Bob Said
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Boris Said (May 5, 1932 in New York City – March 24, 2002 in Seattle), commonly called "Bob", was an American racing driver from the United States.
Said was the first American to win a road race in Europe after World War II – the 1953 Rouen Grand Prix. He participated in the first Formula One United States Grand Prix at Sebring on December 12, 1959. He spun off on the first lap and scored no World Championship points.[1] He also made one NASCAR start, the 1959 Daytona 500 where he finished 50th after a transmission failure.
Said was also a bobsled racer, competing in the Olympics twice, 1968 in Grenoble and in 1972 at Sapporo, Japan achieving a best result of tenth.[1] The 1968 games were notable as he competed against another racing driver-come-bobsledder, Robin Widdows.
Later he was the executive producer of a documentary entitled Mystery of the Sphynx.
His son, Boris Said III, is a retired NASCAR driver and road course ringer.
Motorsports career results
Complete Formula One results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
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1959 | Connaught Cars / Paul Emery | Connaught Type C | Alta Straight-4 | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA Ret |
NC | 0 |
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
1959 | Buck Baker | 89 | Chevy | FAY | DAY | DAY 50 |
HBO | CON | ATL | WIL | BGS | CLB | NWS | REF | HCY | MAR | TRN | CLT | NSV | ASP | PIF | GPS | ATL | CLB | WIL | RCH | BGS | AWS | DAY | HEI | CLT | MBS | CLT | NSV | AWS | BGS | GPS | CLB | DAR | HCY | RCH | CSF | HBO | MAR | AWS | NWS | CON | N/A | 0 | [2] |
References
- ^ a b Viva F1. "Formula One at the Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
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External links
- 1932 births
- American male bobsledders
- 20th-century American racing drivers
- American Formula One drivers
- Connaught Formula One drivers
- American people of Syrian descent
- Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- NASCAR drivers
- Sportspeople from New York City
- 2002 deaths
- Racing drivers from New York (state)
- World Sportscar Championship drivers
- American sportspeople of Syrian descent
- Olympic bobsledders of the United States
- Formula One people stubs
- American auto racing biography stubs