Adam William Morgan (born 28 October 1988) is a British

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

. He currently competes in the

British Touring Car Championship The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), officially known as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by ...

for Team VERTU.

Career

Early years

Born in

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...

, Morgan began his career in Cadet Karts from age 8–11 (1996–99), then moved on to higher classes such as Junior TKM and Junior Max. He remained in Karts until 2004. In 2006, Morgan competed in the National Historic Rally Championship in a Ford Escort Mk1 Mexico. He won 4 out of 7 rallies entered and finished the season second in class. Morgan made his racing debut in 2008, competing in the Ma5da Championship and two rounds of the Ginetta G20 Cup, where he achieved his first race win at Pembrey. For 2009, Morgan began racing in the Ginetta G50 Cup for the last two rounds, with a best finish of fourth. He remained in the championship for 2010, finishing in sixth place overall. Morgan proceeded to race with family run Ciceley Racing during the 2011 season, and won the inaugural

Ginetta GT Supercup The Ginetta GT4 Supercup is a one-make racing, Sports car racing series based in the United Kingdom, using identical Ginetta G50 and G55 sports cars. The championship supported the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) until the end of t ...

and with it a fully funded British Touring Car drive.

British Touring Car Championship

Speedworks Motorsport (2012)

He was the

2011 Ginetta GT Supercup The 2011 Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup season will be the inaugural Ginetta GT Supercup season, having rebranded from the Ginetta G50 Cup, which ran between 2008 and 2010. The season will begin at Brands Hatch on 4 April and will finish after 27 ...

champion, for winning the championship he received a fully funded drive in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship with

Speedworks Motorsport Speedworks Motorsport is a British motor racing team based in Great Budworth, Cheshire. The team was formed in 2005 by Christian and Amy Dick. They are best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship since 2011, and since 2021 ...

paid for by

Ginetta Ginetta Cars Limited is a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars based in Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire. History 20th century Ginetta was founded in 1958 by four Walklett brothers (Bob, Ivor, Trevers and Douglas) in Woodbridge, ...

. Morgan matched the pace of test driver James Thompson in his first winter test session. He did not finish any of the races in his first meeting at

Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts ...

, he crashed out of the first race and was unable to start the second race. He was caught up in a multi car pileup in race three after oil was deposited on the track by

Mat Jackson Mathew Jackson (born 10 June 1981) is a former British auto racing, racing driver. Racing career Early years Born in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, Jackson started racing in karts in his teens, before finishing 4th in the 2000 Renault Clio ...

's car. He started on pole position for the reversed grid third race at Rockingham but lost the lead on the opening lap in the wet conditions, he went on to finish 11th. He took a best finish of 8th in the penultimate round of the season at

Silverstone Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...

and he finished the season 19th in the drivers' standings.

Ciceley Racing (2013–)

In November 2012, Morgan announced he would be leaving Speedworks Motorsport and would be driving for his family run Ciceley Racing team in 2013, racing an ex- Dynojet Racing

Toyota Avensis The is a mid-size/ large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by the Japanese automaker Toyota from October 1997 to August 2018. It was the direct successor to the European Carina E and was available as a four-door saloon, five-door ...

. In September 2013, Ciceley Racing announced it would build an NGTC Mercedes A-Class for the

2014 British Touring Car Championship season The 2014 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production-based touring car racing, touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing ...

Britcar

In 2018, Morgan raced in the Dunlop Endurance Championship with former-BTCC driver Stewart Lines in a Class 4E (Endurance)

SEAT Cupra Cupra (; stylised in all caps) is a car brand owned and produced by SEAT, a Spanish manufacturer part of Volkswagen Group, headquartered in Martorell near Barcelona. Originating from SEAT's motorsport division Cupra Racing, the Cupra brand was ...

TCR run by Maximum Motorsport. They positioned 10th on the grid in race one at Rockingham, 2nd in Class 4E. They finished 14th in race one, 2nd in class and had the fastest lap in Class 2E. In the Endurance race 2, Lines and Morgan finished in 5th, 2nd in Class 4E, and set the fastest lap again. In round two at

, the SEAT placed 16th on the grid for race one, 2nd in Class 4E again. In race one, they finished 13th, 2nd in Class 4E. In the Endurance race at Silverstone, the SEAT duo finished 3rd in the race, 1st in Class 4E for the first time, setting the fastest lap once again.

Racing record

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 given) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Britcar results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Complete British GT Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete TCR UK/Touring Car Trophy results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

References

External links

Official website of Adam Morgan Racing BTCC Driver

Speedworks Motorsport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Adam 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Blackburn British Touring Car Championship drivers English racing drivers Britcar drivers 24H Series drivers Ginetta GT4 Supercup drivers TCR UK Touring Car Championship drivers