Claude Ballot-Léna

Claude Ballot-Léna (4 August 1936 – 9 November 1999) is a French race driver born in Paris.

Claude Ballot-Léna
Ballot-Léna c. 1988
Born(1936-08-04)4 August 1936
Paris, France
Died9 November 1999(1999-11-09) (aged 63)
Paris, France
Cause of deathCancer
Awards1969 Spa 24 Hours winner
1983 24 Hours of Daytona winner
NASCAR Cup Series career
6 races run over 2 years
First race1978 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1979 Firecracker 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Career

He won the 1969 Spa 24 Hours in a Porsche 911 and the 1983 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 935 Turbo owned by Preston Henn. He also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans many times from 1966 until the 1980s and other than record holder Tom Kristensen has scored the most class victories at Le Mans with seven wins driving Porsche, Ferrari and Jaguar GT class cars. Ballot-Léna was also one of the earliest European NASCAR drivers when he made six Winston Cup starts in 1978 to 1979 at Talladega Superspeedway, Daytona International Speedway, and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

He died on 9 November 1999 in Paris from cancer.[1]

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1965 Abarth France Frank Ruata Abarth 1000 SP P
1.15
- DNQ DNQ
1966 Jean-Louis Marnat & Cie Jean-Louis Marnat Marcos Mini Marcos GT 2+2-BMC P
1.3
258 15th 5th
1967 S.E.C. Automobiles CD Dennis Dayan CD SP66C-Peugeot P
1.15
25 DNF DNF
1968 Auguste Veuillet Guy Chasseuil Porsche 911T GT
2.0
224 DNF DNF
1969 Auguste Veuillet Guy Chasseuil Porsche 911T GT
2.0
301 11th 2nd
1970 Établissement Sonauto Guy Chasseuil Porsche 914/6 GT GT
2.0
285 6th 1st
1971 Auguste Veuillet - Sonauto Guy Chasseuil Porsche 908/2 P
3.0
DNF DNF
1972 Charles Pozzi Jean-Claude Andruet Ferrari 365 GTB/4 GT
5.0
306 5th 1st
1973 Automobiles Charles Pozzi Vic Elford Ferrari 365 GTB/4 GT
5.0
316 6th 1st
1974 Robert Buchet Vic Elford Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GT DNF DNF
1975 Écurie Robert Buchet Jacques Bienvenue Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GT 304 8th 4th
1976 Ecurie T.S. Guy Chasseuil WM P76-Peugeot GTP DNF DNF
1977 JMS Racing / ASA Cachia Peter Gregg Porsche 935 Gr. 5 315 3rd 1st
1978 Pozzi-Thompson JMS Racing Jean-Louis Lafosse Ferrari 512BB IMSA
+2.5
218 DNF DNF
1979 JMS Racing / Charles Pozzi Michel Leclère
Peter Gregg
Ferrari 512BB/LM IMSA
+2.5
219 DNF DNF
1980 Ch. Pozzi - JMS Racing Jean-Claude Andruet Ferrari 512BB/LM IMSA 129 DNF DNF
1981 Charles Pozzi S.A. Jean-Claude Andruet
Hervé Regout
Ferrari 512BB/LM IMSA
GTX
328 5th 1st
1982 Charles Pozzi - Ferrari France Jean-Claude Andruet Ferrari 512BB/LM IMSA
GTX
57 DNF DNF
1983 Preston Henn T-Bird Swap Shop
John Fitzpatrick Racing
Preston Henn
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Porsche 956 C 327 10th 10th
1984 Group 44 Jaguar Tony Adamowicz
John Watson
Jaguar XJR-5 IMSA
GTP
212 DNF DNF
1985 Group 44 Jaguar Bob Tullius
Chip Robinson
Jaguar XJR-5 GTP 324 13th 1st
1986 Porsche AG René Metge Porsche 961 GTX 321 7th 1st
1988 Chamberlain Engineering Jean-Louis Ricci
Jean-Claude Andruet
Spice SE88C-Ford Cosworth C2 17 DNF DNF
1989 Joest Racing Henri Pescarolo
Jean-Louis Ricci
Porsche 962C C1 371 6th 6th
Source:[2]

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
1978 GC Spencer Racing 49 Dodge RSD DAY
22
RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL
18
DOV CLT NSV RSD MCH DAY
35
NSV POC TAL
37
MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL ONT NA 0 [3]
1979 6 Olds RSD DAY
DNQ
CAR RCH ATL
27
NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY
31
NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL ONT NA 0 [4]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1978 GC Spencer Racing Dodge 35 22
1979 Oldsmobile DNQ

References

  1. https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/claude-ballot-lena
  2. "Claude Ballot-Léna, France". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  3. "Claude Ballot-Lena − 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  4. "Claude Ballot-Lena − 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
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