Tom Cole (racing driver)

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Tomas Lionel Howard "Tom" Cole junior (born June 11, 1922 in Landaff , Grafton County , New Hampshire , † June 14, 1953 in Le Mans ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Tom Cole became famous for his third place in the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1950 with Sydney Allard . In the next few years he drove for Ferrari in the French endurance race. However, he could not achieve another placement in the overall standings.

Tom Cole died on June 14, 1953 in a racing accident at Le Mans.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1950 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Allard Allard J2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sydney Allard 3rd place and class win
1951 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Allard Allard J2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sydney Allard failure Ignition defect
1952 ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 225S Berlinetta FranceFrance Pierre Boncompagni failure Ignition defect
1953 United StatesUnited States Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 340MM Spider United StatesUnited States Luigi Chinetti failure fatal accident of Cole

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th
1953 Scuderia Ferrari
Luigi Chinetti 		Ferrari 340MM United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
4th DNF

Individual evidence

  1. ^ XVIII Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1950 , www.formula2.net, accessed on June 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ XXI Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1953 , www.formula2.net, accessed on June 21, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Cole, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, Tomas Lionel Howard; Cole, Tom Jr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Landaff , USA
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1953
Place of death Le Mans