Martin Short (racing driver)

Martin Short (born March 20, 1959 in El Adem , Libya ) is a former British racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Martin Short has been active in touring and sports car racing since the late 1990s . He drove his first race in 1998 in the British GT Championship ; celebrated his first overall victory in 2003 when he won a race of this racing series at Brands Hatch . Teammate in the Mosler MT900R was compatriot Tom Herridge . He also celebrated further overall victories in the domestic GT championship. At Silverstone in 2009 and again at Brands Hatch in 2010.

Short was closely associated with the British racing team Rollcentre Racing . For the St Ives- based company, he contested most of his races, including four of the five appearances in the Le Mans 24-hour race and his only appearance in the Sebring 12-hour race .

The Briton has two championship wins. In 2008 he won the overall ranking of the Dutch Supercar Challenge and was able to repeat this success in 2013.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2002	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Cort Wagner	Sam Hancock	failure	accident
2004	Rollcentre Racing	Dallara SP1	João Barbosa	Rob Barff	failure	malfunction
2005	Rollcentre Racing	Dallara SP1	João Barbosa	Vanina Ickx	Rank 16
2006	Rollcentre Racing	Radical SR9	João Barbosa	Stuart Moseley	Rank 20
2007	Rollcentre Racing	Pescarolo 01	João Barbosa	Stuart Hall	Rank 4

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	Rollcentre Racing	Dallara LMP	Rob Barff	João Barbosa	Rank 5

Web links

• Martin Short at Racing Sports Cars
• Martin Short at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brands Hatch GT race 2003
2. ↑ Dutch Supercar Challenge 2008
3. ↑ Supercar Challenge Superlights 2013