Elliott Forbes-Robinson

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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 race 1977 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race 1984 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)
WinsTop tens Poles
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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]

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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
1969 Daytona International Raceway Porsche 911 Porsche B Sedan310Running
1970 Road Atlanta Porsche 914/6 Porsche C Production47Running
1972 Road Atlanta Porsche 914 Porsche E Production211Disqualified
1973 Road Atlanta Porsche 914 Porsche E Production193Retired
1976 Road Atlanta Nissan 280Z Nissan C Production11Running
Nissan 610 Nissan B Sedan11Running
1978 Road Atlanta Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet A Production11Running

Formula Super Vee

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314RankPoints
1974 Lynn Racing Lola VW Brabham ROL1
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
Source: [9] [10] [11]

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
1976 Howard & Egerton Racing 6 Chevy RSD DAY
DNQ		 CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT NA- [12]
1977 Harris Racing 87 Dodge RSD DAY
40		 RCH 69th201 [13]
Midgley Racing 29 Dodge CAR
20		 ATL
36		 NWS DAR BRI MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT
1981 Howard & Egerton Racing 86 Buick RSD
8		 DAY
25		 RCH CAR
10		 ATL
39		 TAL
16		 NSV DOV CLT
10		 TWS RSD
35		 MCH DAY
23		 NSV POC TAL
12		 MCH 35th1020 [14]
Olds BRI
27		 NWS DAR MAR
Ulrich Racing 40 Buick BRI
23		 DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD
1982 Cronkrite Racing 96 Buick DAY
28		 RCH BRI ATL
40		 CAR DAR NWS MAR TAL
29		 NSV DOV CLT POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT MAR CAR ATL RSD 68th155 [15]
1983 Bahre Racing 23 Buick DAY
40		 RCH CAR ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 101st43 [16]
1984 Olds DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR 45th349 [17]
Harrington Racing 2 Buick TAL
39		 NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH
24		 DAY NSV POC CLT
20		 NWS CAR ATL
19		 RSD
Chevy TAL
38		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1976 Howard & Egerton Racing Chevrolet DNQ
1977 Harris Racing Dodge 1640
1981 Howard & Egerton Racing Buick 3725
1982 Cronkrite Racing Buick 1828
1983 Bahre Racing Buick 1940
1984 Oldsmobile DNQ

24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Le Mans results
YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1971 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Ginther Racing Flag of the United States.svg Alan Johnson Porsche 911S GT
+2.0		50DNFDNF
1989 Flag of Japan.svg Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Yorino
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hervé Regout 		Mazda 767B GTP3659th2nd
Source: [18]

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References

  1. ↑ NASCAR statistics, accessed September 2006
  2. ↑ Motorsports Hall of Fame of America announcement, accessed September 2006
  3. ↑ Kimbrough, Bobby. "Evernham To Design Legend Cars For The Dirt". One Dirt.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Geoff Brabham at Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, accessed September 2006". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  5. ↑ "ESPN 26 hour marathon for the Top NASCAR races as it turns 50 years old at Riverside International Raceway". Top NASCAR Races. 1999. 38:00 minutes in. ESPN2. ESPN.
  6. 1 2 "Drivers page at Howard Boss Motorsports' Official Website, accessed September 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2006-09-12.
  7. ↑ "2005 driving announcement, accessed September 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-10-29. Retrieved 2006-09-12.
  8. ↑ Elliott Forbes-Robinson at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
  9. ↑ "1974 SCCA/IMSA Formula Super Vee Championship Elliott Forbes-Robinson - Champion". champcarstats.com. Champ Car stats. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Elliott Forbes-Robinson Racing highlights". driverdb.com. Driver Data base. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Formula Super Vee". autosport.com. Autosport. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Elliott Forbes-Robinson – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Elliott Forbes-Robinson – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Elliott Forbes-Robinson – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Elliott Forbes-Robinson – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Elliott Forbes-Robinson – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Elliott Forbes-Robinson – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  18. ↑ "All Results of Elliot Forbes-Robinson". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
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