debut in the British Touring Car Championship on 31 March 2013 at Brands Hatch, driving for RCIB Insurance Racing. The 2017 and 2018 British Touring Car Championship seasons saw Jack driving for Eurotech Racing in a Honda Civic Type R.

Personal life Goff is of no relation to Ginetta Junior Championship driver Lewis Goff.

Racing career

Renault Clio Cup UK Goff joined the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom championship for the 2010 season, securing a drive with Team Pyro after comparing well with race winner Dave Newsham in testing.

Goff remained in the championship in 2011. Goff stayed with the championship contenders for much of the season, and he took his maiden victory in the championship at Oulton Park. He later added a double win at Rockingham, but his results were not enough to mount a title challenge and he ended the season fifth in the championship, 52 points shy of fourth placed driver James Dixon.

Goff remained in the championship for 2012, finishing in the top five in the first eight races of the year, including wins at Brands Hatch and Donington Park. Goff was leading the title challenge at the halfway point of the season but his nearest rival Paul Rivett took four consecutive wins after the mid-season break, at Snetterton and Rockingham. Both endured a poor weekend at Silverstone meaning the title would be decided at Brands Hatch a fortnight later; with Rivett retiring in the first race, Goff took the title in the second race of the weekend by nine points.

British Touring Car Championship

RCIB Insurance Racing/CHROME Edition Restart Racing (2013–2014) Goff driving the Team BMR Vauxhall Insignia at Donington Park during the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season. On 19 December 2012, it was announced that Goff would drive an NGTC Vauxhall Insignia for Team HARD in the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season. This came just over a month after he tested the car at Silverstone. Two minutes into qualifying for the first round at Brands Hatch, he collided with Colin Turkington who had spun on the exit of Druids and was stationary on the racing line. He hadn't set a time and started at the back of the grid for the first race. Goff finished 17th in the Drivers Championship.

2014 arrived and Goff stayed with the Insignia for the first five rounds, however this time racing under the Team BMR outfit. Come round 6 at Snetterton, Goff swapped his Insignia for a VW CC Passat. Goff achieved ten top-ten finishes during the year and finished 14th in the Championship.

MG 5 Star Cases Racing (2015) It was reported that Goff would be joining Triple Eight Racing for the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season alongside Andrew Jordan. This was the year when Goff got his first win in the BTCC in race 3 at Snetterton. This year, Goff also got 21 top-ten finishes and fiur podiums including his maiden victory. He finished ninth in the Championship overall.

Team IHG Rewards Club (2016) It was confirmed that Goff would be joining West Surrey Racing and Team IHG Rewards Club for the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season and be driving a BMW 125i M Sport. The first event of the season at Brands Hatch went well for Goff as he came away with a podium in the last race of the day, finishing 3rd. Goff also had a good time at Knockhill in the first race, finishing second behind Jason Plato in the new Silverline Subaru. But as all drivers have bad weekends, Goff's came at Rockingham. The problems started in Qualifying for all three of the cars when rain got into the cars' system, with Jack qualifying 26th, and his teammates Rob Collard and Sam Tordoff finishing 27th and 28th respectively. Then on race day, Goff came from 26th on the grid to 12th in an outstanding drive. However, when it came to races 2 and 3, it was a disaster for him as he never finished either race. Goff finished 11th in the Championship overall.

Eurotech Racing (2017–2018) Goff, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship. It was confirmed that Goff would be joining Eurotech Racing for the 2017 British Touring Car Championship, driving a Honda Civic Type R.

It was confirmed on 9 January 2018 that Goff would be staying with Eurotech for the 2018 British Touring Car Championship, again driving a Honda Civic Type R; the first time that he had stayed with a team for a second full season in BTCC.

RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport (2019)

Goff was almost without a racing seat for 2019, but had signed with Tony Gilham's RCIB Insurance Racing team at the last minute. The first half of his season only handed him a position outside the top-20 in the standings. After a tenth-place finish at Snetterton, his best that year, the next rounds at Thruxton and Knockhill provided no luck, but at Silverstone in the ninth round of the championship, strategy would give him one of the best finishes of his career. The weather had been on and off for the entire day, but in race three Goff made a last-minute dive into the pits to put on wet tyres, while teammate Boardley retired before the start. Goff started from the very back and made quick progress through the field of experienced drivers. Alongside Aiden Moffat, he stormed to the front of the field and lead the rest of the race to the chequered flag, giving Tony Gilham his team's first overall win.

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 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 Points 2013 RCIB Insurance Racing Vauxhall Insignia BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 17th 73 2014 RCIB Insurance Racing Vauxhall Insignia BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 14th 121 CHROME EditionRestart Racing Volkswagen CC SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 2015 MG 5 Star Cases Racing MG 6 GT BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 9th 233 2016 Team IHG Rewards Club BMW 125i M Sport BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 11th 193 2017 Eurotech Racing Honda Civic Type R BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 6th 244 2018 WIX Racingwith Eurotech Honda Civic Type R (FK2) 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 8th 228 2019 RCIB Insurancewith Fox Transport Volkswagen CC BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 THR1 THR2 THR3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 21st 47 2020 RCIB Insurancewith Fox Transport Volkswagen CC DON1 DON2 DON3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR1 THR2 THR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 23rd 11 2021 Team HARD withAutobrite Direct Cupra León THR1 THR2 THR3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR1 THR2 THR3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 DON1 DON2 DON3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 17th 90