Charlie Moore

Charlie Moore in 1996

Swansea, Wales, Great Britain

**Charlie Dafydd Moore** (born 1st December 1944) is a Welsh political advocate for the Plaid Cymru party. He was also known for racing in the British Touring Car Championship. He raced in the series from 1973 to 1998 for a total of 25 seasons, one of the longest careers in BTCC history.

## Early Years

Born in Swansea, Wales, Charlie Dafydd Moore is the son to World War 2 and Korean War veteran Oswalt Moore (1911-1950) and Gwen Moore, a theater actress. Charlie has a sister and a brother: Elise Moore, an author, and Elliott Moore. Growing up in Swansea, Charlie's view on life was quickly influenced by his father Oswalt's political campaigning as a part of the Plaid Cymru between World War 2 and the Korean War. Charlie stated that he felt a stronger connection with his father than he did his mother due to her work and her "severe" addiction, but no one in Moore's family has commented on what substance she was addicted to. Gwen Moore has been sober since 1995.

After the death of his father during the Korean War, Charlie and his siblings grew estranged from their mother. He began racing amateurly and funding his career through part-time jobs. Charlie got into racing after being roped into karting for his 19th birthday by his friends.

## Racing Career

### BTCC (1973-1998)

#### 1997-1998

Moore announced during the 1996 season that after his contract with Honda Team MSD was up he would be retiring following the conclusion of the 1997 season as a "retirement tour". Despite his intentions and signing with Team Mondeo with Reynard creating an all Welsh lineup with teammate Gwynfryn Fry, Moore missed most of the 1997 season due to illness and injury preventing him in taking part in all but one full event at Thruxton, which he retired in both races. To make up for it Charlie announced that he would be continuing with the team for the 1998 season for a proper season.

### Charity Events

#### Peugeot Charity Series

In 2000 Peugeot held an event between famous celebrities such as Rowan Atkinson and Jeremy Clarkson, as well as several high profile racing drivers such as Stine Olander, Conor Byrne, Katashi Kimura, Lukas Schmidt, and Andrew McDougall. The event also featured Formula One engineer Adrian Newey. Moore was also invited to the event by Peugeot due to their history together in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Charlie Moore admitted that he hadn't raced nor practiced since the 1998 Silverstone BTCC race, his final in the series. Moore preformed poorly and ended the mini-championship second to last, only ahead of Newey. Moore stated that the event made him interested in returning to racing in a contained capacity again. Since then, Moore has been involved in most Goodwood events as well as racing at local karting tracks.

## Personal Life

Charlie Moore lives in Swansea, Wales, and has done for his entire life. He is an avid supporter of Plaid Cymru, a centre-left Welsh Nationalist party, and began working with them politically in October of 2001. The party has sponsored him since 1982, and he has used the party colors of green and yellow through most of his career as his branding.

Charlie is married to Robin Moore (m. 1985), and formerly Clélie Devereaux (m. 1978-1981). Moore is the father to five children, and the step-father to two more. He has eleven grandchildren.

In 2003, Moore invested into a local karting track in Cardiff and began a program to help teach young drivers from ages 5 to 15 interested in motorsports.