Noël Cunningham-Reid
Noël Cunningham-Reid (born December 25, 1930 in London ) is a former British racing driver .
Career
Cunningham-Reid was born in 1930 to Ruth Mary Clarisse Ashley and Alec Cunningham-Reid . He was born into a family of politicians, all members of the Conservative Party . His maternal grandfather, Baron Wilfrid Ashley, was British Minister of Transport from 1924 to 1929. His father, a flying ace in World War I , was a member of the British House of Commons from 1922 to 1945 .
Noël Cunningham-Reid himself became known as a racing driver in the 1950s. After initial success in club races, he started as a regular Lister driver in the British sports car championship in 1955 and won the races at Silverstone Circuit , Brands Hatch and Oulton Park . He contested his first international races in 1956 for HWM , for which he started among other things at the 12-hour race in Reims . He celebrated his greatest international success in 1957 when he won the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring as a works driver for Aston Martin together with Tony Brooks .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1957 | Aston Martin Ltd. | Aston Martin DB3S | Tony Brooks | 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 |
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1957 | Aston Martin | Aston Martin DBR1 | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |||||||||||||||
1 | DNF |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cunningham-Reid, Noël |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |