Nigel Smith (born 17 March 1951) is a British businessman and retired auto racing driver.

His racing career started 1972 as a successful karting driver winning superkart grands prix in the Netherlands, Belgium and New Zealand.

He made the switch to car racing in 1984, making appearances in Sports 2000 and Formula Ford.

Smith went on to compete in touring car racing in North America and Sweden.

In 1998 he competed in one season of the GTR Euroseries before spending two years in FIA GT Championship in a N-GT class Porsche 911 GT3.