Harold Keck

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shelby Daytona with Jo Schlesser , Bob Johnson and Harold Keck second place at the 2000 km race at Daytona in 1965 reached

Harold "Hal" Keck (born February 20, 1931 in Fountain Hill ; † January 8, 2007 ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Harold Keck served in the Korean War in the armed forces of the United States and was taken prisoner of war . Between 1959 and 1974 he was active in North American GT and sports car racing . In the mid-1960s he became known as Mister Cobra as he brought almost all of his successes to AC Cobras . In 1965 , together with his partners Jo Schlesser and Bob Johnson, in a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, he won the GT car class over 3 liters at the 2000 km race in Daytona in 1965 , finishing behind Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby ( Ford GT40 ) second overall. In the same year he won the 500-mile race at Watkins Glen .

His only outing in the Sebring 12-hour race ended in 1964 in eighth place overall.

statistics

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1964 United StatesUnited States Hellerton Motors Shelby Cobra Coupe United StatesUnited States Robert Scott Rank 8

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 16 17th 18th 19th 20th
1964 Hellerton Motors
Harold Keck 		AC Cobra United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly CON GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MON FranceFrance TDF United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
8th DNF
1965 Shelby American Shelby Daytona United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly BOL ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MUG GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI ItalyItaly BOZ GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI
2
1966 Scuderia Bear AC Cobra United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly CCE GermanyGermany HOK SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY AustriaAustria ZEL
DNF

Web links

Commons : Harold Keck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Watkins Glen 500 Mile Race, 1965
personal data
SURNAME Keck, Harold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shark (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Fountain Hill
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2007