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In order from second to tenth, the other top ten finishers included: Richard Petty, David Pearson, Maurice Petty, Jack Anderson, Larry Thomas, Larry Manning, Curtis Crider, and Tiny Lund.
Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodríguez, who had an intense rivalry driving for John Wyer's Gulf-sponsored works Porsche endurance sportscar team both lost their lives racing in 1971.
As the field went on by, Mehdi Bennani ran wide and as he picked his way through the middle of the two stranded cars he rejoined the racing line in the path of fellow SEAT driver Tom Boardman.
Jack Perkins returned to the championship on a full-time basis for the first time since 2009, replacing Alex Davison at Charlie Schwerkolt Racing.
Signing rookie driver John Tanner and sponsor Caterpillar Inc. for 1995, the team ran half of the 1995 season; Tanner was released after a handful of races and replaced for the majority of the team's races with Ward Burton.
André Rudersdorf (born 9 September 1995 in Hadamar) is a German racing driver.
This prototype was entered at the 24 Hours race at Spa in 1948 as a way of testing its durability, and the car won the race outright with drivers St. John Horsfall and Leslie Johnson.
Other notable drivers include: Marshall J. Brewer, Terry Wyhoon, Garry Rogers, Russell Ingall, John Faulkner, Jim Richards and his son Steven, Tony Kavich, Adam Pay, Nathan Pretty and his sister Nicole, Jason Whylie, Eddie Abelnecia and Leigh Watkins (who was the only driver other than Jim Richards to win the championship driving a Falcon).
Bamboo engineering stayed in the WTCC for the 2013 season with James Nash joining from Team Aon.
Other notable drivers who have raced in the series include Juan Pablo Montoya, Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Danica Patrick, Jeremy Dale, Townsend Bell, Michael Valiante, David Martínez, Memo Rojas, Rocky Moran, Jr., Al Unser III, Andy Swett, Jerry Nadeau and Ernesto Viso.
Frederick Roberts "Bob" Gerard (19 January 1914, Leicester – 26 January 1990, South Croxton, Leicestershire) was a racing driver and businessman from England.
Urlichich and co-driver Dave Shindle won the event after setting the fastest times on all but the last stage against more experienced Peter Thomson and Andrew Comrie-Picard.
One of the multiple McLaren F1 GTR teams in the series, they won the team and drivers championship in their first year of competition with drivers John Nielsen and Thomas Bscher The team also finished third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans that year, running the Harrod's-sponsored McLaren with drivers Andy Wallace and Derek and Justin Bell.
In a very generous move, fellow Falcon runner and reporter for The Mike Walsh Show, Andrew Harris, approached Johnson's wife Jill in the pits shortly after the crash and offered his car to the Johnson team if a replacement car could be found for him.
Lotus teammates Andy Pilgrim and David Murray featured prominently in the standings, with additional varied drivers that included Paul Newman.
Eric Lichtenstein (born 6 October 1994) is a racing driver from Argentina.
As a NASCAR team owner, Pruitt has employed legendary NASCAR superstars like Neil Castles, Charlie Glotzbach, James Hylton, Roy Tyner, and Frank Warren.
Starting the season, former Ferrari work's driver Pedro Rodríguez had been lost to Porsche's JWA Gulf Racing of John Wyer, and to BRM in F1, while another former work's racer, Chris Amon was now involved in F1 with March, just like Mario Andretti.
Coad's career was highlighted by taking victory in the original 1960 Armstrong 500 (known later as the Bathurst 1000), co-driving a Vauxhall Cresta with John Roxburgh.
The team ran the full season with a variety of drivers including Ken Schraeder, Boris Said and Mike Skinner.
Giambattista Giannoccaro (born October 22, 1960 in Fasano, Italy) is an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur.
Giovanni "Gianni" Battaglia (born in 1893 in Luino) was an Italian racing driver.
Gunnar Nilsson (20 November 1948 – 20 October 1978) was a Swedish racing driver, born in Helsingborg.
He is particularly well known for being the person responsible for starting Alan Jones in Formula One in 1975 alongside James Hunt in the Hesketh F1 team.
The team added a third truck to its stable, the #12 Dodge driven by Carlos Contreras and sponsored by Hot Wheels.
Jan Bussell was a British racing driver who won the Macau Grand Prix twice, in 1968 and 1971.
In June 2012, Michael Galati drove the Infinity Audio-sponsored Optima to Kia's first victory in round 8 of the 2012 season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, while teammate Mark Wilkins finished in second-place.
The fast and challenging nature of the circuit was an education for a generation of Queensland racing drivers and riders, from Will Power, Dick Johnson, Tony Longhurst and five time world motorcycle champion Mick Doohan.
Australian open wheel and touring car stars Bib Stillwell, Lex Davison, Leo Geoghegan, Frank Matich, Frank Gardner, Spencer Martin, Kevin Bartlett, John Harvey, Ian Geoghegan, Norm Beechey, Bob Jane and Allan Moffat also raced at the circuit.
The Mk.XVI was used by Bob Gerard Racing on Cooper T71/73 for John Taylor at 1964 British Grand Prix, but was no match against Coventry Climax FWMV and BRM P56 V8s, which were generating about 200 bhp.
Luiz Tadeu Razia Filho (born April 4, 1989 in Barreiras) is a Brazilian racing driver.
Martín Basso (born July 26, 1974 in Cordoba) is an Argentine racing driver.
Nelson Panciatici (born 26 September 1988 in Reims) is a French racing driver.
Mexican racing driver Pedro Rodriguez died at Norisring in 1971 when the Ferrari 512 he was hired to drive (in championship events, he used to race a Gulf Racing-Porsche 917) hit the bridge wall before Schöller-S and burst in flames.
It has also featured many New Zealand motorsport personalities whose stories would have otherwise been forgotten or ignored, including Ross Jensen, Robbie Francevic, Ron Roycroft, Hec Green, Ralph Watson, Johnny Riley, Ken Smith, Spinner Black, and Howden Ganley.
Irish driver Gary Thompson helped officially open Taiwan's all-new circuit by driving a Minardi F1 two seater race car around the track.
Philip Fotheringham-Parker (22 September 1907 in Beckenham, Kent – 15 October 1981 in Beckley, East Sussex) was a racing driver from England.
Philippe Favre (11 December 1961 − 6 December 2013) was a Swiss racing driver.
Former motor racing driver Chris Craft, who competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race for over a decade, including a third-placed finish in 1976, as well as two races in Formula One, was born in Porthleven.
1974: The rivalry between Richard Petty in the STP Dodge and David Pearson and the Purolator Mercury had begun intensifying in 1973 and reached a new level in 1974 as Petty won the Daytona 500 and Carolina 500 while Pearson had stormed to win the Rebel 450, Winston 500, and World 600.
LaJoie has not run a NASCAR-sanctioned race since 2006, focusing on team ownership for his son Corey, who finished second in the 2012 K&N Pro Series East championship to Kyle Larson despite five wins in the series.
Roberto José Guerrero Isaza (born 16 November 1958, in Medellín) is a former racing driver from Colombia.
Rudolf "Rudi" Fischer (born 19 April 1912 in Stuttgart, Germany – 30 December 1976 in Lucerne) was a racing driver from Switzerland.
In 2011, Rusty Wallace Racing acquired the owner's points of the No. 77 Penske Racing team, guaranteeing Steve Wallace a start in the 2011 Daytona 500.
Crowds of 10,000 to 12,000 watched drivers such as Walt Faulkner, Mel Hansen, Allen Heath, Johnny McDowell, Jack McGrath, Danny Oakes, Troy Ruttman, and Bill Vukovich.
In 1970, all of the American pony car manufacturers were represented with a factory team and top driving talent: Chevrolet had the Chaparral Team Camaro Z28 driven by Jim Hall, Ed Leslie, and Vic Elford.
In 2011, Vision Airlines sponsored the 15 and 51 trucks (driven by Justin Johnson and Dusty Davis, respectively) in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as Vision Aviation Racing.
The 2006 season brought about guest co-hosts in the form of racing personalities like drivers (such as Tony Stewart, Mario Andretti) and journalists (such as David Hobbs, Robin Miller, Ed Hinton, and Bob Varsha).
Gow is also a main Board Director of the prestigious Royal Automobile Club, a committee member of the Motorsport Industry Association, the manager of champion Australian racing driver James Courtney and has varied business interests in both the USA (motorsports) and Australia (agriculture).
His sister is television presenter and photographer Amanda de Cadenet and his father is racing driver Alain de Cadenet.
Alastair "Ali" Jackson (born November 17, 1988 in Glengormley) is an Northern Irish racing driver.
A. J. Foyt, (born 1935), U.S. racing driver who rarely goes by "Anthony"
Atle Gulbrandsen (born 15 September 1979 in Hamar, Norway) is a racing driver and television announcer.
His son, the second Baron, was a successful racing driver, winning the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans in the first Ferrari (although his codriver, Luigi Chinetti, actually drove for all but one half hour).
Benjamin Breny (born 23 November 1990 in Santo Dominigo) is a belgo-dominican racing driver, currently competing in the European F3 Open Championship.
Carl Rydquist (born 1977 in Goteborg) is a Swedish racing driver and SAG-AFTRA licensed stunt and precision driver who has won many auto races, the most famous to date the Zandvoort 500.
Chanoch Nissany (born 1963), Israeli-born Hungarian racing driver
Chris Hodgetts (born 6 December 1950 in Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire) is a British former racing driver.
Christopher Haase (born September 26, 1987 in Kulmbach, Bavaria) is a German racing driver.
In a major coup for the company, Chrysler Australia's ad agency, the Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency in Adelaide, South Australia, secured the services of British racing driver Sterling Moss to promote the new Hemi-6 (245 cui) in 1969.
The present chief of the Clan Stuart of Bute is John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute who is better known as the racing driver, Johnny Dumfries.
The Mercedes-Benz T80 land speed record car, designed by aircraft engineer Josef Mickl with assistance from Ferdinand Porsche and top German Grand Prix racing driver Hans Stuck, incorporated the third prototype DB 603.
Emanuele Moncini (born 13 October 1973 in Breno, Italy) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Sunred.
Eric Gordon England (1891–1976), British aviator, racing driver and engineer
But after the car had undertaken a tour of that years motorshows, and after feedback from a customer tour in the United States, in the mid-1980s it was sold to Jacques Swaters, a Belgian racing driver turned businessman and car collector who ran a prominent privateer Ferrari endurance and sportscar racing team.
Gerry Birrell (30 July 1944 – 23 June 1973) was a Scottish racing driver who was killed in an accident during practice for a Formula Two race at Rouen-Les-Essarts.
Gianni Giudici (born March 10, 1946) is an Italian racing driver from Province of Milan, Abbiategrasso.
A Vertigo was sold to Philippe Streiff, a former Formula One racing driver who is handicapped after an accident during pre-season testing in 1989.
Gordon Spice(born 18 April 1940), is an ex British racing driver who competed in both sports cars and Touring Car racing in the 1960s and 1970s before starting Spice Engineering with fellow racing driver Ray Bellm in the 1980s.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (also known as 'HHF'), (born 18 May 1967, in Mönchengladbach) is a German racing driver most famous for his career in Formula One.
Locke King was spurred on by Selwyn Edge (1868–1940), an experienced racing driver and car dealer, to complete the project with his highly publicised challenge that he would drive the course in a Napier (Lion) single-handedly at a constant 60 mph for 24 hours without a rest break.
Jan J. Sneva (born August 17, 1953 in Spokane, Washington) is a former racing driver and the brother of Jerry Sneva and Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva.
Jean de Pourtales (born August 19, 1965) is a French racing driver from Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (born June 3, 1937 in Caen, Calvados) is a French former racing driver, more famous for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980.
:Not to be confused with Brazilian racing driver João Paulo de Oliveira.
Juan Manuel Silva (born October 12, 1972 in Resistencia, Chaco), nicknamed el Pato ("the Duck") is an Argentine racing driver.
Kei Cozzolino (Ichigaya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, November 9, 1987) is Japanese-Italian racing driver who races under an Italian licence.
Kenny Hendrick (born September 10, 1969), from Chino, California, is an American stock car racing driver.
He is the son of former footballer and racing driver Vicente Pernía, and brother of Spanish international footballer Mariano Pernía.
Carlos Reutemann (born 1942), Argentine retired racing driver and politician nicknamed "Lole"
Max Stewart (Malcolm Clarke Stewart, 1935–1977), Australian racing driver
NASCAR did not clear Ambrose to race the NCTS' first three races, as they were held on intermediate to high-speed ovals, and like fellow Wood Brothers/JTG Racing driver Bobby East, Ambrose was not cleared to start in the faster races.
Martin Truex, Jr. (born 1980), American racing driver and NASCAR Busch Series Champion
Matteo Meneghello (born June 8, 1981 in Abano Terme) is an Italian racing driver.
Nicola Marozzo (born March 1, 1965) is a former Italian racing driver from Zumpano,near Cosenza.
Peter Samuel Dempsey (born 31 March 1986) is an Irish racing driver from Ashbourne, County Meath.
On September 15, 2011 at the Bonneville Salt Flats, racing driver and owner of 928 Motorsports, LLC.
Robert Innes Ireland, British military officer, engineer, and motor racing driver
Ken Tyrrell or Robert Kenneth Tyrrell (1924–2001), British Formula Two racing driver
Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born November 9, 1984 in Valladolid) is a Spanish racing driver, who competed in the GP2 Series from 2007 to 2009.
His son Shane Summers was a racing driver who competed in a few non-Championship Formula One races, but was killed in an accident practicing for the 1961 Silver City Trophy at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent.
Steve Mardenborough's son Jann Mardenborough is a professional racing driver, after winning the 2011 GT Academy on the Gran Turismo series of PlayStation driving games.
Mike Streicher (born ?, Findlay, Ohio), an American auto racing driver
Tom Ingram (born August 20, 1993 in High Wycombe) is a British racing driver, currently racing in the Ginetta GT Supercup.
Troy Castaneda (born November 15, 1989) is an American racing driver from Sacramento, California.
Pierre Veyron, a Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 until 1953
Gus Vildósola (born 1953), Mexican off-road racing driver and businessman