Paul John Ward (born 7 May 1964 in

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, Oxfordshire) is a British racing car driver. He made his debut in the Porsche Club Championship in 2011 racing a

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Clubsport. He has held a Race National Licence since 2012. Ward is the Race Register secretary for the Porsche Club Great Britain (PCGB) and is the Managing Director of the used Porsche specialist retailer RennSport Collection.

Personal life

Ward is a

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, a

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of the

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and a member of the

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. On Tuesday, 26 July 2011, Ward was instrumental in saving the life of a 43-year-old man suffering a cardiac arrest at the wheel of his van in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Porsche 968 2

References

* http://www.racecar.com/Motorsport/News/McCullagh-and-McAleer-Take-Contrasting-Porsche-Club-Rockingham-Wins/42890.htm * http://www.porschesport.com/Strong%20performance%20by%20Strasse%20at%20Croft.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20120314161436/http://www.tsl-timing.com/mgcc/2011/111453.pdf

External links

Porsche Club Motorsport

Strasse Motorsport
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