Richard Stoop
James Richard "Dickie" Stoop (born July 30, 1920 in Uckfield , † May 19, 1968 in Croft-on-Tees ) was a British racing driver and aviator with the Royal Air Force .
Airmen with the RAF
In most publications in which the name Richard Stoop appears, he is given by the first name Richard. However, he was well known by his school nickname Dickie . Dickie Stoop was one of those British racing drivers after the Second World War who made a name for themselves through their fearlessness. Like many of his generation, he fought as a young man in the war for his homeland. He was an aviator in the Royal Air Force. As a flight lieutenant , he served under Tony Gaze . He was stationed in Westhampnett , an area where the Goodwood Circuit is located today . He flew Hurricanes and Spitfires on missions from the Battle of Britain to Operation Overlord , the Allied landing in Normandy in June 1944.
After the end of the war, Stoop remained for years as a squadron leader with the RAF.
Career in motorsport
Stoop's first known race was in 1948 in a Formula 3 race at Silverstone , which he finished eighth. Stoop, who called himself an amateur racing driver throughout his life, made a career, albeit in sports car racing. Until his death, he was able to celebrate nine overall and as many class wins. He celebrated most of these successes at national British club and hill climbs .
In 1949 he was registered in the Mille Miglia , but did not start on race day. His first major endurance race was the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1949 . On the Belgian Ardennes route he reached 12th place in the overall standings together with Peter Wilson . In 1950 he made his debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours with ninth place and a class win . In this 24-hour race he competed a total of ten times until 1961 . In the 1950s he was contractually bound to Frazer Nash . Almost all of his racing victories came from this partnership. He also drove Frazer-Nash sports cars at Le Mans until 1957. However, his best Le Mans placement came about only after working with Frazer Nash. 1958 he drove with partner Peter Bolton a plant - AC Ace LM Prototype at the eighth place of the final classification.
In the 1960s his racing activities decreased. With a Porsche 356 Carrera and later a 904 in the British Sports Car Championship and the Sports Car World Championship . In 1960 he won the Autosport 3-hour race in Snetterton and came third in the 1964 Kyalami 9-hour race .
Dickie Stoop died in May 1968 during a club race of complications from an arterial thrombosis that led to a heart attack . On the third lap of the race, he died at the wheel of a Porsche 911S , which after the accident hit a fence without a driver.
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1950 | HJ Aldington | Frazer Nash Milla Miglia | TASO Mathieson | 9th place and class win | |
1951 | MP Trevelyan | Frazer Nash Milla Miglia | Peter Wilson | Rank 19 | |
1952 | Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd. | Frazer Nash Milla Miglia | Peter Wilson | failure | Power transmission |
1955 | Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd. | Frazer Nash Sebring | Marcel Becquart | Rank 10 | |
1956 | Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd. | Frazer Nash Sebring | Tony Gaze | failure | accident |
1957 | Automobiles Frazer Nash Ltd. | Frazer Nash Sebring | Peter Jopp | failure | Leak in the oil tank |
1958 | AC Cars Ltd. | AC Ace LM Prototype | Peter Bolton | Rank 8 | |
1959 | Standard Triumph Motor Company | Triumph TR3S | Peter Jopp | failure | Motor overheated |
1960 | Baron Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche 718/4 RS | Carel Godin de Beaufort | failure | Engine failure |
1961 | Ecurie Chiltern | Austin-Healey 3000 | John Bekaert | failure | Cylinder head |
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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1955 |
Frazer Nash MG |
Frazer Nash Sebring MG EX182 |
BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | ||||||||||||||||
10 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1957 | Frazer Nash | Frazer Nash Sebring | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 |
AC Cars Car Exchange Racing Team |
AC Ace Lotus Eleven |
BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||||||||||||||||
8th | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1959 | Standard Motor Company | Triumph TR3 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche 718 | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961 | Ecurie Chiltern | Austin-Healey 3000 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Dickie Stoop | Porsche 356 | DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI |
10 | DNF | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1964 |
Peter Sutcliffe Dickie Stoop |
Jaguar E-Type Porsche 904 |
DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
DNF | 15th | 23 |
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 Stoop at Motorsport Memorial
- Richard Stoop at Racing Sports Cars
- Richard Stoop at 500race.org (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stoop, Richard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stoop, Dickie (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver and aviator in World War II |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Uckfield |
DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1968 |
Place of death | Croft-on teas |