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1980 Winchester 400

Battling for the lead, with just eight laps to go, ASA standouts Mark Martin and Mike Eddy tangled while racing side-by-side and crashed out of the event.

Best Driver ESPY Award

The Best Driver ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Auto Racing Driver ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the motorsports driver, irrespective of racing series or sort or nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year.

John Bintcliffe

Having run Paul O'Neill in the MGF Cup, they raced in the BTCC's Class B in 2000 (with Rob Collard among their drivers), and the equivalent Production Class in 2001.

M. C. Jones

Milton C. Jones (born 4 August 1894 in Conwy, Wales; died 27 May 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American racecar driver.

Robin Pemberton

Previously, Pemberton was a crew chief for several NASCAR teams over the course of 17 years, heading teams for Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin and Kyle Petty.

Steve Nemesh

Steve Nemesh (31 December 1896 Szécsény, Hungary – 18 September 1975 San Bernardino, California) was a Hungarian-born open-wheel racecar driver, who emigrated to the United States and competed as an American.

Tommy Baldwin Racing

Mike Skinner, Patrick Carpentier (in races that would conflict with Skinner's truck series schedule), and Brian Simo (road courses) would take over.

Tommy Baldwin, Jr.

TBR team owner Tommy Baldwin immediately announced that Mike Skinner, Patrick Carpentier and Brian Simo would be sharing driving duties in the No.36

Tony Siscone

Most Notably, Siscone was a very successful asphalt modified racecar driver from 1972 through 1994.


see also

A State of Vine

With insight and commentary from many members of the wine world – including Two Buck Chuck’s Fred Franzia, champion racecar driver and winery owner Mario Andretti, award winning winemakers, Bob Foley of Pride Mountain Vineyards, Daniel Barron of Silver Oak Cellars and Randy Pitts of Harvest Moon Estate Winery, along with many others.

Al Holbert

The son of racecar driver Bob Holbert, who also ran a Volkswagen-Porsche dealership in Warrington, PA, near Philadelphia, Holbert worked for Roger Penske while studying at Lehigh University.

Arno Klasen

Arno Klasen (born 1967 in Karlshausen, Germany) is a German racecar driver best known for his long career in VLN endurance racing series on the Nürburgring.

Charlie Jarzombek

Charlie Jarzombek (September 30, 1942 – March 22, 1987) was an American racecar driver from Baiting Hollow, New York.

Cornelian automobile

The 1914 Cornelian was manufactured by Howard E. Blood (of the Allegan, Michigan-based Blood Brothers Machine Company), who had joined forces with Swiss racecar driver Louis Chevrolet.

Davis Motorcar Company

Founded by Glenn Gordon "Gary" Davis (d. 1973) acquired a prototype called "The Californian" from designer Frank Kurtis, who built it for millionaire racecar driver Joel Thorne.

Gabby Chaves

Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves (born July 7, 1993 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian-American racecar driver.

Jamestown, Indiana

Davey Hamilton, American racecar driver who competed in the Indianapolis 500

Jürgen Barth

Jürgen Barth (born December 10, 1947 in Thum, Saxony) is a German engineer and a former racecar driver.

Lucas Ordóñez

Lucas Ordóñez Martín-Esperanza (born May 1, 1985) is a Spanish racecar driver, who entered professional racing by winning a spot in a PlayStation 3 Gran Turismo competition.

Marc Goossens

Marc Goossens nicknamed The Goose (born 30 November 1969 in Geel) is a Belgian racecar driver who drove in Formula 3000 from 1994 to 1996 and part-time from 1999 to 2001.

Menlo School

Jon Beekhuis is a former racecar driver and current television commentator.

Michael Pickens

Michael Pickens (born 7 January 1983) is a racecar driver from Birkenhead near Auckland, New Zealand.

Mickey Curtis

Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a racecar driver and owns a motorcycle shop in Meguro, Tokyo.

Philippe Gache

Philippe Gache (born May 31, 1962, Avignon, France) is a French racecar driver.

Rosemary Smith

Arlene Francis, Mark Goodson, Ginger Rogers, and Bennett Cerf were on the panel and successfully guessed her "line" as a racecar driver.

Sun Drop

The soft drink has also recently become a leading sponsor for racecar driver Ryan Hunter-Reay and his #1 car in the Indycar Series for Andretti Autosport.