Liz Halliday’s bid for endurance motorsports history was derailed by a faulty gearbox during last weekend’s running of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Halliday, who grew up in Fallbrook and Rancho Santa Fe, is currently based in England, where she combines careers aboard race cars and horses while competing in motorsports events and three-day horse show eventing.
For last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, Halliday, 28, had stepped up in class while racing for the French-based Del Bello Team. Looking to become the first female driver among the class winners at Le Mans, Halliday and her team led the LMP2 class during the first half of the around-the-clock race. But gearbox problems arose in the team’s Courage LC75 race car during a stint for Halliday’s co-driver, Romain Iannetta, during the 12th hour of the race.
The ensuing pit stop cost the team nearly an hour, and when Halliday went back out of the track, she was having a strong run before an oil leak developed.
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