Brooks, 69, owner of hooters restaurant chain, is dead. Points in bold are being considered for the current points. Born in porterville, california, he was the 1969 nascar rookie of the year, and went on to win the 1973 talladega 500. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. Brooks, whose given name was actually bernard, moved to the us in 1922 but appears not. Dick brooks arrived at talladega and the ride he was supposed to have evaporated. Sabates named jimmy hensley the driver after kulwickis funeral last week, but it was not the choice of hooters president robert brooks. Charles anthony tony standish brooks is a british former racing driver from england also. Get the best deals on nascar fan posters when you shop the. Set in the golden era of grand prix racing 1 tells the story of a generation of charismatic drivers who raced on the edge, risking their lives during formula 1s deadliest period, and the men who stood up and changed the sport forever. Third place is not good enough as auctioneer bonhams outlines.
The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. I wish it didnt exist, says the former motor racing driver who will. Mcneil said duncan was the companys director of sports. Dale jarrett 2004 ford taurus ups daytona robert yates racing. In between, he claimed his lone cup series win in a talladega 500 upset in 1973, driving the crawford. However, he is also a regular competitor in the famous, and daunting, nurburgring 24hrs race. Gurneys first f1 teammate, tony brooks, pays tribute to.
Driver team slick 50 imsa gto class daytona 24 hours 19951998. At 17, brooks left school in london to be a racing driver. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. Robert brooks profile with all the results,graphs,team mates and stats. Com the first destination for australian horse racing. Masons tire service, fno racecars, fno powdercoating, beas giftbaskets, mem engines, nascal, frankwoodgutters. Christian brooks racing 18 year old professional race car driver. Robert brooks brdc members british racing drivers club. Bobby brooks started his racing career in the late 80s by first obtaining race training through the jim russel racing drivers school at laguna seca raceway in monterey california in 1987.
His grand national statistics include the win at talladega superspeedway, 57 top fives, 150 top tens, 4 topten points finishes, and 358 career races. Robert brooks racing career profile driver database. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. The brooks brothers strike back against harness racing. Its a lawsuit that is likely to break either brooks or the racing organizations theyve named and thus alter the future of the sport no. He was elected a member of the british racing drivers club after. Scca sports car club of america regional racing champion 1993 1994. Where robert brooks is concerned, recession might be a good addition to. He was third in the world drivers championship in 1958 and second in 1959. In between, he claimed his lone cup series win in a. Killed in a midget crash when he was part of a pileup of cars caused by a slowing car.
He raced in the us until he joined gdrive racing in 2015, where he drove a ligier in the wec championship and finished that season 3rd in the lmp2 class. Stirling moss, his teammate at vanwall and in sports cars at aston martin, has said that if hed been a teammanager and wanted the perfect driver lineup, hed have had brooks as his not and jim clark as his no2. Business profile robert brooks classic driver magazine. Robert brooks obituary atlanta, ga atlanta journal. Racing driver robert brooks gbs main page containing all achievements covered by racing sports cars website. Kyle larson fired from ganassi racing after using racial slur in iracing event chip ganassi racing announced tuesday that it has fired driver kyle larson after his use of a racial slur in an. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Robert mitchell earl brooks the great lynchburg driver earl brooks and his number 140 racer owned by bob neal in the early days at schrader field in lynchburg, va. All the stats, form and information about trainer robert brooke available at racing.
Driver hometown residence team spon sors 1 braden eves ip2 gahanna, oh new albany, oh exclusive autosport road to indy. Pages in category ferrari formula one drivers the following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total. Knight eventually gained an interview with the legendary bill brooks at. Robert brooks visited bonhams for the first time when he was four. Tony brooks describes his ferrari teammate and friend for nearly 60 years, the late dan gurney, as an excellent driver and a very pleasant person. Familyplaced death notice robert bob howell brooks 69, died saturday july 15, 2006. So, if you were by inclination a modest, selfeffacing individual who thought motor racing was simply about what happened on the track, you could let your driving do the talking. Now 45, robert brooks not only commands a major international company but he has also become a successful race driver, mainly in top class events for historic racing cars. Charles anthony tony standish brooks born 25 february 1932 in dukinfield, cheshire is a british former racing driver from england also known as the racing dentist. Bob brooks, the driving force behind applied friction techniques, inc aft, died suddenly on august 29, 2014. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Best known as a sprint car driver, a 1961 crash left him with only one good arm. David brooks racing career profile driver database. Apr 14, 2020 kyle larson fired from ganassi racing after using racial slur in iracing event chip ganassi racing announced tuesday that it has fired driver kyle larson after his use of a racial slur in an.
He beat brooks 104 in qualifying, 31 in races, and 57. When brooks isnt racing around the track, he can be found around town driving a chevy 1500. He participated in 39 formula one world championship grands prix, debuting on 14 july 1956, achieving six wins, 10 podium finishes and 75 career points. A former driver, brooks began to specialize in the development of internal racing parts when he formed brooks racing components brc in 1971 and then focused his expertise on advancement in clutch management systems when he founded aft in 1986. Bob founded brc and built a lot of connecting rods before selling that business to robert goodwin. In 1995, hooters of america chairman robert brooks, who lost his son mark in the crash, decided to jump into late model, short track racing and established the usa hooters cup racing series. It sounds great, but after a while it isnt, he says. Join facebook to connect with robert brooks and others you may know.
Posted in general posts by brooks driver on 10282015 without the willingness to change on the race, the racer would go home the same person, and that is a tragedy. Racing is safer but also faster paced, requiring incredible reflexes. Home af racing team professional rallycross lites team at. Yacaman began his career in openwheel racing, but switched to sports car endurance racing in 2012. A former driver, brooks began to specialize in the development of internal racing parts. Bert brooks born 20 mar 1920 fredericton, new brunswick. Bob brooks, the driving force behind applied friction techniques. May 14, 2002 in 2001 bonhams and brooks took over the traditional house, phillips, and opted logically to stick to the simple company title of bonhams following that merger. Today, the usar hooters cup series is the premier short track series, which includes 24 events that culminates with the robert h. Gurneys first f1 teammate, tony brooks, pays tribute to his. Brooks once hoped to be a professional racing driver, and although a.
Tony brooks, a 27yearold englishman, is a cautious man. Nascar driver kyle larson fired from ganassi racing after. Received scca pro series and fiagt racing licenses 1994. After graduation he raced in the jim russell racing series for 1 year and obtained his scca racing license. While brooks is a man of talent on the track, he owes his ability to race to the following sponsors. Driver hometown residence team spon sors 1 braden eves ip2 gahanna, oh new albany, oh exclusive autosport road to. He then partnered with frank carsten in aft applied friction technologies and was the primary source of clutch components for most of the nitro teams for many years.