Jim Busby
James "Jim" Busby (born June 14, 1942 in Pasadena , California ) is a former American car racing driver and racing team owner.
Career
Jim Busby ran his own racing team in the IMSA GTP series . He belonged in the 1980s to the leading riders and won among others in 1981 that the World Sportscar Championship scoring 6-hour race at Riverside . Three times, in 1976 , 1985 and 1986 , he finished third overall in the Daytona 24-hour race .
Busby still runs his racing team and is thus active in the North American top fuel dragster scene . He also sells Ferrari road vehicles and owns a Ferrari F1-2000 and an F301B acquired from Scuderia . He regularly competes in historic Formula 1 races with these racing cars .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1978 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 935/77 | Chris Cord | Rick knoop | Rank 6 and class win | |
1982 | Goodrich Corporation | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Doc Bundy | Marcel Mignot | 16th place and class win | |
1984 | The BF Goodrich Company | Lola T616 | Boy Hayje | Rick knoop | Rank 12 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1976 | Brumos Porsche-Audi | Porsche Carrera RSR | Carl Shafer | Rank 8 | ||
1977 | Brumos Racing | Porsche 934 | Peter Gregg | Rank 3 | ||
1980 | Jim Busby Industries | March-BMW M1 | Bruce Jenner | Rick knoop | failure | Gearbox damage |
1981 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 935K3 / 80 | John Fitzpatrick | failure | drive shaft | |
1982 | Brumos Racing | Porsche 924 Carrera | Doc Bundy | James Brolin | Rank 21 | |
1983 | Herman & Miller P&A | Porsche 924 Carrera | Paul Miller | Ron Grable | failure | Engine failure |
1985 | Busby Racing | Porsche 962 | John Morton | Jochen Mass | failure | accident |
1986 | BF Goodrich | Porsche 962 | John Morton | In it Brassfield | Rank 2 |
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 |
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1973 | Lola Cars | Lola T292 | DAY | VAL | DIJ | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT | |||||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
1977 | Busby Racing | Porsche 935 | DAY | MUG | DIJ | MON | SIL | ONLY | VAL | BY | WAT | EST | LEC | MOS | IMO | SAL | BRH | HOK | VAL |
12 | |||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Shaw Racing | Porsche 935 | DAY | SEB | MUG | VALLEY | DIJ | SIL | ONLY | LEM | MIS | DAY | WAT | VAL | ROD | ||||
10 | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||
1979 | Busby Racing BMW |
BMW 320i BMW M1 |
DAY | SEB | MUG | VALLEY | DIJ | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | BY | DAY | WAT | SPA | BRH | ROA | VAL | ELS |
DNF | DNF | 4th | |||||||||||||||||
1980 | Busby Racing Momo |
BMW M1 Porsche 935 |
DAY | BRH | SEB | MUG | MON | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | DAY | WAT | SPA | MOS | ROA | VAL | DIJ | |
56 | DNF | DNF | 15th | ||||||||||||||||
1981 | Holbert Racing Fitzpatrick Racing |
Porsche 924 Porsche 935 |
DAY | SEB | MUG | MON | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | BY | DAY | WAT | SPA | MOS | ROA | BRH | ||
DNF | DNF | 1 | 4th | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||
1982 | Goodrich Corporation | Porsche 924 | MON | SIL | ONLY | LEM | SPA | MUG | FUJ | BRH | |||||||||
16 | |||||||||||||||||||
1984 | BF Goodrich | Lola T616 | MON | SIL | LEM | ONLY | BRH | MOS | SPA | IMO | FUJ | KYA | SAN | ||||||
8th | 12 | 14th | 13 |
literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1976 Daytona 24-hour race
- ↑ 1985 | 1985 Daytona 24 Hours
- ↑ 1986 Daytona 24-hour race
- ↑ Jim Busby in a Ferrari F301B
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Busby, Jim |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Busby, James (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver and racing team owner |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena , California |