Marion Speer

Marion Leon "Mel" Speer is a former American racing car driver .

Career in motorsport

Marion Speer competed in sports car races in the 1970s and 1980s and drove almost exclusively in North America. There mainly in the IMSA-GT series and from 1981 in the IMSA-GTP series . Since some races in the IMSA-GTP series also counted towards the sports car world championship , he also competed in this racing series. His first notable result was the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1977 , which he finished 14th in the overall standings.

Your best seasons he drove the early 1980s, 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 1981 he was in the World Sportscar Championship scoring 6-hour race at Daytona Fifth and finished in 1982 in both the 12-hour race at Sebring and the 6 -Hours of Riverside finished third in the final standings.

Speer achieved his best position in international motorsport in July 1982 with second place in the 250-mile race in Daytona with partner Terry Wolters in a Porsche 935JLP-2 . A victory in a championship run remained with him.

Marion Speer competed in Europe a few times. He took part in the Le Mans 24 hour race twice, in 1984 and 1985 . Both missions ended in failure.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1984	Pegasus Racing Ltd.	March 84G	Ken Madren	Wayne Pickering	failure	Engine failure
1985	Christian Bussi	Rondeau M482	Jack Griffin	Christian Bussi	failure	suspension

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1977	Race car	Porsche 911S	Windle Turley		Rank 14
1978	Race Car Ent.	Porsche 911S	Windle Turley		Rank 25
1980	Moran Construction	Porsche 911	Ray Ratcliff	Terry Wolters	Rank 35
1981	Z & W Enterprises	Mazda RX-7	Eddy Joosen	Dirk Vermeersch	Rank 8
1982	JLP Racing	Porsche 935JLP-2	Charles Mendez	Terry Wolters	Rank 3
1983	Pegasus III Racing	Porsche 935JLP-2	Ray Ratcliff	Ken Madren	failure	Engine failure
1984	Pegasus Racing	Porsche 935JLP-2	Jack Griffin		failure	Gearbox damage

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Marion Speer at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sebring 12-hour race in 1977
2. ^ 1981 Daytona 6 Hours
3. ↑ Sebring 12-hour race in 1982
4. ^ 1982 Riverside 6 Hours
5. ↑ 1982 Daytona 250 Mile Race