years death_date death_place championships birth_place races nationality points birth_date wins poles article_title name podiums
1961 10 april 1965 le mans , france 0 miami , florida -lrb- non-championship -rrb- 3 -lrb- 0 starts -rrb- usa american 0 30 august 1928 0 0 lloyd casner
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lloyd casner

lloyd perry casner -lrb- august 30 , 1928 in miami , florida -- april 10 , 1965 in le mans , france -rrb- was the creator of the casner 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 1960 24 hours of le mans .
in august 1960 , a tipo 61 entered by casner 's team camoradi , driven by stirling moss and dan gurney , won the 1000 km of nurburgring .
sharing a birdcage with masten gregory , casner won the 1961 1000km nürburgring for team camoradi , but never won le mans .
he was killed when he crashed a new maserati during testing for the upcoming 1965 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 .
