Alec Poole

Alec Poole is an Irish auto racing driver from Dublin. He competed successfully in saloon and sports car races in Great Britain throughout the 1960s.^[1] In 1969 he won the British Touring Car Championship in a privately entered Mini Cooper S. In 1968 he managed a fifteenth place in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving for BMC in an Austin-Healey Sprite.^[2] He managed a third-place finish in the 1978 24 Hours of Daytona. During the 1990s he was manager of motorsport for Nissan Europe.^[3] He still competes in historic events such as the Goodwood Revival and the Silverstone Classic. As well as driving, he works as commercial director for the Tour Britannia historic racing event organisers.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Frank Gardner	British Touring Car Champion 1969	Succeeded by Bill McGovern

British Touring Car Champions

Four-time	Andy Rouse

Three-time	Bernard Unett Bill McGovern Frank Gardner Win Percy Matt Neal Gordon Shedden

Two-time	Alain Menu Chris Hodgetts Fabrizio Giovanardi Jack Sears James Thompson Jason Plato John Cleland Richard Longman Colin Turkington

One-time	Alec Poole Andrew Jordan Doc Shepherd Frank Biela Frank Sytner Gabriele Tarquini Jeff Uren Jim Clark Joachim Winkelhock John Fitzpatrick John Love John Whitmore Laurent Aïello Rickard Rydell Robb Gravett Roy Pierpoint Tim Harvey Will Hoy Yvan Muller

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