Ian Harrower
Ian Harrower (born January 14, 1947 in York ) is a former British car racing driver and racing team owner.
Racing career
Ian Harrower was a sports car driver for more than 25 years . The career began in 1972 in a race for the British Sports Car Championship in Snetterton . Harrower drove a Chevron B8 to eighth place overall (winner Guy Edwards on a Lola T90 ). His last assignment as a driver was at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1990 , where he drove an ADA 02B with partners Jerry Mahony and John Sheldon and had to give up after having driven 164 laps due to a damage to the suspension. In between there were 79 races with four podium finishes and three class wins.
His debut in Le Mans , he gave 1977 . By 1990 there were eight more outings, making Harrower one of the Le Mans starters who competed at least 10 times in this 24-hour race . The best place was the eighth final place and class win in 1986 .
In 1977 he took over ADA Engineering and competed for the team in the sports car world championship . He reached his podium placements in the Angolan sports car series . After a second place in the 6-hour race of New Lisbon in 1973 , he was third overall at this racing event a year later .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1977 | Dorset Racing Associates | Lola T290 / 4S | Richard Down | Martin Birrane | Ernst Berg | not classified | |
1978 | Dorset Racing Associates | Lola T294 | Tony Birchenhough | Juliette Slaughter | Brian Joscelyn | failure | Engine failure |
1982 | Dorset Racing Associates | De Cadenet-Lola LM | François Duret | Mike Wilds | failure | no petrol | |
1983 | François Duret | De Cadenet-Lola | François Duret | John Sheldon | not classified | ||
1984 | ADA engineering | ADA 01 | Bob Wolff | Glen Smith | failure | Chassis broken | |
1985 | ADA engineering | Gebhardt JC843 | Steve Earle | John Sheldon | 16th place and class win | ||
1986 | ADA engineering | Gebhardt JC843 | Tom Dodd-Noble | Evan Clements | Rank 8 and class win | ||
1987 | Tiga Race Cars | Tiga GC287 | Thorkild Thyrring | John Sheldon | Rank 10 | ||
1988 | ADA engineering | ADA 03 | Jiro Yoneyama | Hideo Fukuyama | Rank 18 | ||
1989 | ADA engineering | ADA 02B | Laurence Bristow | Colin Pool | failure | Electrics | |
1990 | ADA engineering | ADA 02B | Jerry Mahony | John Sheldon | failure | suspension |
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. 2 volumes. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Harrower, Ian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | York |