Alec Poole

Alec Poole
NationalityRepublic of Ireland Irish
Born (1943-05-21) 21 May 1943 (age 81)
Dublin, Ireland
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active1969, 19731974, 1977, 1979
TeamsEquipe Arden
Nissan Datsun (Japan)
Datsun UK Ltd
Gerry Edmonds
Team Toyota GB
Starts22
Wins0 (7 in class)
Poles0
Fastest laps6
Best finish1st in 1969
Championship titles
1969
1969
British Saloon Car Championship
BSCC - Class A

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.[1] 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.[2] He managed a third-place finish in the 1978 24 Hours of Daytona. During the 1990s he was manager of motorsport for Nissan Europe.[3] 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.

  1. ^ "A star studded field for Silverstone Classic! | Motors TV". www.motorstv.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008.
  2. ^ http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1968/68lemans.html Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine le Mans History.
  3. ^ http://www.tourbritannia.com/whoarewe.htm Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine TourBritannia profile.