Glynn Geddie

Glynn Geddie
Glynn Geddie
	Geddie at the Brands Hatch Indy round of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.
Nationality	British
Born	17 June 1990 (age 34); Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Team HARD with Autobrite Direct
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	88
Former teams	United Autosports, AmD with AutoAid/RCIB Insurance Racing
Starts	44
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	22nd in 2014
Previous series
2013; 2013; 2012; 2011; 2011; 2011; 2010–2013; 2010, 2012–13; 2008–2010, 12	Blancpain Endurance Series; European Supercar Challenge; Porsche Supercup; FIA GT3 European; International GT Open; Rolex Sports Car Series; British GT Championship; Dutch Supercar Challenge; Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Championship titles
2013; 2011	European Supercar Challenge; British GT Championship

Glynn James Geddie (born 17 June 1990) is a British racing driver from Aberdeen, who last competed in the 2021 British Touring Car Championship for Team HARD. After spending his early racing career in GT cars and winning the 2011 British GT Championship, Geddie made his touring car debut in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

Career

British GT Championship

Geddie made his debut in the British GT Championship in 2010 with Trackspeed, joining David Ashburn for the third round of the season at Knockhill. Geddie returned to the team full-time starting at the Rockingham round, the pair took four victories to secure the championship for Ashburn and second place for Geddie.^[1] For 2011 Geddie raced a Ferrari 458 Italia for CRS Racing alongside his dad Jim; the pair started the season in an older Ferrari F430 Scuderia GT3 while they awaited delivery of the new car.^[2] The pair went on to win the championship by 14 points over reigning champion Ashburn despite a best result of two-second-place finishes at Snetterton and Rockingham.^[3] The Geddies only competed in one event in the 2012 British GT season, racing an Apex Motorsport run McLaren MP4-12C GT3 at Silverstone where they finished fifth.^[4] Geddie joined United Autosports for opening race of the 2013 British GT season at Oulton Park, substituting for Rob Bell in the No. 23 McLaren alongside Zak Brown. Geddie returned to the team at Snetterton, partnering Jody Firth.^[5]

British Touring Car Championship

United Autosports (2014)

For 2014, Geddie raced for United Autosports in the British Touring Car Championship.^[6] Geddie would leave the team with two rounds remaining^[7] and was replaced by former race winner Luke Hines.

AmD Tuning (2018)

Geddie returned to the championship in 2018 with the AmD Tuning team^[8] for the rounds at Rockingham and Knockhill, scoring points in the latter.

Team HARD (2020–21)

After the departure mid-season of Ollie Brown, Geddie again made a return to the BTCC for the final two rounds of the 2020 season,^[9] driving a Volkswagen CC for Team HARD. Geddie then agreed a deal to remain with the team for 2021 driving a new Cupra Leon^[10] but took the decision to stand down from the seat after three rounds citing personal reasons.^[11]

Geddie driving a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo in the GT Cup Championship.

Racing record

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Pts
2010	Trackspeed	Porsche 997 GT3-R	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	KNO 1 3	KNO 2 Ret	SPA 1	ROC 1 1	ROC 2 1	SIL 1 1	SNE 1 4	SNE 2 9	BRH 1 1	BRH 2 5	DON 1 2	2nd	81
2011	CRS Racing	Ferrari F430 Scuderia GT3	GT3	OUL 1 8	OUL 2 5												1st	144
2011	CRS Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia	GT3			SNE 1 2	BRH 1 3	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 6	ROC 1 12	ROC 2 2	DON 1 5	SIL 1 3				1st	144
2012	Apex Motorsport	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ROC 1	BRH 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	SIL 1 5	DON 1				26th	15
2013	United Autosports	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	GT3	OUL 1 27†	OUL 2 10	ROC 1	SIL 1	SNE 1 8	SNE 2 14	BRH 1 Ret	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	DON 1				27th	5
2014	United Autosports	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	ROC 1	SIL 1 Ret	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	BRH 1	DON 1				NC	0
2019	Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	GT3	OUL 1 Ret	OUL 2 16†	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 13	SIL 1 6	DON 1 11	SPA 1 3	BRH 1 Ret	DON 1					13th	52.5

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
2012	Porsche Carrera Cup GB	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON 22	ESP							NC‡	0‡
2012	Redline Racing						GBR Ret	GER	HUN	HUN	BEL	ITA	NC‡	0‡

‡ Guest driver – Not eligible for points.

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)

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
2014	United Autosports	Toyota Avensis	BRH 1 20	BRH 2 20	BRH 3 25	DON 1 17	DON 2 13	DON 3 Ret	THR 1 15	THR 2 15	THR 3 Ret	OUL 1 21	OUL 2 24	OUL 3 12	CRO 1 27	CRO 2 23	CRO 3 Ret	SNE 1 14	SNE 2 Ret	SNE 3 12	KNO 1 20	KNO 2 20	KNO 3 19	ROC 1 26	ROC 2 Ret	ROC 3 Ret	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	22nd	15
2018	AmD with AutoAid RCIB Insurance Racing	MG 6 GT	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 22	ROC 2 22	ROC 3 Ret	KNO 1 20	KNO 2 15	KNO 3 18	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	33rd	1
2020	RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport	Volkswagen CC	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	SNE 1 25	SNE 2 18	SNE 3 15	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 Ret	BRH 3 18				30th	1
2021	Team HARD with Autobrite Direct	Cupra León	THR 1 22	THR 2 Ret	THR 3 DNS	SNE 1 27	SNE 2 Ret	SNE 3 22	BRH 1 27	BRH 2 Ret	BRH 3 24	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	35th	0

Partial GT Cup Championship 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;-

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	CP	Points
2020	Scott Sport	Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo	GTC	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	SNE 4	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	SIL 4	DON1 1 4	DON1 2 4	DON1 3 5	DON1 4 DNS	BRH 1 3	BRH 2 3	BRH 3 2	BRH 4 Ret	DON2 1	DON2 2	DON2 3	DON2 4	NC†	NC†	0†

† Geddie was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.

References

^ Broomhead, James (28 December 2010). "2010 BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ Bosworth, Hunter (21 April 2011). "YOUNG GUN GEDDIE HUNGRY FOR BRITISH GT SUCCESS IN 2011". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ Broomhead, James (20 December 2011). "2011 BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW: CONSISTENCY THE KEY FOR WINLESS CHAMPIONS". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ Pettit, Vince (31 August 2012). "FATHER-SON GEDDIE DUO SET FOR BRITISH GT RETURN". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ "GLYNN GEDDIE JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR REMAINDER OF 2013 BRITISH GT SEASON". United Autosports. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ "UNITED AUTOSPORTS CONFIRM 2014 BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY". United Autosports. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
^ "United Autosports Statement".
^ "Glynn Geddie makes BTCC return in AmD MG". TouringCarTimes. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Glynn Geddie returns to the British Touring Car Championship with Team HARD". Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Team Hard reveals Geddie as second Cupra driver for 2021 BTCC season". www.autosport.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Glynn Geddie steps away from Team HARD BTCC drive for 'personal reasons' » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

External links

Official website
Profile from btcc.net
Glynn Geddie career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Broomhead, James (28 December 2010). "2010 BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[2] Bosworth, Hunter (21 April 2011). "YOUNG GUN GEDDIE HUNGRY FOR BRITISH GT SUCCESS IN 2011". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[3] Broomhead, James (20 December 2011). "2011 BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW: CONSISTENCY THE KEY FOR WINLESS CHAMPIONS". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[4] Pettit, Vince (31 August 2012). "FATHER-SON GEDDIE DUO SET FOR BRITISH GT RETURN". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[5] "GLYNN GEDDIE JOINS UNITED AUTOSPORTS FOR REMAINDER OF 2013 BRITISH GT SEASON". United Autosports. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[6] "UNITED AUTOSPORTS CONFIRM 2014 BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY". United Autosports. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

[7] "United Autosports Statement".

[8] "Glynn Geddie makes BTCC return in AmD MG". TouringCarTimes. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[9] "Glynn Geddie returns to the British Touring Car Championship with Team HARD". Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[10] "Team Hard reveals Geddie as second Cupra driver for 2021 BTCC season". www.autosport.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[11] "Glynn Geddie steps away from Team HARD BTCC drive for 'personal reasons' » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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