- Bob Said
Former F1 driver
Name = Bob Said
Nationality = flagicon|USA American
Years = F1|1959
Team(s) = Connaught
Races = 1
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1959 United States Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1959 United States Grand Prix Boris "Bob" Said (
May 5 ,1932 inNew York City -March 24 ,2002 inSeattle ) was aracing driver from the United States. Boris was the first American to win a road race in Europe afterWorld War II - the 1953 Grand Prix of Rouen. He participated in the firstFormula One United States Grand Prix at Sebring onDecember 12 ,1959 . He spun off on the first lap and scored no World Championship points. He also made oneNASCAR start, the1959 Daytona 500 where he finished 50th after a transmission failure.Said was also a
bobsled racer, competing in the Olympics twice, 1968 inGrenoble and in 1972 atSapporo ,Japan . Later he was the Executive Producer of a documentary entitled "Mystery of the Sphynx".His son,
Boris Said III, is a currentNASCAR driver androad course ringer .Complete Formula One results
External links
* [http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-saibob.html Bob Said biography at Grandprix.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316293/ "Mystery of the Sphynx" at IMDB]
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