KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE SINCE 1999
Bobby Archer
16/2/1953
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Made his mark in racing cars based on production models, starting with seven Ice Racing championships 1972 and 1987 in Renaults and Chevy Spectrums.
Won a Runoffs National Championship in 1980 with a Renault LeCar in the GT 4 class. Turned to Corvettes to win the SCCA Escort Endurance Championship GT category in 1986-87. World Challenge series Class A titlist in 1989 and 1990 with an Eagle Talon, then 1998 with a Dodge Viper. Two-time winner (1989-90) at the Longest Day 24-hour race in a Corvette.
In 1998, he made a return to the World Challenge, finishing fifth overall in the T1 Drivers' Championship on the strength of five podium finishes in six starts including runner-up finishes in the final three events, Road America, Watkins Glen and Pikes Peak. He owns and operates German Motor Works and Archer Enterprises, based in Fort Worth, Texas.
In 2001, Archer Finished 1st in SCCA's Southwest Division T1 Class, in 2000 he finished 3rd in Speedvision GT and in '99 he won Speedvision GT World Championship.
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John dePalma 1885 - 1951 -
Jock Manby-Colegrave 1912 - 1963 -
Tony Crook 1920 -
Walt Faulkner 1920 - 1956 -
Jean Behra 1921 - 1959
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Michael Andretti 1962
One of the first second-generation open wheel race car drivers, Michael Andretti is the oldest son of racing legend Mario Andretti. Michael is CEO of Andretti Green Racing, a four-car team competing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. As a team owner, he has won two back-to-back IndyCar championships and an Indy 500 win. -
Bobby Rahal 1953
Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahal is an American auto racing team owner and former driver, spending most of his driving career in the CART open-wheel series, winning three championships there. Rahal raced in Formula 1 and CART. After retiring as a driver, Rahal held managerial positions with the Jaguar Formula 1 team and also was an interim president of the CART series. -
Eddie Cheever 1958
Eddie McKay Cheever is an American racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports cars, CART and the Indy Racing League, and now owns an IRL team. Cheever participated in 143 Formula One races and started 132, more than any other American, driving for nine different teams from 1978 through 1989. In 1997, he formed his own IRL team and won the Indianapolis 500 as both an owner and driver in 1998. -
Danny Sullivan 1950
Sullivan starting racing in Europe, eventually ending up back in the 'States in 1980. He made his CART debut in 1982 and in 1983 he became an F1 driver with Tyrrell however he was back in CART in 1984. In 1985 he won the Indy 500 and the CART title in 1987. -
Kevin Cogan 1956
Having shown promise in the British F1 series (Aurora AFX F1 Championship) he made two brief forays into the World Championship but after failing to qualify twice he switched back to the USA and made a promissing start to his Indy career and was tipped to become the sport's next star. However after taking out both Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt on the parade lap of the 1982 Indy 500 his prospects diminished.