history

2013 was a great year for me and all the hard work and preparation was really starting to pay off, we got some really good sponsorship from 5 different companies that meant we could go after quite a few championships with the money that was made available to me.

My sponsors got a lot of publicity when their belief in me paid off by me becoming Welsh Champion, Celtic Champion, Southern NKRA Champion and U.K National NKRA Champion and only just missing out on becoming Midlands Super Prix Champion but unfortunately finished runner up taking 2nd place. In that same year I was leading the Midland Championship final when with 2 laps to go my chain snapped which meant I had a DNF but all in all I had a great & years racing.

2014 was big learning year by moving up to Junior TKM Class with direct drive. I again had several podium finishes and highlight of the year for me was becoming Welsh Champion in my rookie year in this really hard class. 2015 we did not do much racing due to my dad’s business work commitments and the start of my GCSE exams.

In 2016, I had been doing a bit of karting and again became Junior TKM Welsh Champion but I also started rallying in the Junior F1000 Rally Class. My dad bought a Nissan Micra to start with as we thought it would be a good solid car to run but after 2 events we quickly realized that if we wanted to run at the front we would have to change cars.

After a lot of searching we bought a Citroen C1 which is quite a bit quicker and this is now paying off as in only my 4th event I got my first podium finishing 3rd at Caerwent and setting 2nd quickest time on 3 of the stages. The final 3 rallies I had 2 3rd in class and 4th overall and a 5th. I finished 5th in the championship in my 1st season and was by far the highest finishing novice in every event. I finished 5th Overall in the British F1000 Junior Rally Class.

2017 started off really good with a 2nd at Angelsea in the 1st round of the British F1000 Junior Rally Championship and after gearbox trouble I still managed to finish 3rd in the 2nd event at Harlech Airfield.

This puts me in a great position going forward lying 2nd overall in the championship and I can hopefully keep pushing hard. The next few events saw me finish on the podium everytime with an overall win at Cadwell Park. I ended up finishing 3rd in the British F1000 Junior Rally Championship at the end of the year.

2018 I got my full circuit race license and decided to race single seaters in the Monoposto Championship. Its been a great year in one sense that I have managed to put the car on pole for every event and also set 2 new lap records for my class, one at Oulton Park and the other at Castle Coombe and won 3 rounds but unfortunately the car has let me down a few times due to mechanical issues and I have ended up 5th in the championship but still won the Sunbac Nova Award for highest finishing novice.

In 2019 I placed 3rd in the Monoposto ‘Mono1000 Class’ race. I also entered the ‘Mini Challenge’ race, where I finished 9th overall during the first season in the JCW. The Mini finished in the top ten in every race (apart from 3 DNF’s).

The Mini Challenge now joined the BTCC package, I had a great season with podiums at every round apart from the last one but where I was lying 4th in the championship after having 6 podiums, 1 outright win, 2 x 3rd places and 3 x 1st place graduate cup winner and got taken out by another competitor and we could not get the car repaired in time for the final 2 races, dropping me to 7th overall at the end of the season.

2021 saw me shift from front-wheel drive cars to a powerful rear-wheel drive GT car. Paddock Motorsport, co-founded by Le Mans Winner Martin Plowman and TV star Kelvin Fletcher, signed Tom to make the jump to the prestigious GT Cup Championship in a McLaren 570s GT4 car.

Myself and my teammate secured an impressive 2nd in the GTH Championship becoming vice champions in the team’s debut season, taking a haul of 12 podiums, 2 wins and multiple pole positions and fastest laps.

I was invited by McLaren Racing at the end of the season to take part in the prestigious shootout with 13 others from around the world to become one of 4 drivers that they would take on in their Driver Development Programme. But unfortunately, I have been informed they have now cancelled the DDP for 2022.

Raced with Century Motorsport in the Ainsley Harriot BMW M4 GT4 car in the British GT Championship finished 10th in class.

Raced with Paddock Motorsport in the new McLaren Artura in the British GT Championship in the Pro-AM class and leading the team as the Pro driver, finished 5th.