Bill Lloyd (racing driver)
William "Bill" Lloyd (born July 12, 1923 in New York City ) is a former American racing driver .
Career
Bill Lloyd was successful as a sports car driver in the 1950s . He competed in the SCCA National Sports Car Championship with privately registered vehicles - MG T-types , a Porsche 356 and a Ferrari 225S . He remained active in this racing series until the end of his career and celebrated nine overall and 17th class wins.
He also achieved successes in the Sebring 12-hour race . After a fifth place overall in 1953 , he won this endurance race in 1954 together with Stirling Moss in an Osca MT4 reported by Briggs Cunningham .
statistics
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1953 | Briggs Cunningham | Osca MT4 1350 | Briggs Cunningham | 5th place and class win | |
1954 | Briggs Cunningham | Osca MT4 1450 | Stirling Moss | Overall victory | |
1955 | BS Cunningham | Osca MT4 1450 | George Huntoon | Rank 7 and class win | |
1956 | William Lloyd | Maserati 150S | Karl Brocken | failure | Gearbox damage |
1957 | Briggs Cunningham | Jaguar D-Type | Briggs Cunningham | failure | Valve damage |
1958 | Mike Garber | Ferrari 500TRC | Gaston Audrey | failure | Axle break |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
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1953 | Briggs Cunningham | Osca MT4 | SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP |
5 | |||||||||
1954 | Briggs Cunningham | Osca MT4 | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | CAP | |
1 | |||||||||
1955 | Briggs Cunningham | Osca MT4 | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | |
5 | |||||||||
1956 | William Lloyd | Maserati 150S | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | ||
DNF | |||||||||
1957 | Briggs Cunningham | Jaguar D-Type | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR |
DNF | |||||||||
1958 | Mike Garber | Ferrari 500TRC | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |
DNF |
literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
Web links
Commons : Bill Lloyd - album with pictures, videos and audio files
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lloyd, Bill |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lloyd, William |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |