Elliott Forbes-Robinson (born October 31, 1943 in La Crescenta, California) is a road racing race car driver.NASCAR statistics, accessed September 2006
/ref> He is known for his race wins and championships in many different series, including the

American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le M ...

(ALMS),

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, Trans-Am Series, CanAm, IMSA GTU, and the World Challenge.Motorsports Hall of Fame of America announcement, accessed September 2006
/ref> He is known in

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and h ...

circles as a road course ringer. He is also a founder of the Legends Cars of 600 Racing and he designed their original car.

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. In 1988, he took over the driver's seat from car owner Rick Hendrick during the final NASCAR race at Riverside International Raceway. In the mid-1990s he competed in SCCA, IMSA’s GTU, the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, and the

World Sportscar Championship The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and ...

. In 1991 he drives with Robby and Johnny Unser the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Porsche 11 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. 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.2005 driving announcement, accessed September 2006
/ref> His victory co-driving with Butch Leitzinger at the 2004 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park gave him victories in 5 consecutive decades.

Awards

He was inducted in the

Motorsports Hall of Fame of America The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) is hall of fame that honors motorsports competitors and contributors from the United States from all disciplines, with categories for Open Wheel, Stock Cars, Powerboats, Drag Racing, Motorcycles, ...

Elliott Forbes-Robinson
at the

in 2006.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Formula Super Vee

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

=Daytona 500

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

Pictures - A tribute to EFR
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes-Robinson, Elliott 1943 births 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers American Le Mans Series drivers Atlantic Championship drivers Rolex Sports Car Series drivers Living people NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from California Trans-Am Series drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers SCCA National Championship Runoffs winners SCCA Formula Super Vee drivers Formula Super Vee Champions People from La Crescenta-Montrose, California