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Gavin Smith (racing driver)

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was fired after finishing 6th, tells its own story. However, he did show signs of improvement late in the season: up until round 9 his best qualifyings were a pair of 4ths, and his best race result was a 5th place, whereas in the last 2 meetings he scored a 2nd and a 3rd, as well as qualifying 2nd in
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in early 2005. After impressing the team he earned a drive in their third car, which the team openly admitted is awarded to the best driver who can bring enough money to fund it themselves, rather than necessarily the best available driver.
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championship in 1998, winning 12 times, before trying single-seaters for the next year. In 2000 he was in British Formula Renault, before moving up to the Scholarship class (using year old cars) of Formula 3.
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indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)
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when VX Racing downsized to a two-car team due to the pressures of preparing new-specification
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Gavin was 10th overall in 2005, although the fact that he was retained for 2006, while
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team, which previously competed under the VX Racing name. Árón races for
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indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in
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that Gavin has raced since 2003. He had 2 seasons in the
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His younger brother, 194:SEAT Cupra Championship 1720:Haymarket Publications 272:debut in a one-off at 257: 232:, Smith won Ireland's 311:His younger brother, 243: 1798:Team Meritus drivers 1778:Irish racing drivers 476:Vauxhall Astra Coupé 1753:btcc:action profile 216:, and formerly the 80:Republic of Ireland 258: 244:Smith driving for 1694: 1693: 1252: 199: 198: 70:15 September 1977 1805: 1749: 1748: 1746:Official website 1731: 1730: 1728: 1726: 1707: 1659: 1648: 1637: 1626: 1615: 1604: 1419: 1408: 1397: 1386: 1375: 1364: 1353: 1342: 1331: 1320: 1309: 1298: 1285: 1274: 1263: 1250: 1239: 1228: 1217: 1206: 1195: 1184: 1173: 1162: 1151: 1140: 1129: 1118: 1107: 1096: 1058: 1047: 1036: 1025: 1014: 1003: 992: 981: 970: 959: 948: 937: 926: 915: 904: 893: 882: 871: 860: 849: 838: 827: 816: 805: 794: 781: 770: 759: 748: 737: 594: 583: 572: 355: 354: 302:Vauxhall Vectras 289:the last round. 286:Colin Turkington 168: 73: 69: 67: 54: 53: 33: 21: 20: 1813: 1812: 1808: 1807: 1806: 1804: 1803: 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BTCC
Republic of Ireland
Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Árón Smith
British Touring Car Championship
2004
GR Asia
VX Racing
Team Sureteam GA Motorsport
2006
BTCC
SEAT Cupra Championship
racing driver
Árón Smith
British GT Championship
British Touring Car Championship
Dublin
Fiat Punto

VX Racing
Oulton Park
2006 British Touring Car Championship season
touring cars
SEAT Cupra Championship
BTCC
Mondello Park
Vauxhall Astra
Colin Turkington

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