Cars Named After Racing Drivers? A Bit Of Trivia Fun?

[VocalNeal]

I am not even going to start with one because there are precious few. I have already done that on another thread.

[keemapoot]

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Bruce McLaren.

[keemapoot]

Paul Newman had a salad dressing named after him, does that count?

[Thaddeus]

Is beautiful yes.

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Is beautiful yes.

And named after a daughter of the guy who started the mark with Benz, ''Mercedes''

[Thaddeus]

That's the special edition SLR named after Stirling Moss.

(and I hadn't noticed the other thread until just now)

[WarpSpeed]

Roger Penske chassis, Dan Gurney Racing eagles, "Chaparral" named with a combination of Hap Sharp and Jim Hall who engineered and drove his own cars. Well just read the title again and technically the above contributions are still race cars not street cars..

How about Ferrari?

[guzzi850m2]

Paul Newman had a salad dressing named after him, does that count?

Well sort of, he had his own racing team (Indy car I think) and he raced himself for many years. He didn't like Hollywood and all what it stands for but was a very good actor he had a food company that was for non-profit. Married to the same woman for many many years.

A real Gentleman, you don't see many of those nowadays.

[Jitar]

Do limited editions count, e.g. John Goss Falcon.

These were a version a 1975 XB Falcon hardtop.sold by Ford in Australia.

[arthurwait]

[Ace of Pop]

Cunningham Cr 5 Road Racer. Come on You Yanks wake up.

[arthurwait]

Do stains on car seats named after a British pre-war driver count ?

[Ace of Pop]

Enzo Fortuna

[stoneyboy]

John Cooper

[cycloneJ]

^^^^ re your John Goss Falcon

wan't aware of those, suppose in same category as the Holden Commodore Brock cars? Maybe more a 'stylised/signature car' than a real model, as was:

Fiat Seicento Michael Schumacher

This one was for sale for in 2010 -

2001 fiat seicento schumacher edition it has got mot till 31/10/2011 and about 5 months tax runs like a dream looking for around the £1000 ono

[cycloneJ]

looking for above pic, found this advert

seems rather cruel for such a collectible vehicle!

[Jitar]

Enzo Fortuna

Fortuner is an odd name for a Ferrari

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John Cooper

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Another Mini Cooper

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John Cooper

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Another Mini Cooper

John Cooper built stuff.

[Songhua]

^^^^ re your John Goss Falcon

wan't aware of those, suppose in same category as the Holden Commodore Brock cars? Maybe more a 'stylised/signature car' than a real model, as was:

Fiat Seicento Michael Schumacher

This one was for sale for in 2010 -

2001 fiat seicento schumacher edition it has got mot till 31/10/2011 and about 5 months tax runs like a dream looking for around the £1000 ono

[stoneyboy]

John CooperImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1364203473.844497.jpg

Another Mini Cooper

John Cooper built stuff.

Initially, John raced his own cars on a regular basis but as the company grew he found less time available to compete. He did, however find time to set a number of records at Montlhéry at the end of 1953.

In the early 1950s, it seemed as if every aspiring young British racing driver began behind the wheel of a Cooper, and Cooper's Formula One cars were driven by the legendary drivers of the time — Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Maurice Trintignant, Bruce McLaren. In a nine-year period, the team took 16 Grand Prix wins, as Brabham and the team won back-to-back World Championships in 1959 and 1960.

[Potosi]

Alfa Romeo Niki Lauda Edition

[arthurwait]

Renault Clio Williams. He did race for a bit.

[WarpSpeed]

Paul Newman had a salad dressing named after him, does that count?

Well sort of, he had his own racing team (Indy car I think) and he raced himself for many years. He didn't like Hollywood and all what it stands for but was a very good actor he had a food company that was for non-profit. Married to the same woman for many many years.

A real Gentleman, you don't see many of those nowadays.

Yep, I competed with him many times including his last time at the 24 hours of Daytona in 2002 he was 76 and still ran the late night/early morning stint in the rain and was faster than most in his class, a gentleman both on and off the track but he was a real competitor to be taken seriously. he was co-owner of Newman-Haas champ car team which eventually dissolved due to his health and series ownership changes, Haas went on to co-own with someone else.

He himself competed in sports car racing though and originally was co-owner with Bob Sharp and formed Newman-Sharp motorsports racing Datsun Z cars but his involvement dates back even further then that and was very successful. He was as successful if not more so then in his acting career though it wasn't as well publicized for obvious reasons.

[WarpSpeed]

^^^^ re your John Goss Falcon

wan't aware of those, suppose in same category as the Holden Commodore Brock cars? Maybe more a 'stylised/signature car' than a real model, as was:

Fiat Seicento Michael Schumacher

This one was for sale for in 2010 -

2001 fiat seicento schumacher edition it has got mot till 31/10/2011 and about 5 months tax runs like a dream looking for around the £1000 ono

OMG Schumacher allowed his name on THAT!!

[WarpSpeed]

Enzo Fortuna

Eh??

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[WarpSpeed]

^Good one..

[cycloneJ]

an interesting little thread, thanks

Maybe we should be grateful not too many drivers have had their names of cars like that little Fiat Schumacher - some integrity!

One name that must be very well protected is Senna - sure a sports car manufacturer would love that one (don't think anyone has?).

The Senna name was used on two bikes though, from Ducati (he was a keen Ducati rider) and MV Agusta.

The F4 750 Senna was also released in 2002 along with the Evo 02 model 0-60 2.9 quarter mile 10.7 @ 135. Built purely to raise money for the Instituto Ayrton Senna, a charity founded by Ayrton Senna to aid the children and young people of Brazil, the Senna was a limited production run of 300 bikes

and plenty of Brabham race cars, then this one:

Brabham Racing BT92 is one of those cars that we all love to have, but not many can afford it.

Despite being based on the BMW E92 M3, the Brabham Racing BT92 is a total different beast from the regular M3 model.

Built by Brabham Racing, the BT92 has been upgraded to racing specifications in almost every aspect.