First American driver to lead in F1/WC points:
Johnnie Parsons with 9 points after the third 1950 event (tied with Nino Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio)
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First American driver to lead in F1/WC points:
Johnnie Parsons with 9 points after the third 1950 event (tied with Nino Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio)
First F1/WC event without any supercharged engines:
1952 Swiss Grand Prix
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First car to compete in a F1/WC event without spark ignition:
Jimmy Jackson's Kurtis Kraft-Cummins in the 1950 Indianapolis 500-I6 with compression ignition
Last car to compete in a F1/WC event without spark ignition:
Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus 56B-Pratt & Whitney in the 1971 Italian Grand Prix-Turbine with glow plug ignition
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First sparkless-Attachment 1126-click to enlarge
Last sparkless-Attachment 1127-click to enlarge
The first and last Grand Prix cars with a mechanically driven supercharger:
First: Willie Haupt's Chadwick that DNFed in the 1908 American Grand Prix
Last: Didier Pironi's Comprex blown Ferrari 126 CX that practiced for the 1981 U.S. Grand Prix West but did not qualify
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The first and last engines to win the Indianapolis 500 with a mechanically driven supercharger:
First: A Duesenberg straight-8 codriven by Lora Lawrence Curum and Joe Boyer in the 1924 event
Last: A Sparks straight-6 driven by George Robson in the 1946 race
I believe that 1924 was also the first year engines with a mechanically driven supercharger competed in the 500. The last year, not counting the turbines of 67 and 68, were some Offenhausers in 1966 with a Roots type supercharger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
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The first use of fuel injection in a WC event: Six Offenhauser powered cars fitted with Hilborn Fuel Injection and Jimmy Jackson's Cummins Diesel Special in the 1950 Indianapolis 500
The last use of carburetors in a WC event: Ronnie Bucknum's Honda RA271 that finished 13th in the 1964 German Grand Prix
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First and last American drivers to finish in the top 10 at the French Grand Prix:
First-George Heath who came in sixth at the 1906 event driving a Panhard
Last-Scott Speed who came in tenth at the 2006 event driving a Toro Rosso/Cosworth
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First and last Grand Prix cars with both American chassis and engine:
First-Christie chassis with a 20.0 Liter sohc V-4 Christie engine driven by Walter Christie in the 1907 French Grand Prix
Last-Scarab F1 with Troutman-Barnes chassis and a 2.5 Liter dohc I-4 engine designed by Leo Goossen and built by Meyer-Drake-Offenhauser driven by Chuck Daigh in the 1960 U. S. Grand Prix
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Formula 1 was actually started in 1946 without a defined championship and I believe the first rear engine car to compete in any Formula 1 race including Non-Championship events was a Tatra 602 Tatraplan Sport V8 driven by Bruno Sojka in the 1949 Czech Grand Prix. He finished 9th in a race won by Peter Whitehead in a Ferrari 125.Quote:
Originally Posted by D28
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The first multi-lap auto race run on a closed circuit that I can find was a 5 lap (5 mi.) race run on September 7 of 1896 at Providence, Rhode Island. Andrew Riker (some sources say the car was actually driven by C. H. Whiting) won out over a field of 8 cars driving a Riker Electric.
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The Tatra was also the first air-cooled V8 to run in a Formula 1 race according to reports.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
The last air-cooled V8 in F1 was Honda's RA302 in 1968.
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Some of these aren't bad.
The starting grid in which only seven hit the track. There were 12 entries but 5 were no shows including, reportedly, at least one steamer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
Attachment 1167 click to enlarge
The results-mostly from American Machinist Vol 19:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
1-A. H. Whiting-Riker Electric
2-Henry B. Morris-Morris & Salom Electrobat
3-William McCall-Duryea Motor Wagon
4-J. J. Rynne-Duryea Motor Wagon
5-E. B. Mekins-Duryea Motor Wagon
6-J. Frank Duryea-Duryea Special
7-Warren Root-Duryea Motor Wagon
The last man to design a complete F1 car was Mauro Forghieri at Ferrari. I believe the 126C could be the last model, but I stand to be corrected on this.
The last straight-8 to compete in a F1 race:
A Gordini T32 driven by Hermanos da Silva Ramos that placed 6th in the non-Championship 1957 Pau Grand Prix
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The last straight-8s to compete in a F1 WC event:
A pair of Gordini Type-32s driven by Hermanos da Silva Ramos and Robert Manzon that DNFed in the 1956 Italian Grand Prix-Manzon being the last one running
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The first straight-8s to compete in a F1 WC event:
Four Alfa Romeo 158s that ran in the 1950 British Grand Prix finishing 1-4 driven in order by Juan Manuel Fangio, Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Fagioli and Reg Parnell
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The first V-8s to compete in a WC event:
Two Kurtis Kraft Novis that DNFed in the 1951 Indianapolis 500 driven by Duke Nalon and Chet Miller
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The first V-8 to compete in a WC GP event:
An AFM-Kuchen that DNFed in the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix driven by Hans Stuck
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The first V-8 Formula 1 cars to compete in a WC F1 GP event:
A pair of Lancia D50s that DNFed in the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix driven by Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi
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First "Boxer" engine to start in a F1 GP - the twin cylinder supercharged DB-Panhards driven by Claude Store3z and Paul Armagnac in the 1955 Pau GP
I believe Ferrari had a transverse mounted air cooled staight-8 F1 car on the drawing boards in the 1960s but it was never raced or, to my knowledge, even built. If true, I suppose that was the last time this engine layout was even considered in F1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
The first and, so far, last Formula One engine to operate at a speed greater than 25,000 rpm (gear reduced before output shaft):
The Pratt & Whitney STN 6/76 turbine in the 1971 Lotus 56B
First major multi-lap motor race held on a closed course and thus the first proto-Grand Prix:
The 6 lap (run anti-clockwise) (318 mile) Circuit des Ardennes race run at Bastogne, Belgium in 1902.
1st-Charles Jarrott in a Panhard 70 at 5h53m39.6s
2nd-Fernand Gabriel in a Mors Z
3rd-William K. Vanderbilt in a Mors Z
4th-Count Eliot Zborowski in a Mercedes
First major (or perhaps any) motor race held on a figure-8 course:
The Gordon Bennett Cup Race held at Athy, Ireland in 1903.
1st-Camille Jenatzy in a Mercedes at 6:39:00
2nd-Rene de Knyff in a Panhard
3rd-Henry Farman in a Panhard
4th-Fernand Gabriel in a Mors
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The Athy circuit wasn't really a figure of 8. There were two loops with a common section about 20km long. The 1st, 3rd and 5th claps were on the shorter clockwise 65 km loop while the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th laps were on the longer anti-clockwise 83km loop. Remember this was in Ireland ....!
See a map here http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/athy.html
In some years the Mille Miglia ran on a figure of 8 route passing through Bologna twice, but not actually crossing.
Perhaps the first major multi-lap motor race held on a closed course running only in a clockwise direction:
The 10 lap Vanderbilt Cup Race run on Long Island in 1904.
1st-George Heath in a Panhard 70 at 5h26m45s
2nd-Albert Clement in a Clement-Bayard
3rd-Herbert Lyttle in a Pope Toledo
4th-Charles Schmidt in a Packard
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The last time Formula 1 cars raced on banking greater than 10 degrees in a WC evnt:
1961 Italian Grand Prix won by Phil Hill in a Ferrari.
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The last time a Formula 1 race was won by a front engine car (excluding vintage car events) was the non-Championship International Gold Cup at Oulton Park in 1961. Stirling Moss in the AWD Ferguson P99-Climax crossed the finish line first, 46 seconds ahead of Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Climax.
He also won the last F1 WC race for a front engined car at the 1960 Italian GP. Hill always ran well at Monza winning 2 of his 3 WC GPs there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
In case people get confused, in the fictional film "Grand Prix" which was set in 1966 the Italian GP included the banking. Hence you can find photos of 1966 cars on the banking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
These 66 cars would be the made up F3 ones used to simulate F1 cars for the film. Real F1 footage was shot and used in the film, but not from the Monza banking.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
The first time Championship (AAA/USAC/Indy) Cars (excluding preliminary trials the same day) raced on a track with turns banked at least 30 degrees was the 100 mile event run at the Los Angeles Motordrome on April 8 of 1910. Ray Harroun came in first driving a Marmon.
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The last time Championship (AAA/USAC/Indy) Cars raced on a track with turns banked at least 30 degrees was the 100 mile event run at the Daytona International Speedway on April 4 of 1959. Jim Rathman came in first driving a Watson-Offenhauser. Driver George Amick crashed and died in the event and Marshall Teague was killed earlier testing an Indy car at the track.
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How steep is the banking at Las Vegas where Dan Wheldon was killed?
Multi-car cluster-F#$%
Oval course racing at that level is insane.
Thirty some cars on that course.....yikes!