Raymond Gaillard

Arista from 1954

Raymond Gaillard (born September 20, 1904 in Poitiers , † April 13, 1973 ) was a French entrepreneur and racing driver .

Entrepreneur

Raymond Gaillard ran a Panhard vehicle dealership in Paris from the 1930s . After the end of the Second World War , he sold models from Société Callista, founded in 1949, in his car dealership Grand Garage Molière at 64 rue du Ranelagh in the 16th arrondissement . In 1956 Gaillard founded his own automobile production company, Automobiles Arista, at the same location . 196 vehicle bodies were built on Panhard chassis by 1963.

Career in motorsport

Between 1934 and 1953, Gaillard was also active as a racing driver, with long intervals between operations. In 1934 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . He contested this 24-hour race five times. Best placement was 16th overall in 1952 , together with Pierre Chancel on a Panhard X84 Sport . He achieved his greatest success with fifth place in a sports car race in Marrakech in 1953 and his last outing was at the 12-hour race in Casablanca in the same year , when the Lancia was broken after a defect.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1934	Raymond Gaillard	Rally	Paul Vallée	failure	malfunction
1935	Raymond Gaillard	Singer 9 Le Mans Replica	Maurice Aimé	Rank 22
1950	Raymond Gaillard	Callista Ran	Pierre Chancel	Rank 28
1951	Raymond Gaillard	Panhard X84	Pierre Chancel	Rank 26
1952	Raymond Gaillard	Panhard X84 Sport	Pierre Chancel	Rank 16

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Web links

• Raymond Gaillard at Racing Sports Cars