Tom Beard

About Tom Beard

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: October 15, 1983
Birth Place:  Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom
Birth Sign: Taurus
Car no.: 22
Starts: 6
Wins: 0
Poles: 2
Fastest laps: 2
2008–10, 2012–13 2010–11 2008 2008 2006–08 2004–05, 2007 2001–03 2000 1999: WTCC BTCC SEAT León Eurocup Copa de España Resistencia SEAT León Supercopa SEAT Cupra Championship BTCC – Production National Saloons T Cars
2008 2005 1999: SEAT León Supercopa SEAT Cupra Championship T Cars

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Tom Beard was born on October 15, 1983 in  Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom, is Actor. Tom Beard was born in London on April 25 1965 to surgeon Charles and his flautist wife Trish and has a brother Alex - who later became CEO at the Royal Opera House. A keen sports player he reached the finals of the Lancashire Rugby Sevens at age eleven and, whilst at Westminster School, was in the first XI at both cricket and football. After graduating from the University of Sussex - where he was a leading member of the student drama society - in German and Politics he enrolled at the Webber Douglas Acting school in London where he was spotted by an agent who cast him as Laertes in Peter Hall's 1994 production of 'Hamlet' Several other roles followed for the Royal Shakespeare Company whilst on television he appeared in a range of populist dramas from 'Poirot' to 'Midsomer Murders'. Away from acting he was a keen angler and a respected gardener in addition to being an avid Chelsea fan. In January 2015 he was diagnosed with cancer and he passed away on July 20, leaving a wife, Polly, and two children Ella and Joe.
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Biography/Timeline

1983

Tom Boardman (born 15 October 1983 in Forton, Lancashire) is a British auto racing driver. His greatest achievement to date is winning the 2005 SEAT Cupra Championship for the Triple R team which he runs with father, John, who was previously a rallycross driver in the 1970s. He competed in the World Touring Car Championship on and off between 2008 and 2013.

1993

Boardman first started driving cars at a very young age on the farmland where his father's recovery Business was based. After a chance visit to a local 1/4-mile oval track he and his dad were taken with the idea of entering a car and so Boardman's first experience of competitive motorsport was in 1993, in Ministox. Four seasons and four championships later he moved on to autograss where he took two further championships in two seasons.

1999

After these early successes he moved into the brand new T-Car Series for 1999 where he took seven wins from eight races to come out on top of a field of promising youngsters. A fast-pass to motorsport success seemed assured.

2000

In 2000 he acquired a Peugeot 306 which, having waited patiently for his 16th birthday to comply with the rules, he entered in selected rounds of the National Saloons Championship. This was just one small step away from the British Touring Car Championship and his arrival on the scene at such a young age sparked many people to question whether or not he was too young.

2001

Boardman would become the youngest driver in the history of the BTCC when he joined the Production Class of the 2001 with his family-run Tom Boardman Racing team.

2003

Boardman has always looked to compete in a large variety of machinery and took to the rally stages towards the end of 2003, with some success, and this led to the formation of Special Tuning (UK) Ltd. He has also competed in the Renault Clio Winter Series with TCR and has tested a number of BTCC cars including the VLR Peugeot 307 and the Seat Leon.

2004

A late deal saw him enter the 2004 SEAT Cupra Challenge with backing from his father's Special Tuning operation. At this time the series consisted of identical cars prepared by a single team and, despite a total lack of any pre-season testing, Boardman impressed many observers by shrugging off his previous reputation and demonstrating a new-found maturity. He would score a podium result first time out and a win at the second meeting. He was always up against it as many of the drivers were in their second season in the championship but he managed to stay in with a shout of championship victory right up to the final meeting of the year when a 'do or die' gamble on tyre choice saw him drop down to third position in the final standings.

2005

2005 saw a rule change in the championship allowing independent teams to enter cars and the Boardman family, having enjoyed success on the rally stages, took the decision to reform the family team which had entered as Tom Boardman Racing back in 2001 and who had provided the infrastructure for the now defunct Team Varta operation. It was an impressive return to competition with Boardman taking the championship crown and a cheque for £100,000. The team would also run a second car for Jonathon Young for the second half of the season with Boardman taking on a 'mentor' role.

2006

With the champion driver barred from returning to the championship, a strange situation engineered by Seat Sport UK, Boardman decided to concentrate on managing the team for 2006. Triple R would also enter a car in the Spanish series for Boardman himself to keep him 'match fit' and to give them experience of the new model that would not be used in the British championship until 2007. However, Boardman remained in the Spanish series for 2007.

2008

For 2008, Boardman competed in the SEAT León Eurocup, and won the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa.

2009

He contested a full season in the WTCC for the SUNRED Engineering team in 2009. He finished fifth in the Independent's Trophy, taking one Independent win at the Race of UK. He contested his home round in 2010, for SUNRED Engineering.

2010

Boardman returned to the BTCC in 2010, racing for the family-run Special Tuning UK team sponsored by Club SEAT. Boardman continued in the BTCC in 2011, with the rebranded Special Tuning Racing team and took his first victory at Knockhill on Sunday 4 September, in the third race of the day. Special Tuning Racing confirmed plans to remain in the BTCC in 2012, with an option to move into the WTCC. The team later confirmed that Boardman would move back to the World Touring Car Championship, while the team left the BTCC.

2012

Boardman returned to the WTCC in 2012, driving for his own Special Tuning Racing team in a 1,600 cc (98 cu in) turbocharged SEAT León Mk2; the team's engines were supplied by SEAT Sport. Due to a shortage of parts, Boardman was forced to miss the first event of the season, the Race of Italy. With a shortage of new SEAT 1.6-litre turbo engines, STR elected to install the 2.0-litre TDI engine in Boardman's car until a new unit was available and he took part in the Race of Spain. Boardman finally switched to the turbo engine at the Race of Portugal. At the Race of China, he finished ninth in the race one provisional classification but along with four other drivers was issued with a 30-second penalty after the race, for missing a chicane to avoid a pileup. A late season improvement in form, including a double points finish at Macau, saw Boardman finish 17th in the drivers' standings.

2013

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2001–2002 all races, 2003–present just for first race, 2001–2003 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races, 2001–2003 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given – 2001 just for feature race, 2010–present all races, 2001 for leading in class)