Chris Cord

Chris Cord (born July 15, 1940 in Ketchum ) is a former American racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Chris Cord's grandfather was Errett Lobban Cord , the founder of Cord Corporation . The automobile manufacturers Auburn , Cord , Duesenberg and Lexington were among the more than 150 companies in the group .

Cord was active in US GT and sports car racing between 1975 and 1993 . He celebrated seven overall and five class wins in 122 races. He was victorious for the first time at the 1:30 hour race in Miami in 1984 , a race in the IMSA GTP series that year . His last overall win was at the Watkins Glen 500k race in 1988 . Partner in the Toyota Celica Turbo was Dennis Aase .

In 1987 he won the overall standings in the GTU class of the IMSA GTP series and in 1991 was third overall in the Daytona 24-hour race . Chris Card was a team member of All American Racers , Dan Gurney's racing team , for many years and came to Le Mans in 1978 for his only outing . Together with Jim Busby and Rick Knoop, he drove a Porsche 935/77 from Kremer Racing to sixth place in the overall standings and to class victory.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 935/77	Jim Busby	Rick knoop	Rank 6 and class win

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1981	Chris Cord Racing	Chevrolet Monza	Jim Adams		failure	malfunction
1986	All American Racers	Toyota Celica Turbo	Dennis Aase		failure	Gearbox damage
1987	All-American Racers	Toyota Celica Turbo	Juan Manuel Fangio II		Rank 9
1988	All American Racers	Toyota Celica Turbo	Dennis Aase		failure	Engine failure
1989	All American Racers	Toyota 88C	Steve Bren	Drahe Olson	failure	Engine failure
1991	Hotchkis Racing	Spice SE90P	Jim Adams	John Hotchkis	Rank 9

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

• Chris Cord at the Driver Database