Brian Muir

Brian Muir (left) and Toine Hezemans at the Nürburgring in 1973

Brian Muir (born June 30, 1931 - September 11, 1983 ) was an Australian racing car driver .

Career

Brian Muir was one of the most successful drivers in touring car racing in the late 1960s and early 1970s . In 1965 he was third in the overall ranking of the touring car championship in his home country and came to Europe with this recommendation. Muir drove in the British Touring Car Championship and finished second in the championship in 1968 on a Ford Falcon Sprint . In 1970 he was third in the championship; his vehicle that season was a Chevrolet Camaro . Muir drove in this racing series until 1976. In the European Touring Car Championship , his best overall result was second place in the final standings in 1973. This season he drove a BMW 3.0 CSL from Alpina Racing .

Muir also competed in sports car races. For years he was a works driver for John Wyer and competed for his team in the sports car world championship . At the 24 Hours of Le Mans he drove the Mirage M1 and the Ford GT40 . In four starts, however, he was unable to place in any of these endurance races . In 1969, he drove the race with some work - Lotus 62 .

On the way home from a race at Silverstone in September 1983, Muir collapsed and died.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.	Ford GT40 Mk.II	Graham Hill		failure	suspension
1967	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	Mirage M1	Jacky Ickx		failure	Engine failure
1968	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	Ford GT40	Jackie Oliver		failure	Clutch damage
1976	Team Brock	BMW 3.5CSL	Peter Brock	Jean-Claude Aubriet	failure	Gearbox damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1966	Alan Mann Racing	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
									DNF
1967	JW Automotive Ashcroft Racing	Mirage M1 Chevron B6	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
									DNF			15th
1968	JW Automotive	Ford Gt40	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
												DNF
1969	Team Lotus	Lotus 62	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
					13
1973	Alpina	BMW 3.0 CSL	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							8th
1977	Colt	Colt Lancer G-2	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
																	17th
1979	Kinley Graham	Ford Capri	DAY	SEB	VALLEY	MUG	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
															DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Edition D'Art JP Barthelemy et al., Besançon et al. 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Brian Muir  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brian Muir at Driver Database
• Brian Muir at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lotus30.com. Autosport ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 30, 2016.