Elliott Forbes-Robinson
| Elliott Forbes-Robinson | |||||||
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| Born |
October 31, 1943 La Crescenta, CA |
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| Monster Energy 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) | ||||||
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Elliott Forbes-Robinson (born October 31, 1943 in La Crescenta, California) is a road racing racecar driver. 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. 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.
He was the 1982 champion of the Trans-Am Series.
Forbes-Robinson co-won the 1987 Grand Prix of Miami with Geoff Brabham. In 1988, he took over the driver's seat from car owner Rick Hendrick during the final NASCAR race at Riverside International Raceway.
In the mid-1990s he competed in SCCA, IMSA’s GTU, the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, and the World Sportscar Championship.
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.
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