Clive Baker (racing driver)
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 |
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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 |
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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
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
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Baker, Clive |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Torquay |