James Weaver talked David into racing and he started out in the Uniroyal Saloon Car Championship in 1987 with a £5000 Rover Vitess SD1 racing against the new Sierra Cosworths- in 1988 he raced a Cosworth Sierra in the production saloon championship- then moved on to the BTCC in 1989 with a troubled RS500 prepared by Terry Drury, then three more years in a Cosworth Saphire - Moving back to the BTCC in a Prodrive BMW in 1993.

He also briefly raced in the BTCC series with Tim Harvey in 2001 in a rather unreliable Alfa Romeo 147, leaving the JSM team after four rounds and four breakdowns.

David was very competitive against the new 2006 cars - He took a pair of top 5 finishes at Thruxton in rounds 11 and 12, and also a podium in race three at Knockhill.

[2] Pinkney failed to make the start at the first meeting at Brands Hatch and subsequently left the team.

[4] In 2008 Pinkney moved on following the decision of the FA to charge the football club in relation to a number of financial irregularities.