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Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator
Username: Rob328gts
Post Number: 2058
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, September 06, 2002 - 8:19 am: | |
Oh, it takes more balls to race ovals like Indy. I think it takes more skill though to pull a good F1 lap than it takes to run a good Indy lap. A good crew and car determines more of your result at Indy. |
Frederick Thomas (Fred)
Member
Username: Fred
Post Number: 605
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 9:22 pm: | |
I would have to disagree with the consenses that it doesn't take talent to drive an oval. It takes a lot of skill and strategy to win a 500 mile race. As far as Michael Andretti I don't think it was so easy to be the second driver behind Senna also he had a lot of distractions at the time. I think if he had fully commited to it he would have done well. |
Warren Dodge (Spiderman)
New member
Username: Spiderman
Post Number: 26
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 1:20 pm: | |
Bottom line is: No American born champion since the one and only Phil Hill. Pretty sad. Now if F1 only drove around in circles, we would have generations of talentless yeehahs to contend. I guess after the fiasco with Sullivan,Cheever,and Andretti, they are all scared to be under the world's eye. Somebody step up to the plate, please. |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
Member
Username: Eurocardoc
Post Number: 370
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 6:48 am: | |
As I said, American born Formula One Grand Prix, most of your list never saw a Formula One car, they just drove in circles. |
L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Member
Username: Lwausbrooks
Post Number: 290
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 3:57 am: | |
Warren, thanks for pointing that out. The list I posted was actually "American Formula 1 Drivers." I didn't pay attention to the wording in Brian's heading. Mario Andretti was, of course, born in Montona, Italy and came to the States when he was 15 years old. |
Warren Dodge (Spiderman)
New member
Username: Spiderman
Post Number: 25
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 04, 2002 - 12:36 pm: | |
Mario Andretti is NOT a US born driver. |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
Member
Username: Eurocardoc
Post Number: 364
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 9:27 pm: | |
Lombardi, galicia,de Filippis, Amati and Wilson.
I don't count the Indycar races as Formula One GPs although they counted for the Drivers Championship. |
L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Junior Member
Username: Lwausbrooks
Post Number: 240
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 2:13 am: | |
Brian, can you name the five female drivers? |
L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Junior Member
Username: Lwausbrooks
Post Number: 239
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 01, 2002 - 2:11 am: | |
Brian, there's been a lot more than thirty. Like how I memorized them all (in alphabetical order too!)? Seriously, no one could name them all without cheating. I had to look it up. Anyway, here goes:
1. WALT ADER
2. FREDDIE AGABASHIAN
3. GEORGE AMICK
4. RED AMICK
5. MARIO ANDRETTI
6. MICHAEL ANDRETTI
7. KEITH ANDREWS
8. FRANK ARMI
9. CHUCK ARNOLD
10. MANUEL "MANNY" AYULO
11. BOBBY BALL
12. HENRY BANKS
13. SKIP BARBER
14. TONY BETTENHAUSEN
15. ART BISCH
16. HARRY BLANCHARD
17. BOB BONDURANT
18. JOHNNY BOYD
19. DON BRANSON
20. WALT BROWN
21. JIMMY BRYAN
22. RONNIE BUCKNUM
23. PHIL CADE
24. BILL CANTRELL
25. DUANE CARTER
26. JAY CHAMBERLAIN
27. BILL CHEESBOURG
28. EDDIE CHEEVER
29. JOIE CHITWOOD
30. BOB CHRISTIE
31. KEVIN COGAN
32. GEORGE CONNOR
33. GEORGE CONSTANTINE
34. RAY CRAWFORD
35. LARRY CROCKETT
36. ART CROSS
37. CHUCK DAIGH
38. JIMMY DAVIES
39. JIMMY DAYWALT
40. DUKE DINSMORE
41. FRANK DOCHNAL
42. MARK DONOHUE
43. BOB DRAKE
44. LEN DUNCAN
45. DON EDMUNDS
46. ED ELISIAN
47. NASIF ESTEFANO
48. WALT FAULKNER
49. MIKE FISHER
50. JOHN FITCH
51. PAT FLAHERTY
52. MYRON FOHR
53. GEORGE FOLLMER
54. GEORGE FONDER
55. CARL FORBERG
56. GENE FORCE
57. A J FOYT
58. DON FREELAND
59. FRED GAMBLE
60. BILLY GARRETT
61. ELMER GEORGE
62. RICHIE GINTHER
63. PAUL GOLDSMITH
64. CECIL GREEN
65. MASTEN GREGORY
66. CLIFF GRIFFITH
67. BOBBY GRIM
68. DAN GURNEY
69. JIM HALL
70. SAM HANKS
71. WALT HANSGEN
72. GENE HARTLEY
73. MACK HELLINGS
74. AL HERMAN
75. PHIL HILL
76. BILL HOLLAND
77. JACKIE HOLMES
78. BILL HOMEIER
79. JERRY HOYT
80. JIM HURTUBISE
81. GUS HUTCHINSON
82. JIMMY JACKSON
83. JOE JAMES
84. EDDIE JOHNSON
85. TOM JONES
86. AL KELLER
87. BRUCE KESSLER
88. DANNY KLADIS
89. JUD LARSON
90. BAYLISS LEVRETT
91. ANDY LINDEN
92. PETE LOVELY
93. BRETT LUNGER
94. BILL MACKAY
95. HERBERT MACKAY FRASER
96. MIKE MAGILL
97. JOHNNY MANTZ
98. TIMMY MAYER
99. ERNIE MCCOY
100. JOHNNY MCDOWELL
101. JACK MCGRATH
102. JIM MCWITHEY
103. CHET MILLER
104. DUKE NALON
105. MIKE NAZARUK
106. CAL NIDAY
107. DANNY ONGAIS
108. JOHNNIE PARSONS
109. ROGER PENSKE
110. SAM POSEY
111. BOBBY RAHAL
112. •••• RATHMANN (Funny! The system won't let me post his first name. It's short for Richard.)
113. JIM RATHMANN
114. JIMMY REECE
115. LANCE REVENTLOW
116. PETER REVSON
117. JIM RIGSBY
118. MAURI ROSE
119. LLOYD RUBY
120. EDDIE RUSSO
121. PAUL RUSSO
122. TROY RUTTMAN
123. EDDIE SACHS
124. BOB SAID
125. CARL SCARBOROUGH
126. HARRY SCHELL
127. BILL SCHINDLER
128. BOB SCHROEDER
129. BOB SCOTT
130. TONY SETTEMBER
131. HAP SHARP
132. CARROLL SHELBY
133. CHUCK STEVENSON
134. DANNY SULLIVAN
135. LEN SUTTON
136. BOB SWEIKERT
137. MARSHALL TEAGUE
138. SHORTY TEMPLEMAN
139. ALFONSO THIELE
140. JOHNNY THOMSON
141. BUD TINGLESTAD
142. JOHNNIE TOLAN
143. JACK TURNER
144. BOBBY UNSER
145. JERRY UNSER
146. BOB VEITH
147. BILL VUKOVICH
148. FRED WACKER
149. LEE WALLARD
150. TRAVIS "SPIDER" WEBB
151. WAYNE WEILER
152. CHUCK WEYANT
153. DEMPSEY WILSON
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Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
Member
Username: Eurocardoc
Post Number: 363
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 5:48 pm: | |
OK, easier.
Name the two with surnames beginning with P. |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
Member
Username: Eurocardoc
Post Number: 361
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 5:36 pm: | |
OK, there have been over thirty US born drivers start Grand prix events..... name them off...
Start with the two, one born in Kansas City MO, one in Tulsa OK. And don't forget Fred. |