About Mark Hales - Full Racing History

Hales distinguishes himself by having raced or tested almost every type of racing car ever built, ranging from NASCAR and Formula One, through to Touring Cars and rare classic machines.

Some of the most prominent of which belonging to Nick Mason’s Ten Tenths Collection, including the Ferrari GTO valued at £5,000,000 that he drove to victory at Le Mans.

Racing

Full Racing History

2011
Donington
England
BMW Compact Cup   Won Outright
Pole position and outright victory
Rockingham
England
Britcar 3-Hour GT Race Standard MX5 Road Car Last
Mazda UK promotional event sharing with former Grand Prix driver Mike WIlds.
Standard MX5 road car fitted with slick tyres. Qualified last, finished last
Donington
England
Britcar 3-Hour GT Race Standard MX5 Road Car Last
Mazda UK promotional event sharing with former Grand Prix driver Mike WIlds.
Standard MX5 road car fitted with slick tyres. Qualified last, finished last
Silverstone
England
Gentlemen Drivers 60-minute race Marcos-Volvo Retired
Qualified class pole, retired in race
Snetterton
England
Autosport 3-Hours Race Crossle-BMW Sports Third
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Qualified fifth, finished third
Goodwood
England
Revival, TT Celebration, One-Hour Race Ferrari GTO 2nd Overall
Sharing with Martin Brundle.
Second overall
Spa
Belgium
Six Hours Race TVR Griffith 400 4th Overall
Sharing with Jon Shipman
Spa
Belgium
Masters Series Gentlemen Drivers 90 minute race TVR Griffith 400 3rd Overall
Sharing with Jon Shipman
Snetterton
England
Mazda Racing Series 12-hour endurance Mazda GB MX5 2nd Overall
2010
Assen
Holland
Dutch Historic GT Race, 60 minutes TVR Griffith 400 2nd Overall
Second overall, class victory
Assen
Holland
Masters Gentelemen Drivers 90 minutes TVR Griffith 400 Won outright
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Pole position and outright victory
Donington
England
Masters Series Saloons, one-hour race Ford Mustang Second
Sharing with former Touring Car driver Patrick Watts.
Held lead handed over by Watts, finished second after clash with another Mustang.
Silverstone
England
HSCC Sports cars, one-hour race Lola 210-Ford Class Win
Sharing with Chris Fox.
2-litre Class Win
Croft
England
Chevron GR8 Challenge - Race 1 Chevron GR8 Won Outright
Pole position, outright victory
Croft
England
Chevron GR8 Challenge - Race 2 Chevron GR8 Second
Snetterton
England
Autosport 3-Hours Race Crossle-BMW sports Fifth
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Pole position, fifth overall
Silverstone
England
Masters Saloons - 4th Race Ford Falcon Sprint Second
Silverstone
England
Masters Saloons - 9th Race Ford Falcon Sprint First
Donington
England
Masters Gentleman Drivers 2-Hours Race TVR Griffith 400 Third
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Third overall
Goodwood
England
Revival, TT Celebration one hour Ferrari GTO Fifth
Sharing with Martin Brundle.
Fifth overall
2009
Malta
Malta
Annual seafront sprint Jaguar E-type standard road car 2nd Overall
Silverstone
England
Guards Trophy 90-minute sports car race Crossle-BMW Sports Won outright
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Pole position and outright victory
Snetterton
England
Autosport 3-hours race Crossle-BMW Sports Retired
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Pole position, retired with rear hub failure while second.
Goodwood
England
Revival TT Celebration, 1hr race/td> Ferrari GTO Retired
Sharing with Marino Franchitti.
Retired with engine problems.
Spa
Belgium
Six Hours Race TVR Griffith 400 Retired
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Portimao
Portugal
Masters Series 90 minutes Gentlemen Drivers Race TVR Griffith 400 Retired
Sharing with Jon Shipman.
Pole position, retired with brake failure.
Portimao
Portugal
Masters Series Sports Car Race 2x30 minutes   Class Victory
2008
Snetterton
England
Autosport 3 hr Endurance Crossle-BMW Classified 6th
Second on Grid. Led for 1½ hrs.
Retired with a broken stub axle 5 minutes from the end with a 15 second lead
Donington
England
Masters Series, 1hr Gentlemen Drivers TVR Griffith 400 V8 Won outright
Second on Grid
Jarama
Spain
VdeV Series, 8hr Crossle-BMW Retired
Took lead after half an hour, held it until handover.
Car retired with broken transmission after 2½ hours
Ferrari 512BBLM in the Pits at Le Mans
2007
Spa-Francorchamps
Belgium
Spa 6 hr Historic Endurance Race TVR Griffith 400 Retired
Qualified 6th out of 91 cars. Retired with engine problems
Goodwood
England
St Mary's Trophy Alfa Romeo GTA Saloon 6th overall
Qualified 3rd in "2-litre class". Finished first in class, 6th overall
  Richmond Trophy Maserati 250F Grand Prix car Finished 7th
Qualified 3rd, finished 7th with a misfiring engine
  Sussex Trophy Costin Lister-Jaguar Retired
Qualified 2nd, retired with overheating engine
Spa-Francorchamps
Belgium
VdeV 4hr Historic Endurance Series Alfa Romeo GTA Saloon 6th overall
Qualified 3rd in "2-litre class". Finished first in class, 6th overall
Silverstone
England
Masters Series 1hr Endurance Race Gordini 23S 2.3 litre sports car Won class
Qualified 3rd in "2-litre class". Finished first in class, 6th overall
Dijon
France
VdeV Historic Endurance Serices, 6hr Crossle-BMW 2-litre sports prototype Finished 2nd
Qualified 4th, finished 2nd
Oulton Park
England
Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup ½hr Seat Leon turbo saloon Retired
Qualified class pole, retired with overheating engine
Donington
England
Masters Series, Sports Racing Masters 1hr Attilla-Chevrolet sports racing car Won outright
Qualified 2nd, won outright
Jarama
Spain
VdeV Historic Endurance Series 8hr Crossle-BMW 2-litre prototype 2nd overall
Qualified 4th, finished 2nd overall
Ferrari 512S
2006
Goodwood Brooklands Trophy Bugatti Type 35B 1st overall
Dijon 6hr Race Crossle-BMW 1st overall
Le Mans Le Mans Classic Ferrari 512BB  
Silverstone   Maserati Trofeo V8  
Sharing with Rally Champion, Jean-Claude Andruet
Sepang
Malaysia
  Jaguar E-type 1st overall
 
Dijon Sports Car Masters Crossle-BMW 2nd overall
Dijon VdeV 6hr European Endurance Race Crossle-BMW 2nd overall
Spa VdeV 4hr European Endurance Race Crossle-BMW 3rd overall
From 54th to 3rd overall and 1st in class
Magny Cours VdeV 12hr European Endurance Race Crossle-BMW 2nd overall
2005
Various VdeV European Endurance Races Various Class wins
Donington See Red Festival 250F Maserati Grand Prix Car 1st overall
2004
Goodwood RAC TT Celebration Grifo Bizzarini A3/C  
  Sharing with Richard Attwood, achieved victory for a record third time
Spa Six Hours Race 1600cc Crossle-Ford Sports racer Outright victory
Castle Combe Top Hat 1hr Crossle-Ford Outright victory
VdeV 6hr Endurance Series Crossle-BMW Outright victory
Dijon VdeV Series Crossle-Ford 2nd overall
Le Mans Legends Race 512S Ferrari Retired
  Led until retirement
Lotus 72
2002 - 2003
Goodwood RAC TT Grifo Bizzarini A3/C Victory
  Sharing with Richard Attwood, victory for the second time
Le Mans Le Mans Classic Ferrari GTO Victory
    Alfa T33/3 Victory
Silverstone Lamborghini Supertrophy Diablo Victory
  Sharing with Tiff Needell
Various Several class wins in Historic racing throughout Europe
2000-2001
Various Historic racing throughout Europe, Alfa GTA, Ford Anglia, GRD Group 6 and more
1999
Goodwood RAC TT 1hr Celebration Lightweight E-Type Victory
  Sharing with Nigel Corner
1997 - 1998
Goodwood RAC TT Grifo Bizzarini A3/C Victory
Various UK and International FIA GT Championships, driving Marcos and Morgan GTs
Various Class wins in historic races in UK and Europe driving a Maserati 250F and Birdcage, Bugatti Type 35, Ferrari GTO etc, sharing with Nick Mason
1996
Various British National GT Championship. Works driver for the official TVR Cerbera GT team Pirelli Porsche Cup, Carrera
Spa
1995
Various British National GT Series. Works driver for TVR driving a Cerbera. Class wins Pirelli Porsche Cup, Carrera 2. Wins at Oulton and Snetterton. Several class titles
1993 - 1994
Various TVR Tuscan Challenge. Winner of 1993 and 1994 Challenges - the first competitor to take the title twice. Total of 19 victories
1992
Various Porsche 968CS, driving for Porsche GB
1990
Various British Touring Cars, Mitsubishi Starion, Lancer and Galant with John Maguire Racing, supported by Colt Cars
1988 - 1989
Various Production Saloon cars, Champion Class A, Sierra Cosworth, Uniroyal Tyres series, Champion Class A, Sierra Sapphire Cosworth, Total 16 victories, including 1988 Willhisre 25hr race, sharing with Swedish F1 driver and Abba drummer, Slim Borgudd
1988
Various British Saloon Car Championship, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Supra turbo for Toyota GB
1987
Various British Saloon Car Championship, Class B champion, Escort turbo
1986
Various British Saloon Car Championsip, Alfa GTV6
1974 - 1985
Various Several class titles driving a series of self-prepared sports and saloon cars including Ginetta, Turner-Ford, MG Midget, Austin-Healey Sprite, Lotus Elan, Marcos V6, Rover Vitesse. Many outright victories