Roy Schechter
Roy Schechter , also Roy Schecter (born June 27, 1921 in New York City , † April 2, 2016 ) was an American aviator and racing car driver .
Aviator in World War 2
Roy Schechter studied medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville after compulsory schooling in the early 1940s . Shortly after it began, his studies were interrupted in 1942 when the United States entered World War II.
Schechter volunteered for the United States Army Air Forces and served as a pilot in the theater of war in Europe. He flew Consolidated B-24 on missions over the German Nazi state and during Operation Tidal Wave . He also flew Lockheed P-38 and Republic P-47 over the Mediterranean . He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal .
Racing career
After the war ended, Schechter moved to Florida and worked for his wife's company. Her family owned cinemas in Miami and Nassau in the Bahamas . He came into contact with motorsport through a cousin and contested his first car race in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL in Boca Raton in 1957 . When Bob Holbert , he acquired a Porsche 550 and began irregular in SCCA National Sports Car Championship . His greatest success came in 1960 . Together with Holbert and Howard Fowler , he drove a Brumos Porsche 718 at the 12-hour race in Sebring, taking second place overall.
statistics
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1960 | Brumos Porsche Car Corp. | Porsche 718 RS 60 | Bob Holbert | Howard Fowler | Rank 2 |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 |
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1960 | Brumo's Porsche | Porsche 718 | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM |
2 |
literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography Roy Schechter In: loveforporsche.com , accessed on July 30, 2020.
- ↑ Boca Raton sports car race 1957
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schechter, Roy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schecter, Roy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American aviator and racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd April 2016 |