Richard Lloyd Ruby (January 12, 1928 – March 23, 2009) was an American racecar driver who raced in the USAC Championship Car series for 20 years, achieving...
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next year he won the 24 Hours of Daytona, sharing the Ford GT Mk II with Lloyd Ruby, and then won the 12 Hours of Sebring. Several months later, sharing the...
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as Le Mans. The first 24 Hour event in 1966 was won by Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby driving a Ford Mk. II. Motor Sport reported: "For their first 24-hour...
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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...
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end, he wound up managing only an eighth-place finish, 19 laps down. Lloyd Ruby, a driver with a hard-luck reputation at the Speedway, was leading the...
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for the 24h race. The new year started with promise with Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby winning both the inaugural 24 Hours of Daytona and then 12 Hours of Sebring...
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qualifying at 3:42 p.m. with 17 cars in the field . A few cars (namely Lloyd Ruby, Gary Bettenhausen, and Peter Revson) were still waiting in line when...
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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...
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Moody with its teams of Mario Andretti/Lucien Bianchi and Denny Hulme/Lloyd Ruby. After a humiliating loss to the Ferrari works team at the opening round...
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qualifiers that day. Two drivers crashed during the day, Rodger Ward and Lloyd Ruby. Ruby wrecked his already-qualified machine, but Ward was still struggling...
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Gurney pushed his car over the finish line, beaten only by Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby. However, his actions were ultimately determined to be against the rules...
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scene, Lloyd Ruby (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...
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race was dominated by Lloyd Ruby, who was seeking his first win in the Indianapolis 500. However, a bad pit stop resulted in Ruby losing a couple of laps...
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victory came on their maiden race with the Ford program, with Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby taking a Shelby American-entered Ford GT40 to victory in the Daytona 2000km...
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group containing Walt Hansgen, Roger Penske, Hap Sharp, Jim Hall and Lloyd Ruby. Penske's car was one of the first instances of commercial sponsorship...
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parked the car in the infield, just north of the entrance to the pits. Lloyd Ruby led at the halfway point. On lap 111, David Hobbs blew an engine on the...
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race, but once again, it failed within sight of victory. On lap 174, Lloyd Ruby's engine misfired allowing Joe Leonard to take the lead in the Lotus 56...
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Shelby won Le Mans in 1959). Under Shelby's management the GT40 driven by Lloyd Ruby and Ken Miles won the first race of the 1965 season at Daytona, and Miles...
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as A. J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Gordon Johncock, Lloyd Ruby, and Eddie Sachs. Langhorne was also featured prominently in NASCAR's...
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author Lloyd Ruby (1928–2009), American race car driver Pierre Ruby (born 1932), French cyclist Sam Ruby, American software developer Sterling Ruby (born...
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850 263 14th 1st 1966 Shelby-American Inc. Ken Miles Ford GT40 Mk.II P+5.0 360 2nd 2nd 1967 Holman & Moody Lloyd Ruby Ford GT40 Mk.IV P+5.0 86 DNF DNF...
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1.5 L4 Jim Hall 8 J. Frank Harrison Lotus-Climax 18 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Lloyd Ruby 8 Momo Corporation Cooper-Climax T53 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Walt Hansgen 8...
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fastest of the day. Other big names to qualify during the day included Lloyd Ruby, Jim Rathmann, Dick Rathmann, and Len Sutton with a slow run in a Leader...
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25 0 0 0 0 0 Basil van Rooyen South Africa 1968–1969 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lloyd Ruby United States 1960–1961 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jean-Claude Rudaz Switzerland...
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pitted, A. J. Foyt led laps 27–51. Lloyd Ruby crashed in turn two and brought out the yellow on lap 49. It would be Ruby's final Indy 500. During the sequence...
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Offy 100 100 (160.934) 0:57:46 103.86 August 20 Tony Bettenhausen 200 Lloyd Ruby John Zink Trackburner Watson Offy 200 200 (321.868) 1:58:04 101.638 1962...
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(323 km) Trenton International Speedway Trenton, New Jersey Paved Al Unser Lloyd Ruby 4 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes 500 mi (800 km) Indianapolis...
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budding serial killer executed in 2018 Herbert Rogers, classical pianist Lloyd Ruby, race car driver Bernard Scott, professional football player Danielle...
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this practice was abandoned. For instance, during qualifying in 1970, Lloyd Ruby raised his hand to make his attempt, but officials did not see it, and...
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morning shortened practice time. When the sun came out in the afternoon, Lloyd Ruby posted the fastest speed at 189.122 mph. Peter Revson was second fastest...
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