RACING DRIVER

Vic Elford

1935 - 2022

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Victor Henry Elford (10 June 1935 – 13 March 2022) was an English sports car racing, rallying, and Formula One driver. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 July 1968. He scored a total of 8 championship points. Nicknamed "Quick Vic" by his peers, Elford was mainly a famous sports car competitor as well as a successful rally driver, associated often with Porsche. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vic Elford is the 646th most popular racing driver (down from 637th in 2019), the 5,339th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,131st in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Vic Elford ranks 646 out of 1,080Before him are Alain de Changy, Piero Scotti, Paddy Driver, Robert Doornbos, François Delecour, and Allan McNish. After him are Gil de Ferran, Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, Ott Tänak, Markko Märtin, Luigi Piotti, and Desiré Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Vic Elford ranks 498Before him are Bob Gibson, Susan Cooper, Väinö Huhtala, Vasil Metodiev, Franco Trincavelli, and Jim Hall. After him are Jane Dee Hull, Arnold Kopelson, Derek Kevan, Janne Stefansson, David McKee, and Jack McDevitt. Among people deceased in 2022, Vic Elford ranks 587Before him are António Lima Pereira, Volodymyr Vakulenko, Gail Halvorsen, Leslie Jordan, Andrés Prieto, and Ingemar Erlandsson. After him are Neal Adams, András Törőcsik, Rolando Serrano, Monty Norman, Viktor Zvyahintsev, and Costică Dafinoiu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vic Elford ranks 5,341 out of 8,785Before him are Jule Styne (1905), DeObia Oparei (1971), Ed Westwick (1987), Danny Kirwan (1950), Montagu Love (1877), and Allan McNish (1969). After him are Anne Heywood (1931), Ronald Stretton (1930), Kathleen Byron (1921), Mary Peters (1939), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), and Chris Thomas (1947).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Vic Elford ranks 112Before him are Ian Raby (1921), Tom Bridger (1934), David Hampshire (1917), Kenny Acheson (1957), John James (1914), and Allan McNish (1969). After him are Keith Greene (1938), Henry Taylor (1932), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), Colin Davis (1933), Bruce Halford (1931), and Steve O'Rourke (1940).