Frank Rand
Frank Chambless Rand III (born 1935 in University City ; † October 20, 2003 in Santa Barbara ) was an American entrepreneur and racing car driver .
family
Frank Rand was the grandson of Frank C. Rand (1876–1949), an American entrepreneur and philanthropist . He was the founder of the International Shoe Company and used his significant fortune to support universities and hospitals. His parents were Henry Hale Rand (1909–1962) and Dorothy Bolin . His sister Carla "Teddy" Rand was married to the painter , graphic artist and sculptor Ernest Trova . For 46 years he was married to Elizabeth Barry Hobson Rand. The couple had three children - a son and two daughters - and eight grandchildren.
Entrepreneur
After training at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Washington University in St. Louis , he joined the family business in the late 1950s and worked for Florsheim Shoes for five years . He left the company in the 1960s and became the youngest Porsche and Volkswagen dealer in the United States. Later, a representation came for Honda - Motorcycles added.
In the 1970s he switched from car dealer to real estate agent . He also trained as a flight instructor and ran a flight school in his new hometown of Phoenix . He spent the last years of his professional life as an IBM dealer in Santa Barbara, California .
Racing career
The trading and restoration of Porsche sports cars brought Rand to motorsport as a men 's driver. He started in national sports car races and in the SCCA sports car championship . He achieved his greatest success in an international endurance race . Together with Bill Wuesthoff and Bruce Jennings , he finished third overall in a Porsche 718 RS 60 in the Sebring 12-hour race in 1962 .
statistics
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1962 | Porsche imports | Porsche 718 RS 60 | Bill Wuesthoff | Bruce Jennings | 3rd place and class win |
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 |
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1962 | Porsche imports | Porsche 718 | DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR |
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literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Frank C. Rand (English)
- ↑ About Henry Hale Rand (English)
- ↑ Official website of Florsheim Shoe Company
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rand, Frank |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rand, Frank Chambless III |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur and racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | University City |
DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2003 |
Place of death | Santa Barbara |