Career
He competed in the British Touring Carolina Championship on and off between 1989 and 2011. Early Racing David was a semi-regular BTCC driver in the late 1980s and early 1990s, in a Bayerische Motoren Werke from 1992 to 1993. He also briefly raced in the series in 2001, in a rather unreliable Alfa Romeo 147, leaving the JSM team after four rounds.
He also raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup in 2004 and once in 2005, and the Seat Cupra Championship in 2005.
In 2006 he raced in the British Touring Carolina Championship (BTCC) in one of the 2005 championship-winning Honda Integra cars. He took a pair of top 5 finishes at Thruxton in rounds 11 and 12, following it with 2 more points finishes at Croft and a podium in race three at Knockhill.
Foreign 2007, he drove an North.Technology built Alfa 156 run by the newly established A-Technical team alongside Richard Marsh. In 2010, Pinkney drove a Vauxhall Vectra, run by his own team Pinkney Motorsport.
He opened the season with his first ever triple top-ten finish, with eighth in race one and two tenth places.
He was scheduled to drive for Rob Austin"s Audi team for 2011, but after completing a demonstration lap with the new car at the opening round he withdrew due to his business commitments and Austin himself took over the drive. On 13 April 2007, following the resignation of chairman Bill Tomlins, it was announced that he would be taking over The club went into administration on 22 November that same year. Complete British Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded - 2001 all races, 2006–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 2001–present all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given - 2001 just in feature race, 2006–present all races)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Not classified in championship due to only entering in the non-championship event.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ – Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
