Lyndon Sims
{{Short description|Welsh rally driver}}
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| birth_name = Lyndon Oliver Sims
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|1|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Treharris, Glamorgan
| death_date = April 1999 (aged 82)
| death_place = Monmouth, Monmouthshire
| nationality = {{flagicon|WAL}} Welsh
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Lyndon Oliver Sims (20 January 1917 – April 1999) was a Welsh rally driver and winner of the 6th RAC Rally in 1956. He also served in the Royal Air Force.
Career
During the 1950s, he competed in some European Rally Championship events, including the Monte Carlo Rally during this decade.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=109464&t=Lyndon-Sims|title=eWRC-results.com - rally database|website=eWRC-results.com}}
Perhaps his most recognisable achievement came in 1956, where he won the 6th RAC Rally driving an Aston Martin DB2. That same year, Sims finished 65th in the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Riley Pathfinder.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamdan.com/archive/www2/miscral/56miscra.html |title=1956 Miscellaneous Rallies |website=www.teamdan.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327165458/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/www2/miscral/56miscra.html |archive-date=2009-03-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://rallyemontecarlo1956.unblog.fr/|title=Rallye Monte-Carlo 1956|website=Rallye Monte-Carlo 1956}}
Personal life
Lyndon married Magan P. Shott in 1940 in Crickhowell, Breconshire.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=180501971:5696&d=bmd_1489437828|title = FreeBMD Entry Info}} His son, Geoffrey was born in spring 1948 followed by Christopher and Anthony.{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=196483622:5684&d=bmd_1489437828 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}
References
External links
- [http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=78248&t=Peter-Riley eWRC]
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Category:20th-century Royal Air Force personnel
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