This stockcar event was one of the last races held at the danbury racearena. Advertisement in order to truly appreciate the fine and heritagehistory filled sport of automobile racing. Follow the team and its drivers will davison and jonathon webb here. Mark webber is a ninetime formula one grand prix winner, fia world endurance champion, porsche ambassador, red bull athlete, tv pundit, public speaker, outdoor enthusiast, sports lover and qualified heli pilot welcome to his official website. Travis webb october 8, 1910january 27, 1990, nicknamed spider, was an american racecar driver from joplin, missouri. About oliver webb professional racing driver official website. Mark alan webber ao born 27 august 1976 is an australian former professional racing driver, who last competed in the fia world endurance championship as a porsche works driver in lmp1, in which he won the championship in 2015. Jessi combs, race car driver and fastest woman on four. About oliver webb professional racing driver official.
In 1905 the aaa established the national driving championship and became the first sanctioning body for auto racing in the united states. Kc webb presidentnational marketing consultant kc webb is native of salt lake city, utah. On the 17th lap of a 100mile championship race, however, he rode right over kelly petillos car, hurtling into the air, then somersaulted down the track. Racing history lives at winchester speedway al blixt auto. A famous 1930s sprint car home built all the way hot rod. Going to do a play through of 2005 chase for the cup and want to have a pretty unique or funny name to use.
Touring car championship grandam series american le mans series x1r pro cup series nascar southeast series nascar midwest series nascar southwest series nascar northwest series asa national tour fia formula two series whelen southern modified tour exhibition unclassified races. Born louis edward webb in knoxville, he and his brother jack worked. Gary webb old race cars, vintage racing, vintage race car. Kenny webb helped create danbury racearenas legacy new.
He was also the driving double, especially as lou was a tall man, for legendary actor james stewart in the 1936 film speed. It was a time period before you could buy a turnkey race car for either of those motorsports. But a very few can truly control their vehicle in a manner that deserve the title of race car driver. Tekno formed a technical alliance with dick johnson racing, with webbs car to effectively become the teams third car, with ownership of the. Webb starting racing in the late 1920s in dry bed speed trials. He moved into dirt track racing and then moved to indianapolis to race in sprint cars, which really took off for travis after the war, winning the 1948 aaa midwest sprint car title. Travel onboard with oliver webb in a worldseries by renault 600bhp machine.
Indianapolis speedway race automobiles, racing automobile racing drivers automobile mechanics crowds. Check out over 100 in car and other racing videos on the webb racing youtube channel, which has nearly 500,000 views. Webb has signalled his intentions to run an upandcoming driver in the teams second car, with current penrite racing co driver will brown strongly linked to the squad. Race car driver jessi combs, who earned the title of fastest woman on four wheels after she set a record with a jetpowered car, died tuesday while trying to beat a land speed record, officials. Dubai 24 hour 2nd place overall and car of the race after a fire in practice led to starting 100th and last and finish 2nd in older machinery. Gary webb born april 19, 1949 is an american racing driver from blue grass, iowa who won the nascar weekly racing series national championship in 2000. Official site for professional racing driver oliver webb.
Full coverage of the true street class from the no prep, no excuses event. Lou webb was born in knoxville, tennessee in 1911 and after a move to. It was driven to the 1948 aaa midwest sprint car championship by travis spider webb. Born louis edward webb in knoxville, he and his brother jack worked as mechanics in. Home professional racing driver oliver webb official. Jonathon webb motor racing wiki fandom powered by wikia.
Check out over 100 incar and other racing videos on the webb racing youtube channel, which has nearly 500,000 views. Nhra racing racing team auto racing female race car driver street racing cars. Webb opens up on 2020 team sydney details supercars. National dirt late model hall of famer gary webb joins kryptonite. Asian le mans series team champions, lmp1 fia wec driver for bykolles, pure mclaren driving. Tekno has bought a second chassis from triple eight and is deep in conversation with a yettobedisclosed party about the purchase of a second rec racing entitlements. Lmp1 fia wec driver for nissan nismo kolles lmp1 non. Oliver oli james webb born 20 march 1991 in manchester is a british auto racing driver. Champ car, now called indycar, was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in american championship car racing for many decades, associated primarily with the indianapolis 500. The car is powered by a special 4cylinder overhead cam racing engine designed, developed and built by vance. Teams looking for drivers page 1 the 24 hours of lemons forums. The entries in the indianapolis 500mile race at the indianapolis motor speedway track pass the chryslernewport, phaeton, pace car. Scott webb loves nothing more than helping others achieve success on the race track. Max papis told that he suffered a dislocated jaw following sundays camping world truck series race at canadian tire motorsport park when another drivers girlfriend slapped him on the.
The world of outlaws features the best drivers in dirt 410 sprint car and late model racing. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Jonathon webb born 10 december 1983 is an australian professional racing driver and team. A final porsche season coincided with webbs supercars debut, as a codriver for marcus marshall at paul cruickshank racing.
Jul 04, 2016 full coverage of the true street class from the no prep, no excuses event. We all have our own story to share about our favorite driver who thrilled us everytime they rolled onto the track or that one particular race that still stands out as the greatest they ever saw. He has is a 2004 karting champion, 2007 formula bmw scholarship winner, 2010 formula 3 competitor, 2014 european le mans series champion, 2015 dubai 24 hour champion, and w motors ambassador. The son of nascar driver benny parsons, his aspirations were centered on. Kryptonite house car driver tyler carpenter put together a dream. See more ideas about dirt racing, dirt track and dirt track racing. Jonathon webb born 10 december 1983 is an australian motor racing driver, currently competing in the v8 supercar championship series.
Date, race, car, drivers, tyres, position, pole position, fastest lap. Elvis presley sings his way around the race circuit as successful speedway driver steve grayson. Sep 29, 2010 folks probably remember him best for driving his black deuce race car with an aggressive driving style. The photo is of driver webb jay in his white sewing machine company whistling billy steam engine. Vintage race car, dirt track, back in the day, car show, iowa, race cars, monster trucks, models. Gary webb born april 19, 1949 is an american racing driver from blue grass, iowa who won the nascar weekly racing series national championship. I still thought i was going to drive a race car for a living and the only reason i was. The feeder series to f1 and a chance to see pov, points of view, of the driver. Dick passwater yes thats the real name of the driver who finished 9th in.
Kenny webb helped create danbury racearenas legacy. Blue grass house fire victim was loving, caring grandma. Santos is a franklin native and nascar modified race car driver. She was married to race car driver gary webb, who won the nascar weekly racing series national championship in 2000. Folks probably remember him best for driving his black deuce race car with an aggressive driving style. May 24, 2016 the entries in the indianapolis 500mile race at the indianapolis motor speedway track pass the chryslernewport, phaeton, pace car and driver a. Were still running on data basically that was generated last year. Everything you need to know about oliver webb from his race history to his favourite movies. Nascar and its marks are trademarks of the national association for stock car auto racing, llc. The most frequent driver, though, was the legendary spider webb who wheeled the car to the 1948. He won the 1984 and 1985 ump national championships. This quickly became a source of national pride for many countries, and in this pride was born the era of the race car driver. Webb often appeared at the tracks with a portable bar in the trunk of his car. Max papis says he suffered dislocated jaw from postrace slap.
He brings 20 years of sales and sales management experience combined with years of broadcasting and rock music promotional experience. Max papis says he suffered dislocated jaw from postrace. The crandon spring race eastern series all nonutv classes crandon international, wi. Cody webb is an offroad rider for the fmf ktm red bull racing team. He first came to national attention by racing porsches out of the family run tekno autosports team which had.
People drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver. Jun 25, 2018 the car was dukes 500 entry from the previous year which was without a driver owned by fred w johnston a service station owner in hamilton ohio. Sep 01, 20 max papis told that he suffered a dislocated jaw following sundays camping world truck series race at canadian tire motorsport park when another driver s girlfriend slapped him on the. Franklin driver wins nascar modified race news milford.
Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing. Home to tekno autosports virgin australia supercar championship race team and tekno performance road car performance engineering. Regardless of your league, class, or specs of your ride, being able to meld into the driver seat and make a machine as responsive as your own limbs, is most defiantly something worthy of. That came with dick johnson racing, before branching out to establish tekno as a supercars squad in 2011. Webb has runs on the board in a supercar, having won a solo race at sydney olympic park in 2010, his rookie season. The car was dukes 500 entry from the previous year which was without a driver owned by fred w johnston a service station owner in hamilton ohio.
Petillo was virtually unscathed, but webb was critically injured. W webb 100 at the new hampshire motor speedway last saturday. Neel jani was among the driver lineup that took the porsche 919 hybrid to an overall victory at the 2016 24 hours of le mans. His career started in porsche cup, where steve was a mainstay, before stepping into the onemake carrera cup from 2003 to 06. Sep 28, 2017 santos is a franklin native and nascar modified race car driver. Oct 05, 2016 it was a time period before you could buy a turnkey race car for either of those motorsports. Gary webb born april 19, 1949 is an american racing driver from blue grass, iowa who won the nascar weekly racing series national championship in. Travis, 19101990 indianapolis motor speedway speedway, ind. Driver relations father of jonathon webb disclaimer. Period newspapers identified the car as the 1936 indianapolis 500 winning car, but in actuality the adams chassis was the one that louis meyer had driven in the 1934 500. Webb was a big car and midget specialist, a veteran of 6 years racing. Click on the year to see the standings for that year.
Kansas race drivers, race machines car and motorcycle ks race tracks, racing history and photographs, including dodge city, winfield, great bend, garden city, topeka, kansas city, belleville, wichita, hutchinson and other kansas cities, kansas race tracks, kansas race museums, and ks racers. Below are the top british racing drivers according to the currently available data on driver database. Our fulltime drivers travel the country, competing with local and regional heroes at over 140 races in more than 27 states. Jan 11, 2016 webb often appeared at the tracks with a portable bar in the trunk of his car. May 17, 2012 a heat race from 1981 at the danbury racearena. Oldfield had his green dragon, and webb was driving a 60horsepower popetoledo car. Kryptonite house car driver tyler carpenter put together a dream season in his kryptonite.
Well go back in history, 10, 20, 30, 40, even 50 years ago even more and reminisce about what has made racing in the midwest so special for us. Gary webb born april 19, 1949 is an american racing driver from blue grass. Jonathon as a driver suffers by not having a teammate. Real street cars no prep racing, flashlight start youtube. Kryptonite builds great cars and are one of the best kept secrets in dirt late model racing. Thats right, we dont believe that one car is the way to go. All is fine and dandy until the tax return submitted by a wisecracking bill bixby as steves manager is scrutinised by the irs. Home professional racing driver oliver webb official website. A driver leaves his stopped race car and runs off the track in front of an oncoming car. All other trademarks are the property of their respective. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Webber won nine formula one grands prix and finished third in the championship in 2010, 2011 and 20, all of which achieved while driving.
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