Richard Down

Richard Down (* 1961 ; † 2003 ) was a British racing car driver .

Racing career

Richard Down was active as a touring and sports car driver in the 1970s and 1980s . He contested the Le Mans 24-hour race four times . In 1977 he made his debut and was not classified with his partners Ian Harrower , Martin Birrane and Ernst Berg on a Lola T290 / 4S due to a lack of sufficient laps. He reached his only finish in 1980 when he crossed the finish line in a Ferrari 512 BB LM together with Steve O'Rourke and Simon Phillips in 23rd place overall.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1977	Dorset Racing Associates	Lola T290 / 4S	Ian Harrower	Martin Birrane	Ernst Berg	not classified
1978	Dorset Racing Organization	Lola T294S	Bob Evans	Martin Birrane	Richard Bond	failure	broken chassis
1980	EMKA Productions	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Steve O'Rourke	Simon Phillips		Rank 23
1982	Emka Productions	BMW M1	Steve O'Rourke	Nick Mason		failure	no oil pressure

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• Richard Down at Racing Sports Cars