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
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
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

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	Mike Rothschild	Morgan Plus 4	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
			23
1954	Mike Rothschild	Healey Silverstone	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
				DNF
1955	Mike Rothschild	Morgan Plus 4	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
				27
1956	Mike Rothschild	Morgan Plus 4	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
				DNF
1957	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR3	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
				21st
1958	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR3	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
				20th
1959	Morgan Motor Standard Motor Company	Morgan Plus 4 Triumph TR3	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
			26th			DNF
1960	AC Cars Standard Motor Company	AC Ace Triumph TR4S	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
				21st			DNF
1961	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR4S	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
						15th
1962	TVR R. M. Imports	TVR Grantura	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
					DNF										DNF
1963	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR4	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
					22nd																			20th
1964	Standard Motor Company	Triumph Spitfire	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
											DNF
1965	Standard Motor Company	Triumph Spitfire	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				29
1966	Standard Motor Company	Triumph TR4	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
				23
1967	Competition Components Inc.	Beach Mk.8	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
				33

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 .

Web links

• About Mike Rothschild
• Mike Rothschild at Racing Sports Cars