Mark Smith (British racing driver)

This article is about the British racing driver. For the American open wheel driver, see Mark Smith (American racing driver). For the Pennsylvanian driver, see Mark Smith (Pennsylvanian racing driver).

Mark Smith (born c. 1965) is a British auto racing driver.

Mark Smith
Nationality	British
Born	Hednesford, Staffordshire
BTCC record
Teams	In-Front Motorsport
Drivers' championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Debut season	2006
First win	-
Best championship position	23rd (2006)
Final season (2006) position	23rd (0 points)

Career

Early career

Before entering the BTCC, Smith primarily raced in VW cars, first in the Tomcat Vento Challenge (which he won in 2000), and later the VW Racing Cup, in which he was runner-up in 2005.

British Touring Car Championship

In 2006 he competed in the British Touring Car Championship for the family-run In-Front team in an Alfa Romeo 156. Their preparations were hampered pre-season, when a gearbox which was supposed to come ready-to-run was supplied in kit form and not until after the first race weekend. As a result, the team did the first race with an old-fashioned H-pattern box, and skipped round 2 completely. They never scored a top-ten points finish, and did not return in 2007, despite acquiring sponsorship from Jessops and appearing at the Autosport International Show.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Pts
2006	InFront Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	BRH 1 11	BRH 2 Ret	BRH 3 DNS	MON 1	MON 2	MON 3	OUL 1 16	OUL 2 16	OUL 3 Ret	THR 1 NC	THR 2 14	THR 3 14	CRO 1 17	CRO 2 17	CRO 3 18	DON 1 17	DON 2 11	DON 3 Ret	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 Ret	SNE 3 16	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	BRH 1 17	BRH 2 14	BRH 3 14	SIL 1 18	SIL 2 13	SIL 3 13	23rd	0

External links

• Mark Smith career summary at DriverDB.com