Skip Scott

The Ford GT40 with Skip Scott at the 1000 km race at Monza in 1966 was at the start

Robert Livingston "Skip" Scott (born August 24, 1941 , † August 9, 2003 ) was an American racing driver .

Racing career

Skip Scott was active in sports car races in the 1960s and was one of the Ford factory drivers who drove the GT40 . Before his involvement with Ford, which began in 1965 and ended after the end of the following season, he drove successfully in the SCCA sports car championship . In 1964, he was together with Ken Miles and John Morton in a Cobra reported by Carroll Shelby , overall runner-up in the 500-mile race of Road America .

Scott started with the Ford GT40 for the crew of the Essex Wire Corporation , 1965 at racing events in North America and 1,966 in the World Sportscar Championship . With his team partner Peter Revson , he finished both the Sebring 12-hour race and the Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race in third place overall. At Le Mans , the duo failed due to engine failure on the GT40 MK.I.

After the end of the collaboration with Ford, the US races were again his field of activity. In 1969 he drove a Lola T70 of Carl Haas and won, among others, together with Chuck Parsons , the 500-mile race at Road America 1968 . It was last used at the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1972 , where the Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione had to retire after an engine failure.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Essex Wire Cooperation	Ford GT40 Mk.I	Peter Revson	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1965	Peter Clarke	Ferrari 250 GTO	Peter Clarke	failure	accident
1966	Essex Wire Corporation	Ford GT40	Peter Revson	3rd place and class win
1968	Javelin Racing Team	AMC Javelin	Peter Revson	Rank 12
1972	Kirk F. White Motor Racing Inc.	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	David Hobbs	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	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1964	Steve Berg	Porsche 904	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																				2
1965	Peter Clarke Essex Wire.	Ferrari 250 GTO AC Cobra	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				DNF																		3
1966	Essex Wire	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
			DNF	3	DNF		3	DNF	DNF
1968	Javelin Racing	AMC Javelin	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
				12
1972	Kirk F. White	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF

Web links

Commons : Skip Scott  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Skip Scott at Racing Sports Cars
• Skip Scott at Motorsport Magazine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1964 Road America 500 Mile Race
2. ^ 1968 Road America 500 Mile Race