Roger Mandeville

Roger Mandeville (born September 22, 1941 in Spartanburg ) is a former American automobile racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Roger Mandeville belonged alongside Jim Downing of the pioneers of the Mazda - Wankel engine -Rennsports at the North American sports car racing in the 1980s. During this time he almost exclusively competed with racing versions of the Mazda RX-7 . Mandeville took six overall wins and finished 17 sports car races as class winner.

His first race was the 1971 Virginia 300 Mile Race , which was part of that year's IMSA GT series . He celebrated his first victory in the 1981 6-hour race at Daytona , a race in the 1981 World Sports Car Championship . His last win and his last race was also held at Daytona International Speedway ; In 1986 he won the IMSA GTU race there and in 2006 he was eliminated from the Daytona 24-hour race .

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1973	PDF Racing	Mazda RX-2	Paul Fleming			failure	malfunction
1979	Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-7	Amos Johnson	Jim Downing		Rank 13
1980	Mandeville Racing	Mazda RX-7	Brad Frisselle	Jim Downing		9th place and class win
1981	Mandeville Racing Ent.	Mazda RX-7	Amos Johnson			failure	Power transmission
1982	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Amos Johnson	Jeff Kline		Rank 6 and class win
1983	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Amos Johnson	Danny Smith		failure	Engine failure
1984	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Amos Johnson	Danny Smith		Rank 17
1985	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Logan Blackburn			failure	suspension
1986	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Danny Smith			Rank 8 and class win
1987	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Kelly Marsh	Don Marsh		failure	Engine failure
1988	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Kelly Marsh	Don Marsh		Rank 17
1989	Mandeville Auto Tech	Mazda RX-7	Kelly Marsh			Rank 12
1995	Support Net Racing Inc.	Hawk MD3R	Henry Camferdam			failure	suspension
1996	Support Net Racing	Hawk C-8	Henry Camferdam	Bill Auberlen		failure	suspension
1997	Support Net Racing	Hawk C-8	Henry Camferdam	Johnny O'Connell	Scott Schubot	failure	mechanics

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Roger Mandeville at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. Jump up ↑ 1971 Virginia 300 Mile Race
2. ^ IMSA GTU race in Daytona 1986
3. ↑ 2006 Daytona 24 Hours