David Pinkney


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.
Image:David Pinkney 2006 BTCC Brands Hatch.jpg|thumb|left|Pinkney's black-and-pink Honda Integra at the Brands Hatch round of the 2006 British Touring Car Championship.
Image:David Pinkney Alfa Romeo 2007.jpg|thumb|left|Pinkney driving the A-Tech-run Alfa Romeo 156 during the Snetterton round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.
In 2006, Pinkney raced in the British Touring Car Championship 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. Was quickest at Brands throughout in 2nd 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

Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap
YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Overall
DC		PtsClass
1989Terry Drury RacingFord Sierra RS500OUL
DNQ		SIL
Ret		THR
ovr:23
cls:11		DON
Ret		THR
ovr:11
cls:10		SIL
Ret		SIL
ovr:16
cls:14		BRHSNEBRH
Ret		BIRDONSIL60th027th
1993Pinkney MotorsportBMW 318isSIL
Ret		DON
13		SNE
14		DON
Ret		OUL
13		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
Ret		PEM
16		SIL
15		KNO
1		KNO
2		OULBRH
19		THRDON
1		DON
2		SIL30th0
2001JS MotorsportAlfa Romeo 147BRH
1
Ret†		BRH
2
Ret		THR
1
ovr:12
cls:5		THR
2
Ret		OUL
1
Ret		OUL
2
DNS		SIL
1
ovr:19
cls:8		SIL
2
ovr:7
cls:7		MON
1		MON
2		DON
1		DON
2		KNO
1		KNO
2		SNE
1		SNE
2		CRO
1		CRO
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		DON
1		DON
2		BRH
1		BRH
2		13th14
2006Motorbase PerformanceHonda Integra Type-RBRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
10		BRH
3
8		MON
1
13		MON
2
4		MON
3
10		OUL
1
10		OUL
2
8		OUL
3
Ret		THR
1
Ret		THR
2
4		THR
3
5		CRO
1
7		CRO
2
9		CRO
3
Ret		DON
1
11		DON
2
Ret		DON
3
9		SNE
1
12		SNE
2
Ret		SNE
3
11		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
3		KNO
3
9		BRH
1
9		BRH
2
9		BRH
3
Ret		SIL
1
13		SIL
2
11		SIL
3
12		13th56
2007A-TechAlfa Romeo 156BRH
1
20		BRH
2
Ret		BRH
3
13		ROC
1
13		ROC
2
8		ROC
3
12		THR
1
15		THR
2
10		THR
3
13*		CRO
1
Ret		CRO
2
Ret		CRO
3
12		OUL
1
Ret		OUL
2
Ret		OUL
3
DNS		DON
1
16		DON
2
16		DON
3
14		SNE
1
Ret		SNE
2
Ret		SNE
3
Ret		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
DNS		BRH
3
DNS		KNO
1		KNO
2		KNO
3		THR
1
Ret		THR
2
Ret		THR
3
15		20th5
2009Team DynamicsHonda CivicBRH
1
15		BRH
2
13		BRH
3
Ret		THR
1
14		THR
2
13		THR
3
10		DON
1
14		DON
2
12		DON
3
10		OUL
1
15		OUL
2
11		OUL
3
Ret		CRO
1
10		CRO
2
11		CRO
3
Ret		SNE
1
8		SNE
2
Ret		SNE
3
9		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
Ret		KNO
3
12		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
16		SIL
3
10		ROC
1
15		ROC
2
13		ROC
3
Ret		BRH
1
15		BRH
2
14		BRH
3
10		18th10
2010Pinkney MotorsportVauxhall VectraTHR
1
8		THR
2
10		THR
3
10		ROC
1
18		ROC
2
16		ROC
3
Ret		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
8		BRH
3
Ret		OUL
1
Ret		OUL
2
10		OUL
3
11		CRO
1
Ret		CRO
2
DNS		CRO
3
Ret		SNE
1
Ret		SNE
2
11		SNE
3
9		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
Ret		SIL
3
11		KNO
1
11		KNO
2
Ret		KNO
3
Ret		DON
1
10		DON
2
18		DON
3
13		BRH
1
DNS		BRH
2
DNS		BRH
3
DNS		15th12
2011Rob Austin RacingAudi A4BRH
1
DNS		BRH
2
DNS		BRH
3
DNS		DON
1		DON
2		DON
3		THR
1		THR
2		THR
3		OUL
1		OUL
2		OUL
3		CRO
1		CRO
2		CRO
3		SNE
1		SNE
2		SNE
3		KNO
1		KNO
2		KNO
3		ROC
1		ROC
2		ROC
3		BRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		SIL
1		SIL
2		SIL
3		NC0

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.