Nationality United Kingdom Career start 2004 Role Race car driver | Name Paul Smith Current team Japspeed | |
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Born 23 January 1980 (age 44) ( 1980-01-23 ) | ||
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Paul 'Smokey' Smith (born 23 January 1980) is a British professional drift driver from Spalding, Lincolnshire. He drives a 1JZ powered Nissan Silvia S15 for Team Japspeed. He won the British Drift Championship in 2012 after several years of competition.
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Career
Smith began drifting in 2004 in a Nissan 200SX at a Silverstone Circuit practice day. During the following year he began competing in the UKD1 Autoglym Clubman Championship in a newly built Nissan Skyline R32, finishing the season in second place, missing out on the title by a single point.
He continued competing in the Pro-Am Eurodrift Championship until he obtained a European Drift Championship licence at the final round of the 2007 season, qualifying 5th overall. He competed in EDC in 2008, achieving Top 8 finishes.
Smith competed in the British Drift Championship from 2009, achieving several podium finishes, until 2012, a season in which he showed vast improvement as a driver and won the championship at Knockhill Racing Circuit.