Masts Gregory

Masts Gregory

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	1957 Monaco Grand Prix
Last start:	1965 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1957  Scuderia Centro Sud  • 1958  Goulds Garage  • Scuderia Centro Sud  • Temple Buell Racing  • 1959  Cooper  • 1960  Camoradi International  • Scuderia Centro Sud • 1961 Camoradi International • UDT Laystall Racing Team  • 1962 UDT Laystall Racing Team • 1963  Reg Parnell  • 1965 Scuderia Centro South
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup sixth ( 1957 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 38 - - -
World Cup points :	21st
Podiums :	3
Leadership laps :	13 over 66.8 km

Masten Gregory (born February 29, 1932 in Kansas City , Missouri , † November 8, 1985 in Monte Argentario , Italy ) was an American automobile racing driver .

Career

Masten Gregory competed in Formula 1 and especially in sports car races from 1957 to 1965 . He was heir to an insurance company, which gave him the capital to buy racing cars. Gregory started motorsport in 1952, influenced by his brother-in-law. At first he competed in races on Jaguars ; his first international appearance was the 1000 km from Buenos Aires in 1954 . After the race he bought the victorious Ferrari and from then on also drove in Europe. In the following years he won races in Aintree and Nassau and finished on the podium in numerous other races. His greatest success in the early days of his career was winning the 1000 km of Buenos Aires in 1957 , together with Eugenio Castellotti and Luigi Musso .

After convincing in these races, a Maserati was made available to him for the 1957 World Cup . In his first race with this car, the Monaco GP, he came third. Together with two fourth places, this resulted in 6th place in the drivers' standings. In the 1958 season he also competed sporadically on Maserati, but only achieved fourth place in Italy. He achieved three victories in sports car races at the AVUS , at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps .

Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage"

His best Formula 1 year was the 1959 season , in which he finished second at the Portuguese Grand Prix and third at the Dutch Grand Prix on a Cooper-Climax . In Germany he retired while in the lead. In the following years his Formula 1 career stalled; for this he celebrated a victory in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1961 on a Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” of the Camoradi team . Together with Lloyd Casner he won the race in 7: 51: 39,200 hours with one lap ahead of the brothers Ricardo and Pedro Rodríguez in a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa .

In mid-1961 he moved to a Lotus private team, where he stayed for the next two years. With the inferior material only scored one World Championship point (6th place at the US Grand Prix in 1962 ) except for a victory in a non-World Championship race in Karlskoga ( Sweden ). At the end of the 1963 season he competed for two Grands Prix on Lola , but retired both times.

Gregory paused for a year, and returned in 1965. When 500-mile race from Indianapolis he tried his first time this year. Starting from the rear, he had worked his way up to fifth when an engine problem threw him out of the race. Just a few weeks later, he and Jochen Rindt won the Le Mans 24-hour race in a NART Ferrari . He ended his Formula 1 career after a few pitiful attempts at BRM at the end of 1965, but remained active as a sports car racing driver until 1972 and achieved further good placements.

Gregory retired to Amsterdam , where he began a second career as a diamond dealer and jeweler. He was a heavy chain smoker; In 1985 he died of a heart attack at the age of 53 while on vacation in Italy.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1957	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	4th	-	-	1	-	-	10	6th
1958	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	HH Gould	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	2	-	-	-	-	-
	Temple Buell	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-
1959	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	6th	-	1	1	-	-	10	8th.
1960	Camoradi International	Behra-Porsche	Porsche 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Maserati 2.5 L4	3	-	-	-	-	-
1961	Camoradi International	Cooper T53	Climax 1.5 L4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Climax 1.5 L4	2	-	-	-	-	-
1962	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Climax 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	18th
		Lotus 24	Climax 1.5 V8	4th	-	-	-	-	-
			BRM 1.5 V8	1	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Reg Parnell Racing	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
		Lola Mk4A	Climax 1.5 V8	2	-	-	-	-	-
1965	Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				38	-	1	2	-	-	21st

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1957
		3				8th	4th	4th
1958
	DNA		DNF		DNF		DNA				6th
1959
	DNF		3	DNF	7th	DNF	2
1960
	12	DNQ		DNS		9	14th	DNF
1961
	DNQ	DNS	10	12	11	DNA	DNF	DNF
1962
	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	7th		12	6th
1963
				DNF	11		DNF	DNF	DNF
1965
			DNF		12		8th	DNF		O

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1955	Michel Poberejsky	Ferrari 750 Monza	Michel Poberejsky	failure	Engine failure
1957	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-Type	Duncan Hamilton	Rank 6
1958	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	Jack Fairman	failure	Cylinder overheated
1959	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	Innes Ireland	failure	Engine failure
1960	Camoradi USA	Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage	Chuck Daigh	failure	Electrics
1961	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 718/4 RS Spyder	Bob Holbert	5th place and class win
1962	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GTO	Innes Ireland	failure	battery
1963	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GTO LM	David Piper	Rank 6
1964	Ford Motor Company	Ford GT40	Richie Ginther	failure	Gearbox damage
1965	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250LM	Jochen Rindt	Overall victory
1966	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365P2 White Elephant	Bob Bondurant	failure	Power transmission
1968	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250LM	Charlie Kolb	failure	accident
1969	Scuderia Filipinetti	Lola T70 Mk.III	Joakim Bonnier	failure	Engine failure
1970	Autodelta SpA.	Alfa Romeo Tipo 33	Toine Hezemans	failure	Overheated cylinder
1971	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 512S Spyder	George Eaton	failure	Gasoline system
1972	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GT / 4	Luigi Chinetti Jr.	failure	Cylinder head gasket

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1953	Masts Gregory	Allard J2X	Tom Newcomer	failure	Power transmission
1955	Ecurie Yankee	Ferrari 750 Monza	Bob Said	failure	accident
1956	George Tilp	Ferrari 857S	Phil Hill	failure	Bearing damage
1957	George Tilp	Ferrari 290S	Lou Brero	Rank 4
1958	Ecurie Ecosse	Jaguar D-Type	Ron Flockhart	failure	Valve damage
1960	Camoradi USA	Maserati Tipo 61	Carroll Shelby	failure	Engine failure
1961	Camoradi International	Maserati Tipo 63	Lloyd Casner	failure	suspension
1966	Essex Wire Corporation	Ford GT40	Augie Pabst	failure	Engine failure
1970	Autodelta SPA	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	Toine Hezemans	Rank 3
1971	Young American Racing Team	Ferrari 512M	Gregg Young	failure	accident

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
1953	Masts Gregory	Allard J2X	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
			DNF
1954	Masts Gergory	Jaguar C-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
			14th				9
1955	Ecurie Yankee Michel Poberejsky Huschke von Hanstein	Ferrari 750 Monza Porsche 550	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
				43		DNF	9
1956	George Tilp	Ferrari 857S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
				DNF
1957	Scuderia Temple Buell George Tilp Duncan Hamilton Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 290MM Ferrari 290S Ferrari 250TR Jaguar D-Type Maserati 450S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
			1	4th		10	6th	DNF	DNF
1958	Ecurie Ecosse	Maserati 200SI Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
			DNF	DNF		DNF	DNF	5
1959	Ecurie Ecosse	Lister Monza Jaguar D-Type Tojeiro	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
					DNF	DNF	DNF
1960	Camoradi Racing	Maserati Tipo 61	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
			DNF	DNF		5	DNF
1961	Camoradi Racing Porsche Team	Maserati Tipo 61 Maserati Tipo 63 Porsche 718	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
			DNF		1	5
1962	Camoradi Racing UDT Laystall Racing Team	Maserati Tipo 61 Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
									18th	DNF
1963	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
									6th
1964	Carroll Shelby International Ford	Shelby Cobra Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
					DNF						DNF	DNF
1965	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
														1
1966	Essex Wire Corporation North American Racing Team	Ford GT40 Ferrari 365P2	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
			17th	DNF	2				DNF
1967	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365P2	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF
1968	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
			DNF									DNF
1969	Sportscars Unlimited Switzerland Scuderia Filipinetti Sport Cars Broström	Porsche 910 Lola T70 Porsche 908	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			17th						DNF	DNF		4th
1970	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo Tipo 33	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
				3		18th	DNF			DNF		DNF
1971	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 512S	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF	DNF						DNF
1972	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 365 GT / 4	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
											DNF

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

Commons : Masten Gregory  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Masts Gregory at Racing Sports Cars