My motor racing journey started when I was 8 years old.


Initially I raced 100cc karts at my local karting circuit, and my passion for motor racing transpired from there. I went on to win multiple karting championships including becoming the youngest ever 250cc FIA European Champion. It was natural progression that I moved into car racing, so in I made the move in to Formula Renault with Haywood racing and secured some solid podium results and 4th overall in the Championship standings.

I felt it difficult not to have complete control over everything involved with my racing, so in I decided to start my own motor racing team ‘ Wilcox Motorsport ’, and we competed in the British Formula Vauxhall Championships , which at the time was a support race to the TOCA series. I won 5 races and finished 2nd place in the Championship.

Around came and I managed to land a major sponsor in I.C.I Chemicals, which enabled me to compete in both the European and British ( Formula Opel & Vauxhall ) series with my main focus on the European championship. I engineered and ran my own car to four victories, 2nd place in the European championship and 5th in the British championship, beating the likes of Paul Stewart Racing (became Jaguar F1) a well respected team in the championship and numerous past and present Formula One drivers. At the end of the 1997 season I was also nominated for the prestigious Autosport McLaren Formula 1 young driver of the year award.

In , the only move for me was British Formula 3, but I decided that it was impossible for me to ‘go it alone’ at such a professional level so ‘ Wilcox Motorsport ’ ceased to exist and I was able concentrate on my driving ( a return in 1999 with another driver clinched the team the 1999 ARP Formula 3 Championship ).

So I signed up for Speedsport racing, but soon switched to TOM’S racing and a new Dallara chassis ( after a few races ) and results improved with a fifth place at the Silverstone British GP support race. When TOM’S were bought out by Audi, I had to move again, this time to Intersport and yet another engine manufacturer Opel, but all my effort was in vain and I finished a disappointing season wondering what could have been.  

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At the end of the 1998 season I was invited to be test driver in Formula 3000 by team Astromega, which went really well. I completed about 8 days running and was on the pace straight away at various European circuits, and often set the fastest overall session times. I also helped the team with their data analysis for other drivers, which I enjoyed and have had an active involvement with PI, Stack, Magneti Marelli and Motec systems.

In I made a move to Formula Palmer Audi ( with a view to winning the series and the prize of a fully funded F3000 drive for the following year ) but instead suffered a difficult year of frustration and problems with the car.

The year was a make or break year for me, I left single seaters and moved to GT style cars with Lotus Motorsport, winning the series with 9 wins out of 13 races, and three 2nd place finishes. After winning the Championship Lotus Motorsport appointed me as their number one test and developments driver.

In I signed up for Brookspeed to run in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT1 alongside Ex-Formula one driver Tiff Needel, I competed in only one race, and I achieved pole position and a 25 second lead in the race, before my driver change, my co-driver eventually come home in 2nd place, before the Interactive Sportscar Championship was forced to end due to financial difficulties of the organisers.

So I sought a new challenge and looked at JGTC in Japan and decided this is where I wanted to be to re-launch my career. I was fortunate to be backed by Yokohama tyres who found me a drive with 910 at 'Special Stage Malaysia' in the JGTC Series of which I finished 7th. 910 then asked me back again with the help of Yokohama to race at the 1000k Suzuka race, I did and won the race in a Porsche GT3.

For Japanese team 910 Racing contracted me to drive for them in the All Japan GT Championships (JGTC) alongside Japanese Indy car star Hideshi Matsuda, and we finished 6th place in the 2002 GT300 Championships, where I equaled the highest placed ever non-Japanese GT300 driver record of Ex-Jordan Formula 1 driver Ralph Firman.

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I drove in selected rounds of the All Japan GT Championships using a NISMO Nissan Silvia S16 and Porsche GT3-RS.

In I returned to the UK and was appointed lead driver for DRM Racing and using a Ferrari F360 GT car alongside Portuguese driver Ni Amorim, we won the 2004 British GT Cup Championships. As well as competing in British GT Championships, I raced in 2 rounds of the Ferrari Challenge Championship at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium, claiming 2 Pole Positions, 2 fastest laps and won both races.

For the season I had planned to reform ' Wilcox Motorsport ' and run a GT2 and GT3 car in the British GT Championships, however I later decided against reforming the team and took up an offer to drive for Vision Marketing in the final 10 races of the 2005 British GT3 Championships alongside Phil Burton, driving a Ferrari F360 GT. I helped the team develop the car from a midfield running car to claiming Pole Position at the penultimate races at Mondello Park and also winning the final Britcar GT open race of 2005.

In Adam continued with JMH Automotive / Vision Marketing in a Ferrari F360 GTC driving alongside Phil Burton in the British GT Championships and selected races in the ' Britcar ' series, at the beginning of the year in Britcar things started well with Pole Position and a win at Oulton Park however in the British GT the car suffered mechanical and electrical problems and was un-reliable, but towards the end of the British GT season things had turned around and they were finishing on the podium, with Adam setting fastest race laps and qualifying on Pole Position in the final British GT race of the year at Silverstone, as well as qualifying in Pole Position for both of the Britcar GT3 winter series races at Donington Park and Brands Hatch.

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For - Adam again secured a drive alongside Phil Burton in the Vision Marketing / Predator CCTV Racing team driving the latest Ferrari Scuderia GT3 car and this year will see the due complete their 6th year together as a Pro-Am partnership " I am excitied about working with Phil again for 2010, he's come a long way since we first started and I think 2010 will see us fighting for the Overall Championship Victory " Commented Adam.

Year
Championship/Team/Car
Result
1984-1992
100cc Kart, Cadet, Junior Britain, TKM Junior
Numerous race wins
1993
125cc Kart F.I.A Open Championship
1st Champion
1993
125cc Kart British Open Championship
1st Champion
1993
125cc Kart Midland Championship
1st Champion

1994

250cc Kart British Open Championship
1st Champion
1994
250cc Kart Midland Championship
1st Champion
1994
250cc Kart British Championship
Vice-Champion
1994
250cc Kart F.I.A European Championship
1st Champion

1995

British Formula Renault Championship - Haywood Racing Swift RC94
4th
1996
British Formula Vauxhall Championship - Wilcox Motorsport
Vice-Champion ( 4 wins, 4 Pole Position )
1997
British Formula Vauxhall Championship - Wilcox Motorsport
5th ( 1 Pole Position )
1997
Formula Opel European Championship - Wilcox Motorsport
Vice-Champion ( 3 wins, 2 Pole Position )
1997 McLaren Formula 1 / Autosport young driver of the year Runner-up
1998
British Formula 3 Championship - Dalara F397/8, TOM'S 036F
7th
1998
F.I.A International Formula 3000 - Astromega Lola T96/50 Zytek
Test Driver
1999

Formula Palmer Audi Championship

2nd in Group
2000
Lotus Sport Elise Championship

1st Champion ( 9 wins, 9 Pole Position )

2000
Lotus Motorsport test and developments
Number one development driver

2001

Interactive Sportscar Series - Brookspeed Dodge Viper GTS-R GT1
Vice-Champion
2001
Japanese JGTC GT300 Round 4 Malaysia - Porsche GT3-RS
7th
2001
1000k Suzuka, Japan - 910 Racing Porsche GT3
1st - Winner
2002
1000k Suzuka, Japan - 910 Racing Porsche GT3-RS
5th
2002
Japanese JGTC GT300 Championship - 910 Racing Porsche GT3-RS
6th
2003
Japanese JGTC GT300 Championship - Nissan Silvia S15, Porsche GT3-RS
Selected rounds in JGTC
2004 Ferrari 360 Maranello Challenge race Spa Francorchamps 1st - Winner, both races ( X2 Pole Position, FL )
2004
British GTC Championship - DRM Racing Ferrari F360 GT
1st Champion [points]
2005
British GT3 Championship - JMH / Vision Marketing Ferrari F360 GT
Final 10 races ( 1 Pole Position )
2005
Britcar GT3 Open Brands Hatch - JMH / Vision Marketing Ferrari F360 GT
1st - Winner
2006
Britcar GT3 Round 2 Oulton Park - JMH / Vision Marketing Ferrari F360 GT
1st - Winner + Pole Position
2006
Ferrari 430 Challenge Trofeo Pirelli - Spa, Vallelunga, Nurburgring
Test and development, 1 race
2006
British GTC Championship - JMH / Vision Marketing Ferrari F360 GT
7th ( 1 Pole Position, 2 Fastest Laps )
2006
Britcar GT3 Winter Series - JMH / Vision Marketing Ferrari F360 GT
Donington 2nd, Brands D.N.F ( 2 Pole Position )
2007
British GT3 Championship - VRS Motor Finance Ferrari F430 GT3
8th ( 2 Pole Position, 2 Fastest Laps )
2008
British GT3 Championship - VRS Motor Finance Ferrari F430 GT3
15th
2009
British GT3 Championship - VRS Motor Finance Ferrari F430 GT3
4th
2010
British GT3 Championship - Predator CCTV Ferrari F430 GT3
Currently racing for results see GT page...


 

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