Carl Boardley

Carl Boardley
Nationality	British
Born	(1975-12-07) 7 December 1975 (age 49)
Related to	Stuart Boardley (brother)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2018
Current team	Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero
Car number	41
Former teams	Laser Tools Racing
Starts	91
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Best finish	21st in 2020
Previous series
2013–2018	Ginetta 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.