Elliott Forbes-Robinson

Elliott Forbes-Robinson (born October 31, 1943 in La Crescenta, California) is a road racing racecar driver. [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=forbeel01 NASCAR statistics, accessed September 2006] ] 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 Championship. [http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/08/18/019143.html Motorsports Hall of Fame of America announcement, accessed September 2006] ] He helped Humpy Wheeler develop Legends cars. He is known in NASCAR circles as a road course ringer. He is also a founder of the Legends Cars of 600 Racing.

Racing career

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

Forbes-Robinson co-won the 1987 Grand Prix of Miami with Geoff Brabham. [http://www.mshf.com/index.htm?/hof/brabham_geoff.htm Geoff Brabham at Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, accessed September 2006] ]

In the mid 1990s he competed in SCCA, IMSA’s GTU, the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, and the World Sports Car Series.

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 Daytopna Prototype car for Howard-Boss Motorsports. [http://www.howardbossmotorsports.com/drivers/index.cfm?cid=1151 Drivers page at Howard Boss Motorsports’ Official Website, accessed September 2006] ]

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. [http://rotarynews.com/node/view/680 2005 driving announcement, accessed September 2006] ] His victory co-driving with Butch Leitzinger at the 2004 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park gave him victories in 5 consecutive decades. [http://www.howardbossmotorsports.com/drivers/index.cfm?cid=1151 Career summary at Howard Boss Motorsports Official website] ]

Awards

He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2006.

ee also

*Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
*Legends car racing

References/External links

* [http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=pa&pa_id=1856 Pictures, accessed September 2006]
* [http://howardbossmotorsports.com/drivers/index.cfm?cid=1152 2005 ALMS results, accessed September 2006]