Schmidts brief indycar career included a win in 1999, but an accident before the 2000 season left him a quadriplegic. This is the last and best of carroll smith this is a guide to race driving not how to drive a race car. He proved a strong driver in most disciplines, but was most adept in sports cars, winning the 1951 24 hours of le mans race, and the goodwood ninehours in 1955. The car claimed 29 wins between 1958 and 1963, as well as 53 podium.
The gloucesterbased smiths racing bmw team enjoyed a strong weekend at donington park with both peter hickman and alex olsen recording pointsscoring finishes at round 11 of the bennetts british. Holt rookie driver from the red clay at thunderridge raceway in spring city to daytonas international speedways high banks, you will find members of our team competing for wins. The list only includes drivers to have died during a race and only those competing in british domestic series. View peter smiths profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Last season the peter smith stable trained 6 winners and so far this season has produced the winners of 4 races, with the latest winner being mischinka at. Guy had been a central figure for team bentleys attack on both the sebring 12hrs and the le mans 24hrs, partnered with then ninetime le mans winner tom kristensen and. Barrie smith brdc members british racing drivers club.
Guy smith born 12 september 1974 is a semiretired british professional racing driver who has competed in various levels of motorsport, most notably the 24 hours of le mans, which he won in 2003, and the american le mans series, which he won in 2011. Peter smith usas cars photo gallery racing sports cars. Peter windsor smith born 21 jan 1922 croydon, surrey. The australian thoroughbred racing industry offers a range of different horse jobs and career paths. Ken miles already had a wellrespected career in the auto racing world, but leading ford to defeat ferrari at the 24 hours of le mans in 1966 made him a star. The deaths are spread across the major existing circuits in the country, with only knockhill and rockingham motor speedway opened 2001 not having any recorded driver deaths. Com the first destination for australian horse racing. Peter smith rally car pictures, an archive of vintage. Ken miles was a british racing engineer and driver who is known for his racing career in the us with the american motorsport teams. Brett smith born 11 may 1992 is a british racing driver currently competing in the mini challenge uk and the british touring car championship for eurotech racing. Although that glory was shortlived for miles, who died behind the wheel soon after, he is still considered one of racings great american heroes with his feat inspiring the recent film ford v ferrari. Samuel sam schmidt born august 15, 1964, in lincoln, nebraska is a former indy racing league driver and current ntt indycar series and indy lights series team owner.
Comprehensive nascar coverage from ap, including the latest news, nascar standings, nascar schedule, driver pages and dispatches from ap reporter jenna fryer. He effectively retired after a crash in 1956 left him with serious injuries. This year, we look forward to many successful events. Formula 1 teams and drivers to bring racing spectacle to. As seen in ford v ferrari, a young peter, who idolized his dad, and car designer carroll shelby were at riverside raceway in southern california on august 16, 1966. We are grateful for our new customers, our returning customers. His head spins to 9000 rpm and is a fully stressed member. Bmw m10, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine 1990cc, 89. All the stats, form and information about trainer peter smith available at racing. View theron smith racings profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. This will be the biggest vintage rally car gallery on the internet. Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements. Find everything in one place on peter smith including their biography, latest news. Professional race car team with 30 years of experience that currently competes in superpro asphalt late models, scca gt2gta.
As a race driver, he tested some of the greatest, fastest and most expensive super sports cars including the ferrari ff, lamborghini. Throughout 1962 they ran a trio of coopers in 16 races, winning 15, on the strength of which tim was invited for a. With one of the most britishsounding names in racing history nigel mansell is bestknown as a worldclass driver, ranking alongside michael schumacher and. International outright win at montlhery, and the class win at 24 hour race in le mans, up to 2 litre prototype. Rally car pictures and images from over thirty years ago. Peter douglas conyers walker 7 october 1912 1 march 1984 was an english racing driver. Formerly maximum performance machine, and now smith racing, we have been in business for more than 30 years. At just 17, he visited mount panorama for his dunlop super2 series debut and was promptly bitten by a big crash at the dipper that left his paul morris motorsportrun falcon in tatters. Ken miles was born on friday, november 1, 1918 age 47 years. Ken miles, the driver behind fords victory over ferrari. An icon in british sports car racing is up for sale in the form of the 1958 lister jaguar knobbly that originally belonged to 1951 le mans winner and grand prix driver, peter whitehead. Most successful lister jaguar knobbly, owned by peter. Driver deaths in british motorsport series wikipedia. When carroll shelby and ford gave up on the car ken miles.
Swift group has had a long and illustrious association with the world of rallying, chairman peter smith competed for many years in a variety of rally championships, with his son and fellow swift group board member guy inheriting peters passion, successfully forging a career as a professional racing driver. Peter smith technical director ginetta cars linkedin. John watson only drove one chevron sports car in period, a red rose racing chevron b19 21 at jarama in 1972, so this appears to be entirely bogus but at least its consistently bogus with what s. Since its launch in 2016, the tgra 86 series has attracted some of the best race car enthusiasts and professional drivers across australia. The sombre, meticulous atmosphere of an attorneygenerals department is a far cry from the hectic, noisy, bittersweet world of motor racing, but a man who has experienced both is john sawyer, the power behind the spanners in the bob jane racing stable. Peter smith horse trainer profile stats,news,runners racing. Windsor smith, who was born as claude peter smith in 1922 it is unclear where the windsor came from. Peter miles was born on september 28, 1950 to ken miles and his wife, mollie miles. The toughest of initiations greeted jack smith to the world of supercars. Smith racing is a high performance engine machine shop located in colorado. Windsorsmith, who was born as claude peter smith in 1922 it is unclear where the windsor came from. Guy smith born 12 september 1974 is a semiretired british professional racing driver who. The official fan page of irish racecar driver peter dempsey. Peter and his brother bernie raced a 327 chevrolet powered dragster at the newly constructed champion dragway at meremere in new zealand.
With bell being an active driver from the 60s through to the 90s, the book serves not only as biography but also an account of how the sport changed and evolved in the modern era. News ferrari letting sebastian vettel go is madness, says button. In 2001, he was inducted into the motorsports hall of fame of america. Berthon was a former royal air force graduate who first began working with raymond mays. Ferrari shines a rare light on unsung racing hero ken miles. Teddy was effectively running a threecar f3 team for his brother, peter revson and a friend called bill smith, under the revem racing team banner. Ron smith motorsports ron has been racing top fuel since 1972 with an additional 10 years of class drag racing experience. Died of a heartattack and drowned whilst swimming on a holiday. Guy smith enjoyed the most prestigious victory of his career in 2003, taking the chequered flag of the le mans 24 hour race in car no. Theron smith racing armadillo tech medford, oregon. It distills more than thirty years of disciplined work as an engineer working at the top levels of racing around the world, a single life dedicated to racing engineering and sae competition. He was born in huby, yorkshire and died in newtown, worcestershire. Smiths racing have swapped their supersport triumph daytona 675 for a yamaha yzfr6 in 2020 due to the lack of parts available for the ageing triumph.
Peter windsorsmith born 21 jan 1922 croydon, surrey. In the battle between ford and ferrari at the 24 hours of le mans in 1966, there are a lot of icons. Peter smith horse trainer, racing stats, runners and news from racing and sports. Sawyer, john bob jane racing stable mechanic during the 1960s. Rons strategy is to apply aerospace technology and practices to all forms of motorsports. Australian motorsport pioneers unique cars and parts. Vehicle dynamics manager and race engineer at multimatic inc. Please consider supporting us by disabling adblock. Peter smith photography are specialists in ultramedia, aerial photography, commercial video and commercial site photography. Williamsons bathurst class wins in 1979 alongside codriver mike quinn and in 1981 with john smith were separated by a failure to finish in 1980 that was blamed on the racecam draining the car. Affordable porsche racing with 3 classes for the race spec 3.