Graham Duxbury

On a March 822, here Christian Danner's car from the 1982 Formula 2 European Championship, Graham Duxbury won the South African Formula Atlantic Championship in 1982

Graham Duxbury (born December 1, 1955 in Johannesburg ) is a former South African racing driver .

Racing career

Graham Duxbury celebrated his first successes in the South African monoposto sport in the early 1980s . He contested races in various junior series and in 1982 won the overall ranking of the South African Formula Atlantic Championship on a March 822 ahead of Trevor van Rooyen and Tony Martin . In 1983 he was behind Ian Scheckter , the brother of Jody Scheckter ( Formula 1 World Champion 1979 ) overall runner-up in this championship.

From 1984 Duxbury was also involved in sports car races in addition to its single-seater involvement . Between 1983 and 1988 he started irregularly in the sports car world championship . He celebrated his greatest success in international motorsport. Together with Sarel van der Merwe and Tony Martin, he won in 1984 at the 24 Hours of Daytona . In addition to a race start in the Sebring 12-hour race in the same year , he was twice in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1985 he was 22nd in the final ranking, in 1987 he could not classify.

After the end of his driving career, he worked as a television commentator for many years.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Kreepy Krauly Racing	March 85G	Christian Danner	Almo Coppelli	Rank 22
1987	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C	Richard Jones	Nick Adams	not classified

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1984	Kreepy Krauly Racing	March 83G	Sarel van der Merwe	Tony Martin	failure	Engine failure

Web links

• Graham Duxbury at the Driver Database
• Graham Duxbury at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ South African Formula Atlantic Championship 1982
2. ^ South African Formula Atlantic Championship 1983