- Lloyd Casner
Lloyd Perry Casner (
30 August 1928 inMiami ,Florida -10 April 1965 inLe Mans, France ) was the creator of theCasner Motor Racing Division team.An airline pilot by trade, "Lucky" Casner developed an interest in the Maserati Birdcage, and started his team in order to enter the
1959 24 Hours of Le Mans .Sharing a Birdcage with
Masten Gregory , Casner won the 19611000km Nürburgring for Team Camoradi, but never won Le Mans. He was killed when he crashed a new Maserati during testing for the upcoming1965 24 Hours of Le Mans . He was featured in the 1961 film "The Green Helmet".Casner participated in one non-Championship
Formula One race, the 1961 Glover Trophy.* [http://www.historicracing.com/drivers.cfm?driverID=2769&AlphaIndex=C historicracing.com profile on Casner]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0143776/ Lucky Casner at imdb.com]
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