Paul Wallace (born 22 October 1958) is a British former racing driver.
Early life
Born on 22 October 1958 to Ruth and Kenneth Wallace, Paul Wallace was educated at The King's School, Grantham. He then studied Mechanical Engineering at UMIST.
Following his degree, Wallace worked for three large corporates: RHP Bearings, Fisons Pharmaceuticals and Mars Electronics. In 1987, he went into business, setting up his own successful software company, PWA, which developed and marketed a range of leading HR/Personnel software applications with many blue chip clients in the UK and worldwide. His company was sold to Great Plains Software (which became a division of Microsoft) in 2000. Following this sale, Wallace decided to pursue his long term wish to compete professionally in motorsports.
Racing career
Starting in 1998, Wallace competed in the Tomcat Vento Challenge. In 2000 Wallace won the Tomcat Championship title driving a Rover 220 Coupe Turbo. He entered his Rover into the Super Coupe Cup for the 2001 season. After leaving the Super Coupe Cup, Wallace began driving in the Elf Clio Renaultsport UK Cup. He completed two winter championships (2001 and 2002) and the full 2002 season, finishing 19th. In 2003, he began his British Touring Car Championship career.
The first half of the season was spent in the Production Class, with an Alfa Romeo 156 during which he achieved three top-three finishes. For the second half of the year, he moved into the Touring Class, replacing Gavin Pyper in a Vauxhall Astra Coupé. Both cars were run by former racer Gary Ayles and his team, GA Motorsport. Wallace returned for the 2004 BTCC season under the 'Team Sureterm' banner.http://www.btccpages.com/drivers/Paul-Wallace/ Career at BTCC Pages After round six, he was replaced in the team by Kelvin Burt.
Wallace went on to compete in the MG Trophy from 2005, winning the trophy in 2006 and placed in the top-three in all other seasons. He set four lap records in his final season (2008). He finished motor racing after the 2008 season, to pursue other business activities.
Wallace is now retired and lives in Switzerland.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race, 2003 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races, 2003 in class) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Pts Class 2003 GA Motorsports Alfa Romeo 156 MON1Ret MON2Ret BRH1ovr:16cls:3 BRH2ovr:13cls:3 THR1Ret THR2Ret SIL1Ret SIL2ovr:13cls:3 ROC1ovr:17cls:5 ROC2ovr:13cls:3 N/A 46 6th Vauxhall Astra Coupé CRO1ovr:11cls:11 CRO2Ret SNE1DNS SNE2Ret BRH1ovr:17cls:16 BRH2ovr:13cls:13 DON1ovr:12cls:12 DON2Ret OUL1ovr:13cls:13 OUL2Ret NC 0 2004 Team SuretermGA Motorsports Vauxhall Astra Coupé THR1Ret THR2Ret THR3Ret BRH1Ret BRH210 BRH313 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 MON1 MON2 MON3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON1 DON2 DON3 21st 1
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