Dudley Wood

Dudley Wood (born July 9, 1946 in London ) is a former British racing driver .

Career

Dudley Wood was a regular at international sports car races between 1979 and 1990. It made its first international appearance at the 6-hour race at Silverstone in 1979 , a race in the sports car world championship of that year . Wood drove a Porsche Carrera RSR together with Barrie Williams and finished the race in ninth place overall. Three months later he was tenth in the Brands Hatch 6-hour race, which is also part of the World Championship .

In 1981 he achieved his best World Championship result when he and his partner John Cooper finished the Mugello 6-hour race behind the duo Giorgio Francia and Lella Lombardi in second place overall.

Wood competed nine times in the Le Mans 24-hour race and was able to classify in the top field several times. He was fourth in 1981 , fifth in 1986 and ninth in 1987 . The only outing at the Sebring 12-hour race ended in 1986 with a retirement.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1980	Charles Ivey Racing	Porsche 935K3	Peter Lovett	John Cooper	failure	Cylinder head gasket
1981	Claude Bourgoignie	Porsche 935K3	Claude Bourgoignie	John Cooper	4th place and class win
1983	Grid Motor Racing Ltd.	Grid Plaza S1	Fred Stiff	Ray Ratcliff	failure	Oil leak
1984	Charles Ivey Racing	Grid S2	Barry Robinson	John Cooper	failure	fuel pump
1986	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 956	Jürgen Lässig	Fulvio Ballabio	Rank 5
1987	Cosmik GP Motorsport	Tiga GC287	Costa's lot	Tom Hessert	Rank 9
1988	Primagaz Compétition	Porsche 962C	Jürgen Lässig	Pierre Yver	Rank 11
1989	Roy Baker Racing	Spice SE87C	Evan Clements	Philippe de Henning	Rank 17
1990	GP motorsport	Spice SE86C	Richard Jones	Stephen Hynes	Rank 27

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1986	Roy Baker Promotions	Tiga GC285	Costa's lot	failure	malfunction

literature

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

Web links

• Dudley Wood at Racing Sports Cars
• Dudley Wood at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ^ 6 Hours of Silverstone 1979
2. ↑ Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1979
3. ^ Mugello 6-hour race in 1981