Speed Costs Money – How Fast Do You Want to Go?
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
Dan Gurney
On This Day in #F1: May 31, 1965 – Jim Clark wins the Indy 500
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Jennie Mowbray “If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same.” ~Rudyard Kipling~ The “British invasion” of the New World initially appeared to be of … Read more
The Top-20 #F1 Constructors who Failed to win a Championship – 3rd: Eagle
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs As with my series on drivers, I started with the Wiki ‘List of Formula One Constructors’ and quickly reduced 136 to 43 eligible constructors by removing the Champions, and those hopefuls who failed to last beyond two or three seasons, and also those who only competed before 1958. … Read more
The #F1 Bar Exam: 11 September 2014
Welcome to another week of TheJudge13 F1 Bar Exam. Last week’s question(s): Can you name the driver, team, race and track where the photo was taken. Can you also name the car (type) and where the driver finished in the race? The answer(s) I was looking for were: The picture shows Dan Gurney driving his Anglo … Read more
#F1 History: Len Terry 1923 – 2014
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: BlackJack’sBriefs Len Terry – 1923-2014 Last week saw the passing of a great name in motor-racing design and engineering. After leaving school early, in the mid-30’s Len, unguided, and perhaps unmotivated, played with a number of jobs that had nothing to do with motor-sports until he joined the RAF … Read more
The Top-20 #F1 GP Drivers who did NOT win a championship…
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler BlackJack’sBriefs Such a list is not easy to compile, and it is even harder to be objective. The way I reduced 830 F1 drivers to 20 is detailed in Part I. I wanted twenty top drivers (top No.2’s who might have been a team leader.) who had proved their … Read more
On this day in #F1: 27th October
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Carlo Carluccio. 27/10/63 – Jim Clark equals Fangio’s record. Jim Clark set two records on his way to claiming his first World Championship in 1963. He beat the 6 wins in a season that Fangio had recorded in 1954 and became the first driver in history to win the … Read more
The Bar Exam: 06 June 2013
Welcome to this week’s edition of thejudge13 Bar Exam. Thank you to everyone who took part in last week’s exam. Last week’s question: Name the car, driver and circuit in the picture and the race(s) won. Can you also name the driver(s) that won race(s) in the car and the Grand Prix. The answers I was … Read more
