Rick Sutherland

Rick Sutherland (born September 15, 1956 ) is a former American racing driver .

Career

Rick Sutherland was best known as a sports car driver in the USA. From 1994 he regularly drove sports car and endurance races and competed in all major races such as the 24-hour race in Daytona and the 12-hour race in Sebring . He competed in races for the IMSA series, the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Sports Car Series . The American came to Europe to take part in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 2004 he won the LMP2 class there for Intersport Racing. A year later he was third in this class on a Courage C65 from Paul Belmondo's racing team .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2003	Intersport Racing	MG-Lola EX257	Jon Field	Duncan Dayton	failure	Engine failure
2004	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K / 40	William Binnie	Clint Field	Rank 25 and class win
2005	Paul Belmondo Racing	Courage C65	Paul Belmondo	Didier André	Rank 22

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1995	Power Macintosh Racing	Spice HC93	Stanley Dickens	John Graham	Rank 10
1996	Wheel Works Racing	Courage C41	Steve Fossett	Jean-Paul Libert	failure	accident
1998	Intersport Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	Jon Field	Butch Brickell	failure	Gearbox damage
2001	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K / 10	Jon Field	Duncan Dayton	Rank 5
2002	MBD sports car	Panoz LMP07	Didier de Radiguès	Bruno Lambert	failure	Wagon fire
2003	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K / 10B	Clint Field	John Macaluso	Disqualified
2004	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K / 40	Clint Field	William Binnie	Rank 25
2005	Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Nigel Smith	Ricky Cole	failure	accident
2006	Binnie Motorsports	Lola B05 / 40	Allen Timpany	William Binnie	Rank 11

Web links

• Rick Sutherland at Racing Sports Cars