Clive Baker (racing driver)

The Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione with Clive Barker at the 6-hour race at Daytona in 1972 was at the start

Clive Baker (born August 1, 1942 in Torquay ) is a retired British automobile racing driver .

Career

Clive Baker was a works driver for the Donald Healey Motor Company in the 1960s and drove their sports cars in international sports car races. He had his first successes in 1962 with the Austin-Healey Sprite at national races in the United Kingdom . In 1963 he made his debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring and in 1964 at Le Mans . Baker celebrated five class wins with the Sprite. His greatest success at Le Mans was 15th overall with partner Andrew Hedges in 1967 . In the same year he achieved his best final position in this endurance race with 13th place in Sebring .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1964	Donald Healey Motor Company	Austin-Healey Sprite Sebring	William Bradley	Rank 24
1965	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin Healey Sebring Sprite	Rauno Aaltonen	failure	Gearbox damage
1966	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin Healey Sprite Le Mans	John Rhodes	failure	Clutch damage
1967	Donald Healey Motor Company	Austin Healey Sprite Le Mans	Andrew Hedges	Rank 15
1968	Donald Healey Motor Company	Healey SR	Andrew Hedges	failure	Clutch damage
1969	Donald Healey Motor Company	Healey SR	John Harris	failure	cooler
1970	Paul Watson Racing Organization	Chevron B16	Digby Martland	failure	Spring break

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1963	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	John Colgate			failure	Engine failure
1964	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin-Healey Sprite	John Colgate			failure	malfunction
1965	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	Rauno Aaltonen			Rank 15
1966	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	Rauno Aaltonen			Rank 28
1967	Donald Healey Motor Co.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	Rauno Aaltonen			Rank 13
1968	Donald Healey Motor Co. LTD.	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	Mike Garton			not classified
1969	Ring Free Oil Racing Team	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	Jim Baker	Paul Richards		Rank 20
1970	Ring Free Oil Racing Team Baker Motor Co.	Chevron B16	Jim Baker	Paul Richards	Bobby Rinzler	failure	crankshaft
1971	Ring-Free Oil Racing Team	Chevron B16	Bobby Rinzler			failure	malfunction

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	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1962	Peter Jackson	Austin-Healey Sprite	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
														DNF
1963	Healey Motor Christabel Carlisle	Austin-Healey Sprite	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
					DNF				17th
1964	Healey engine	Austin-Healey Sprite	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
				DNF					29		24
1965	Healey Motor BMC Richard Groves	Austin-Healey Sprite	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				15th					15th		28			DNF						6th
1966	Healey Motor Richard Groves	Austin-Healey Sprite	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
				28		20th		20th	DNF	45
1967	Healey Motor Julian Vernaeve	Austin-Healey Sprite MGB	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
				13			DNF	17th	15th		20th
1968	Healey Motor Roger Enever Julian Hasler Baker Motor	Austin-Healey Sprite MGB Lotus 47 Healey SR	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
				DNF		17th	53	30th	17th	13		DNF
1969	MacMillan Ring Clive Baker Healey Motor	Austin-Healey Sprite Chevron B8 Healey SR	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			17th	20th					16	DNF
1970	Ring Free Racing Chevron	Chevron B16	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF	DNF						DNF
1971	Baker Motor Ring-Free Oil Racing Daren Cars	Chevron B16 Daren Mk.3	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				12	DNF					DNF
1972	Ring Free Racing	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				15th

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. 2 volumes. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

Commons : Clive Baker  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Clive Baker at Racing Sports Cars