Frank Curtis

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Frank G. Curtis was a British automobile racing driver .

Career

Frank Curtis competed in a number of sports car races in the early 1950s. In 1950 he won a national race at Croft and finished second in that race a year later. In 1953 , he and John Lawrence finished the Goodwood 9 Hours in fifth place overall.

He was once at the start of the Le Mans 24-hour race . 1952 he drove a plant - Allard J2X . As a partner of Zora Arkus-Duntov , he dropped out prematurely after a brake defect.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1952 United KingdomUnited Kingdom HH Allard Allard J2X United States 48United States Zora Arkus-Duntov failure Brake defect

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sports car race Croft 1950
  2. ^ Croft sports car race 1951
  3. ↑ 1953 Goodwood 9 Hours
personal data
SURNAME Curtis, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Curtis, Frank G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century