Bob Said
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| Born | May 5, 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 24, 2002 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boris Said (May 5, 1932 in New York City – March 24, 2002 in Seattle), better known as Bob Said, was an American racing driver from the United States.
Said was the first American to win a road race in Europe after World War II – the . He participated in the first Formula One United States Grand Prix at Sebring on December 12, 1959. He spun off on the first lap and scored no World Championship points.[1] He also made one NASCAR start, the 1959 Daytona 500 where he finished 50th after a transmission failure.
Said was also a bobsled racer, competing in the Olympics twice, 1968 in Grenoble and in 1972 at Sapporo, Japan achieving a best result of tenth.[1] The 1968 games were notable as he competed against another racing driver-come-bobsledder, Robin Widdows.
Later he was the executive producer of a documentary entitled Mystery of the Sphynx.
His son, Boris Said III, is a retired NASCAR driver and road course ringer.
Motorsports career results[]
Complete Formula One results[]
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
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| 1959 | Connaught Cars / Paul Emery | Connaught | Alta Straight-4 | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA Ret |
NC | 0 |
NASCAR[]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series[]
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Buck Baker | 89 | Chevy | DAY | DAY 50 |
HBO | CON | ATL | BGS | CLB | NWS | HCY | MAR | TRN | NSV | ASP | PIF | GPS | ATL | CLB | RCH | BGS | AWS | DAY | HEI | MBS | NSV | AWS | BGS | GPS | CLB | DAR | HCY | RCH | CSF | HBO | MAR | AWS | NWS | N/A | 0 | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ a b Viva F1. "Formula One at the Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "Bob Said – 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
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- 1932 births
- American male bobsledders
- American Formula One drivers
- Connaught Formula One drivers
- American people of Syrian descent
- Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- NASCAR drivers
- Sportspeople from New York City
- 2002 deaths
- Racing drivers from New York (state)
- World Sportscar Championship drivers
- Olympic bobsledders of the United States
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