Jack Alan Goff (born 6 March 1991) is a former British

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. He was the 2012 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom champion. He made his debut 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 ...

on 31 March 2013 at

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, driving for RCIB Insurance Racing. The 2017 and 2018

seasons saw Jack driving for

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in a

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Racing career

Renault Clio Cup UK

Goff joined the

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championship for the 2010 season, securing a drive with Team Pyro after comparing well with race winner

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in testing. He remained in the championship in

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. Goff stayed with the championship contenders for much of the season, and he took his maiden victory in the championship at

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. He later added a double win at Rockingham, but his results were not enough to mount a title challenge and he ended the season fifth in the championship, 52 points shy of fourth placed driver James Dixon. Goff remained in the championship for 2012, finishing in the top five in the first eight races of the year, including wins at

and

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. Goff was leading the title challenge at the halfway point of the season but his nearest rival Paul Rivett took four consecutive wins after the mid-season break, at

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and Rockingham. Both endured a poor weekend at

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meaning the title would be decided at Brands Hatch a fortnight later; with Rivett retiring in the first race, Goff took the title in the second race of the weekend by nine points.

British Touring Car Championship

RCIB Insurance Racing/ CHROME Edition Restart Racing (2013–2014)

On 19 December 2012, it was announced that Goff would drive an

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for Team HARD in the

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. This came just over a month after he tested the car at Silverstone. Two minutes into qualifying for the first round at Brands Hatch, he collided with

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who had spun on the exit of Druids and was stationary on the racing line. He hadn't set a time and started at the back of the grid for the first race. Jack finished 17th in the Drivers Championship. 2014 arrived and Goff stayed with the Insignia for the first 5 rounds, however this time racing under the

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outfit. Come round 6 at Snetterton, Goff swapped his Insignia for a VW CC Passat. Goff achieved 10 top ten finishes during the year and finished 14th in the Championship.

MG 5 Star Cases Racing (2015)

It was reported that Jack Goff would be joining Triple Eight Racing for the

2015 British Touring Car Championship season The 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing ...

alongside Andrew Jordan. This was the year when Jack got his first win in the BTCC in race 3 at

. This year, Jack also got 21 top ten finishes and 4 podiums including his maiden victory. He finished 9th in the Championship overall.

Team IHG Rewards Club (2016)

It was confirmed that Jack Goff would be joining West Surrey Racing and Team IHG Rewards Club for the

2016 British Touring Car Championship season The 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor rac ...

and be driving a BMW 125i M Sport. The first event of the season at

went well for Goff as he came away with a podium in the last race of the day, finishing 3rd. Goff also had a good time at

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in the first race finishing 2nd behind

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in the new Silverline Subaru. But as all drivers have bad weekends, Goff's came at Rockingham. The problems started in Qualifying for all 3 of the cars when rain got into the cars' system, with Jack qualifying 26th, and his teammates

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and Sam Tordoff finishing 27th and 28th respectively. Then on race day, Jack came from 26th on the grid to 12th in an outstanding drive. However, when it came to races 2 and 3, it was a disaster for him as he never finished either race. Goff finished 11th in the Championship overall.

Eurotech Racing (2017–2018)

It was confirmed that Goff would be joining

for the

2017 British Touring Car Championship The 2017 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor ra ...

, driving a Honda Civic Type R. It was confirmed on 9 January 2018 that Goff would be staying with Eurotech for the

2018 British Touring Car Championship The 2018 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (commonly abbreviated as BTCC) was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. It was sponsored by Dunlop. The championship featured a m ...

, again driving a Honda Civic Type R; the first time that he had stayed with a team for a second full season in BTCC.

RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport (2019)

Goff was almost without a racing seat for 2019, but had signed with Tony Gilham's RCIB Insurance Racing team at the last minute. The first half of his season only handed him a position outside the top 20 in the standings. After a tenth-place finish at Snetterton, his best that year, the next rounds at Thruxton and Knockhill provided no luck, but at Silverstone in the ninth round of the championship, strategy would give him one of the best finishes of his career. The weather had been on and off for the entire day, but in race three Goff made a last-minute dive into the pits to put on wet tyres, while teammate Boardley retired before the start. Goff started from the very back and made quick progress through the field of experienced drivers. Alongside Aiden Moffat, he stormed to the front of the field and lead the rest of the race to the chequered flag, giving Tony Gilham his team's first overall win.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship 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 lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

References

External links

Official website
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