Carl Boardley

Carl Boardley
Nationality British
Born (1975-12-07) 7 December 1975 (age 49)
Related toStuart Boardley (brother)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2018
Current teamAutobrite Direct with JourneyHero
Car number41
Former teamsLaser Tools Racing
Starts91
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Best finish21st in 2020
Previous series
2013–2018Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Hot Rods (oval racing)
Championship titles
2006, 2007
2008, 2009		Hot Rods (oval racing)

Carl Richard Boardley (born 7 December 1975) is a British racing driver and four time National Hot Rods (oval racing) World Champion, currently holding the records for most wins in a row.

On 5 July 2009 he won the National Hot Rod World Championship for his fourth World title in a row.[1]

His younger brother Stuart is a former professional footballer.[2]

Racing career

2013 - Ginetta GT Supercup

In 2013 Boardley contested the entire season of the Ginetta GT Supercup, with a Ginetta G55 entered under the banner of his own CBM Motorsport team. Boardley finished the season in 9th place with 316 points. His highest place finish was 3rd place at Thruxton.

2014 - Ginetta GT4 Supercup

Carl Boardley's Ginetta G55 car pictured at Brands Hatch (Kent)

For 2014, Boardley is being entered by JHR Developments,[3] the winning team of 2013 champion and now BTCC driver Tom Ingram.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 Ginetta GT Supercup CBM Motorsport 27 0 0 0 1 316 9th
2014 Ginetta GT4 Supercup CBM Motorsport 10 0 0 1 0 90 15th
2015 Ginetta GT4 Supercup CBM Motorsport 5 0 0 0 1 83 12th
2016 Ginetta GT4 Supercup CBM Motorsport 23 2 1 4 8 477 3rd
2017 Ginetta GT4 Supercup Xentek Motorsport 22 1 1 2 5 352 8th
2018 Ginetta GT4 Supercup Team HARD 23 6 0 4 14 620 2nd
British Touring Car Championship Team HARD. with Trade Price Cars 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 British Touring Car Championship RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport 30 0 0 0 0 5 29th
2020 British Touring Car Championship HUB Financial Solutions with Team HARD. 26 0 0 0 0 18 21st
2021 British Touring Car Championship Laser Tools Racing 30 0 0 0 0 29 22nd
2022 British Touring Car Championship UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero 2 0 0 0 0 0
2023 TCR UK Touring Car Championship Zest Racecar Engineering 15 4 1 0 5 403 1st
2024 TCR UK Touring Car Championship CBM with Hart GT 20 5 1 5 14 611 1st

* Season still in progress.

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 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 Pos Points
2018 Team HARD. with
Trade Price Cars 		Volkswagen CC BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		ROC
1 		ROC
2 		ROC
3 		KNO
1
DSQ 		KNO
2
DSQ 		KNO
3
DSQ 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		NC 0
2019 RCIB Insurance
with Fox Transport 		Volkswagen CC BRH
1
NC 		BRH
2
25 		BRH
3
Ret 		DON
1
20 		DON
2
15 		DON
3
Ret 		THR
1
29 		THR
2
23 		THR
3
Ret 		CRO
1
19 		CRO
2
22 		CRO
3
15 		OUL
1
20 		OUL
2
17 		OUL
3
15 		SNE
1
21 		SNE
2
Ret 		SNE
3
Ret 		THR
1
30 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
Ret 		KNO
1
16 		KNO
2
20 		KNO
3
19 		SIL
1
23 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
Ret 		BRH
1
17 		BRH
2
14 		BRH
3
19 		29th 5
2020 HUB Financial Solutions
with Team HARD. 		BMW 125i M Sport DON
1
19 		DON
2
15 		DON
3
14 		BRH
1
16 		BRH
2
15 		BRH
3
16 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
25 		OUL
3
14 		KNO
1
15 		KNO
2
12 		KNO
3
17 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
19 		THR
3
Ret 		SIL
1
12 		SIL
2
23 		SIL
3
14 		CRO
1
20 		CRO
2
DNS 		CRO
3
22 		SNE
1
15 		SNE
2
24 		SNE
3
18 		BRH
1
24 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
23 		21st 18
2021 Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50 THR
1
12 		THR
2
17 		THR
3
Ret 		SNE
1
20 		SNE
2
17 		SNE
3
Ret 		BRH
1
16 		BRH
2
20 		BRH
3
19 		OUL
1
11 		OUL
2
11 		OUL
3
Ret 		KNO
1
18 		KNO
2
10 		KNO
3
11 		THR
1
24 		THR
2
21 		THR
3
Ret 		CRO
1
15 		CRO
2
23 		CRO
3
15 		SIL
1
15 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
19 		DON
1
27 		DON
2
23 		DON
3
17 		BRH
1
22 		BRH
2
15 		BRH
3
Ret 		22nd 29
2022 UptonSteel with
Euro Car Parts Racing 		Infiniti Q50 DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1
WD 		CRO
2
WD 		CRO
3
WD 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		NC 0
Autobrite Direct
with JourneyHero 		CUPRA León BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
DNS 		BRH
3
Ret

References

  1. ^ "Boardley makes it three". Short Circuit Latest. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008. [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Two-goal Stuart the toast of Suffolk". The Green 'Un. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Ginetta GT Supercup 2014 - The grid so far". BTCC Crazy. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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