Whether formula one or nascar, fans of racing hotly debate the merits of various drivers their championships, rivalries and the trophies that got away. This is a tribute page to honor the racecar drivers that risked their lives and the racecars that paved the way in. Want to know how much money your favorite nascar, formula 1 or indy car driver makes in year. Jimmie johnson, american racecar driver who won seven national association for stock car auto racing nascar championships and was the first driver to win the title in five consecutive years 200610. As a race car driver he competed in the 1981 indianapolis 500, finishing 11 th. I started to come up with a list who i thought would be considered great,but i know somebody else already has it. The team is based in roseville, california and is owned by bill mcanally. R to a 10th place finish at indianapolis motor speedway. If you ran a bigger, heavier car like that, you could use a 400 c. Pappas considers the car too valuable to race, but he plans to let a lot of people see it.
It was owned and operated by 1988 nascar champion bill elliott from 1995 until. William campbell, 02271881, 09291917, versailles, mo. Nascar winston cup drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing. Arca remax series driver tayler malsam was intended to drive this truck for rookie of the year honors, but he later moved to randy moss motorsports with skinner after the abrupt closure of bill davis racing. Bill mcanally racing bmr is an american professional stock car racing team that competes fulltime in the arca menards series west, as well as parttime in the arca menards series east. He won the 1953 and 1954 indianapolis 500 plus two more american automobile association national championship races. Radbruch collection courtesy bob lawrence photo often confused with a fellow driver with the same name, bill cantrell was a versatile driver who raced just about anything with wheels during a career that spanned from 1936 through 1965. The national midget auto racing hall of fame is a hall of fame and museum for midget cars. Jessi combs, race car driver and fastest woman on four. The river city driver and owner had competed from the 1950s thru the. Willard bill cantrell december 6, 1914 february 6, 1986 was a midget, sprint, and stock car racing driver from anaheim, california. Former racer and inventor of the nomex fire suit bill.
William bill vukovich december, 1918 in fresno, california may 30, 1955 in indianapolis, indiana was a yugoslavian american automobile racing driver. The organization was founded in 1935 and ran through. Regular members racing drivers who have participated successfully in major professional events, i. Carl williams drove the car in 1960 and ran in the indy 500 six times. In kansas city in 1950, randol was a big midget racing fan. I was more into the driving part although we also needed to work on them too. Over the next couple of years, mcvay would race cars in formula 1. Honorable mentions to casey mears and cole whitt footage owned by. Jud won the race and later said this win helped him get to usac racing and the indy 500. Gregory william moore april 22, 1975 october 31, 1999 was a canadian race car driver who competed in the indy lights and championship auto racing teams cart from 1993 to 1999. Bill rafter was one of those early drivers who was as skilled on asphalt as he was on dirt. This car is a tribute to tom randol and the drivers who handled it. After three parttime seasons, he attempted a fulltime schedule in. Jan 26, 2018 bill egleston, an international motor contest association modified driver, has died following a terrible accident at the perris ca motor speedway.
While winning is the ultimate goal of every driver who ever turns a wheel on a. A fourtime formula one drivers champion, only michael schumacher seven. The 10 greatest race car drivers of all time goliath. Danny oakes, frank burany, bill chennault, bob tattersall, don branson. Billy monger born 5 may 1999 is a british racing driver who raced in british f4 in 2016 and 2017. William campbell, 02 271881, 09291917, versailles, mo. Trotting association is a notforprofit association of standardbred owners, breeders, drivers, trainers, and officials, organized to provide administrative, rulemaking, licensing and breed registry services to its members. Both benson and trip bruce have since been named to the no. For every race track built there were a handful of drivers. And, as with any sport, fans of race cars love to discuss who is the greatest driver of all time. That car was john hoffmans 66 cutlass street stock. Bill van allen was perhaps the most versatile stock car driver to ever compete on the chicago area racing scene during a career that spanned more than 20 years. Texas racers hall of fame texas racing history lone star. When midget car racing was founded, the big car owners dubbed the small cars doodlebugs.
In 1984, he earned a bachelor of science degree in eecs from the university of california, berkeley. National midget auto racing hall of fame wikipedia. Meadowlands horsemen name their picks for harness racings top 5 drivers of all time. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. The 12 most legendary racing families in nascar history. Todd was a successful and popular race car driver in the 1960s and 1970s winning many races. Within a few years, bill vukovich was one of the countrys top drivers. He went on to purchase gordon browns own racing mini gord brown being another mini. Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing. As soon as they parked one car, they would buckle up in the other and line up for the next race. Bill simpson showed up at the indianapolis 500 in the firstever nomex race suit and lit himself on fire to prove that this meagerlooking piece of fabric could save lives, the. The organization was founded in 1935 and ran through 1963. Top ten harness drivers of all time the top ten harness drivers of all time.
Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for billy rafter on. His exploits have featured in places like espn magazine, grassroots motorsports, npr radio, and. Home racing history a lesson in history californian bill cantrell was a versatile winning racer. Bill elliott racing formerly known as charles hardy racing, elliotthardy racing, and elliottmarino racing was a nascar winston cup, busch and craftsman truck series team. May 14, 2014 permission had been obtained to have grumpys wellknown driver larry lombardo make a quartermile pass in the car. A lot of stats and general information was taken out of this book. First car i ever drove down a dragstrip was in 1999 and was a top alcohol dragster and i went 6. He started racing jalopies in 1936 in southern california. Racing aces like michael schumacher, lewis hamilton and dale earnhardt jr. Bill dennis born december 9, 1935 is a former nascar driver and rookie of the year in the winston cup series. Walt faulkner and many future indy 500 drivers now found himself racing alongside a youngster named.
As the midgets became increasingly more popular with fans, walter bull, the founder of illustrated speedway news, created a fan contest to crown the most popular midget driver each year. The racing career of benny hofer started innocently enough, just he and a friend venturing off to watch the jalopies. Back in the glory days of midget auto racing one of the most competitive midget organizations in the midwest was the kansas city midget auto racing association kcmara. Rudd made his cup series debut in bill champions no. It was owned and operated by 1988 nascar champion bill elliott from 1995 until 2000, when it was sold to evernham motorsports. Bill schindler 6 march 1909 middletown, new york september 20, 1952 was an american racecar driver. Bill started his career racing midgets on the old civic stadium in buffalo during the late forties to early fifties as a member of nascar. Bill egleston, an international motor contest association modified driver, has died following a terrible accident at the perris ca motor speedway. But after eglestons car flipped, another car hit him on the drivers side. He is also referred to by the nickname billy whizz. Dennis made his debut at age 26 at the 1962 capital city 300 in the no. We ran a dirt car for louis seymour at the atlanta, georgia race which was a. He drove in the usac championship car series, racing in the 19561962 and 19641966 seasons with 31 starts, including the indianapolis 500 races in 19571959, 1961, 1964, and 1965.
The 21st class was represented by indianapolis 500 winning driver. I attended there regularly and thru another high school friend, bill chennault, was. For every race track built there were a handful of drivers whose abilities would let them stand out above the rest. In april 2017, he was critically injured when he was involved in a collision at donington park. He was always a nice guy and made me love racing even more. He would drive the diminutive race cars off and on until 2003. Grumpy jenkins restored toy number 10 chevy vega racingjunk. Chenault, 46, was a mechanic and amateur race car driver at suffolk raceway, neighbors said. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. A tractor pulls here and all the drivers i got to talk to complained about the clay of the. Bill cantrell prepares to hit the race track at orange show stadium in san bernardino, calif. Bill qualified the autohaus motorsports camaro in the 8th position for the debut grandam rolex series race at the brickyard on friday morning.
He was born on june 12, 1927 in tucson, arizona cheesbourg started racing jalopies in tucson and successfully moved into midgets racing all over arizona after world war ii. Bill elliot was born in dawsonville, georgia, and grew up in a family that. Lingner group benny parsons talks with bill elliott about his racing career and how elliott became one of nascars most popular drivrs. William brack born 26 december 1935 is a canadian former racing driver. Bill chennault won a number of features and would win his fourth association championship. During this period a used car dealer, john moran, had a 1937 black ford coupe built for bill rafter,created with the best equipment available for the period. Blair started his racing career as a bootlegger in the 1930s. George m tilley did drive that car, and so did bill rafter in 69, before ted got the ride.
Both of his legs were amputated, one below the knee and one above. Bill kirk was my favorite driver and i would head down to his shop in sloan and talk to him. Egleston was driving on the track when his car rode up a wall and flipped, according to the merced sunstar. Rafter immediately started to build a career driving this car, however the season was interrupted by a drivers strike in 1951,as a result, they towed to daytona beach to race on the sand. Comprehensive nascar coverage from ap, including the latest news, nascar standings, nascar schedule, driver pages and dispatches from ap reporter jenna fryer. Whether formula one or nascar, fans of racing hotly debate the merits of various drivers their championships, rivalries and the. And in the summer he operated the only crane in the caldera. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year.
In silverton he could commonly be seen grooming kendall mountain ski area or snowmobile and crosscountry ski trails in the winter. A big thank you to bill shevill for sharing his history with us on just midgets. I was wondering if marty or somebody else has a list of the 50greatest midget drivers. In his first midget race in 1938, he flipped and suffered broken ribs and a broken collarbone.
Californian bill cantrell was a versatile winning racer. He had already won a coupe heat and late model heat when a friend, whose driver had not arrived at the track, asked him to qualify his car in the semi feature. Race car driver jessi combs, who earned the title of fastest woman on four wheels after she set a record with a jetpowered car, died tuesday while trying to beat a land speed record, officials. Apr 17, 2009 bill kirk started his career in 1959 when his wife and his parents talked him into going to a local track in onawa, iowa. Supposedly it has survived and resides somewhere in pa after changing hands up until that time, the fastest car i had ever driven was a corvette. Mar 25, 2020 jimmie johnson, american racecar driver who won seven national association for stock car auto racing nascar championships and was the first driver to win the title in five consecutive years 200610. Bill auberlen is an american race car driver known for his affiliation with bmw, driving cars made and run by the famous german marque for. Here is a list of the 12 most legendary racing families in nascar history. It was there that he caught the racing bug and after a few short weeks, he purchased a race car. Kirk cheney david cheng frankie cheng congfu bill chennault chad chenoweth andy chenowski lou meng cheong andrey cherednikov. Bill lester racing the official website for sports car. Tom randols son, mark had the car restored by don brown in 2002. He won the 1946 and 1947 uba west coast titles and in 1950 he won the aaa national midget crown.
My folks had a 63 corvair when i was a kid, but unfortunately bill thomas had not worked his magic on it. From dan odys 8mm old speedways dvd whoever had it at this stateline race put a few more wrinkles on it. Babler paul bablot john bachand charles bacharach eric bachelart andy bachetti roy bachlor bill bachman. Bill adams parents immigrated to canada from scotland when bill was just a weeladdy he remembers little of his early life in his birth country and considers himself a proud canadian and has displayed mat pride at car races around me world.
Bill blair july 14, 1911 in high point, north carolina, us november 2, 1995 was an american stock car racing driver in the 1940s and the 1950s, and he was one of the pioneers of nascar. Maynard johnson photo the kempeny car is now 2, but it could be bill driving at stateline. Kc racing legend jim mcvay passes racinboys racinboys. His wife edith, and four sons, wes, les, bill, and ed survive along with 7 grand children and 1 great grand child. William alexander lester iii born february 6, 1961 is an american former professional racing driver who last competed in the grand touring category in the rolex sports car series for autohaus motorsports. I believe david miller should be rated top 5 of all time harness racing drivers. It base of operations was the legendary olympic stadium in kansas city, missouri. After spending the war years repairing jeeps and trucks, he bought a midget and became a champion. Bill is rightly proud of his achievements in speedway and goodness knows where he would have gone in his career if it had not been for the accident at the royale. Brack raced in formula one and the atlantic championship born in toronto, ontario, canada, brack originally became involved in auto racing in the early 1960s, in the form of iceracing minis using a company car in huntsville, ontario. Johnson, who started competing in motor sports at age five, won his first championship in. He was nicknamed the silver fox for his gray hair and sly tricks. Bill was one of my favorite drivers, always calm, cool, collected in behind a horse. Nascar grand national drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing.