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Thread: Firsts and Lasts in Motorsports
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5th May 2016, 21:10 #81
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5th May 2016, 22:16 #84
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My firsts in following racing:
The first race I attended was a local jalopy type stock car race in about 1949. I was only about 3 years old so all I remember is a lot of crashes and some fires.
The first major race I attended was an IMCA Big Car (the old name for sprint cars) race in 1951 at Peoria Exposition Gardens. Frank Luptow was the feature winner.
First race on radio-1958 Indy 500 won by Jimmy Bryan.
First USAC Championship Race attended-the Springfield 100 won by Len Sutton in 1959.
First event attended at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway-1964 pole qualifying day-saw Jim Clark take pole position.
First Formula One race attended-1979 U. S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen won by Gilles Villeneuve.
All five drivers I listed above entered at least one World Championship event.Last edited by Stan Reid; 16th May 2016 at 23:34.
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6th May 2016, 13:22 #85
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The first driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500 with only one leg was Al Miller.
The last one legged Indy 500 driver was Cal Niday.
The only other Indy 500 driver to run with a prosthetic leg was Bill Schindler.This is my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking
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7th May 2016, 02:43 #88
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The first Unser to race in a World Championship event-Jerry Jr.(1958 Indianapolis 500)
The last Unser to race in a World Championship event-Bobby(1968 U.S. Grand Prix)This is my opinion and to the best of my knowledge, that is, if I'm not joking
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7th May 2016, 23:37 #89
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The first time three World Championship event drivers were killed in racing crashes on the same day-July 29 of 1951-Cecil Green, Bill Mackey and Walt Brown
The last time three World Championship event drivers were killed in racing crashes on the same day-June 19 of 1960-Chris Bristow, Alan Stacey and Jimmy Bryan
Corrections welcomeLast edited by Stan Reid; 3rd November 2016 at 01:29.
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8th May 2016, 04:29 #90
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I had forgotten Bobby Unser's appearance at the 68 USGP, though I witnessed it; safe to say his F1 career wasn't a huge success. Just recently I learned that this was not his first F1 outing; both he and Mario Andretti were entered in the 68 Italian GP for BRM and Team Lotus respectively. They practiced at Monza on Fri, Andretti setting a very quick time for Lotus, Unser's time, I do not know. Both flew home together to race in the Hoosier 100 on Sat, then flew back to Monza for Sunday morning. Race officials promptly disqualified both from the Grand Prix because they had raced elsewhere within 24 hours. Andretti's time from Fri would still have been good enough for a 7th grid position. The heavy hand of Ferrari is suspected, either directly protesting both drivers, or influencing race officials to ban them.
It was Andretti, not Unser they were concerned about, and with good reason, he put the same Lotus on pole for the USGP a few weeks later. This race was Unser's first and last start in F1.
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