Chip Robinson

Chip Robinson in the Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo, 1990 at the IMSA GTP race in Del Mar

Chip Robinson (born March 29, 1954 in Philadelphia ) is a former American racing driver .

Career

Chip Robinson was mainly active in the US IMSA-GTP sports car series . In 1987 he won the overall ranking in the GTP class in a Porsche 962 . In addition to numerous race wins in the championship - especially for the work team of Nissan and partner of Geoff Brabham - he won in 1987 , the 24 Hours of Daytona , and in 1989 the 12-hour race at Sebring . In Daytona he won together with Al Holbert , Derek Bell and Al Unser junior in a Porsche 962. He won the race in Sebring with Geoff Brabham and Arie Luyendyk in a Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo .

He competed four times in Le Mans ; best place was 13th overall in 1985. Some races - five in total - he also contested in the CART series , where a sixth place in Long Beach 1987 was his best individual result.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Jaguar Group 44	Jaguar XJR-5	Bob Tullius	Claude Ballot-Léna	Rank 13 and class win
1987	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	David Hobbs	Sarel van der Merwe	failure	Engine failure
1989	Nissan International Motorsport	Nissan R89C	Geoff Brabham	Aria Luyendyk	failure	Engine failure
1990	Nissan Performance Technology	Nissan R90CK	Geoff Brabham	Derek Daly	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Group 44	Jaguar XJR-5	Bob Tullius		Rank 4
1986	Group 44	Jaguar XJR-7	Bob Tullius	Claude Ballot-Léna	failure	Oil pump
1987	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	Al Holbert		Rank 2
1988	Holbert Racing	Porsche 962	Al Holbert		failure	Engine failure
1989	Electramotive engineering	Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	Geoff Brabham	Aria Luyendyk	Overall victory
1990	Nissan Performance Tech.	Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	Geoff Brabham	Derek Daly	Rank 2
1991	Nissan Performance Tech.	Nissan NPT-90	Bob Earl	Julian Bailey	Rank 2
1992	Nissan Performance Technology	Nissan NPT-91A	Bob Earl	Aria Luyendyk	failure	Engine failure
1993	Joest Porsche Racing	Porsche 962C	Manuel Reuter	Louis Krages	failure	accident

Web links

Commons : Chip Robinson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Chip Robinson at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le Mans 1985