BILL SADLER: As good a driver as he was designer/engineer. Sadler did more with less money than any race team ever. Here he gets a kiss from his wife after winning the 1958 Glen Classic.
GIORGIO SCARLATTI: At Sebring 1960 with Dan Gurney. Scarlatti was a wealthy Roman and a decent driver. Better in sports cars than F1.
JODY SCHECKTER: 1979 World Champion for Ferrari and the 1973 F5000 L&M champ in the US. A wildman driver coming up, he was banished by the FIA in 1973 for reckless driving. His career was saved by McLaren when they offered to “rest” him and s
SKIP SCOTT: The son of Senator. Skip was a better driver than given credit for. He formed the Essex Wire team and we saw him in the 427 Cobra and GT-40. Scott was torn when his buddy Peter Revson was killed. Scott had a bad alcohol problem and
HARRY SCHELL: An ex=Pat American whose parents were involved in the Delahaye racing team. Schell was a playboy and womanizer but well respected as a driver. Harry competed in F1 and sports cars. Harry Schell would have been a barcboy for sure.
ED SHANTZ: BARC member and professor at Cornell. We nicknamed him Deegar (for reasons not remembered). Ed drove Sprites and found his passion racing Formula Vees.
BOB SHARP: Noted Datsun/Nissan dealer, driver and team owner. Sharp won 6 SCCA championships and an IMSA GT championship. Probably best known as the mentor of Paul Newman who joined Sharp in 1972.
HAP SHARP: Partnered with his Texas friend Jim Hall to build and race Chaparral cars. A quiet but fun man, Hap won the 1965 Sebring 12 hour and had great success in Nassau. He loved F1 cars and bought rides from 1961 to 1964. Hap committed suicid
CARROLL SHELBY: If you’re reading this you already know a lot about this unique and quite amazing man. Shelby was the ultimate salesman and entrepreneur. And he could drive a race car winning dozens of early SCCA events and culminated winning LeMa
CARROLL SHELBY: At Sebring in 1958. Yes Carroll Shelby did race wearing farmers coveralls.
VERN SCHUPPAN: The Aussie considered himself an open wheel driver but his success came at LeMans where he won in 1983 along with a 2nd and 3rd during his career. Schuppan was rookie of the year at Indy 1976.
JOE SHEPPARD: Joe was a Florida Lotus guy. He co drove with Colin Chapman at Sebring in 1957 and they won their class. Here’s Joe & his Dad in front of their dealership with his new Lotus XI.
JOE SHPPARD: You can’t keep old race drivers or veterans down. Joe in his Korean Vet hat still has that racer look in his eyes. Joe left us in 2019.
JO SIFFERT: Known as Seppit, Siffert had success driving for Rob Walker and won what is considered the last F1 race by a privateer at Brands Hatch in 1968 But his biggest reputation was in Porsche sports cars. In 1968 he won both Daytona and Sebr
D. CHARLES STELL; Barc member and racer. Charley was first seen in his MGA and later was quick in his formula Vee.
BILL SPEAR: One of the early road racing stars. Friend and co driver with Briggs Cunningham, Spear loved fast Italian cars. Huge for a race driver, he often sat very high in the small foreign race cars. https://www.historicracing.com/driverDeta
FRED STEVENSON: The Phast One caught the bug as a flagman. Got a Lotus FJr and started winning races. He was truly fast and ran upfront everywhere.
FRED STEVENSON: Fred was the sales manager for Lotus East and represented Lotus all over the US. Many is the story of trying to make sense of Colin Chapman and Newt Davis at the same time.
JACKIE STEWART: The wee Scott was a magical race driver and equally adept in business. Three time world champion, international skeet champion and nearly won the Indy 500.
JACKIE STEWART: Stewart became a Ford man and has been sponsored by them for decades. He and son Paul created the Ford F1 team in 1997. The team won at the Nurburgring with Johhny Herbert. Typical of Stewart’s incredible business sense he sold t
JOHN SURTEES: The only man to win world championships on 2 and 4 wheels. But you knew that. Surtees was super fast and quick. It made no difference in an F1 car, a CanAm car. To illustrate his skill John finished 2nd in his second F1 race and p
JOHN SURTEES: After an arbument with Ferrari’s team manager at LeMans in 1966, Surtees walked away and simply went on to win the first CanAm series that same year. John was snapped up by Honda and won the Italian GP in 1967. For 9 years he ran Su
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