The racing drivers set a clean sweep of every record in the hudsons class up to and including miles and 3000 kilometers at over 85 m. Through the sim racing, it has given retired drivers like dale earnhardt jr. Gordon made nine aaa championship car starts from 1932 to 1935 and made two nonpoints paying starts after that. Society of land speed racing historians hotrod hotline.
The younger allison, one of the youngest members of the fabled alabama gang, would earn three cup and four arca wins, as well as an iroc. Robby gordon acquired that net worth as a champion racecar driver. The fastest 32 fords from the early days of racing rod. Prior to the 1938 indianapolis 500mile race, al, who had been married previously with two sons, married pearl the widow of william spider matlock who had died in a crash at legion ascot speedway in january 1936 along with driver al gordon. Jeff gordon, american racecar driver who dominated the sport in the 1990s and early 2000s. This is a category for racing drivers who were killed while driving a racing car, either in competition or during testing. Al gordon with the cocktail hour cigarette special, 1935. Indy 500 autograph collectors find friendship and rivalry. They all were indianapolis 500 mile race drivers, and they all claimed indianapolis as their place of residence. Swede smith was one of several 32 drivers, but most of the other 22 fords were model 40 roadsters.
The two cars were attempting to pass a third, driven by carl ryder, when gordon lost control of his mount, skidded into ryder, careered off, and smashed into the rear of tripletts speeding red miller. Indeed, he had done more to create an entire generation of automobile racing fans in this area than any previous driver. Al gordon 1950s, al gordon disambiguation, al gordon racing driver, al gordon screenwriter searching for al gordon 172 found 254 total alternate case. Robby gordon does some doughies in australia they ban him from racing in the country. Roger penske, davey allison and alan kulwicki in the 2019 class, which. Bowmans virtual victory makes it 3 straight for hendrick. Racing is dangerous, we all know that, but when a champion is taken from us the realisation hits doubly hard. Dec 5, 2012 al gordon driver and louis webb riding mechanic. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs. This article is within the scope of wikiproject american open wheel racing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of open wheel auto racing in the united states, with an emphasis on indycar racing. Al gordon racing driver al gordon 1903 redlands, california 26 january 1936 alhambra, california was an american racecar driver. Other drivers in the 26car field included chet gardner, pete depaolo, lou meyer, shorty cantlon, rex mays, al gordon, bill froelich, and wild bill cummings.
Racing drivers wilber shaw, babe stapp and al gordon were behind the wheel. Nascar returns again this weekend, with a race at alabama s talladega superspeedway. Pages in category racing drivers from california the following 200 pages are in this category, out of 207 total. It includes drivers who were killed immediately, as well as those who were not killed immediately but succumbed to their injuries some time later. Checkered flag ahead for pro drivers in iracing boom.
Hudson, campbell and gilmore smash records in 1935 the. The official site of hendrick motorsports nascar racing. The races not only brought in the biggest and best racing stars, but started creating their own stars, such as bill cummings, al gordon, ernie triplett, kelly petillo, rex mays and wilbur shaw. Virtual racing entertaining nascar fans, drivers during. Jeff gordon is doing his best to ensure another gordon knows how to get around the track jesse schrote, december 4, 2017 1. In the days feature race, al gordon, one of ascots most popular drivers, was. Brad keselowski, the 2012 nascar champion, also has shown to. Gordon shedden to drive audi in 2018 wtcr season wtcr. Excellent driver who was 1935 aaa pacific coast champion. Former nascar driver robby gordon banned from racing in australia. Racing jeff gordon is doing his best to ensure another gordon knows how to get around the track. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Rex mays arrives and al gordon sets a lap record that becomes an obsession for the other drivers to beat. Al gordon, the sensational jewish racing driver, was giving triplett a stiff fight for the lead in the feature race when the accident occurred.
Gordon made nine aaa championship car starts from 1932 to 1935 and made two nonpoints paying starts after that, winning an exhibition race in oakland, california in 1936. Mays and his riding mechanic, takio harishima, won in the gilmore special, but the track was doomed when al gordon, one of the tracks most popular drivers, was killed, along with his mechanic. Discover the magic of the internet at imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Like gordon, he had never competed in sim racing before the pro invitational series. Robby gordon, the former nascar driver has been off on unique ventures in recent years. No more so than in us racing during most of the early part of the last century, when a seemingly disproportionately high number of winners of big events, champions or runnersup were either killed or had their career cut short by. 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. This week in auto racing history saw californians rex mays and al gordon competing in the ascot 125 at legion ascot speedway with very different results. Official site of hendrick motorsports nascar racing team. The races attracted the best drivers in the country and legion ascot was creating its own stars.
Watch all the action from another weekend of live esports. Thank you for helping build the largest language community on the internet. Men like bill cummings, al gordon, ernie triplett, kelly petillo. Further information on this record can be found at its source. The indy 500 drivers by indianapolis 500 1911present. Robby gordon racing banned from australia after stadium. The legendary al unser remembers one of the most thrilling races ever, his win at the indy 500. Few people are locks for the nascar hall of fame like jeff gordon. Driver al gordon poses for a photograph near the garages. Al gordon, an emmy awardwinning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40year career writing for jack bennys pennypinching, vain and perennially 39. Indycar drivers who died racing indy motor speedway.
Gordon, al, 19031936 automobile repair shops automobile racing drivers goggles. Talladega superspeedway wasnt immune from the big one or a typical overtime finish, even in virtual racing. He created the stadium super trucks series, a road coursemotocross type of racing featuring trucks that. Vintage sports cars, vintage race car, drag racing. Gordon johncock born august 5, 1936 is an american former racing driver. An association of 7 indianapolis 500 mile race drivers in. Killed during a race at ascot speedway, which ended up being the last ever race held there due to gordon and his riding mechanic spider matlocks deaths. The venue has prompted one big name to come out of retirement to hit the virtual race track as jeff gordon a sixtime winner at talladega will be racing again. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Vervisch contested eight rounds of the tcr international series last year with comtoyou, while former gp2 driver berthon has raced for the team in the andros trophy ice racing series. Indy 500 autograph collectors find friendship and rivalry i really wont consider myself no. Current racing series nascar cup series xfinity series. Wallace is among a number of drivers and crew members who are racing each other virtually during the covid19 pandemic via the enascar iracing pro invitational series, a virtual competition created three weeks ago after social distancing guidelines forced nascar to.
The voice of authority on formula 1, motogp, sports cars, historic motor sport and all other forms of racing. Listen to the audio pronunciation of al gordon racing driver on pronouncekiwi. In 1905 the aaa established the national driving championship and became the first sanctioning body for auto racing in the united states. Al gordon driver and louis webb riding mechanic old race cars. Al gordon born 27 mar 1902 san francisco, california. After the event, auto racing was suspended at the track and it was abandoned until a fire demolished it 8 months later.