Sarah Moore (racing driver)

Sarah Moore (born 22 October 1993) is an English racing driver. She is most notable for winning the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2009, and for competing in the InterSteps Championship in 2011. She was awarded the Rising Star status by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 2009. Moore was the first female racing driver to win a TOCA-sanctioned race,^[1] and the first to win a mixed-gender, national-level series in the UK.^[2]

Career

Moore, born in Harrogate, competed in the Rotax Mini Max class of the Stars of Tomorrow National Championship in 2007, finishing 24th.^[3] She also drove for Tockwith Motorsports in both the Ginetta Junior Championship and the Ginetta Junior Winter Championship.^[3] In the Ginetta Junior Championship, she entered the season finale at Brands Hatch, with her best result being 15th in the first race of the day. For 2008, she entered the BRDC Stars of Tomorrow MiniMax Championship, finishing 40th overall,^[3] but the Ginetta Junior Championship became her primary focus, as she competed in the full season for Tockwith Motorsports.^[4] She finished the season in 17th place,^[3] with her best race finish being a sixth place at Silverstone.^[5] She also entered the Ginetta Junior Championship Winter Series that year, finishing all four races on the podium, with one victory, and finishing as runner-up to Josh Hill.^[4]

Moore remained in the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2009 with Tockwith Motorsports, and won the title, having taken five wins,^[6] and scored sixteen more points than runner-up Jake Cook.^[4] She also became the first female driver to win a race in a series that formed part of the TOCA package,^[1] the first to win a mixed-gender series in the UK,^[2] and was awarded the BRDC Rising Star status.^[7] As a result of this, she was shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award,^[8] eventually being ranked fifth.^[9] In addition to this, she was named as the British Club Driver of the Year at the Autosport Awards,^[10][11] and joined the YourRacingCar.com scheme.^[12] The owner of Ginetta Cars, Lawrence Tomlinson, praised Moore, stating “Seeing Sarah go on stage at the awards in front of 1,400 industry heads has been one of the proudest moments in Ginetta's history.”^[13]

In 2010, Moore received the Lord Wakefield Award from the BWRDC.^[14] Sarah and her brother David switched to the Eurotech Racing team, but remained in the Ginetta Junior Championship.^[15] She was less successful that year, with the series having changed to the Ginetta G40; she didn't finish on the podium until the 17th race of the season, held at Donington Park,^[5] and finished seventh overall.^[3] In 2011, she graduated to the new InterSteps Championship series, and returned to the family-run Tockwith Motorsport team, who were entering under the "TMS Atlantic" name.^[16] Having taken two fourth-place finishes in the first two races, she eventually finished the season in sixth place.^[3] She also competed in the first ever series of the 4Two Cup that year,^[17] taking a single victory.^[18]

She entered the 4Two Cup again in 2012, finishing second twice out of the four the races held at Spa-Francorchamps,^[19] and third in both races held at Snetterton.^[20] Moore also drove a Smart ForTwo alongside her brother Nigel in the Donington Park round of the Britcar Production Cup that year, finishing twentieth overall.^[21]

Personal life

Her brothers David and Nigel are both racing drivers.^[22] Her father, Simon, runs the Tockwith Motorsports team,^[22] and owns Tockwith Motorsports Centre, which was founded by her grandfather Reg.^[23] She stated in 2010 that she wanted to become Britain's first female Formula One driver.^[2]

References

External links

• Tockwith Motorsports