Anthony Whorton-Eales (born 21 May 1994 in

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) is a British racing driver who will make the move into BriSCA F1 for 2023. He previously won the

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championship in

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, Renault Clio Cup UK championship in

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and the BriSCA F1 Under 25s Championship in 2016.

Racing career

Early career

Whorton-Eales began his car racing career at the age of 11 on the short ovals in the ORCi Ministox under the number 254 with Incarace Motor Sport in which he raced until his 16th birthday. In 2011 he joined the

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, running four races for

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. In 2012 he ran his first full season in the series for Westbourne Motorsport, finishing the season 8th in points. For 2013 he joined the KX Akademy as well as becoming a member of the

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's rising stars. This saw him return to

where he would take his first Clio Cup win on his way to 7th in points. The following two seasons saw him move to

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coming 4th in points in 2014 while 2015 saw him become a championship contender against

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and

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, he eventually finished the season bottom of the trio, 3rd in points. 2016 saw Whorton-Eales run for his own team where he would battle returning 2014 champion,

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for the championship. In the end he narrowly came out on top to win the

title on his fifth attempt. Whorton-Eales is still competitive on the short ovals, racing in everything from a budget formula known as Incarods to Classic Hot Rods, and he has also competed in BriSCA Formula One Stock Cars where he is the current Under-25 Champion.

British Touring Car Championship

For the 2017 season, Whorton-Eales was signed by AmD Tuning to compete in the

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. He drove the team's second

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alongside

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. Whorton-Eales missed the first half of the 2018 BTCC season, replacing Tom Boardman at AmD during the mid-season break. He returned to the Championship at

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for the BTCC 60th Anniversary meeting.

Mini Challenge UK

Unable to find a drive for the 2018 BTCC season, Whorton-Eales moved to the

with JamSport Racing where he would secure the drivers championship that season. After leaving the series to compete in the

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, it was announced on 6 November 2019 that Whorton-Eales will be returning to the series in 2020 to compete full-time with JamSport Racing.

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

2019 saw Whorton-Eales move to the

with AmD Tuning in a partnership with Racing-Total and

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. He would drive the No. 46

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full-time in the Elite 1 class.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(

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) (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 led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Complete NASCAR results

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

References

External links

Career summary
on ''Driver Database'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Whorton-Eales, Ant Living people 1994 births British racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers Sportspeople from Lichfield NASCAR drivers Renault UK Clio Cup drivers Mini Challenge UK drivers