Jeffrey Frank Smith (born 27 March 1966) is a British

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driver and businessman. He is the owner of Industrial Control Distributors and

Eurotech Racing Eurotech Racing was a British motor racing team based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, founded by Mike Jordan and currently owned by Jeff Smith since December 2014, that last competed in the 2018 British Touring Car Championship The team won bot ...

, who he previously drove for in the

British Touring Car Championship The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as ...

Racing career

Renault Clio Cup UK

Born in

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, Smith entered the Renault Clio Cup UK championship in 2008, competing in all but two events. He continued in 2009 with a best result of 9th in the final race of the season at

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. In 2010 he competed in all races except the rounds at

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, where he raced in the British Touring Car Championship instead. Smith returned to the Clio Cup at Silverstone where he scored his best finish of 4th, but did not race in the season finale at

, and finished the season 8th overall.

British Touring Car Championship

Triple 8 Race Engineering (2010)

Smith competed in three rounds of the

in 2010 at

, driving a

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for Uniq Racing with Triple Eight, where he finished 12th, 13th and 10th.

Eurotech Racing (2011–2013, 2015–)

In December 2010 Smith was confirmed as a driver for

, under the Pirtek Racing banner, in 2011. He raced the entire

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for the team. At

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he was fined £500, given a reprimand and an endorsement of three points on his racing licence for an incident which saw him collide with Tom Boardman in race one. He finished the season 18th in the Drivers Championship. In

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he raced an

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Honda Civic for Pirtek Racing. He started on pole position for the reverse grid race at Donington Park but finished fifth having had a slow start and losing the lead before the first corner. He took his first podium finish in the series at

with a second place finish in race three. In the wet conditions of race three at Rockingham, he lost control of the back of his car on the high speed banking and spun into the concrete wall. He escaped unhurt but the car was severely damaged at the rear. His car was re–shelled before the next round at Silverstone. BTCC Oulton Park (9006022378)

He stayed with Pirtek Racing in

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. He took a further podium finish at the season-opener at

, but slipped to fourteenth position in the championship after missing several races in the second half of the season. Smith missed the 2014 season due to business commitments, but returned to the championship for 2015 by buying the Eurotech team, following the departure of lead driver Andrew Jordan and his father

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as team principal. He is competing as an owner-driver alongside

Martin Depper Martin Lee Dapper (born 5 July 1968) is a British auto racing driver and businessman. He previously competed in the British Touring Car Championship. Depper was the 2008 Mini Challenge UK Champion with Forster Motorsport. In 2013, he competed ...

. In the first race of the 2017 season, Smith took his maiden pole at the Brands Hatch Indy round, the opening round of the season, as qualifying was interrupted by rain and red flags. During qualifying at Croft Circuit, Smith was involved in a multiple car pile-up, causing chest and shoulder injuries, which put an end to his season. He was replaced for the rest of the season by his son,

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. Ahead of the 2018 season, it was announced that due to the severity of Smith's shoulder injury, he would also miss the 2018 season, but is expected to make a full recovery.

Superstars Series

Smith joined the

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for the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2012 season, driving a Team Dinamic BMW M3 (E92). His best result of the weekend was seventh in race two, with both races having taken place in wet conditions.

British Endurance Championship

In 2013 it was announced Smith would be racing for BPM Racing in the British Endurance Championship in a Renault Megane V6 Trophy car.

Personal life

Smith's son,

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, is also a racing driver, currently competing in the

BTCC The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as ...

with the family run

team. Jeff's partner is Jo Polley daughter of George Polley.

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)

Complete International Superstars Series results

( key)

Complete British GT Championship results

( key)

References

External links

Career statistics at btcc.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jeff 1966 births Living people English racing drivers British Touring Car Championship drivers Superstars Series drivers British GT Championship drivers Auto racing executives 20th-century English businesspeople 21st-century English businesspeople Renault UK Clio Cup drivers Mini Challenge UK drivers