Hurley Haywood

Hurley Haywood
Nationality	American
Born	(1948-05-04) May 4, 1948 Chicago, Illinois

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1977–1983, 1985–1987, 1990–1991, 1993–1994
Best finish	1st (1977, 1983, 1994)
Class wins	3 (1977, 1983, 1994)

The Porsche 936 which Hurley Haywood drove to victory at the 1977 24 Hour of Le Mans.

Hurley Haywood (born May 4, 1948) is an American race-car driver. He is said to be America's most decorated endurance driver in history. Hurley has won multiple events, including five overall victories at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, three at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and two at the 12 Hours of Sebring. He is credited with the 1988 Trans-Am title, two IMSA GT Championship titles and 23 wins, three Norelco Cup championships, a SuperCar title and 18 IndyCar starts.

He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 (Porsche 936), 1983 (Porsche 956) and 1994 (Dauer 962 Le Mans) and is tied as the most successful driver at the 24 Hours of Daytona with 5 wins (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1991).^[1] He won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1973 and 1981. He also drove in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 finishing 18th. He represented IMSA four times in the International Race of Champions (1986, 1989, 1992, 1995).^[2] In 1970, he was drafted into the Vietnam War where he served as Specialist 4. After completing his tour of duty, he won his first IMSA GT title in 1971.^[3]

After Peter H. Gregg's death, Haywood has been the main leader behind Brumos Automotive dealerships.^[4]

He is the chief driving instructor at the Porsche Sport Driving School, held at the Barber Motorsports Park outside Birmingham, Alabama.^[1]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1977	Martini Racing Porsche System	Jürgen Barth Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936/77	S +2.0	342	1st	1st
1978	Martini Racing Porsche System	Peter Gregg Reinhold Joest	Porsche 936/77	S +2.0	362	3rd	3rd
1980	Sun System Whittington Brothers Racing	Don Whittington Dale Whittington	Porsche 935 K3	IMSA	151	DNF	DNF
1981	Porsche System	Jochen Mass Vern Schuppan	Porsche 936	S +2.0	312	12th	2nd
1982	Rothmans Porsche System	Al Holbert Jürgen Barth	Porsche 956	C	340	3rd	3rd
1983	Rothmans Porsche	Vern Schuppan Al Holbert	Porsche 956	C	370	1st	1st
1985	Jaguar Group 44	Brian Redman Jim Adams	Jaguar XJR-5	GTP	151	DNF	DNF
1986	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Gianfranco Brancatelli Win Percy	Jaguar XJR-6	C1	154	DNF	DNF
1987	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Stanley Dickens Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962C	C1	7	DNF	DNF
1990	Team Schuppan Omron Racing	Wayne Taylor Rickard Rydell	Porsche 962C	C1	332	12th	12th
1991	Team Salamin Primagaz Team Schuppan	James Weaver Wayne Taylor	Porsche 962C	C2	316	NC	NC
1993	Le Mans Porsche Team	Walter Röhrl Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT	GT	79	DNF	DNF
1994	Le Mans Porsche Team Joest Racing	Yannick Dalmas Mauro Baldi	Dauer 962 Le Mans	GT1	344	1st	1st

PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1980	Lindsey Hopkins Racing	ONT	INDY 18	MIL	POC	MDO	MCH	WGL	MIL	ONT	MCH	MEX	PHX	52nd	20

References

External links

Hurley Haywood driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by None	IMSA GT champion 1971–1972	Succeeded by Peter Gregg
Preceded by Jacky Ickx Gijs van Lennep	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1977 with: Jacky Ickx Jürgen Barth	Succeeded by Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Didier Pironi
Preceded by Jacky Ickx Derek Bell	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1983 with: Vern Schuppan Al Holbert	Succeeded by Klaus Ludwig Henri Pescarolo
Preceded by Scott Pruett	Trans-Am Series champion 1988	Succeeded by Dorsey Schroeder
Preceded by Geoff Brabham Christophe Bouchut Éric Hélary	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1994 with: Yannick Dalmas Mauro Baldi	Succeeded by Yannick Dalmas JJ Lehto Masanori Sekiya

Winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Nine-time	Tom Kristensen

Six-time	Jacky Ickx

Five-time	Derek Bell Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro

Four-time	Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo

Three-time	Woolf Barnato Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Marcel Fässler Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert André Lotterer Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Benoît Tréluyer Marco Werner

Two-time	Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Romain Dumas Ron Flockhart Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Amon Ara Attwood Baldi Bamber Bandini Barilla Barth Benjafield Benoist Bernhard Bianchi Bloch Blundell Bouchut D. Brabham G. Brabham Brundle Chaboud Clement Cobb Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Gachot Gené González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Howe Hülkenberg Jani Johansson Jones Kidston Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Lieb Marko Martini Mass McLaren Mitchell-Thomson Nielsen Nuvolari Oliver Ortelli Pironi Riess Rindt Rockenfeller Rodríguez Rolt Rondeau J. Rosier L. Rosier Rubin Salvadori Sanderson Scarfiotti Schuppan Sekiya Shelby Smith Tandy Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

Winners of the Daytona Sports Car Classic

run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63) Daytona 2000 (1964–65) 6 Hours of Daytona (1972) 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)

Five-time	Hurley Haywood Scott Pruett

Four-time	Peter Gregg Pedro Rodríguez Rolf Stommelen Bob Wollek

Three-time	Derek Bell Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace

Two-time	Mauro Baldi João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Jan Lammers Ken Miles John Paul Jr. Lloyd Ruby Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser Jr.

One-time	Allmendinger Amon J. Andretti Ma. Andretti Angelelli Ballot-Léna Bandini Barber Beretta Bergmeister Bernhard Boesel Bouchut Bourdais Boutsen Brown Brundle Buckler Collard Dalziel Derani Dismore D. Donohue M. Donohue Dupuy Durán Duxbury Dyson Elford Fellows Field Fitzpatrick Franchitti Fréon García Garretson Gentilozzi Graves Gurney Hand Hasemi Helmick Henn Herrmann Hezemans Hill Hoshino Ickx Jelinski Joest D. Jones P. J. Jones Kanaan Kimball Kinnunen Kneifel Krages Larson Lässig Lavaggi Law Lienhard Luyendyk Martin McMurray Mears Merl Millen Moran Moretti Neerpasch Negri Nielsen O'Connell Oliver Ongais Pace Papis C. Parsons Paul, Sr. Pescarolo Pew Pilgrim B. Rahal G. Rahal Rice Robinson Rockenfeller Schneider Schrom Siffert Suzuki Unser, Sr. Van der Merwe Van Overbeek Weaver Wendlinger Werner Wheldon Wilson

Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring

Six-time	Tom Kristensen

Five-time	Rinaldo Capello

Four-time	Frank Biela Allan McNish

Three-time	Hans-Joachim Stuck Mario Andretti Marco Werner

Two-time	Bob Akin Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Eric van de Poele Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Baker Baldi Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bonnier Bourdais Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Derani Dumas Duval Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Heyer Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Lapierre Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul, Jr. Paul, Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Surtees Taylor Theys Tréluyer Vaccarella Van Overbeek Wollek Woods Wurz

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