Claude Ballot-Léna
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Claude Ballot-Léna | |||||||
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Image of Claude Ballot-Léna (circa 1970s)
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Born | Paris, France |
August 4, 1936||||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||||||
Cause of death | Cancer | ||||||
Awards | 1969 Spa 24 Hours winner 1983 24 Hours of Daytona winner |
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NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
6 races run over 2 years | |||||||
First race | 1978 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 1979 Firecracker 400 (Daytona) | ||||||
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Claude Ballot-Léna (August 4, 1936 – November 9, 1999) was a French race driver born in Paris.
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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. 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.
Motorsports career results
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | [1] | ||||||||
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 | [2] |
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1978 | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 35 | 22 |
1979 | Oldsmobile | DNQ |
References
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