Bob Said

Nationality

American

Born

May 5, 1932

Died

March 24, 2002 (aged 69)

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1959
Teams	Connaught
Entries	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1959 United States Grand Prix
Last entry	1959 United States Grand Prix

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career

1 race run over 1 year

First race

1959 Daytona 500 (Daytona)

Last race

1959 Daytona 500 (Daytona)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	0	0

Boris "Bob" Said (May 5, 1932 in New York City – March 24, 2002 in Seattle) was a racing driver from the United States. Boris was the first American to win a road race in Europe after World War II – the 1953 Rouen Grand Prix. He participated in the first Formula One United States Grand Prix at Sebring on December 12, 1959. He spun off on the first lap and scored no World Championship points.^[1] He also made one NASCAR start, the 1959 Daytona 500 where he finished 50th after a transmission failure.

Said was also a bobsled racer, competing in the Olympics twice, 1968 in Grenoble and in 1972 at Sapporo, Japan achieving a best result of tenth.^[1] The 1968 games were notable as he competed against another racing driver-come-bobsledder, Robin Widdows.

Later he was the executive producer of a documentary entitled Mystery of the Sphynx.

His son, Boris Said III, is a current NASCAR driver and road course ringer.

Motorsports career results

Complete Formula One results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1959	Connaught Cars / Paul Emery	Connaught Type C	Alta Straight-4	MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA Ret	NC	0

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	NGNC	Pts	Ref
1959	Buck Baker	89	Chevy	FAY	DAY	DAY 50	HBO	CON	ATL	WIL	BGS	CLB	NWS	REF	HCY	MAR	TRN	CLT	NSV	ASP	PIF	GPS	ATL	CLB	WIL	RCH	BGS	AWS	DAY	HEI	CLT	MBS	CLT	NSV	AWS	BGS	GPS	CLB	DAR	HCY	RCH	CSF	HBO	MAR	AWS	NWS	CON	N/A	0	^[2]

References

1 2 Viva F1. "Formula One at the Olympics". Retrieved 2012-07-26.
↑ "Bob Said – 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 15, 2016.

External links

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