1. Samuel Lewis Tordoff was born on 19 April 1989 and is a British racing driver best known for his appearances in the British Touring Car Championship.
25 Facts About Sam Tordoff
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Sam Tordoff is the grandson of rally driver and car dealer Jack Tordoff.
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In February 2009, Bradford-born Sam Tordoff joined the Renault Clio Cup UK grid with Total Control Racing.
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Sam Tordoff took his first podium finish in the Saturday race at Snetterton with second place behind Alex MacDowall, then followed this up by taking his maiden win with a lights to flag victory ahead of championship leader Phil Glew.
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Sam Tordoff finished eighth in his first season of car racing.
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Sam Tordoff continued in the Clio Cup in 2010, where he finished on the podium at 12 out of the 18 races he competed in.
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Sam Tordoff finished third in the championship having missed the final round at Brands Hatch to race in the British Touring Car Championship, becoming the fifth Clio Cup graduate to compete in the BTCC, in 2010.
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Sam Tordoff made his British Touring Car Championship debut competing in the final meeting of the 2010 season at Brands Hatch, driving a Vauxhall Vectra for Uniq Racing with Triple Eight.
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Sam Tordoff returned to the BTCC in 2013 driving for Triple 8 Race Engineering, now branded as MG KX Momentum Racing where he raced alongside Jason Plato.
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Sam Tordoff claimed his first podium finish in the BTCC in the third race of the season at Brands Hatch, finishing third behind the Team Dynamics Hondas.
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Sam Tordoff finished the year in sixth place in the drivers' championship.
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Sam Tordoff remained with Triple 8 for 2014, scoring another win at Donington Park, en route to seventh place in the final drivers' championship standings.
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Sam Tordoff took his first win for the team at the Oulton Park round.
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Sam Tordoff continued with the team in 2016 and went on to take 2 race wins and a further 7 podiums.
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Sam Tordoff announced he was quitting the series on 23 November 2016, but stated he was open to a return in the future.
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Sam Tordoff announced he would return to the BTCC in 2018 on the 12 February, piloting an all new Ford Focus RS run by Motorbase Performance.
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Sam Tordoff had a best result of third in the Porsche Carrera World Cup race at the Nurburgring and he won a set of tyres at Rockingham, courtesy of series sponsor Michelin.
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Sam Tordoff stayed at Team Parker Racing for 2012 where he would race alongside fellow Yorkshire racers Richard Plant and Daniel Lloyd.
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Sam Tordoff took his first win in the series at Oulton Park having started from pole position and resisted race long pressure from championship leader Michael Meadows.
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Sam Tordoff went on to win both races at Snetterton and won the season finale at Brands Hatch; he finished third in the championship, 46 points behind champion Meadows and 8 points behind second placed Ben Barker.
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Sam Tordoff was one of seven drivers from the Porsche Carrera Cup GB to compete in the Silverstone round of the Porsche Supercup in 2011.
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Sam Tordoff competed in the race in 2012, finishing 12th as best of the Great Britain championship entrants.
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Sam Tordoff announced that he would be joining the British GT Championship in 2017, driving for Barwell Motorsport alongside fellow former BTCC driver Liam Griffin.
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In September 2019, Sam Tordoff's son died a few days after birth due to a kidney deformity.
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Sam Tordoff subsequently pulled out of the BTCC round at Knockhill.