Charlie Nearburg

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The Ferrari 250 GTO owned by Charlie Nearburg with chassis number 3943GT

Charles "Charlie" Nearburg (born September 6, 1950 in Dallas ) is an American entrepreneur, racing car driver and world speed record holder.

Entrepreneur

Charlie Nearburg attended St. Mark's School of Texas , where he graduated in 1968. After high school he attended Dartmouth College and graduated as a mechanical engineer . He founded Nearburg Exploration , one of the largest independent natural gas and oil trading companies in Texas .

Career in motorsport

Charlie Near Castle is best known as automobile - Geschwindigkeitsrekordler known. As of September 21, 2010, he has been the fastest man to have driven a wheel-drive car with a combustion engine without a supercharger. On the Great Salt Flat in Utah , he reached 666.776 km / h with the Spirit of Rett .

Nearburg was also active as a racing driver. For many years he drove in the Atlantic Championship and in 1978 was overall runner-up in the SCCA Formula A Championship. In 1997 he had three outings in the CART series for Dale Coyne Racing and in the same year competed in a Ferrari 333SP at the Le Mans 24-hour race . Teammates were Michel Ferté and Adrián Campos . The trio had to give up the race after 18 laps due to a defective fuel system. His greatest success in international sports car racing was fourth place in the Sebring 12-hour race in 1997 .

Nearburg owns a valuable automobile collection, which includes a few Bugattis and a Ferrari 250 GTO . With a McLaren M23 from this collection, he has been taking part in historic monoposto races since 2014 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1997 FranceFrance Pilot racing Ferrari 333SP FranceFrance Michel Ferté SpainSpain Adrian Campos failure Gasoline system

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1996 United StatesUnited States Chapman Root Porsche 911 Turbo United StatesUnited States David Murry United StatesUnited States Chapman Root Rank 10
1997 United StatesUnited States Downing Atlanta Racing Kudzu DLM United StatesUnited States Jim Downing United StatesUnited States Tim McAdam Rank 4

Web links

Commons : Charlie Nearburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charlie Nearburg sets a new world speed record
  2. ^ 1978 Formula A championship
personal data
SURNAME Nearburg, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nearburg, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas