Harry Gray (racing driver)

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Frazer Nash LM, like him Harry Gray in 1952 in Sebring went

Harold "Harry" Gray was an American racing car driver .

Racing career

Harry Gray wrote motorsport history when he and Larry Kulok won the first Sebring 12-hour race in 1952 . The duo denied the race on a Frazer Nash LM Replica of the 1930s and won a surprise after the long leading Ferrari 340 America of Bill Spear and Briggs Cunningham turned out after a suspension failure.

Gray drove sports car races until the mid-1950s and, with fourth place in Sebring in 1953, achieved another top position in this endurance race .

statistics

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1952 United States 48United States Stuart Donaldson Frazer Nash LM Replica United States 48United States Larry Kulok Overall victory
1953 United States 48United States David Hirsch Jaguar C-Type United States 48United States Bob Against Rank 4
1954 United States 48United States George McClellan Frazer Nash LM Replica United States 48United States Larry Kulok failure Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
1953 David Hirsch Jaguar C-Type United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
4th
1954 George McClellan Frazer Nash LM Replica ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
DNF

literature

  • Ken Breslauer: Sebring - The Official History of America's Great Sports Car Race David Bull, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gray, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gray, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century or 21st century