Event sanctioned by the sports car club of america, promoted by the lime rock park, and conducted by the northern new jersey. It teaches you the basics as well as how to push your sports car. In the 2000s, he was also successful at 24 hours of le mans, scoring two gts class wins 2001, 2002 and five more class podiums. Briggs cunningham iii is the son of former racecar builder briggs. Ron had beat them the night before and these photos were being handed out.
Allison, a million dollar winner on the southern nascar circuit, had been the prerace favorite for the united states auto club event, but it was gritty usac regular ramo stott who. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover johns connections and jobs at similar companies. Sports car racing photo gallery of john graham cdns cars photo gallery. Driving a track with veteran racer ron fellows as the. To the unfortunate racers whose cars he left dinged or crumpled in the dust at speedways across minnesota in the 1950s, 60s and early 70s. Ron fellows, canadian road and endurance racer par excellance. Hermanos rodriguez in mexico city in 2006 while driving for john mcnelly. Empa hall of famebilly osmun eastern motorsport press. Each semester, the center, which strives to promote an entrepreneurial culture across the college, hosts successful business men and women whose compelling stories of success and failure have inspired and. Its an alarming scene, as the collision knocks racer ron fellows out and splits the fuel tank of his car, engulfing the vehicle in flames.
He is the 2016 nascar camping world truck series champion. Obituaries death notices newspaper obituaries online. Here is something for your website it is about one of my favourite canadians. These are photos we possess and have noted proper credit where known, if you have information on any of these photos please share in the comments. Canadian race car driver born in ireland who has competed in nascar and arca races as well as many others.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. Ron fellows, a charter member of corvette racing multitime driving champion and class winner in every major longdistance sports car race established his performance driving school at spring mountain in october of 2008. Throughout his racing career, paul has made an outstanding contribution to the development, sustainability, and safety of motorsport in canada. Born september 28, 1959 in windsor, ontario, canada, he became interested in racing as a child, becoming a follower of frenchcanadian formula one driver gilles villeneuve. Results of the schaefer transam race for the scca transamerican championship held at lime rock park, lime rock, ct, may 6, 1972. Playersgm challenge champion in 89, 01 daytona 24 winner, 01 and 02 le mans class winner on corvette team, and alms gts champion in 02, cochampion in 03 and 04. Jul 09, 2015 scott maxwell, the subject of this story, was also sitting down in his office on tuesday, but his chair was the cockpit of the brand spanking new ford gt sports car and he was looking out at the. John andretti fights cancer and his message is on full display. The robert graham center is pleased to offer programs that allow medical students, residents, and practicing physicians to partner with us in conducting research. Dec 16, 2012 after seeing his chances of winning the 1968 race slip away on the last lap and despite putting together some good runs in others, john moss had yet to see victory lane in the iowa state super stock championships and it frustrated the usually good natured driver. He did the initial testing and development with the corvette c5r, and scored corvette racings first alms victory in september 2000 at texas motor speedway along side andy pilgrim.
Good news in john andrettis cancer fight indianapolis star. Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course stats restrictor plate races all star race. Home driving school ron fellows performance driving school corvette owners school corvette owners school click on the corvette generation you own below. He also ran an oval race in the same carat loudon which happens to be his single race hes run that is not a road course. How is it possible to go from 21yearold racing driver to a 80yearold boss of. Besides his racing career, fellows owns a corporate business chain the ron fellows performance driving schools and is one of the owners of car brand, corvette as well as corvettes racing operations. In 1981, he began his career in the canam series u2 under 2litre class.
The majority of their collection is resident at the pronyne museum in pawtucket, ri. Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by john56h, apr. He has raced many types of cars, but was noted for his modified and sprint car racing. Youll notice one of the photos below signed to bill day. Mar 24, 2012 but graham, who was also the race s promoter and couldnt have a driver seriously hurt on his watch at least thats the joke, according to the two men, stops his car, jumps out, and pulls fellows from the vehicle just as hes coming to. Chris cook born december 23, 1971 is an american professional race car driver and driving. Although billy osmun was primarily known a firstclass dirttrack modified stockcar driver and continued to race through 1993, his name is also in the united racing companys alltime record book as the winner of one urc sprint car race at flemington. James hinchcliffe recounts 2015 crash that almost killed him.
Sadly in 1975 this car took a heavy hit to the left front which landed it well off the race circuit and into woods. Mar 16, 2015 hes also been a central figure in helping mentor the next generation of canadian racers with his sunoco ron fellows karting series including indycar driver james hinchcliffe and deutsche. After many years of talking about it, the mccomb racing photo archive has been shared, in part, on this page. Everetts fellow employees at whelen are the real sponsors of the whelen car and. John graham, the man behind saskatoons nhl bid, could become the leagues most interesting owner. More recently, paul partnered with ron fellows and tom ryley to help vault canadian kart racers to international prominence leading to canada in 2010 having four karting world champions. In 1990, while wearing both hats at the moosehead grand prix in halifax, he stopped his own race car to pull unconscious fellow driver ron fellows out. Nascar sprint cup series at the toyotasave mart 350 at infineon raceway. We all think we know how to drive but without proper instruction, we. Hes also been a central figure in helping mentor the next generation of canadian racers with his sunoco ron fellows karting series including indycar driver james hinchcliffe and deutsche. In 2002 at watkins glen, pruett replaced jimmy spencer in the no.
John andretti fights cancer and his message is on full. In 1982 he joined gordon lightfoot diving the lightfoot racing march 811 cosworth. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. Johns racing career spanned through 5 decades, as he began racing in 1960. Built in an extremely limited edition of 399 cars, the 2007 ron fellows alms gt1 championship z06 is the first autographed special edition z06, and the first corvette decorated with the canadian flag, which is subtly worked into the fender stripes that recall the legendary gran sport. Apr 19, 2016 allen grant, shelby team racecar driver who helped clinch the 1965 victory that changed american racing history. John graham cdns cars photo gallery racing sports cars. He began his career in the canam series races in 1981. Sauter finished the 2003 season 8th in the driver standings and, together with kevin. After seeing his chances of winning the 1968 race slip away on the last lap and despite putting together some good runs in others, john moss had yet to see victory lane in the iowa state super stock championships and it frustrated the usually good natured driver.
Ron fellows is a former racing driver from canada who achieved most of the success in the american le mans series, capturing three championship titles in the gts class for three years in a row between 2002 and 2004. He also ran an oval race in the same car at loudon which happens to be his single race hes run that is not a road course. Login skip navigation links rsc home drivers john graham photos. John graham born october 22, 1966 is a canadian professional race car driver. John graham, racing driver and motorsport promoter and. In 1983, he joined aston martin driving the nimrod at the 24 hours of daytona. Elliott tim fedewa blake feese ron fellows jeff fuller colt gilliam jeff green paulie. Ron fellows performance driving school official high.
Allen grant, shelby team racecar driver who helped clinch the 1965 victory that changed american racing history. Discover the most famous people from belfast, northern ireland including sophia mitchell, connor white, george best, patrick huston, c. If you ran a bigger, heavier car like that, you could use a 400 c. He joined aston martin and drove the nimrod at the 24 hours of daytona in 1983. Rob graham started graham trucking in 1983 and was a driver, mechanic, billing clerk and dispatcher until he had purchased enough trucks and hired enough drivers to support an office staff. He has been active in the uk mobile phone industry since its. Charter member of the corvette team and member of corvette hall of fame. John graham, the man behind saskatoons nhl bid, could. Also raced at lacrosse, wausau, kaukauna, madison, wis dells, elko, rockford, wis rapids, and columbus. Ron fellows, johnny oconnell and franck freon drove the. Jun 29, 2017 race car driver provides health update. Based at the time at terminal 115 in south seattle graham was primarily focused on the alaska barge trade.
Page dedicated to the career of john mccomb, professional sportscar racing driver 19641989. Race car driver and dancing with the stars frontrunner james hinchcliffe opened up exclusively with us weekly about the 2015 crash that almost killed him find out more. George was head of jag communications, an independent mobile phone retailer. Born in belfast, northern ireland famous birthdays. Juldec 1999 buschtruck news jayskis nascar silly season site. The stainless steel carrot, a chronicle of john mortons days as an upandcoming racer in 1971 and 1972, tells not just mortons story, but the story of all race car drivers. Why race car driver ron fellows should receive order of.
John george is a cornish mobile phone entrepreneur and race car driver currently driving in the british touring car championship. Ron fellows is one of the founding members of the championshipwinning corvette racing team. Aer chevrolet driver ron fellows 7 rounds turn five coming out of a caution in lap nine during the nascar nationwide series auto race at road america in elkhart lake, wis. Trained as an engineer, hill became a racing car mechanic and drove in his first race in 1954. Exindycar driver battling huntingtons while raising. Mar 24, 2012 john graham, the man behind saskatoons nhl bid, could become the leagues most interesting owner. John graham, the man behind saskatoons nhl bid, could become. Former race car driver john andretti talks about his battle with colon cancer during a press conference at indianapolis motor. But graham, who was also the races promoter and couldnt have a driver seriously hurt on his watch at least thats the joke, according to the two men, stops his car, jumps out, and pulls fellows from the vehicle just as hes coming to. Scott maxwell, the subject of this story, was also sitting down in his office on tuesday, but his chair was the cockpit of the brand spanking new ford gt sports car and he was looking out at the. Ron fellows, born windsor, ontario 1959, nascar sports car driver. Ron fellows website here is a link to a really great website about this great canadian race car driver. He competed in cart and the indy racing league competitions, but primarily in imsa gt championship, winning the title in 1982. To keep all the datsun enthuiasts up to date on the steve bonkjohn morton car project 46, leading up to the 20 50th scca.
Staley 62 visionary entrepreneur speaker series brings experienced entrepreneurs to campus to share their insights and wisdom. Ron fellows, born windsor, ontario 1959, nascar sports car. Scott maxwell seeks to add to glorious record the star. He also owns a charity called the sunocoron fellows karting championship to help young kids become racecar drivers. Tomy drissi is an american professional stock and sports car racing driver, and. During the late 1990s, ron fellows was a regular winner at watkins glen in the truck series, winning in 1997 and 1999. Scott donald pruett born march 24, 1960 is a former american race car driver who has. George m tilley did drive that car, and so did bill rafter in 69, before ted got the ride.
Drivers frank biela, marco werner and phillipp peter steered the audi r8 to a. Driving a track with veteran racer ron fellows as the passenger. Sep 01, 2015 driving a track with veteran racer ron fellows as the passenger. You need to have this experience if youre a corvette owner. A former driver, builder, car owner and currently a devoted racing historian, mariscal and ra silvia have been collecting race cars, memorabilia, photography, artifacts and publications for over 35 years.