Mike Rothschild
Michael "Mike" Rothschild is a retired American racing car driver .
Racing career
Mike Rothschild could look back on a long career as a GT and sports car driver . Between 1953 and 1967 he competed in 50 races and celebrated one overall and seven class wins. Rothschild mainly competed in sports car races in North America and was active there as a works driver for Morgan and Triumph .
He contested the Sebring 12-hour race 13 times , where his best place in the final classification was 20th in 1958 . He came to Europe four times to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Here the best placement was 15th in 1961 .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1959 | Standard Triumph Motor Company | Triumph TR3S | Peter Bolton | failure | defective cooler |
1960 | Standard triumph | Triumph TR4S | Les Leston | not classified | |
1961 | Standard Triumph Motor Company | Triumph TR4S | Marcel Becquart | Rank 15 | |
1964 | Standard Triumph Motor Company | Triumph Spitfire | Bob Tullius | failure | accident |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1953 | Mike Rothschild | Morgan Plus 4 | Jack Nile | Rank 23 | ||
1954 | Mike Rothschild | Healey Silverstone | George Hunt | failure | malfunction | |
1955 | Mike Rothschild | Morgan Plus 4 | Harold Kunz | Rank 27 | ||
1956 | Morgan Motors | Morgan Plus 4 | George Hunt | failure | Steering break | |
1957 | Standard triumph | Triumph TR3 | Robert Johns | Rank 2 | ||
1958 | Standard Motor Company | Triumph TR3 | William Kimberly | Bill Lott | Rank 20 | |
1959 | Fergus Motors | Morgan Plus 4 | Arch McNeill | Rank 26 | ||
1960 | AC Cars Ltd. | AC Ace | Bob Grossman | Rank 21 | ||
1962 | TVR Cars | TVR Grantura | Peter Bolton | failure | Rear axle | |
1963 | Standard Triumph Motor Co. | Triumph TR4 | Peter Bolton | Rank 22 | ||
1965 | Standard Triumph Inc. | Triumph Spitfire | Ed Barker | Duane fire helmet | Rank 29 | |
1966 | Standard Triumph Inc. | Triumph TR4A | Dick Gilmartin | Rank 23 | ||
1967 | Competition Components Inc. | Beach Mk.8 | Hugh Kleinpeter | Rank 33 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
literature
- Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rothschild, Mike |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rothschild, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 1953 |