# Ken Smith (racing driver)

Kenneth James Smith MBE (born 11 August 1941) is a New Zealand motor racing driver, who won the New Zealand Grand Prix in 1976, 1990, and 2004.
Smith first competed in motor racing in 1958, winning the New Zealand Hill Climb championship when he was 16. He progressed to single seater racing in 1962, first driving a Lola March T, Formula Junior car. Later he raced in Formula Ford, Formula 5000, Formula Pacific, Formula Mondial, and Toyota Racing Series among others
Smith won the Gold Star Drivers Award in the 1975–1976, 1983–1984, 1984–1985, 1986–1987 and 1989–1990 seasons. In 2011 Smith won the Formula 5000 Revival championship for the third time. As well as his victories in New Zealand, Smith also won the Penang Grand Prix three times, the Selangor Grand Prix twice, and the Malaysian Grand Prix once.
In 2021, Smith took part in his 50th New Zealand Grand Prix at age 79, during his 63rd consecutive season of racing.

## Honours and awards

Smith was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to motorsport, and in 1995 was inducted into the New Zealand Motorsport Hall of Fame. In 2008 he received the Motorsport Personality of the Year award. In 2010 he received a Motorsport New Zealand Special Award given in recognition of his pivotal role in motorsport.

## Racing Record
### NZ F5000 Tasman Revival Series

| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Position | Points |
| 2014/15 | Ken Smith Motorsport | Lola T332 | Chevrolet | SAN R1 | SAN R2 | SAN R3 | SMSP R1 | SMSP R2 | SMSP R3 | HAM R1 1 | HAM R2 1 | HAM R3 1 | HAM2 R1 1 | HAM2 R2 1 | HAM2 R3 1 | RUA R1 | RUA R2 | RUA R3 | MAN R1 1 | MAN R2 1 | MAN R3 1 | N/A | 0** |
| 2015/16 | Ken Smith Motorsport | Lola T332 | Chevrolet | MAN R1 1 | MAN R2 1 | MAN R3 1 | HAM R1 1 | HAM R2 1 | HAM R3 1 | RUA R1 1 | RUA R2 1 | RUA R3 1 | MAN2 R1 1 | MAN2 R2 1 | MAN2 R3 1 | PHI R1 2 | PHI R2 2 | PHI R3 3 | PHI R4 3 | | | 1st | ? |
| 2016/17 | Ken Smith Motorsport | Lola T332 | Chevrolet | BAR R1 | BAR R2 | BAR R3 | SAN R1 | SAN R2 | SAN R3 | HAM R1 1 | HAM R2 1 | HAM R3 1 | TAU R1 1 | TAU R2 3 | TAU R3 1 | RUA R1 1 | RUA R2 1 | RUA R3 2 | | | | N/A | 0** |
| 2017/18 | Ken Smith Motorsport | Lola T332 | Chevrolet | PUK R1 DNS | PUK R2 DNF | PUK R3 DNS | MAN R1 | MAN R2 | MAN R3 | TAU R1 1 | TAU R2 2 | TAU R3 2 | HAM R1 1 | HAM R2 1 | HAM R3 1 | RUA R1 DNF | RUA R2 DNS | RUA R3 DNS | PHI R1 | PHI R2 | PHI R3 | 12th | 272 |
| 2018/19 | Ken Smith Motorsport | Lola T332 | Chevrolet | PUK R1 1 | PUK R2 1 | PUK R3 1 | TAU R1 1 | TAU R2 1 | TAU R3 1 | HAM R1 | HAM R2 | HAM R3 | RUA R1 | RUA R2 | RUA R3 | HAM R1 | HAM R2 | HAM R3 | | | | 1st | 208 |
* * Season Still in progress
* ** Needed to compete at all rounds to be classified for points

### Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
| 2007–08 | Ken Smith Motorsport | PUK 1 5 | PUK 2 10 | PUK 3 12 | RUA 1 13 | RUA 2 11 | RUA 3 13 | MAN 1 16 | MAN 2 12 | MAN 3 11 | TAU 1 16 | TAU 2 15 | TAU 3 15 | MAN 1 8 | MAN 2 8 | MAN 3 11 | TIM 1 8 | TIM 2 8 | TIM 3 12 | TER 1 10 | TER 2 10 | TER 3 9 | 9th | 652 |
| 2008–09 | Ken Smith Motorsport | RUA 1 | RUA 2 | RUA 3 | TIM 1 | TIM 2 | TIM 3 | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | MAN 1 DNS | MAN 2 6 | MAN 3 7 | PUK 1 Ret | PUK 2 7 | PUK 3 Ret | | | | 16th | 129 |
| 2010 | Ken Smith Motorsport | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | TIM 1 | TIM 2 | TIM 3 | HMP 1 9 | HMP 2 7 | HMP 3 12 | MAN 1 9 | MAN 2 8 | MAN 3 10 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | | | | | | | 13th | 214 |
| 2011 | M2 Competition | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | TIM 1 | TIM 2 | TIM 3 | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | MAN 1 15 | MAN 2 13 | MAN 3 11 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | | | | | | | 17th | 78 |
| 2012 | ETEC Motorsport | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | TIM 1 | TIM 2 | TIM 3 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | MAN 1 17 | MAN 2 17 | MAN 3 13 | | | | | | | 21st | 62 |
| 2013 | Giles Motorsport | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | TIM 1 | TIM 2 | TIM 3 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | MAN 1 19 | MAN 2 10 | MAN 3 16 | | | | | | | 22nd | 67 |
| 2018 | Victory Motor Racing | RUA 1 | RUA 2 | RUA 3 | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | MAN 1 13 | MAN 2 13 | MAN 3 12 | | | | | | | 14th | 80 |
| 2019 | Giles Motorsport | HIG 1 | HIG 2 | HIG 3 | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | HMP 4 | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | TAU 4 | MAN 1 13 | MAN 2 13 | MAN 3 8 | | | | | 17th | 27 |
| 2020 | Giles Motorsport | HIG 1 | HIG 2 | HIG 3 | TER 1 | TER 2 | TER 3 | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | PUK 1 | PUK 2 | PUK 3 | MAN 1 17 | MAN 2 19 | MAN 3 15 | | | | | | | 21st | 10 |
| 2021 | Giles Motorsport | HD1 1 15 | HD1 2 Ret | HD1 3 15 | HD2 1 | HD2 2 | MAN 1 | MAN 2 | MAN 3 | MAN 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16th | 12 |