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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sutherland, Rick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1956 |