Richard Lloyd Ruby (1928-01-12)January 12, 1928 Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Died
March 23, 2009(2009-03-23) (aged 81) Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Championship titles
1965, 1966 24 Hours of Daytona Winner 1966 12 Hours of Sebring Winner
Awards
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame (1991) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2015)
Champ Car career
176 races run over 20 years
Years active
1958–1977
Best finish
3rd – 1964
First race
1958 Bobby Ball Memorial (Phoenix)
Last race
1977 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win
1961 Tony Bettenhausen 200 (Milwaukee)
Last win
1970 Trenton 200 (Trenton)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
7
29
8
Formula One World Championship career
Active years
1960–1961
Teams
Watson, Lotus
Entries
2
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1960 Indianapolis 500
Last entry
1961 United States Grand Prix
Richard Lloyd Ruby[1] (January 12, 1928 – March 23, 2009)[2] was an American racecar driver who raced in the USAC Championship Car series for 20 years, achieving 7 victories and 88 top-ten finishes. He also had success in endurance racing, winning the 24 Hours of Daytona twice, the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring and the 1966 World Sportscar Championship.
Richard LloydRuby (January 12, 1928 – March 23, 2009) was an American racecar driver who raced in the USAC Championship Car series for 20 years, achieving...
next year he won the 24 Hours of Daytona, sharing the Ford GT Mk II with LloydRuby, and then won the 12 Hours of Sebring. Several months later, sharing the...
qualifying at 3:42 p.m. with 17 cars in the field . A few cars (namely LloydRuby, Gary Bettenhausen, and Peter Revson) were still waiting in line when...
race was dominated by LloydRuby, who was seeking his first win in the Indianapolis 500. However, a bad pit stop resulted in Ruby losing a couple of laps...
end, he wound up managing only an eighth-place finish, 19 laps down. LloydRuby, a driver with a hard-luck reputation at the Speedway, was leading the...
scene, LloydRuby (in George Snider's car) spun out with LeeRoy Yarbrough, and both cars went sliding to the infield grass in turn four. Ruby's car hit...
race, but once again, it failed within sight of victory. On lap 174, LloydRuby's engine misfired allowing Joe Leonard to take the lead in the Lotus 56...
qualifiers that day. Two drivers crashed during the day, Rodger Ward and LloydRuby. Ruby wrecked his already-qualified machine, but Ward was still struggling...
as Le Mans. The first 24 Hour event in 1966 was won by Ken Miles and LloydRuby driving a Ford Mk. II. Motor Sport reported: "For their first 24-hour...
Gurney pushed his car over the finish line, beaten only by Ken Miles and LloydRuby. However, his actions were ultimately determined to be against the rules...
parked the car in the infield, just north of the entrance to the pits. LloydRuby led at the halfway point. On lap 111, David Hobbs blew an engine on the...
for the 24h race. The new year started with promise with Ken Miles and LloydRuby winning both the inaugural 24 Hours of Daytona and then 12 Hours of Sebring...
Gordon Johncock Bobby Allison R 5 Graham McRae R Roger McCluskey LloydRuby 6 Bill Vukovich II Salt Walther Jerry Grant 7 Mel Kenyon Wally Dallenbach...
pitted, A. J. Foyt led laps 27–51. LloydRuby crashed in turn two and brought out the yellow on lap 49. It would be Ruby's final Indy 500. During the sequence...
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only...
Moody with its teams of Mario Andretti/Lucien Bianchi and Denny Hulme/LloydRuby. After a humiliating loss to the Ferrari works team at the opening round...
fastest of the day. Other big names to qualify during the day included LloydRuby, Jim Rathmann, Dick Rathmann, and Len Sutton with a slow run in a Leader...
group containing Walt Hansgen, Roger Penske, Hap Sharp, Jim Hall and LloydRuby. Penske's car was one of the first instances of commercial sponsorship...
victory came on their maiden race with the Ford program, with Ken Miles and LloydRuby taking a Shelby American-entered Ford GT40 to victory in the Daytona 2000km...
early were Salt Walther (his Indy record third last place finish), and LloydRuby, both out with engine problems. Polesitter A. J. Foyt took the lead on...
as A. J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Gordon Johncock, LloydRuby, and Eddie Sachs. Langhorne was also featured prominently in NASCAR's...
this practice was abandoned. For instance, during qualifying in 1970, LloydRuby raised his hand to make his attempt, but officials did not see it, and...
Shelby won Le Mans in 1959). Under Shelby's management the GT40 driven by LloydRuby and Ken Miles won the first race of the 1965 season at Daytona, and Miles...
Ruby Sparks is a 2012 American romantic fantasy comedy-drama film written by Zoe Kazan and directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton. It stars Paul...
Posey R 18 Johnny Rutherford 42 Swede Savage R 4 15 Steve Krisiloff 5 LloydRuby 23 Mel Kenyon 5 56 Jim Hurtubise 89 John Martin R 48 Jerry Grant 6 98...
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