Keith Ballisat

Keith Ballisat contested the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans with a model of the racing version of the Sunbeam Tiger

Keith Ballisat (born May 20, 1928 in Sutton , † May 25, 1996 in Bridgwater ) was a British racing driver .

Racing career

Rallying

Keith Ballisat was involved in a number of rallies in the late 1950s and early 1960s . In 1958 he finished fourth overall with Alain Bertaut in the Alpine Tour and in 1959 overall second in the tulip rally . In both cases, a Triumph TR3 was his emergency vehicle.

Circuit

Ballisat already competed in circuit races during his time as a rally driver. Between 1958 and 1960 he competed in Formula Junior and Formula 2 races . At the Grand Prix de Caen 1958 (emergency vehicle a Cooper T43 ) he retired, the Lombank Trophy 1960 he finished seventh (Cooper T43) and the Crystal Palace Trophy in the same year as sixth (Cooper T43). He also competed in the Lavant Cup and the Norfolk Trophy .

In the early 1960s he was a sports car pilot and works driver for Standard Motor Company . He competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , with the best result in 1961 when he finished ninth overall.

After the end of his racing career, he worked for many years in the oil industry and was responsible, among other things, for the racing activities of Shell . He died at the age of 68 years at a cancer .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Standard triumph	Triumph TR4S	Marcel Becquart	not classified
1961	Standard Triumph Motor Company	Triumph TR4S	Peter Bolton	Rank 9
1963	Sunbeam Talbot	Sunbeam Alpine	Jackie Lewis	failure	Engine failure
1964	Rootes Group	Sunbeam Tiger Thunderbolt	Claude Dubois	failure	Engine failure

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	21st	22nd
1960	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR4	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							DNF
1961	Les Leston Standard Motor Company	Lotus Elite Triumph TR4	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
					34	9
1962	TVR	TVR Grantura	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
													11
1963	Sunbeam	Sunbeam Alpine	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
												DNF
1964	Rootes group	Sunbeam Tiger	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
											DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• Keith Ballisat at the Driver Database
• Keith Ballisat at Racing Sports Cars
• Rally results
• Keith Ballisat at Stats F1

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lombank Trophy 1960
2. ^ Crystal Palace Trophy 1960
3. ↑ Keith Ballast at Oldracingcars