Derek Palmer Jr. is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in BTCC for Support Our Paras Racing. Palmer Jr. has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 30 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,379 ranks Palmer Jr. 9846th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2015-10-10 | Brands Hatch | P21 | +1 |
| 2015-10-10 | Brands Hatch | DNF | −93 |
| 2015-10-10 | Brands Hatch | P23 | −17 |
| 2015-09-26 | Silverstone | P21 | −3 |
| 2015-09-26 | Silverstone | P23 | −30 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ▸BTCC | Support Our Paras Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | P24 | −1,421 | 1,379 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Adam Morgan | 4,862 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 4% |
| 🇬🇧 Colin Turkington | 5,614 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Sam Tordoff | 3,992 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Andrew Jordan | 3,954 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Jason Plato | 3,446 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 14% |
| 🇬🇧 Jack Goff | 2,924 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Josh Cook | 5,197 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 14% |
| 🇬🇧 Gordon Shedden | 4,877 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Matt Neal | 3,767 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Hunter Abbott | 2,051 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 19% |
Derek Palmer Jr. is a retired British touring car driver whose single season of recorded competition came in 2015, when he contested the full British Touring Car Championship with Support Our Paras Racing. Across 30 starts, Palmer finished outside the points in every race, averaging a finishing position of 21st place and never scoring a podium. His campaign placed him alongside some of the strongest drivers in the field; he raced regularly against FIA Gold-graded competitors including multiple champions Colin Turkington and Sam Tordoff, as well as former champions Andrew Jordan and Jason Plato. Against this calibre of opposition, Palmer's results showed the gap between an amateur entrant and the established front of professional touring car racing. He did record scattered finishes ahead of established drivers on individual occasions, including Tom Ingram and Josh Cook, but these instances were isolated rather than indicative of a competitive pattern.[1]
Palmer's participation with Support Our Paras Racing, a charitable effort to raise funds for injured British paratroopers, anchored his season. The team fielded multiple drivers across the year but operated without race wins and remained at the lower end of the competitive spectrum. Palmer's amateur-level standing and narrow window of competition place him at the grassroots level of professional British motorsport; his rating of 1,379 reflects a driver operating well below the threshold of semi-professional competitiveness. He has not raced in any other recorded series or returned to competition since 2015.[2]