Ray Merrick

Ray Merrick (born February 1, 1918 in Northfield , † September 12, 2003 in Elston ) was a British racing car driver .

Career

Ray Merrick was active in a few sports car races in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He competed twice in the Le Mans 24-hour race . 1953 he went along with the later General Motors sports car developer Zora Arkus-Duntov a plant - Allard J2R . The performance ended prematurely after 65 laps after engine failure. Two years later he was racing on a works kieft . Again he left early - this time because of a leak in the oil tank.

In 1951 he won a national race in Isbley and in 1954 he finished the RAC Tourist Trophy, which is part of the sports car world championship, as 24th overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1953	Allard Motor Company	Allard J2R	Zora Arkus-Duntov	failure	Engine failure
1955	Kieft Cars Ltd.	1100	Alan Rippon	failure	Oil leak

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Allard	Allard J2R	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
					DNF
1954	Ray Merrick	Triumph TR2	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
							24
1955	Kieft	Kieft	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
						DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. 2 volumes. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Results at Racing Sports Cars
• Ray Merrick at the Driver Database