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As planned, the C-5R made its racing debut at the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. Cunningham had been coming to the Sarthe with his racing cars regularly since 1950 for long-distance races and had already been able to gain some experience. The team presented long-time works driver Phil Walters and John Fitch, another American, as drivers. Speed ...
The racing car type was driven for the first time in 1952 at the SCCA championship round in Bridgehampton. [8] Phil Walters dropped out because of a defective exhaust. Briggs Cunningham and Bill Spear finished the 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans in fourth place overall and celebrated victory in the class for racing cars with displacement over 5 liters ...
Joshua Richards (born March 22, 1988) is an American former professional stock car racing driver from Shinnston, West Virginia. [1] He last competed full-time in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, in the No. 1R Rocket Chassis for Boom Briggs Racing, where he had been a champion in 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2016.
With few cars having been built and no profits to show, the IRS reclassified the B. S. Cunningham Company as a hobby, meaning that the racing and production expenses were no longer tax deductible. [9] [10] Briggs Cunningham wound up the operation and sold the West Palm Beach factory. [10]
#6 Briggs Cunningham/Momo: no entries #31 Saita: no entries #1 Briggs Cunningham #18 MG #77 O.S.C.A. #81 Renault: Results: Phil Walters: Jim Kimberly: Austin Young John Fitch: Robert Blackwood Briggs Cunningham: Ralph Durbin Rees Makins Henry Gauding 2 Hunter #51 Briggs Cunningham #5 Ferrari #39 Jaguar #44 Ferrari #64 Austin-Healey #97 Kieft ...
ARCA Racing Series: 40 Cunningham Motorsports (operating at various points in its history as CSG Motorsports and CHS Motorsports ) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed primarily in the ARCA Racing Series , but also in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Busch Series .
Randall Briggs (born March 10, 1965) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most notably ran full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2003 . He also competed part-time for one year in both the NASCAR Busch Series (in 2004 ) and the ARCA Re/Max Series (in 2001).
He was also involved in Briggs Cunningham's ambitious Le Mans projects in the early 1950s, and was later a member of the Mercedes-Benz sport car team. He also competed in two World Championship Grands Prix. After retirement in 1964, Fitch was the manager of Lime Rock circuit, and a former team boss of Chevrolet's Corvette racing team. His ...