Elton Julian

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ferrari 333SP with which Elton Julian set the fastest lap in the Sebring 12-hour race in 1995
Elton Julian in the Zytek Z11SN at the 6-hour race at Silverstone 2012

Elton Julian (born August 16, 1974 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ) is an American car racing driver and racing team owner who also competed with an Ecuadorian driver's license.

Racing career

Monopostosport

Elton Julian was born in the Canary Islands and grew up in Ecuador and California . He started karting at the age of 13 . In 1990 he attended the Skip Barber Racing School and then competes in Formula Ford . He competed in various racing series, won four championships and celebrated 36 successes in 49 races.

In 1991 he came to Europe for the first time and drove two races in the British Formula 3 championship . In 1992, a full season followed in this championship, which he finished eighth overall (master Gil de Ferran ahead of Philippe Adams and Kelvin Burt ). In 1993 he switched to the French Formula 3 Championship and finished the racing year behind Didier Cottaz and Guillaume Gomez as third in the championship.

In 1994 he signed a test driver contract with the Formula 1 racing team Tourtel Larrousse F1 . With the Larrousse LH94 , he was half a second faster than regular driver Érik Comas on his fastest lap in the first test drives at Circuit Paul Ricard . A hoped-for contract as a regular driver for the 1995 Formula 1 World Championship did not materialize because the Larrousse team ceased racing at the beginning of the season due to insufficient funding. Julian, who had expected a driver contract, had to do without monoposto trips for a year . In 1996 he was involved in the International Formula 3000 Championship . He finished the season with two points in 13th place overall (master Jörg Müller ).

After a test in Formula Nippon and two races in the Atlantic Championship in 1998, the monopost races ended.

Sports car racing

After the failure of the Formula 1 plans in 1995, Elton Julian switched to the sports car scene . This year, however, there were only two races. At the Daytona 24-hour race , he drove a Ferrari 333SP together with Gianfranco Brancatelli , Massimo Sigala and Fabrizio Barbazza to eighth place in the final standings. In 1995 he drove the fastest race lap with a time of 1.58.029 minutes and achieved 22nd place in the final classification with partners Barbazza and Sigala.

Between 1999 and 2004 Julian does not enter car races. In 2005 he returned to the racetracks and made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Together with Jan Lammers and John Bosch , he reached seventh place overall in Dome S101 . In the following years it was repeatedly entered in races in the American and European Le Mans Series . In 2010 he was third overall in the LMPC class of the American Le Mans Series. In 2011 he reached this position in the final classification of the FLM class of the Le Mans Series. In 2012 he played a full season in the newly created FIA World Endurance Championship .

He had his last outings as a driver in 2015 in the Blancpain Endurance Series .

DragonSpeed

In 2007 Elton Julian founded his own racing team with DragonSpeed , which has since been active in the American Le Mans Series, the Blancpain Endurance Series and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship , among others .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2005 NetherlandsNetherlands Racing for Holland Dome S101 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Lammers NetherlandsNetherlands John Bosch Rank 7
2012 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN MexicoMexico Ricardo González GermanyGermany Christian Zugel Rank 12

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1995 ItalyItaly Euromotorsport Racing Inc. Ferrari 333SP ItalyItaly Fabrizio Barbazza ItalyItaly Massimo Sigala Rank 22
1997 EcuadorEcuador Ecuador Mobile Nissan 240SX EcuadorEcuador Henry Taleb United StatesUnited States Pete Halsmer failure mechanics
2006 FranceFrance Barazi Epsilon Courage C65 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael Vergers DenmarkDenmark Juan Barazi Rank 15
2010 United StatesUnited States Green Earth Team Gunnar Oreca FLM09 United StatesUnited States Gunnar Jeannette GermanyGermany Christian Zugel Disqualified
2011 United StatesUnited States Genoa Racing Oreca FLM09 United StatesUnited States Eric Lux GermanyGermany Christian Zugel Rank 27
2012 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN MexicoMexico Ricardo González GermanyGermany Christian Zugel Rank 9

Web links

Commons : Elton Julian  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ British Formula 3 Championship 1992
  2. ^ French Formula 3 Championship 1993
  3. ↑ International Formula 3000 Championship 1996
  4. ↑ 1995 Daytona 24 Hours
  5. ↑ 2010 ALMS season
  6. ↑ Le Mans Series 2011
personal data
SURNAME Julian, Elton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver and racing team owner
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Las Palmas de Gran Canaria