Tom Oliphant is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in BTCC for Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero. Oliphant has recorded 2 wins and 10 podiums from 120 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,271 ranks Oliphant 2256th 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.
| 2022-08-27 | Thruxton | P24 | −98 |
| 2022-08-27 | Thruxton | P24 | −95 |
| 2022-08-27 | Thruxton | P20 | −49 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ▸BTCC | Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −243 | 3,567 |
| 2021 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | P15 | −864 | 3,810 |
| 2020 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P7 | +621 | 4,486 |
| 2019 | ▸BTCC | Team BMW | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P11 | +1,053 | 4,449 |
| 2018 | ▸BTCC | Ciceley Motorsport | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +200 | 3,742 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | 6,866 | 103 | 30 | 73 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 Colin Turkington | 5,614 | 100 | 21 | 79 | 21% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram | 6,921 | 99 | 25 | 74 | 25% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Chilton | 4,007 | 99 | 49 | 50 | 49% |
| 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | 4,342 | 97 | 56 | 41 | 58% |
| 🇬🇧 Rory Butcher | 4,408 | 95 | 33 | 62 | 35% |
| 🇬🇧 Josh Cook | 5,197 | 94 | 28 | 66 | 30% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam Morgan | 4,862 | 91 | 36 | 55 | 40% |
| 🇬🇧 Chris Smiley | 3,275 | 89 | 45 | 44 | 51% |
| 🇬🇧 Senna Proctor | 4,629 | 87 | 50 | 37 | 57% |
Tom Oliphant is a British racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship from 2018 to 2022, amassing 120 starts across five seasons. He recorded two wins and ten podium finishes, with an average finishing position of 11th. His career unfolded primarily with Team BMW and Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero, competing in a field dominated by multiple champions and professional-graded drivers. Oliphant's Racer Rating of 3,271 places him in the upper reaches of professional touring car racing, though comfortably below the championship contenders who populated his grid.[1]
Throughout his BTCC tenure, Oliphant faced a stern competitive environment. His most frequent rivals included four-time champion Ash Sutton, two-time champion Tom Ingram, and FIA Gold graded professionals Colin Turkington and Rory Butcher. Against these elite competitors, Oliphant compiled a losing head-to-head record; he finished ahead of Sutton 30 times across 103 shared races but behind him 73 times, and managed similar results against Ingram and Turkington. More favourably, he held an even record against Tom Chilton over 99 races, suggesting competitive parity at that level, and edged Aiden Moffat slightly across 97 encounters. This pattern characterises a professional career operating solidly within a top-tier field rather than at its summit.[2]
Oliphant's final BTCC season in 2022 proved difficult, yielding no wins or podiums across three rounds before his retirement from racing. His last recorded activity occurred in February 2024 when he joined Australian touring car racing with HMO Customer Racing, suggesting renewed competition rather than a permanent end to his motorsport involvement.