The 1962 French Grand Prix was won by an American racing driver who reached racing's highest levels starting in what year?
15fd2b7bdcc042ed8cc56a5a86c95c3f
1962 French Grand Prix The 1962 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Rouen-Les-Essarts on 8 July 1962. It was race 4 of 9 in both the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Dan Gurney, his first Formula One victory, driving a Porsche, that company's only win as a constructor in a Formula One championship race coming after three years of racing. It was the third time that the French Grand Prix was held at Rouen, last time being 1957.
bd7f5c3fb7b04b7c3eba0056cd6d8aa7
Dan Gurney Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner who reached racing's highest levels starting in 1958.
48df5e3a542c0c2b2a8bb674a85cf247
Kathy Rude Kathy Rude (born 1957) is an American sports car driver who was one of the first female drivers to attract international attention. Growing up in Victoria, Canada, she began competing as a teenager in karting events. By her early 20s, after competing in Formula Ford and Formula Atlantic, she attracted the attention of several top-tier car owners, and tested an IndyCar owned by Dick Simon. She was a member of the original North American Toyota factory-sponsored IMSA GT Championship sports car team in 1981. In February 1982, co-driving a factory-sponsored Mazda RX-7 with Allan Moffat and Lee Mueller, she earned a GTU class victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona—the first woman ever to win a major professional sports car event. She signed a deal to make her debut at the Indianapolis 500 in 1984, but during an IMSA sports car event at Brainerd, Minnesota in July 1983, she suffered horrific injuries in a crash which ended her racing career. Noted sports car champion Brian Redman once referred to her as the only female driver he'd encountered who posed a genuine threat to win major professional automobile races. She is now a corporate safe driving instructor and speaker.
a7f252c88bda73a91f66ddd8281e4737
Rich Bickle Richard "Rich" Bickle, Jr. (born May 13, 1961 in Edgerton, Wisconsin) is an American stock car racing driver. Now retired, Bickle, who has never completed a full season in the NASCAR Monster Energy Series, had a long history in short track racing. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described him in 2012 as a "stud on the short tracks in the late 1980s and early '90s and a journeyman who rarely caught a break in NASCAR." He won three NASCAR truck races, had a career-best fourth-place finish in NASCAR Winston Cup (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) in 218 career NASCAR starts.
1741e6750d073e0c436bb1a417e65315
Charles Moran (racing driver) Charles Moran Jr. (May 27, 1906 in New York City – June 7, 1978 in Teasdale, Utah) was an American racecar driver and managing partner of Francis I. DuPont, brokerage firm. He was born in New York City, son of Charles Moran, naval historian, and Martha Adams. He attended St. George's School in Newport, R.I., and Princeton University. He graduated from Columbia University. In 1928, driving a Rallye, he finished 4th in the 24-hour race at Baldoux, the Bol d'Or, driving the full 24 hours without relief. For the next year and a half he campaigned this car in Spa, San Sebastien, Madrid, Geisberg. He was the first American to race at LeMans in 1929, in a DuPont, with co-driver Alfredo Luis Miranda; he raced the same car at Indianapolis in 1930 with George Reed in the mechanics seat. In 1932 he gave up racing, joined DuPont Motors as an engineer, and then moved to a related enterprise, the brokerage firm of Francis I. DuPont, where he became managing partner in the 1950s. In 1935 he married Josephine Taylor; they had two children, Charles Moran III(1936) and David Taylor Moran(1940). Charles Moran Jr. served in the O.S.S.in England and France in 1944-5. In 1949 he resumed racing, this time in sports cars (Bugatti, MGs, Cunninghams, A. C. Bristol, Lotus, Ferrari) in SCCA events and again at Le Mans, with his Ferrari 212 (1951, finishing 16th, 1952 DNF) and with his Cunningham C4Rx coupe, co-driver John Gordon Bennett (1953, finishing 10th). He became Secretary of the Sports Car Club of America in 1952-3 and President in 1954-5. He was a member of the Commission International Sportive and the American representative at the Federation Internationale d'Automobile. He chaired the Board of Trustees at St. George's School 1958-62.
2bebe1d8da3ac8049e99fa9dd8c7e238
1973 Brazilian Grand Prix The 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on February 11, 1973. It was race 2 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was also the first ever world championship race to be held in Brazil. The race was won by home town hero Emerson Fittipaldi after starting from first row beside Ronnie Peterson, who claimed the first pole position in his Formula One career, both driving Lotus. Jackie Stewart finished in second position, driving a Tyrrell. Denny Hulme finished in third position, driving a McLaren.
702c1aecf4b64bbc887f2b88071adf1b
1991 United States Grand Prix The 1991 United States Grand Prix (formally the XXVIII Iceberg United States Grand Prix) motor was a Formula One race held on March 10, 1991, in Phoenix, Arizona. It was the first round of the 1991 Formula One season. The 81-lap race was won by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, after he started from pole position. Alain Prost finished second in a Ferrari, with Nelson Piquet third in a Benetton-Ford. It was also the first Formula One race for future double World Champion Mika Häkkinen.
df6590efe107b2389e982a0e1f3c1d14
Bill France Jr. William Clifton "Bill" France (April 4, 1933 -- June 4, 2007), nicknamed, "Bill France Jr." or "Little Billy", was an American motorsports executive who served from 1972 to 2000 as the chief executive officer (CEO) of NASCAR, the sanctioning body of the US-based stock car racing. He succeeded his father, NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. as its CEO. His son, Brian France, has been CEO since 2003.
bab780fd48adc0bae319ae33cfc5c67d
Phil Cade Philip Cade (June 12, 1916, in Charles City, Iowa – August 28, 2001, in Winchester, Massachusetts) was an amateur race car driver from the United States. He entered one Formula One Grand Prix, the 1959 United States Grand Prix, with a privately entered Maserati 250F, but failed to start due to engine problems.
9fb51723f7d3066172c4d7aa8f480e57
Johnny Allen (racing driver) Johnny Allen (born September 17, 1934, in Greenville, South Carolina) was a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) driver from 1955-1967. He won one race in his career, the 1962 Myers Brothers 200 at the Bowman-Gray Stadium on June 16, 1962. Allen filled in for Jack Smith in the 1961 Volunteer 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway and won the race, but the win was credited to Smith because Smith had started the race. He scored 19 career top-five and 61 top-ten finishes.
499b3334c6ec576bcb892585e28d0b9d
Frank Dochnal Frank J. Dochnal (October 8, 1920 – July 7, 2010) was a race car driver from St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He had some success in local racing in Missouri before making a single attempt to qualify for a Formula One Grand Prix at the age of 42, with a Cooper T51 in the 1963 Mexican Grand Prix. Unfortunately, this bid failed after he crashed during unofficial practice. At this point he retired from race driving and continued to work as a race mechanic. He later worked for Howard Hughes and as a technical official for USAC.
c1b92867a7d33e5730197411dd7828a8
L.A. Lariviere Leonide Albert Lariviere (June 22, 1897 – December 15, 1987) was an American racecar driver.
bf1a1013fc94a88af3f42f3c6494d79c
1962 Formula One season The 1962 Formula One season was the 16th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1962 World Championship of Drivers and the 1962 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers which were contested concurrently over a nine race series that commenced on 20 May and ended on 29 December. The season also included a number of non-championship races for Formula One cars.
677598ade8215238f144595c8b51f67c
Masten Gregory Masten Gregory (February 29, 1932 − November 8, 1985) was an American racing driver. He raced in Formula One between and , participating in 43 World Championship races, and numerous non-Championship races.
eefc40c4ae0526fabb698fa3f007065f
Ken Miles Kenneth Henry Miles (1 November 1918 – 17 August 1966) was a British born, naturalised American sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his career in the USA and with American teams on the international scene.
d27bfdf7417b6457620d13a198f31f7d
Peter Gethin Peter Kenneth Gethin (21 February 1940 in Ewell, Surrey, United Kingdom – 5 December 2011) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 31 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 21 June 1970. He won the 1971 Italian Grand Prix in the fastest average speed in Formula One history, but this was his only podium finish. Gethin also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races, winning the 1971 World Championship Victory Race and the 1973 Race of Champions.
701e880e8f7737989be635cd0f6389e9
Bill Alsup Bill Alsup (July 15, 1938 in Honolulu – August 9, 2016) was an American race car driver. He was the first Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Rookie of the Year in 1979 and competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, finishing 11th. He made 57 CART & USAC Champ Car starts in his career. His best race finish of third came 3 times and he was the 1981 CART Championship runner-up, putting in a winless but consistent season for Penske Racing, his only effort with a top-level team. He returned to his own team the next year and struggled until leaving Champ Car following the 1984 Sanair Super Speedway race.
0b3c553e3867bcb71b9d91d92cd20974
Jules Goux Jules Goux (6 April 1885 - 6 March 1965), was a Grand Prix motor racing champion and the first Frenchman, and the first European, to win the Indianapolis 500.
d6fca363ce942b2696d93263c5cbaa88
1963 Dutch Grand Prix The 1963 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on June 23, 1963. It was race 3 of 10 in both the 1963 World Championship of Drivers and the 1963 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 80-lap race was won by Lotus driver Jim Clark after he started from pole position. Dan Gurney finished second for the Brabham team and Ferrari driver John Surtees came in third.
abf8eeba957723e88a9408e87f888ee4
Bill Baker (racing driver) William Edwin Baker (June 19, 1931 – August 12, 1978) was an American NASCAR driver from Pismo Beach, California. He made three Winston Cup starts with a best finish of 16th. Following a practice run for a 100-mile Grand National West Series race at Sears Point Raceway, Baker suffered a fatal heart attack.
542936723a0d5a844b0acc12379b763a
Red Byron Robert "Red" Byron (March 12, 1915 – November 11, 1960) was an American stock car racing driver, who was successful in NASCAR competition in the sanctioning body's first years. He was NASCAR's first Modified champion (and its first champion in any division) in 1948 and its first Strictly Stock (predecessor to Monster Energy Cup Series) champion in 1949. Along with Bob Flock, he is considered one of the best drivers of the era. He won the first NASCAR race at Daytona Beach and Road Course and won the inaugural NASCAR Strictly Stock driver's championship.
1ab0f36d549570bef3004ea389e86f59
Roy Salvadori Roy Francesco Salvadori (12 May 1922 – 3 June 2012) was a British racing driver and team manager. He was born in Dovercourt, Essex, to parents of Italian descent. He graduated to Formula One by 1952 and competed regularly until 1962 for a succession of teams including Cooper, Vanwall, BRM, Aston Martin and Connaught. Also a competitor in other formulae, he won the 1959 24 Heures du Mans in an Aston Martin with co-driver Carroll Shelby.