Bobby Unser In the Roger Penske Norton Spirit Cosworth at the 1979 Kent Oil 150 CART race at Watkins Glen, which he won. Unser was a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and is fourth in most IndyCar Series wins at 35, behind his brother Al, A.J. Foyt, and Mario Andretti. He won the 1968 and 1974 United States Automobile Club (USAC) national championships. He also won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb overall title 10 times. Unser died on May 2, 2021, at the age of 87 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico from natural causes.
Jim Hall at the Kent Oil 150 CART Series race at Watkins Glen in 1979 looking over his "Yellow Submarine" Chaparral 2K with driver Al Unser Sr. Unser put the car on the pole and finished fifth in the race. Hall excelled in many racing disciplines, driver, race car constructor, and team owner. While he is best known as a car constructor, he was one of the best American racing drivers of his generation, capturing consecutive United States Road Racing Championships in 1964 and 1965. He scored a massive upset at the 1965 12 Hours of Sebring winning in his Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet over a contingent of factory-backed Ford GTs, Shelby Daytona Coupes and Ferrari entries. He even ran in Formula One with a best finish of fifth in the 1963 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, his first time at that track Hall's accomplishments behind the wheel have been overshadowed by his pivotal contributions to race car design through his series of Chaparral sports car racing and Indy cars. Hall's cars won in every series in which they competed: USRRC, Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 5000, World Sportscar Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
Paul Newman in a stunt plane at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia at a SCCA TransAm race weekend in 1985. Eye witness account from Steve Bennett, "the plane landed on the pit straight---Newman walking through crowd looked like Moses parting the waters---plane did some stunts then buzzed the crowd real low---you could see PLN pretending to throw up in the cockpit."
