Adam began in karting, winning the 1999 Scottish Kart TKM challenge. He finished fifth overall in the British Kart Championship (100 National) in 2002 and won the "Summerlee" championship at Larkhall.
In 2003 he finished third overall in the Scottish Formula Ford Zetec Championship, second in the Newcomer's Cup (five points behind Ryan Cannon).
Adam moved into the Renault Clio Cup in 2004. After a season-long battle with Ed Pead and Paul Rivett — who took the title after Adam failed to finish the penultimate race at Donington Park — Adam finished third. He then won the Clio Cup Winter series. In 2005, he took the championship at the final meeting at Donington Park.
Adam competed in the SEAT Cupra Championship from 2006. He finished third in 2006 behind Mat Jackson and Alan Blencowe. In 2007, driving the Leon Cupra R, he sealed the title with three races remaining at his home circuit of Knockhill, taking nine wins and 17 podiums from 20 races. He retained the championship in 2008 for a second successive title.
Adam joined the British Touring Car Championship in 2009, driving a BMW 320si for Motorbase Performance. At the opening round at Brands Hatch he crossed the line first in the third race but was penalised for contact with Jason Plato when passing the 2001 champion for the lead.
Unable to find funding to continue in the BTCC, Adam moved to the British GT Championship in 2011, driving an Aston Martin DBRS9 for Beechdean Motorsport alongside Andrew Howard. They won at Rockingham in wet conditions and took pole and victory at the Silverstone season finale, finishing third in the GT3 standings.
In 2012, still with Howard, they drove Beechdean's Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 and scored the new car's first win in the third race of the season at the Nürburgring.
From 2015 onwards, Adam finished in the top three of the British GT Championship GT3 standings every year, winning the title in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019.
After a sixth-place finish at the 2016 race, Adam won the LMGTE Pro class at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in the No. 97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE, co-driving with Darren Turner and Daniel Serra. He overtook the stricken No. 63 Corvette of Jordan Taylor, Antonio García, and Jan Magnussen in the final two laps to take the win.
Adam became a two-time Le Mans class winner in 2020, this time in the GTE Am class with TF Sport.
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