Elliott Forbes-Robinson

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Elliott Forbes-Robinson (born October 31, 1943, in La Crescenta, California) is a road racing race car driver.[1] He is known for his race wins and championships in many different series, including the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), Super Vee, Trans-Am Series, CanAm, IMSA GTU, and the World Challenge.[2] He is known in NASCAR circles as a road course ringer. He is also a founder of the Legends Cars of 600 Racing and he designed their original car.[3]

Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Born (1943-10-31) October 31, 1943 (age 80)
La Crescenta, California
NASCAR Cup Series career
22 races run over 5 years
Best finish35th- 1981 (Winston Cup)
First race1977 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1984 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)
WinsTop tensPoles
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Racing career

SCCA


1970 ARRC National Championships C production. Porsche 914-6 fourth in C production

1972 VW Gold Cup Super Vee 4th place overall in points. 2 Wins Riverside and Portland International Raceway

1972 SCCA ARRC National Championships E Production. Porsche 914. Results Pole position, Track record, Overall win by over 30 seconds. DQ'd in post-race inspection.

1974 VW Gold Cup Super Vee championship. Seven victories and four finishes in fifth or better out of the 13 races he entered.

He was the 1982 champion of the Trans-Am Series.

Forbes-Robinson co-won the 1987 Grand Prix of Miami with Geoff Brabham.[4] In 1988, he took over the driver's seat from car owner Rick Hendrick during the final NASCAR race at Riverside International Raceway.[5]

In the mid-1990s he competed in SCCA, IMSA’s GTU, the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, and the World Sportscar Championship.

In 1991 he drives with Robby and Johnny Unser the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Porsche [911 Cup/ with Herbert Linge + Dr. K.R.Schuster].

In 1997 he won the overall win at the 24 Hours of Daytona.

In 1999 he repeated as the overall winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona. He won the inaugural ALMS championship with teammate Butch Leitzinger for Dyson Racing.

He won the SR Class at the 2000 24 Hours of Daytona, and finished fifth in the class’ points standings.

He finished seventh the 2001 SRP class points, with a second-place finish in eight starts.

He had three SRP starts in 2002. He finished third in his only SRP II start.

He was the 2003 Rolex Vintage Enduro Car champion.

He raced in The Rolex Series in 2004, and had eight Top-5 finishes in eleven races. He co-drove with Leitzinger. He raced in the No. 4 Pontiac-Crawford Daytona Prototype car for Howard-Boss Motorsports.[6]

He continued his relationship with Boss Motorsports co-driving with Leitzinger in 2005. The duo won at Mid-Ohio, and had second-place finishes at the 24 Hours of Daytona, Homestead, and Laguna Seca in seven races. They finished fifth in the final series points.

Road racing career totals

He has had 51 major victories in his 30-year career.[7] His victory co-driving with Butch Leitzinger at the 2004 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park gave him victories in 5 consecutive decades.[6]

Awards

He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America[8] in 2006.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1969Daytona International RacewayPorsche 911PorscheB Sedan310Running
1970Road AtlantaPorsche 914/6PorscheC Production47Running
1972Road AtlantaPorsche 914PorscheE Production211Disqualified
1973Road AtlantaPorsche 914PorscheE Production193Retired
1976Road AtlantaNissan 280ZNissanC Production11Running
Nissan 610NissanB Sedan11Running
1978Road AtlantaChevrolet CorvetteChevroletA Production11Running

Formula Super Vee

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314RankPoints
1974Lynn RacingLolaVW BrabhamROL1
2
LRP
1
LS
1
ONT
3
MDO
ROL2
1
WG1
5
CRT
1
ROA
27
LRP
MOS
1
WG2
1
MEX
1
DAY
4
1st185

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031NWCCPtsRef
1976Howard & Egerton Racing6ChevyRSDDAY
DNQ
CARRCHBRIATLNWSDARMARTALNSVDOVCLTRSDMCHDAYNSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARATLONTNA-[12]
1977Harris Racing87DodgeRSDDAY
40
RCH69th201[13]
Midgley Racing29DodgeCAR
20
ATL
36
NWSDARBRIMARTALNSVDOVCLTRSDMCHDAYNSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARATLONT
1981Howard & Egerton Racing86BuickRSD
8
DAY
25
RCHCAR
10
ATL
39
TAL
16
NSVDOVCLT
10
TWSRSD
35
MCHDAY
23
NSVPOCTAL
12
MCH35th1020[14]
OldsBRI
27
NWSDARMAR
Ulrich Racing40BuickBRI
23
DARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARATLRSD
1982Cronkrite Racing96BuickDAY
28
RCHBRIATL
40
CARDARNWSMARTAL
29
NSVDOVCLTPOCRSDMCHDAYNSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVNWSCLTMARCARATLRSD68th155[15]
1983Bahre Racing23BuickDAY
40
RCHCARATLDARNWSMARTALNSVDOVBRICLTRSDPOCMCHDAYNSVPOCTALMCHBRIDARRCHDOVMARNWSCLTCARATLRSD101st43[16]
1984OldsDAY
DNQ
RCHCARATLBRINWSDARMAR45th349[17]
Harrington Racing2BuickTAL
39
NSVDOVCLTRSDPOCMCH
24
DAYNSVPOCCLT
20
NWSCARATL
19
RSD
ChevyTAL
38
MCHBRIDARRCHDOVMAR
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1976Howard & Egerton RacingChevroletDNQ
1977Harris RacingDodge1640
1981Howard & Egerton RacingBuick3725
1982Cronkrite RacingBuick1828
1983Bahre RacingBuick1940
1984OldsmobileDNQ

24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Le Mans results
YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1971 Richie Ginther Racing Alan JohnsonPorsche 911SGT
+2.0
50DNFDNF
1989 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Takashi Yorino
Hervé Regout
Mazda 767BGTP3659th2nd
Source:[18]

See also

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by US Formula Super Vee
Champion

1974
Succeeded by