It was to be presented to the top race driver in the region on the basis of attitude, sportsmanship, competitiveness, and the manner in which the driver represented the indianapolis region. On september 8, 2008 supermodified racing veteran, champion, legend, and michigan motorsports hall of fame lnductee johnny logan passed. Frank used to come down and help my father with heavy duty vehicle repairs. He has worked in racing as a mechanic and truck driver for years with tenures at andretti autosport, revolution marketing, just marketing international, amongst other notable companies. Sterner rental properties, don ott racing engines, penske. Nissans motorsports milestones articles grassroots. Wayne taylor racing wtr is a championship winning sports car race team based in brownsburg, indiana. Feb 17, 2018 nascar drives diversity with black history milestones nascar driver darrell bubba wallace, jr. Originally sold to jim gammon by bre, who then sold it to logan, who then sold it to gerald mason. Toy race track slot car tracks slot cars race cars race tracks go kart racing road racing auto racing elkhart lake what others are saying i still loved my datsun 300 better than any car ever. Even though the bits to restore the car to its original cp configuration came with the car, the imsa bodywork in the activision colors was already done when postell bought it and he finished up the livery. Charlie bradberry june 28, 1982, chelsea, alabama october 7, 2006, chelsea, alabama was an american nascar driver who ran parttime in the nascar craftsman truck series in 2003 and 2004. The circuit is owned by the british racing drivers club.
Driver profile logan schuchart logan in action at williams grove speedway. No driver nationality car entrant laps timeretired group practice classified. See more ideas about race cars, vintage racing and racing. Datsun 1500 driver paul jaremko gave nissan their first scca race win. Mar 05, 2006 james blackburn, exnascar driver by associated press march 5, 2006 columbia, tenn. His best finish was 16th at memphis motorsports park in 2003.
Nissans motorsports milestones articles classic motorsports. Indy car racing sports car racing indy cars road racing sport cars race cars slot car tracks race tracks elkhart lake. Aug 02, 2017 logan lucky is set to be released on august 18 and a host of nascar cameos add flavor to the steven soderberghdirected heist film. Here are just some of the companys motorsports milestones. Drivers like john morton, bob leitzinger, logan blackburn, and paul newman. He knew early on that he was destined to be a racer and started competing behind the wheel at the age of six. The site dedicated to sportscar race results and chassis numbers histories is under construction. Toy race track slot car tracks race cars race tracks go kart racing road racing auto racing elkhart lake high performance cars. Being around racing his entire life, finding the driver seat was a natural transition for logan roberson. Imsa gtu championship 1982 standings driver database. Bob sharp, jim cook, paul newman, jim fitzgerald, logan blackburn, bob. What is the fitness routine like for athletes who require a supernatural physique. Logan blackburn usa datsun 260z wnap radio fm 18 0.
The best these cars were able to do was a 12thplace finish. Driver profile logan schuchart ohiopa sprint car racing. Sebring track map sebring, sebring raceway, racing circuit. I feel like we were an underdog in that race and came out on top. Rnd circuit gtp winning team gto winning team gtu winning team results. It was later sold to logan blackburn, who became the second privateer to win a scca cproduction national championship in a datsun. Jim fitzgeralds fast but notorious nissan 280zx articles. He was one of the first africanamerican drivers in nascar, and the first africanamerican to win a race in the grand national series, nascars highest level.
Logan seavey upsets the nascar regulars in saturday night. Especially when i had just started high school and didnt have my drivers license yet, and they had no idea i already owned a car, let alone a race car. Region member john mcgee was instrumental in inaugurating the jack hergenroether memorial trophy, represented by a large silver bowl. Jul 06, 2018 neither of my parents would have approved if i had told them, hey mom, dad, im heading out to the race track to race my car. Racing aces like michael schumacher, lewis hamilton and dale earnhardt jr.
James ronald bunkie blackburn april 22, 1936 february 28, 2006 was a nascar racecar driver. He later competed at the historic nashville speedway usa against many future legendary drivers. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Rtv6 news brings you the best breaking news coverage in indiana. R in the imsa weathertech sportscar championship, wtr also runs a highly successful multicar customer program in the north american lamborghini super trofeo series. Ive been a keen circuit racer for around 16 years now and before me my father logan was a driver in the 1960s who took part in the monte carlo rallies and. Logan lucky is set to be released on august 18 and a host of nascar cameos add flavor to the steven soderberghdirected heist film. Hanna racing fan club 201 s greene rd, goshen, indiana 46526 rated 4.
Race car gtu 75 paul may usa logan blackburn usa ken mcnicol usa. Labbe, anthony alfredo, and kyle weatherman rounded out the topfive. Also known as sliced bread, he won the daytona 500 in 2015 as well as the meijer 300 at the kentucky speedway in 2008. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Race 1981 road america 500 was part of the 1981 world endurance championship and was won by harald grohs, rolf stommelen on 19810823 00.
After consulting several fellow indianapolis 500 owners, dr. Winning the 360 national open at selinsgrove in 2011. Myracepass tm is your ticket to the online motorsports world. The 1982 camel gt championship season was the 12th season of the imsa gt championship auto racing series. Mg has always had to struggle against their parent companys bean counters to race and when bmc merged to become bl in 1969 and the competitions department at abingdon was dissolved, factory mg motorsport came to a halt. Moss won his first event in 1950 in england and went on to win scores of races, including the british grand prix twice and the monaco grand. World sports racing prototypes world championship 1978. Mrp is a globally recognized login across a vast network of motorsports websites including this site.
Gregory william moore april 22, 1975 october 31, 1999 was a canadian race car driver who competed in the indy lights and championship auto racing teams cart from 1993 to 1999. Frank, considered one of the best z performance mechanics on the west coast at the time, had considerable regional success in this car. The collision cost both drivers momentum, and blackburn swept into the lead. These race track prints are printed on premium matte art paper. Watch logan lucky trailer starring adam driver, channing tatum robbing nascar race kyle busch, carl edwards and joey logano have cameos in new steven soderberghs heist film. Photo 1 early on in the e production race, logan blackburn leads the way through turn three in his mgb. Datsun zcar drivers bob sharp, walt maas, elliott forbes robinson, logan blackburn, frank leary and paul newman captured the scca c production titles at road atlanta. Wendell oliver scott august 29, 1921 december 23, 1990 was an american stock car racing driver. The 1981 camel gt championship season was the 11th season of the imsa gt championship auto racing series. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for gene blackburn on.
This was during the golden years when driving the car to the races and maintaining your own car was being replaced by factory sponsorship. The success that these often only moderately tuned mgbs had in racing serves as testimony to their balance of performance and reliability. It began january 31, 1981, and ended november 29, 1981, after sixteen rounds. At age 6 he started racing gokarts with a successful 5year run, accumulating over 30 feature wins and 2 championships. He drove an old austinhealy that he was working on for local track racing, and my father would pay him for his help at the shop with basic repairs, fuel and tires. Other competitors ran in the gto and gtu classes of grand tourerstyle racing cars. The late 1970s found chris and larry wawrzyniak, debbie and myself at road america, elkhart lake, wi. Blackburns father owned and operated the fayetteville, north carolina racetrack.
My first season we were very under budgeted and couldnt keep together a reliable car, we fell out the whole month july due to mechanical issues. Watch logan lucky trailer starring adam driver, channing. Joey logano was born may 24, 1990 in middletown, connecticut. Choose from 11 x 17, or a much larger 20 x 30 size. It was a series for gtx class group 5 cars and gto and gtu class grand tourer cars. The z car goes racing and ends up in the history books.
The company, which at that time was known as datsun, had a west coast manager give two datsun 2000 roadsters to a family member to enter into west coast scca competition. This summary is intended to give you a list of cars and drivers, as well as a list of names, that are associated with the early days of datsuns competition efforts related to the z car. Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience. Toy race track race tracks race cars italian grand prix british grand prix vintage sports cars vintage racing karting f1 racing. But baker quickly powered past, with fitzy hounding him through the esses. Legendary actor paul newman made his scca runoffs debut, finishing ninth in a datsun 510 that was wrecked and rebuilt just days before the race. My grandfather for most of his career was 1a, he is who i look up to so i chose 1s. Logan guided his newly formed race team on the road to the 2000 indianapolis 500. Nascar drives diversity with black history milestones nascar driver darrell bubba wallace, jr. Jim logan became the first african american in history to enter a car in the indianapolis 500 and the indy car series. Former nissan motorsports manager frank honsowetz speculates that fitzy was merely trying to close the etypess exhaust pipes rather than crash it out of the race. Nissans first entrance into sports car club of america scca racing was a bust. George frey raced a porsche speedster from 1958 to 1974, resulting in podium finishes more often than not.
Driver nationality car entrant laps timeretired pos. Pin by nagheat on race tracks in 2020 game boy advance. Logan won the 1971 scca eproduction national championship driving an mgband followed that up with cproduction championship in 1977, driving a nissan zcar. Logan gomez born december 16, 1988 is an american race car driver from crown point, indiana who most notably competed in the firestone indy lights series formerly the indy pro series. The fitness training routine of a racing car driver polar blog. His national success started in 1978, when frank was invited to the national runoff at road atlanta, a race in which he competed against bre datsun driver and bigtime actor paul newman. If you think racing might be for you, its certainly worth following these steps and trying your hand at it. I still loved my datsun 300 better than any car ever. Regular members racing drivers who have participated successfully in major professional events, i. World sports racing prototypes us national races 1979.
Blackburns z was the second bre car, originally driven by john mccomb 1970, dan parkinson 1971, and jim gammon 1972. He made his debut at the 2006 liberty challenge at the indianapolis motor speedway road course while competing in the star mazda series fulltime. Shoutout to all my fans, come out and watch some dirt fly. Apr, 2020 stirling moss, british formula one grand prix racing driver who was considered by many to have been the greatest driver who never won a world championship. Being a race car driver is a lot of work, but its also a lot of fun. How to be a professional race car driver by brady klopfer on july 11, 2016 schedule prepurchase car inspection. Tucson z club classic motorsports magazine, march 2020. Heres will davison, one of australias premier professional racing car drivers, explaining why fitness is key for athletes like himself and what kind of fitness training he does to improve his performance. Tired of having to remember your user name and password for countless different racing websites. Bob sharp, jim cook, paul newman, jim fitzgerald, logan blackburn, bob leitzinger are the primary ones from 70s and early 80s.
It was the first year of the gtp class, which combined the previous gtx class of group 5 cars and prototypes. High school student racecar driver how did you choose your car number. Logan blackburn racing career profile driver database. World sports racing prototypes us national races 1974. Nascar drives diversity with black history milestones. John timed in to the classic 8th quickest with this car in 1967. How to be a professional race car driver yourmechanic. It was a long, long race, but we all knew that was coming, admitted seavey. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Jump to latest follow status not open for further replies. He and his wife will be welcoming home their first child in july 2020. Moreorless complete results for the mgb, mgb gt, mg c, and a few prototypes notably the lightweight mgc gtss with special alloy body panels in the world championship series from 1962 to 1978, as well as other classic races and rallyes of the era.
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