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Tom Chilton

Tom Chilton

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME:   TOM CHILTON
TEAM:   TEAM HALFORDS
NATIONALITY:   BRITISH
DATE OF BIRTH:   15 MARCH 1985

Tom Chilton After two difficult seasons with the Vauxhall factory team, Tom Chilton will hope to return to winning ways after doing a swap with Matt Neal for 2008.

Chilton joins Team Halfords as one of the youngest, but most experienced drivers on the grid and will look to add to his six career wins back at the wheel of a Honda Civic – albeit in Super 2000 specification compared to the BTC machine he raced earlier in his career.

Achievements:

2007:
BTCC, VX Racing, Vauxhall Vectra – 9th overall
Le Mans Series, Zytek – selected races
2006:
BTCC, VX Racing, Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch - 7th overall

2005:
BTCC, Arena International Motorsports, Honda Civic Type R - 5th overall, 4 wins
LMES, Zytek Team - 6th overall, 1 win
ALMS, Zytek Team - 8th overall, 1 win

2004:
BTCC, Arena International Motorsports, Honda Civic Type R, 9th overall, 2 wins

2003:
BTCC, Honda Racing, Honda Civic Type R, 9th overall

2002:
BTCC, Barwell Motorsport, Vauxhall Astra Coupé, 15th overall

2001:
T-Cars Championship- 3rd overall, 7 wins
Winter Saloon Car Champion, class C

2000:
Winter GT Championship - 3rd overall
T-Cars Championship - 3rd overall

1999:
BRSCC T-Cars Championship

BTCC RECORD (TO END 2007):
STARTS:   151
WINS:   6
POLES:   4
FASTEST LAPS:   7
POINTS:   644
DEBUT:   BRANDS HATCH 2002
DRIVEN FOR:   BARWELL MOTORSPORT (2002), HONDA RACING (2003), ARENA INTERNATIONAL (2004-05), VX RACING (2006-07), TEAM HALFORDS (2008)

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