Jim Matthews
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Jim Matthews (born March 19, 1961 in Durham ) is a former American car racing driver and racing team owner.
Racing career
Jim Matthews began his career in US sports car racing in the mid-1990s . He had his first international outing at the Daytona 24-hour race in 1995 . The mission ended in failure. In 1997 he became a full-time racing driver and joined the IMSA GT series with his own racing team, Jim Matthews Racing . The emergency vehicle was a Porsche 993 and the best place was sixth in the 1:45 hour race in Lima Rock . Teammate was David Murry , with whom he contested all races of the season. After another year in the racing series, this time on a Riley & Scott Mk III , Matthews switched to the American Le Mans Series in 1999 with a Ferrari 333SP .
For the 2000 season, Matthews signed a cooperation with the Swedish racing driver Stefan Johansson . The team started this year under the name Johansson-Matthews Racing. In 2000 he made his driver debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he competed five times. In all five missions he was never able to place in the final classification. The track record at the Sebring 12-hour race is better . In 2002 he finished third overall with Guy Smith and Marc Goossens on a Riley & Scott Mk IIIC. By the end of his driving career in 2010, he had contested 96 sports car races, celebrating two overall and two class wins.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2000 |
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Reynard 2KQ |
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failure | Engine failure |
2002 |
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Riley & Scott Mk IIIC |
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failure | Engine failure |
2003 |
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Riley & Scott Mk IIIC |
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failure | Engine failure |
2004 |
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Porsche 911 GT3-RS |
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failure | Electrics |
2005 |
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Ferrari 575 GTC |
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failure | malfunction |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1995 |
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Porsche 911 |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1996 |
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Porsche 911 |
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Rank 32 | |
1997 |
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Porsche 911 |
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Rank 17 | |||
1998 |
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Riley & Scott Mk III |
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failure | Engine failure | |
1999 |
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Ferrari 333SP |
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failure | Gearbox damage | ||
2000 |
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Reynard 2KQ |
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failure | Engine failure | ||
2002 |
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Riley & Scott Mk IIIC |
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Rank 3 | |||
2003 |
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Riley & Scott Mk IIIC |
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failure | suspension | ||
2004 |
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Porsche 911 GT3-RSR |
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failure | accident | ||
2006 |
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Porsche 996 GT3-RS |
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failure | Power transmission |
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Matthews, Jim |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver and racing team owner |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Durham |