DAVID HOBBS

'David Hobbs' (born June 9, 1939^[1]) is a British former racing driver currently employed as a SPEED Channel commentator.
Hobbs was born in Royal Leamington Spa, England just months before the outbreak of World War II. He has a vast, 30-year history of international driving experience at all levels of motor sports, including sports cars, touring cars, Indy cars, IMSA and Formula One. He has participated in the Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He also made two NASCAR Winston Cup starts in 1976, including leading two laps at the 1976 Daytona 500^[2] and drove a race in the 1979 International Race of Champions.
In 1971, Hobbs won the U.S. Formula 5000 championship; twelve years later, he would claim the 1983 Trans-Am Series championship as well. He has raced in the renowned 24 hours of Le Mans twenty times, with a pole position and a best finish of third (which he achieved three times) to his credit.
Hobbs provides commentary for Formula One races and the SCCA Valvoline runoffs. He also worked for CBS on its Daytona 500 coverage, working as both a color commentator and a feature/pit reporter from 1979 until 1995. He currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife Margaret, with whom he has two sons, Gregory and Guy. In 1986, Hobbs opened a car dealership, David Hobbs Honda. His youngest son, Guy, worked for SPEED as a pit reporter on their sports car coverage.

Contents

Complete F1 Results

Indy 500 results

References

External links

Complete F1 Results

() (Races in 'bold' indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Pts
1967	Bernard White Racing	BRM P261	BRM V8	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR 7	GER	CAN 8	ITA	USA	MEX					34th	0
1968	Honda Racing F1	Honda RA301	Honda V12	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA Ret	CAN	USA	MEX				37th	0
1971	Penske-White Racing	McLaren M19A	Ford Cosworth DFV	SAF	ESP	MON	DUT	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA 10					27th	0
1974	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV	ARG	BRA	SAF	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	DUT	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT 7	ITA 10	CAN	USA	22nd	0

Indy 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1971 68 16 169.571 30 20 107 0 Crash FS 1973 73 22 189.454 30 11 107 0 Flagged 1974 73 9 184.833 10 5 196 0 Flagged 1976 33 31 183.580 14 29 10 0 Water Leak 'Totals' 420 0

Starts 4 Poles 0 Front Row 0 Wins 0 Top 5 1 Top 10 1 Retired 2

References

1. H. H. Pitt and M. N. Wicks, ''The Pitt Family of Payneham'' (Adelaide, 1977)
2. http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet?id=hobbsda01&yr=1976&series=W

External links

★ SPEEDTV bio and pic

★ David Hobbs Honda

★ Stats from David Hobbs' IROC and NASCAR careers on racing-reference.info