Early years Born in
Chester, Stockton won 14 Formula Ford races including the Kent Festival at Brands Hatch over three seasons between 1999 and 2001. He then won five races in a full seasons racing in the Legends series, breaking several lap records. From 2003 to 2004, Stockton raced a TVR Tuscan in the National TVR Tuscan Challenge. He placed the car on the front row at Rockingham only 3/1000 of a second off pole on his first appearance. He then went on to repeatedly beat the reigning Champion Lee Caroline in the seven meetings he competed in. There were several very memorable battles with Caroline, Keen, Hay and others.
Le Mans 24 Hours In 2004, Stockton was one of the six drivers who raced a brace of
TVR Tuscan T400's at
Le Mans under the Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport banner. He was the quickest of the 6 drivers in qualifying, and consistently produced the fastest race laps during his 10 hour multiple stints behind the wheel. His car was the first TVR to complete the French marathon.
British GT Championship In 2005, Stockton raced intermittently in the
British GT Championship alongside Andy Britnell in a
Porsche 996. He started the season with Team ARO before switching to
Motorbase Performance prior to the
Croft round where they went on to take an outright win in the second race and the first win for Motorbase. The pair also took a class win at
Silverstone on the International circuit partnering.
British Touring Car Championship BTC Racing (2006–2008) at
Oulton Park in the
2007 BTCC season. Stockton made his debut in the BTCC series behind the wheel of a
BTC Racing Lexus IS200 at
Brands Hatch on 24 September 2006, alongside then team-mate
Darren Dowling. He completed the last two meetings of the 2006 season. In 2007, Stockton continued with the BTC Racing team and was joined by
Nick Leason in the second car. Stockton suffered a disappointing year with mechanical problems hindering the team's progress. Stockton continued in the BTC Racing entry in 2008. His team-mate was the successful truck racer
Stuart Oliver. From round 3 the team switched to ex-
Motorbase Performance SEAT Toledo Cupras. Despite having never previously driven in a front-wheel-drive racing car, Stockton finished 8th in race 2, his best ever finish – though he was helped by the intermittently wet conditions hampering the BMWs. With the sale of both of the teams SEAT Toledos to
Maxtreme without purchasing a suitable replacement, the team announced they would not enter the series again in
2009.
Thorney Motorsport (2012) Stockton returned to the BTCC for the final two races of the
2012 season driving an
NGTC Vauxhall Insignia VXR-R for
Thorney Motorsport. He was forced to withdraw from the
Silverstone event due to illness, where he was replaced by
Tony Gilham.
BTC Racing (2014–) Chevrolet Cruze at
Oulton Park during the
2014 British Touring Car Championship season. In October 2012, Stockton revealed he had purchased an incomplete NGTC
Chevrolet Cruze from
RML which he intended to finish and enter in the
2013 season under the BTC Racing banner. Despite being entered the team did not appear at any races during the 2013 season. Stockton and BTC Racing were granted an entry for the
2014 season under the new
TOCA licence system.
GT4 In 2011, Stockton linked up with
Ginetta to race in the
European FIA GT4 series organised by SRO. He was fastest in free practice three times but this was not converted into wins, but good race pace showed promise. 2012 saw Stockton racing an M3 GT4 in the Dutch GT4 Championship for the first two rounds of the season, gaining fastest testing times and P4. A substantial accident curtailed the remainder of the season.
International GT Open 2017 Stockton is set to share a Bentley Continental GT3, with reigning British GT Cup Champion Jordan Witt. The pair will race for the Crewe based outfit, Jordan Racing. The car is supported by the factory squad M Sport and managed by Simon Leonard ( Redline Racing).The squad were fifth at the official championship test day at Catalunya ( Barcelona), on 17 February 2017. ==Other activities==