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Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Born	October 31, 1943 (age 81); La Crescenta, California
NASCAR Cup Series career
	22 races run over 5 years
Best finish	35th- 1981 (Winston Cup)
First race	1977 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	1984 Atlanta Journal 500 (Atlanta)

Elliott Forbes-Robinson (born October 31, 1943, in La Crescenta, California) is a road racing race car driver.^[1] He is known for his race wins and championships in many different series, including the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), Super Vee, Trans-Am Series, CanAm, IMSA GTU, and the World Challenge.^[2] He is known in NASCAR circles as a road course ringer. He is also a founder of the Legends Cars of 600 Racing and he designed their original car.^[3]

Racing career

SCCA

1970 ARRC National Championships C production. Porsche 914-6 fourth in C production

1972 VW Gold Cup Super Vee 4th place overall in points. 2 Wins Riverside and Portland International Raceway

1972 SCCA ARRC National Championships E Production. Porsche 914. Results Pole position, Track record, Overall win by over 30 seconds. DQ'd in post-race inspection.

1974 VW Gold Cup Super Vee championship. Seven victories and four finishes in fifth or better out of the 13 races he entered.

He was the 1982 champion of the Trans-Am Series.

Forbes-Robinson co-won the 1987 Grand Prix of Miami with Geoff Brabham.^[4] In 1988, he took over the driver's seat from car owner Rick Hendrick during the final NASCAR race at Riverside International Raceway.^[5]

In the mid-1990s he competed in SCCA, IMSA’s GTU, the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, and the World Sportscar Championship.

In 1991 he drives with Robby and Johnny Unser the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Porsche [911 Cup/ with Herbert Linge + Dr. K.R.Schuster].

In 1997 he won the overall win at the 24 Hours of Daytona.

In 1999 he repeated as the overall winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona. He won the inaugural ALMS championship with teammate Butch Leitzinger for Dyson Racing.

He won the SR Class at the 2000 24 Hours of Daytona, and finished fifth in the class’ points standings.

He finished seventh the 2001 SRP class points, with a second-place finish in eight starts.

He had three SRP starts in 2002. He finished third in his only SRP II start.

He was the 2003 Rolex Vintage Enduro Car champion.

He raced in The Rolex Series in 2004, and had eight Top-5 finishes in eleven races. He co-drove with Leitzinger. He raced in the No. 4 Pontiac-Crawford Daytona Prototype car for Howard-Boss Motorsports.^[6]

He continued his relationship with Boss Motorsports co-driving with Leitzinger in 2005. The duo won at Mid-Ohio, and had second-place finishes at the 24 Hours of Daytona, Homestead, and Laguna Seca in seven races. They finished fifth in the final series points.

Road racing career totals

He has had 51 major victories in his 30-year career.^[7] His victory co-driving with Butch Leitzinger at the 2004 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park gave him victories in 5 consecutive decades.^[6]

Awards

He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America^[8] in 2006.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1969	Daytona International Raceway	Porsche 911	Porsche	B Sedan	3	10	Running
1970	Road Atlanta	Porsche 914/6	Porsche	C Production	4	7	Running
1972	Road Atlanta	Porsche 914	Porsche	E Production	21	1	Disqualified
1973	Road Atlanta	Porsche 914	Porsche	E Production	19	3	Retired
1976	Road Atlanta	Nissan 280Z	Nissan	C Production	1	1	Running
1976	Road Atlanta	Nissan 610	Nissan	B Sedan	1	1	Running
1978	Road Atlanta	Chevrolet Corvette	Chevrolet	A Production	1	1	Running

Formula Super Vee

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1974	Lynn Racing	Lola	VW Brabham	ROL1 2	LRP 1	LS 1	ONT 3	MDO	ROL2 1	WG1 5	CRT 1	ROA 27	LRP	MOS 1	WG2 1	MEX 1	DAY 4	1st	185
Source:^[9]^[10]^[11]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1976	Howard & Egerton Racing	6	Chevy	RSD	DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		NA	-	^[12]
1977	Harris Racing	87	Dodge	RSD	DAY 40	RCH																													69th	201	^[13]
1977	Midgley Racing	29	Dodge				CAR 20	ATL 36	NWS	DAR	BRI	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		69th	201	^[13]
1981	Howard & Egerton Racing	86	Buick	RSD 8	DAY 25	RCH	CAR 10	ATL 39					TAL 16	NSV	DOV	CLT 10	TWS	RSD 35	MCH	DAY 23	NSV	POC	TAL 12	MCH											35th	1020	^[14]
	Howard & Egerton Racing	86	Olds						BRI 27	NWS	DAR	MAR
	Ulrich Racing	40	Buick																						BRI 23	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD
1982	Cronkrite Racing	96	Buick	DAY 28	RCH	BRI	ATL 40	CAR	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL 29	NSV	DOV	CLT	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	CLT	MAR	CAR	ATL	RSD		68th	155	^[15]
1983	Bahre Racing	23	Buick	DAY 40	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	BRI	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD		101st	43	^[16]
1984	Bahre Racing	23	Olds	DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR																								45th	349	^[17]
	Harrington Racing	2	Buick									TAL 39	NSV	DOV	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH 24	DAY	NSV	POC								CLT 20	NWS	CAR	ATL 19	RSD
	Harrington Racing	2	Chevy																			TAL 38	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1976	Howard & Egerton Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
1977	Harris Racing	Dodge	16	40
1981	Howard & Egerton Racing	Buick	37	25
1982	Cronkrite Racing	Buick	18	28
1983	Bahre Racing	Buick	19	40
1984	Bahre Racing	Oldsmobile	DNQ

24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1971	Richie Ginther Racing	Alan Johnson	Porsche 911S	GT +2.0	50	DNF	DNF
1989	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Takashi Yorino Hervé Regout	Mazda 767B	GTP	365	9th	2nd
Source:^[18]