Paul "Smokey" Smith (born 23 January 1980) is a British professional

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driver from

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. He drives a 1JZ powered

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for Team Japspeed. He won the

British Drift Championship The British Drift Championship is a drifting series held in the UK. It is the highest level of competition drifting in the UK. The series began as a feeder series to the European Drift Championship. However, the partnership between the BDC and ...

in 2012 after several years of competition.

Career

Smith began drifting in 2004 in a

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at a

Silverstone Circuit Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Towcester, Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 ...

practice day. During the following year, he began competing in the UKD1 Autoglym Clubman Championship in a newly built

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, finishing the season in second place, missing out on the title by a single point.Meet Paul Smith
, japspeed.co.uk. He continued competing in the Pro-Am Eurodrift Championship until he obtained a

European Drift Championship The European Drift Championship (EDC) was an annual drifting series held in the United Kingdom from 2007–2012. The series was previously known as D1 Great Britain (D1GB) in 2006 and D1UK from 2002–2005, but event organizers disassociated from ...

license at the final round of the 2007 season, qualifying 5th overall. He competed in EDC in 2008, achieving Top 8 finishes. Smith competed in the

from 2009, achieving several podium finishes, until 2012, a season in which he showed vast improvement as a driver and won the championship at

Knockhill Racing Circuit Knockhill Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Fife, Scotland. It opened in September 1974 and is Scotland's national motorsport centre. The circuit is located in the countryside about north of Dunfermline. It is the only FIA approved ...

References

External links

Paul Smith's driver profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Paul Drifting drivers D1 Grand Prix drivers English racing drivers Living people 1980 births