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Originally Posted by racerbruce
Tell us about your most favorite and least favorite F1 drivers and any one season hopefuls that didn't make it in F1.
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US drivers Mario Andretti and Phil Hill both won F1 world driving championships. I saw Mario race at the inaugural Indy car race at Ontario Motor Speedway in 1970 east of Los Angeles. The track was a replica of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.5 mile oval.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...w=1433&bih=717
Additionally, I saw Mario race USAC midgets (they look like miniature sprint cars) at Ascot Park 1/2 mile clay oval that was located south of the LA International airport.
https://www.pinterest.com/idontownacomput/usac-midgets/
My favorite US driver was Dan Gurney. I saw him race at multiple locations in southern California. My favorite Dan Gurney memory was his F1 win at Spa....
On June 18, 1967, Gurney took a historic victory in the Belgian Grand Prix. Starting in the middle of the first row, Gurney initially followed Jim Clark's Lotus and the BRM of Jackie Stewart. A muffed start left Gurney deep in the field at the end of the first lap. Throughout the race, Gurney's Weslake V-12 suffered a high-speed misfire, but he was able to continue racing. Jim Clark encountered problems on Lap 12 that dropped him down to ninth position. Having moved up to second spot, Gurney set the fastest lap of the race on Lap 19. Two laps later he and his Eagle took the lead and came home over a minute ahead of Stewart.