Bob Said

Boris Said (May 5, 1932 in New York City – March 24, 2002 in Seattle), commonly called "Bob", was an American racing driver from the United States.

Bob Said
Nationality American
Born(1932-05-05)May 5, 1932
DiedMarch 24, 2002(2002-03-24) (aged 69)
Formula One World Championship career
Active years1959
TeamsConnaught
Entries1
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1959 United States Grand Prix
Last entry1959 United States Grand Prix
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race1959 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race1959 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Said 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 retired 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. Viva F1. "Formula One at the Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  2. "Bob Said – 1959 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
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