GTPlanet Motorsports Hall of Fame: Nominations

[Northstar]

John Surtees (1934-Present)

Years Active: 1952-1972 (As Driver/Rider) 1970-1977 (As Owner)
Nationality: British
Roles: Rider/Driver, Team Owner
Series: MotoGP, Formula 1
Accomplishments:
3-Time 350CC MotoGP Champion (1958,1959 & 1960)
4-Time 500CC MotoGP Champion (1956,1958,1959&1960)
38 Wins over all MotoGP classes
1964 Formula 1 Champion
6 Formula 1 Wins

Additional: Only person to ever win both Motorcycle and Formula 1 World Championships.​

 

[Jahgee]

For nominations, do we get to make another as soon as the poll is created, or as soon as it finishes?

 

[Northstar]

I've decided to bump up the number of polls to two a week due to the number of nominations, the next poll will go up on Wednesday (they will be posted every Wednesday and Saturday as long as nominations keep coming in).

Also, here are the (preliminary) categories they will be placed in.

- Their Own Exhibit (2.0 to 1.89)
- A Nice Display (1.88 to 1)
- A Plaque (.9 to .01)
- A picture next to the urinal (0 to -2)

For nominations, do we get to make another as soon as the poll is created, or as soon as it finishes?

As soon as the poll is created you may nominate someone else.👍

 

[All Your Base]

Ryo Michigami (1973-)

Years Active: 1994-present
Nationality: Japan
Roles: Driver
Serie(s) Perticipated In: JGTC/Super GT, All Nippon Formula 3, Formula Nippon, 24 Hours Of Le Mans
Accomplishments: 1st in championship for JGTC 2000 season (driving the Castrol Mugen NSX)​

 

[prisonermonkeys]

After the start he just had - about ten metres before he crashed - I think Greg Murphy should have his nomination revoked.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Nick Heidfeld

F1 years active: 2000-2011
Wins: 0
Podiums: 13
Poles: 1
Fastest Laps: 2
Points: 259
Starts: 183

Basically the most successful F1 driver to never have won a race.

 

[TuneR-]

I hope this came out ok:

Keijo "Keke" Rosberg (1948-)​

Years Active: 1966-1986, 1989-1995
Nationality: Finnish
Roles: Driver, Driver Manager, Team Manager
Series Participated In: Finnish, Scandinavian and European Formula Vee Championship, German and European Formula Super Vee Championship, Formula Atlantic, Formula Pacific, Can-Am, Formula 2, Formula 1, World Sportscar Championship, German Touring Car Championship (DTM)
Accomplishments: 1973 Finnish, Scandinavian and European Formula Vee Champion, 1975 German and European Formula Super Vee Champion, 1977 and 1978 Formula Pacific Champion, 1982 Formula 1 Champion

He held the fastest qualifying lap in F1 history for 17 years (average speed of 160.9 mph/259 kmh, 1985 British GP). Driver manager for JJ Lehto, Mika Häkkinen and Nico Rosberg and team manager/owner of Team Rosberg (DTM).​

 

[Anathema]

Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart (1939-present)

Years Active: 1965-1973 (F1), 1964-1970 (F2), 1964 (F3), 1966-1967 (Tasman Series), 1970-1971 (CanAm)

Nationality: British (Scottish)

Roles: Driver, Owner/Advisor

Serie(s) Participated In: Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3, Tasman, Indycar, CanAm, Endurance

Accomplishments:

~3 F1 World Championships (1969, 1971, 1973)
~27 F1 Wins
~43 F1 Podiums
~17 F1 Pole Positions
~1963 F3 Champion (all but 2 races were wins)
~1966 Tasman Series Champion

Helped his son Paul form PSR (Paul Stewart Racing), a successful Formula 3/Formula 3000 team from 1988 until the sale of SGP (Stewart Grand Prix). In 1997, formed Stewart Grand Prix, an F1 team. Johnny Herbert won the 1999 European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring while driving for SGP. Team was sold to Ford in 2000 (becoming Jaguar Racing.)

Also the only auto racer to win Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, in 1973.
Received a knighthood in 2001.



Main reason I nominated him? Just finished his autobiography Winning is Not Enough, an excellent gift from a friend (and a very good read.)

@Liquid thanks for the proper information.

 

[Ganon83]

Are former driver's whose biggest contribution to the sport was off the track more... Eligible?
For example, my nomination would/could be Bill France Sr., who was a great driver and generally considered the third best stock car driver before World War II (and is unofficially credited by some to be the 1939 National Stock Car champion, even though no formal points system was in place), but he would probably get in based off of legitimizing stock car racing by forming NASCAR and uniting the sport within ten years, then doing blah blah blah. Or should there just be a non-racer category?

 

[Liquid]

Andy Rouse, 1947-

Years Active: 1963-1996
Nationality: English
Roles: Driver, Engineer, Mechanic, Constructor, Team Manager, Team Owner
Series: Formula Ford, Ford Escort Mexico, BSCC / BTCC, ETCC, WTCC
Accomplishments: Ford Escort Mexico Champion 1972, British Saloon Car Champion 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985

Additional:

Starting out driving Dolly Sprints and Ford Escorts, Rouse won the BSCC in 1975 before graduating to the 3.0L Capris with Gordon Spice racing. More success was to follow when he established his own team in 1983 taking the title in an Alfa Romeo GTV6. The following year, he won his third title in a Rover SD1 before 1985 saw the beginning of his domination of Class A with the Ford Sierra, taking his still unbeaten fourth BSCC title. First the XR4Ti, then the RS Cosworth and ultimately the RS500; Rouse's unparalleled success with the blue oval was one of the reasons Group A came to an end in 1990. With the supertouring formula in place for 1991, Rouse continued to succeed in Toyota Carinas taking his final win in 1992 at the infamous Soper/Cleland event. 1993 saw the return to the blue oval with the Mondeo before retiring at the end of 1994. One more season managing the works Ford team was to follow, before a brief stint running Nissans drew a 22 year career in British, European and World saloon action to a close.

- Most touring car titles in British touring car history; 4 outright championships in addition to 4 more class championships.
- Held the record for most British touring car wins from 1987-2011 with 60 outright wins; still 2nd overall.
- Noted for his success as a semi-works constructor building Sierras, GTVs and SD1s both for himself and other teams.

Complete BSCC / BTCC results:

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Gallery:

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[MatskiMonk]

Are former driver's whose biggest contribution to the sport was off the track more... Eligible?
For example, my nomination would/could be Bill France Sr., who was a great driver and generally considered the third best stock car driver before World War II (and is unofficially credited by some to be the 1939 National Stock Car champion, even though no formal points system was in place), but he would probably get in based off of legitimizing stock car racing by forming NASCAR and uniting the sport within ten years, then doing blah blah blah. Or should there just be a non-racer category?

OP says "Any (real) individual past or present with a direct motorsports involvement may be nominated".. and Bernie Ecclestone has been nominated, so why not France?

 

[CinnamonOD]

Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega
(1940-1971)

Years Active: 1963 - 1971
Nationality: Mexican
Roles: Driver
Serie(s) Perticipated In: World Endurance Championship, Formula 1
Accomplishments:

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• 2 Daytona 24H wins
• 11 World Endurance Championship wins
• 1 Le Mans 24H win (1968)
• 2 F1 wins and 7 podiums

Additional Information:

-Known as "Ojos de gato" (cat eyed) for his extraordinary driving hability in wet conditions and night.
-Always traveled with a Mexican flag and a disc with the mexican anthem, because when he got his first F1 win at the 1967 South African GP, the organizers didn't have neither.​

 

[aarror]

Sebastien Loeb
1974-Present

Years active: 1998-Present

Nationality: French

Roles: Driver

Series Participated in: World Rally Championship, JWRC, Race of Champions

Accomplishments:
9x World Rally Champion
78 WRC Victories, most all time
116 WRC Podiums
900 WRC Stage Wins
First non-Scandanavian to win Rally Sweden
Won every stage of the 2005 WRC Tour de Corse
Won 2006 WRC Championship despite missing 4 events
8x Rallye Deutschland Winner
Pikes Peak Hill Climb world record holder (8:13.878)
3x Race of Champions Champion (2003, 2005, 2008)
2012 X-Games Rallycross Gold Medal


Additional:
The most successful rally driver of all time, what more needs to be said? Loeb started racing at age 21, and won the French Citroen Saxo series in his second year. He then went on the win the 2001 Junior WRC, winning all 5 events he entered. In only his 3rd WRC event, he finished second.
Loeb went on to win 9 consecutive championships, and set category records for wins, podiums and stage wins. He finished runner up at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006 driving for Pescarolo. He has had success in circuit racing as well, winning races in French Carrera Cup, FIA GT and WTCC competition.

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[Ganon83]

Bill France Sr.
1909-1992

Years Active: 1936-1992
Nationality: American
Roles: Driver, promoter
Series: NASCAR
Notability: -"Won" the 1939 national stock car championship; at the time there was no formal way to decide it so many historians and journalists of the day crowned France the informal champion.
-Had two victories on Daytona Beach before World War II
-Promoted aggressively, creating the National Stock Car Racing Circuit in 1947 and then being a cofounder and leader of NASCAR the year afterwards.
-Promoted the first 500 mile stock car race in Darlington, South Carolina in 1950, ending many other stock car organizations in the process and united the sport
-Owned, built, and was president of Daytona and Talladega, and also would own many other tracks still ran today in NASCAR.
-Negotiated the first important live, flag to flag race's TV contract, for the 1979 Daytona 500 (As Daytona track president)
-Under him major league stock car racing went from non televised events on dirty and disgusting tracks in front of dozens to live events on beautiful raceways in front of thousands

 

[Doodle]

Valentino Rossi (1979-Present)

Years Active: 1996-Present

Nationality: Italian

Roles: Driver/Owner

Serie(s) Perticipated In: MotoGP, 125cc, 250cc, 500cc World Championships, WRC

Accomplishments:
6 Time MotoGP Champion (2002-2005, 2008-2009)
2001 500cc World Champion
1999 250cc World Champion
1997 125cc World Champion
Competed in three WRC rallies between 2002-2007, with a best finish of 11th at the 2006 New Zealand Rally
Has tested for Ferrari F1 and Kyle Busch's NASCAR Nationwide Series team.

 

[Northstar]

I have decided that instead of a thread devoted to the results I will just have a Google spreadsheet with the results instead. It can be found here.

 

[CinnamonOD]

Why did I clicked the link expecting to see some results?

 

[mustafur]

Nelson Piquet
(1952 - Present)

Years Active: 1966 - 2006

Nationality - Brazilian, b, Rio De Janiero

Roles: Driver, Team Owner

Serie(s) Perticipated In:
British F3
Formula 1
World Endurance Championship
Indycar
FIA GT Championship

Accomplishments:
Two Time Brazilian Go-Karting Championship Winner(1971, 1972)
Formula Super Vee Champion(1976)
British Formula 3 Champion(1978)
Three time Formula 1 World Champion(1981,1982,1987)
1000km of Nurburgring Winner(1981)

Formula 1 Statistics:
207 Races
23 Wins
60 Podiums
24 Pole Positions
23 Fastest Laps
485.5 Career points(481.5 on Count back)

Additional: Equals the Most Formula 1 Titles By a Brazilian with Ayrton Senna on 3 Titles, Broke the Record for Most Wins in a Formula 3 Season beating Jackie Stewart's previous Record of 7, with 8 Wins in 1978.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

And Remains the only Brazilian to Win Formula 1 Titles in Two Different Teams(Brabham and Williams).

Emerson Fittipaldi.

Lotus - 1972
McLaren - 1974

 

[cbarbosa]

Nomination:

Richard Burns (1971 - 2005)

Years Active: 1990 - 2003

Nationality: British

Role(s): Rally Driver

Serie(s) Participated In:
Junior Rally Drivers, WRC

Accomplishments:

Driver/Rally Statistics:

Teams: Subaru, Mitsubishi, Peugeot
Rallies: 104
Championships: 1 (2001)
Rally Wins: 10
Podiums: 34
Stage Wins: 277
Total Points: 351
First Rally: 1990 RAC Rally
First Win: 1998 Safari Rally
Last Win: 2001 Rally New Zealand
Last Rally: 2003 Rally Catalunya

Additional:

25 November 2005, four years to the day after winning the World Rally Championship, Burns died in Westminster, London, aged 34, after having been in a coma for some days as a result of a brain tumour.

The British television show Top Gear, well known for its irreverent attitude toward most celebrities, aired a tribute to Burns during 4 December 2005 show. The host, Jeremy Clarkson, said that "the news has been completely dominated, as far as we're concerned, by the sad death of Richard Burns."

After playing a montage of Richard Burns footage, Clarkson, who lived near Burns, shared an anecdote about Burns playing video games with Clarkson's 7-year-old son and commented, "He was just such a nice guy. I'm going to miss him...badly."​

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For me, will never be forgotten...​

 

[mustafur]

Emerson Fittipaldi.

Lotus - 1972
McLaren - 1974

damn forgot about that lol.

 

[Northstar]

I'm going to hold off on making anymore voting threads until the end of November (less racing going on) in the hopes it will stir up a little more discussion in the voting threads.