Hurley Haywood
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Hurley Haywood (born May 4, 1948 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a former American automobile racing driver and three-time winner of the Le Mans 24-hour race .
Career
Hurley Haywood is one of the most successful sports car drivers in motorsport history. The American's list of successes is almost endless. In addition to his three Le Mans victories, he triumphed five times at the Daytona 24-hour race , making it the record winner in this race. He celebrated his first victory at Daytona in 1973 with Peter Gregg in the Porsche 911. Gregg was not only linked by a lifelong friendship and racing partnership. Haywood was also involved in the chain of auto dealerships Gregg had built in Florida . He also won Daytona in 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1991. In 1973 and 1981 he also won the overall classification of the Sebring 12-hour race . He won the IMSA GT championship twice and the Trans-Am sports car championship once.
Haywood is one of the most successful Le Mans starters. He won the overall standings three times, and celebrated his first victory in 1977 when he drove a works Porsche 936/77 as a partner of Jacky Ickx and Jürgen Barth . Successes followed in 1983 and 1994. In 1980 he was also at the 500-mile race in Indianapolis at the start and finished the race in eighteenth.
In 1970 he was drafted into the US Army and served a year in the Vietnam War . After Peter Gregg's death in 1980, he took over the management of the automotive company and has been running the business ever since. He is also chief instructor at the Porsche Sport Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham . Until 2012 he competed in the Daytona 24-hour race every year.
His sister Hope was with race car driver, racing team owner and convicted drug dealer John Paul senior married.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1977 |
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Porsche 936/77 |
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Overall victory | |
1978 |
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Porsche 936/77 |
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Rank 3 | |
1979 |
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Porsche 936 |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1980 |
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Porsche 935K3 |
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failure | Power transmission |
1981 |
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Porsche 936 |
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Rank 12 | |
1982 |
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Porsche 956 |
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Rank 3 | |
1983 |
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Porsche 956 |
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Overall victory | |
1985 |
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Jaguar XJR-5 |
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failure | Clutch damage |
1986 |
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Jaguar XJR-6 |
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failure | Clutch damage |
1987 |
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Porsche 962C |
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failure | Engine failure |
1990 |
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Porsche 962C |
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Rank 12 | |
1991 |
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Porsche 962C |
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not classified | |
1993 |
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Porsche 911S LM GT |
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failure | Engine failure |
1994 |
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Duration 962LM GT |
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Overall victory |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1971 |
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Porsche 914/6 |
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Rank 14 | |||
1972 |
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Porsche 911S |
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5th place and class win | |||
1973 |
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Porsche Carrera RSR |
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Overall victory | ||
1975 |
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Porsche Carrera RSR |
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failure | suspension | ||
1976 |
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BMW 3.0 CSL |
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Rank 7 | |||
1977 |
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Porsche 934/5 |
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Rank 5 | ||
1978 |
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Porsche 935 |
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Rank 2 | |||
1979 |
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Porsche 935 / 77A |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1980 |
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Porsche 935 / 77A |
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Rank 10 | ||
1981 |
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Porsche 935/80 |
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Overall victory | ||
1982 |
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Porsche 935/80 |
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Rank 5 | ||
1983 |
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Porsche 935/80 |
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Rank 3 | |||
1984 |
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Porsche 935/80 |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1985 |
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Jaguar XJR-5 |
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failure | Engine failure | ||
1986 |
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Jaguar XJR-7 |
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failure | Valve damage | |
1987 |
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Porsche 962 |
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failure | accident | |
1988 |
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Porsche 962 |
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Rank 4 | |||
1990 |
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Porsche 962 |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1991 |
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Porsche 962 |
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failure | accident |
1992 |
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Gunnar 966 |
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failure | Electrics | ||
1993 |
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Porsche 911 Turbo S LM |
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Rank 7 and class win | ||
1994 |
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Porsche 911 Turbo GT America |
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Rank 11 | ||
1995 |
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Porsche 911 GT2 |
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failure | mechanics | |
1996 |
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Porsche 911 ME |
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failure | suspension | ||
1997 |
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Porsche 911 |
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Rank 17 | ||
1998 |
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Riley & Scott Mk III |
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failure | Engine failure |
1999 |
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Riley & Scott Mk III |
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failure | Ignition damage | |
2000 |
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Porsche 996 GT3-R |
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Rank 13 |
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Haywood, Hurley |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |