Ralph Kent-Cooke

Ralph Kent-Cooke (born April 29, 1937 , † September 11, 1995 ) was an American car racing driver and racing team owner and the son of Jack Kent Cooke .

Racing career

In addition to his work as a racing team owner, Kent-Cooke was also active as a racing driver for several years. His first international race in the World Sportscar Championship in 1979 scoring six-hour race at Riverside . Together with Tom Frank , he finished the race in a Chevrolet Monza in 24th place overall. His greatest success as a driver was second overall in the Sebring 12-hour race in 1981 .

Racing team owner

The Kent-Cooke racing team was best known in North America as the Lola T600 and T610 team in the IMSA GTP series . At the beginning of the 1980s, he formed a racing team for the Lola racing cars with Roy Woods for a few years under the name Cooke Woods Racing . 1981 won Brian Redman with the T600, the first IMSA GTP championship.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1980	Racing Associates Inc.	Porsche 935K3	Bob Akin	Paul Miller	failure	drive shaft
1981	Cooke-Woods Racing	Porsche 935K3	Bob Garretson	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Rank 6
1982	Cooke Racing - Malardeau	Lola T610	Brian Redman	Jim Adams	failure	no petrol
1983	Cooke Racing	Lola T610	François Sérvanin	Jim Adams	failure	Cylinder overheated

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1980	Condor Racing	Porsche 935K3	Lyn St. James		failure	Engine failure
1981	Cooke Woods Racing Garretson Enterprises	Porsche 935K3	Roy Woods	Skeeter McKitterick	Rank 2
1982	Cooke Racing	Lola T600	Jim Adams	David Hobbs	failure	Engine failure
1983	Cooke Racing	Lola T600	Jim Adams	Josele Garza	failure	accident

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Ralph Kent-Cooke at Racing Sports Cars
• Kent Cooke and the IMSA GTP Lola racing cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1979 Riverside 6 Hours