2022 was the best year of Gordie Mutch’s career in motorsport.
The 20-year-old secured a Praga Cup championship, won a prestigious classics race and secured a job in the industry.
He said: “I’d put 2022 as my top year without a doubt.
“It’s the most successful year I’ve had in terms of win and podium percentages. It’s definitely been an extremely strong and dominant year.
“Whatever we’ve got into we’ve won. I’m very happy with the year in every aspect from Praga, the classics and everything I’ve done we’ve done a very good job on all fronts.”
Mutch, who has now relocated down south to be nearer the motorsport action, secured the inaugural Praga Cup with Youtuber team mate Jimmy Broadbent. The duo combined to deliver a double win in the final weekend of the 2021 Britcar Endurance Championship and decided to partner up this season in the Fanatec Praga Team87 car this time around.
After a year of hard luck in 2021, 2022 saw Mutch have more consistency and less misfortune as the partnership secured the title which was their aim from the start.
Gordie said: “Coming in to 2022 off the back of winning the last two races with Jimmy and developing him further I knew we were working from a strong platform. The hope was always to win the championship and we’d have been disappointed if we hadn’t won it.
“In our minds we had no other goal but to win that championship.”
October saw Mutch secure one of the biggest wins of his career when he took Classic Spa 6 Hours at the world-famous circuit.
He, along with team-mates Alasdair McCaig and Andrew Smith, drove John Clark’s Jaguar E-type to victory in the GT class and came 10th overall.
He said: “That was incredibly special.
“Winning in Praga was influential and a statement for my career but Spa 6 Hours was possibly more special because it was the Spa 6 Hours. That’s called The Big One. It’s the biggest classics race in the world.
“There were massive names in that race and we came out on top. I feel that’s been unsung. It was a massive, massive result and one of the biggest in my career.”
Gordie was also successful on the virtual track as well as the real one with a win in the World eX Championship, finishing P6 in the Bathurst 12 hours.
The virtual racing has taken a back seat as he went on a title tilt in Praga and settled into working life in Northamptonshire as a driver coach.
He said: “I work at venues like Silverstone, Thruxton, Brands Hatch and Bedford being a racing coach for days with the public and professional drivers at big weekends with juniors and tutoring them.
“Being a one-on-one driver is an extremely good job.”
Gordie is backed by the Eco Group, John Clark Motor Group, Sparco and Bell.
