Nigel Smith (racing driver)

Smith's racing career started 1972 as a successful karting driver winning superkart grands prix in the Netherlands, Belgium and New Zealand. He made the switch to car racing in 1984, making appearances in Sports 2000 and Formula Ford. In 1990 and 1991 he was a front running driver in the Honda CRX Challenge.^[1] He privately entered a class B Ralt in the British Formula Three Championship in 1991 and 1992. In 1993 he competed in British Formula 2 with a Reynard 92D. He finished the season as the highest placed British driver with six podiums.

In 1994. Smith entered a former Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Cavalier in the British Touring Car Championship. A successful season saw him finish as runner-up in the Total Cup for Privateers and score his first outright point at Brands Hatch. He returned for another season in the BTCC in 1995 and finished third in the privateers cup.

Smith went on to compete in touring car racing in North America and Sweden. In 1998 he competed in one season of the GTR Euroseries before spending two years in FIA GT Championship in a N-GT class Porsche 911 GT3.^[2]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2001	Perspective Racing	Thierry Perrier Michel Neugarten	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	275	9th	3rd
2003	Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing	Michel Neugarten Ian Khan	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	305	18th	3rd
2004	Thierry Perrier Perspective Racing	Ian Khan Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	283	23rd	10th
2006	Russian Age Racing Cirtek Motorsport	Tim Sugden Christian Vann	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	124	DNF	DNF