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Thread: Firsts and Lasts in Motorsports
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27th May 2016, 01:37 #101
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27th May 2016, 13:35 #102
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Yes, rookie Bill Taylor was the driver in 1949 and was only about one mph short of making the field even though the car was excessively heavy. Taylor returned to the track in years following 1949 but never qualified for the race. In 1950, Hanks went on to qualify a conventional car and Vukovich tried to qualify a Maserati but didn't make the field in that either.
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27th May 2016, 21:53 #103
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Matt Brabham is set to start this year's Indy 500 from the 27th position. There is one other "sorta" three generation family group of Indy 500 starters. Foyt adopted his grandson so A.J., his stepson (bio grandson) Larry and grandson A.J. Foyt IV would be three generations on paper but not biologically.
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28th May 2016, 20:46 #104
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Please explain the AJ Foyt family more clearly - I'm totally confused.
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28th May 2016, 21:55 #105
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28th May 2016, 23:18 #106
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First and last car to win both a Nascar Championship and an Indianapolis 500:
The 1939 Wetteroth Offenhauser won the 1941 Indianapolis 500 with Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose sharing the wheel. In 1952, the same car, now with a Cadillac engine, won the championship in Nascar's short lived Speedway Division; this time with Buck Baker driving.
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26th June 2016, 00:23 #107
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Not counting the Indianapolis 500, the first World Championship Grand Prix with two American drivers was the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix with Harry Schell and Fred Wacker.
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26th June 2016, 00:28 #108
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Not counting the Indianapolis 500, the first World Championship Grand Prix with more than two American drivers was the 1958 French Grand Prix with 4 - Harry Schell, Troy Ruttman, Phil Hill and Carroll Shelby.
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Not counting the Indianapolis 500, the first World Championship Grand Prix with five American drivers was the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix with Harry Schell, Phil Hill, Carroll Shelby, Masten Gregory and Dan Gurney.
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26th June 2016, 00:51 #110
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Not counting the Indianapolis 500, the first World Championship Grand Prix with six American drivers was the 1959 United States Grand Prix with Harry Schell, Phil Hill, Roger Ward, Harry Blanchard, George Constantine and Bob Said.
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Same, it's not very exiting to watch
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