Roy Pike

Roy Pike won the Formula 3 Radio London Trophy in 1966 on a Lotus 41

The Ferrari 275 GTB / C of Piers Courage and Roy Pike at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans

Roy Pike (born August 29, 1938 in Pittsburgh ) is a former American racing driver and entrepreneur.

Racing career

Monopostosport

Roy Pike came to Great Britain in the 1960s to initially compete in club races. He tried to gain a foothold in monoposto racing, drove a few races in the French Formula 3 Championship and in 1966 won the Formula 3 Radio London Trophy on a Lotus 41 . Behind him were some drivers who were successful in motorsport in later years. These included: Chris Irwin , Brian Hart , Bob Bondurant , Derek Bell , Morris Nunn , Peter Gethin and Robin Widdows . Further Formula 3 races followed and in 1967 the victory at the Gran Premio di Enna-Pergusa .

Roy Pike was registered in two Formula 1 races in his career , neither of which were part of the world championship . In 1969 he was registered on a Brabham BT23B in the Race of Champions and took part in training. A defect in the fuel pump prevented the start of the race. Jackie Stewart won the race on a Matra MS80 . He was also registered for the 1970 International Gold Cup , but did not appear for training or racing.

In 1969 he competed in a race in the Formula 2 European Championship and was ninth overall in the European Formula 5000 Championship in 1970 .

Sports car racing

In addition to his monoposto use, Roy Pike was also active in sports car racing . He competed in the World Sports Car Championship and competed twice in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1966 he drove a Ferrari 275 GTB / C from Maranello Concessionaires. With his teammate Piers Courage , he reached eighth place in the overall standings and won the racing class for GT cars up to 5 liters. In 1968 he retired after a gearbox damage on the Ferrari 250LM .

Entrepreneur

In 1971, Pike gave up racing because he could no longer raise the financial means for further assignments. He moved to Somerset and started a company renovating old country houses in the years that followed.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 275 GTB / C	Piers Courage	Rank 8 and class win
1968	Paul Vestey	Ferrari 250LM	Paul Vestey	failure	Gearbox damage

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
1966	Maranello Concessionaires	Ferrari 275 GTB	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
									8th
1967	Fred Opert Racing Mike de Udy Charles Lucas	Chevron B4 Porsche 906 Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF			DNF						DNF
1968	Paul Vestey	Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
			DNF		15th							DNF
1970	Road & Racing Accessories	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
					DNF

Web links

Commons : Roy Pike  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roy Pike at Old Racing Cars
• Roy Pike at the Driver Database
• Roy Pike at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Formula 3 Radio London Trophy 1966
2. ^ X Gran Premio di Enna-Pergusa 1967
3. ↑ Race of Champions 1969