Craft was born in Porthleven, Cornwall and began his career in 1962, with a Ford Anglia[2] and became recognised as a leading saloon car racer, particularly with the Team Broadspeed Escort which he campaigned from 1968 to 1970.[2] Having also previously driven a Tecno in Formula Three, he moved to sports cars from 1968, initially with a Chevron and then joined forces with Alain de Cadenet to drive his Porsche 908 and McLaren M8C.[2] It was this association that led to his participation in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, in 1971, driving a Brabham BT33 prepared by Cadenet's team Ecurie Evergreen, but he failed to score a championship point. He did not qualify for his first World Championship race (the 1971 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park) but would have been able to start the race following the withdrawal of two other drivers due to accidents in the raceday warm-up sessions. However, his own car suffered engine trouble, denying him the opportunity.[3] His second Grand Prix, at Watkins Glen ended with a suspension failure and tyre problems during the race.[4]
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Christopher Craft redirects here For the NASA manager see Christopher C Kraft Jr Christopher Adrian Craft 17 November 1939 20 February 2021 1 was a British racing driver who competed in many different forms of motor sport Chris CraftBorn 1939 11 17 17 November 1939Porthleven Cornwall England UKDied20 February 2021 2021 02 20 aged 81 Essex England UKFormula One World Championship careerNationalityBritishActive years1971Teamsnon works BrabhamEntries2 1 start Championships0Wins0Podiums0Career points0Pole positions0Fastest laps0First entry1971 Canadian Grand PrixLast entry1971 United States Grand Prix Contents 1 Biography 2 Racing record 2 1 Complete British Saloon Car Championship results 2 2 Complete Formula One results 3 References 4 External linksBiography editCraft was born in Porthleven Cornwall and began his career in 1962 with a Ford Anglia 2 and became recognised as a leading saloon car racer particularly with the Team Broadspeed Escort which he campaigned from 1968 to 1970 2 Having also previously driven a Tecno in Formula Three he moved to sports cars from 1968 initially with a Chevron and then joined forces with Alain de Cadenet to drive his Porsche 908 and McLaren M8C 2 It was this association that led to his participation in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix in 1971 driving a Brabham BT33 prepared by Cadenet s team Ecurie Evergreen but he failed to score a championship point He did not qualify for his first World Championship race the 1971 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park but would have been able to start the race following the withdrawal of two other drivers due to accidents in the raceday warm up sessions However his own car suffered engine trouble denying him the opportunity 3 His second Grand Prix at Watkins Glen ended with a suspension failure and tyre problems during the race 4 Craft continued to compete in many other forms of motor racing including saloon cars notably with a Ford Capri sports cars including a period with the Dome team in the early 1980s Formula 3 and Formula 5000 Craft won the 1973 European Sportscar Championship in a Lola T92 5 One of the highlights of his career was a third place finish in the 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans After his race career Chris Craft started the Light Car Company with F1 designer Gordon Murray to build the Light Car Company Rocket 6 Racing record editComplete British Saloon Car Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Pts Class 1964 Chris Craft Ford Cortina Lotus B SNE GOORet OUL AIN7 SILRet CRY4 BRH OUL 27th 2 11th Superspeed Conversions Ltd Ford Anglia Super A CRY6 BRHDSQ OULRet NC 1965 R Trustham Ford Anglia Super B BRHDSQ OUL SNE GOO SIL CRY3 BRHDNS OUL8 25th 6 9th 1966 Superspeed Conversions Ltd Ford Anglia Super B SNE6 GOO6 SILRet CRYRet BRHRet BRHRet OUL1 BRHRet 8th 24 3rd 1967 Superspeed Conversions Ltd Ford Anglia Super B BRH SNE SIL SIL MAL SIL SILRet BRHRet OULRet BRHRet NC 0 NC 1968 Team Broadspeed Ford Anglia A BRHRet THR5 SIL10 CRYRet MALRet 8th 38 4th Ford Escort 1300 GT B BRH12 SIL10 CRORet OUL9 BRH BRH7 5th 1969 Team Broadspeed Ford Escort 1300 GT B BRHRet SILRet SNE8 THR4 SIL3 CRY2 MAL2 CRO12 SIL5 OUL7 BRH6 BRH7 2nd 67 1st 1970 Team Broadspeed Ford Escort TC C BRH2 SNE4 THRRet SIL4 CRY3 SIL4 SIL26 CRO3 BRH11 OUL5 BRH3 BRH 5th 60 1st 1974 Wisharts Garages Ford Capri 3000 GT C MAL BRH SIL OUL THR SIL THR BRH ING BRH OUL SNE 29th 7 8th Shellsport Triumph Dolomite Sprint B BRH9 12th 1975 Wisharts Garages Ford Capri 3000 GT C MAL BRH OUL THR11 SIL BRH THR SIL MAL SNE SIL INGRet BRH OUL5 BRH 23rd 16 7th 1976 Tricentrol Hammonds Sauce Group Ford Capri II 3 0s D BRH2 SILDSQ OUL THR3 THR3 SILDNS BRH4 MAL2 SNE4 BRHRet 10th 28 3rd 1977 Hammonds Sauce Group Ford Capri II 3 0s D SILRet BRHDNS OUL3 THR6 SIL4 THR1 DON SIL2 DON2 BRH THR3 BRH2 8th 24 2nd 1978 Gordon Spice Group Ford Capri III 3 0s D SILRet OUL3 THRRet BRHRet SIL2 DON1 MAL4 BRH4 DON4 BRH5 THR2 OULRet 10th 40 3rd 1979 Gordon Spice Racing Ford Capri III 3 0s D SIL2 OUL3 THR16 SIL5 DON3 SIL2 MAL DON3 BRH2 THR SNE OUL 10th 40 3rd Source 7 Events with 2 races staged for the different classes Complete Formula One results edit key Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WDC Points 1971 Ecurie Evergreen Brabham BT33 Cosworth V8 RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA CANDNQ USARet NC 0 Source 4 References edit Brown Allen Chris Craft OldRacingCars com Retrieved 28 February 2021 a b c Small Steve The Complete Guinness Grand Prix Who s Who Guinness p 115 ISBN 0851127029 Lang Mike 1982 Grand Prix Vol 2 Haynes Publishing Group p 166 ISBN 0 85429 321 3 a b Small Steve The Complete Guinness Grand Prix Who s Who Guinness p 114 ISBN 0851127029 World Sports Racing Prototypes European Sportscar Championship 2 August 2010 Archived from the original on 2 August 2010 Retrieved 16 February 2021 Ernst Kurt 15 September 2014 Hemmings Find of the Day 1992 Light Car Company Rocket Hemmings Daily Retrieved 28 December 2014 de Jong Frank British Saloon Car Championship History of Touring Car Racing 1952 1993 Retrieved 17 October 2022 External links edit nbsp Cornwall portal Profile at www grandprix com nbsp This Cornwall article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article related to English motor racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chris Craft racing driver amp oldid 1138661159, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
