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  Jody Scheckter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tyrrell in 1974 gave him his first full-time drive in F1.
Tomas races in the Indy Racing League and held pole position for the 2003 Indianapolis 500.
Jody's son, Tomas, is currently racing in the IRL Indy Racing League and is a former Jaguar Formula One test driver.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jody_Scheckter   (686 words)

  
 indya.com - Foster's formula Oz - News - Formula One legend Ken Tyrrell dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tyrrell, one of the most influential and popular figures in Formula One in the 1960s and 1970s, died in the early hours of Saturday morning at his home in Surrey.
Tyrrell went into a steady decline during the 1980s before it was sold to British American Tobacco in 1997.
Tyrrell was diagnosed as suffering from cancer of the pancreas in 1999.
www.indya.com /formula1/news/2508tyrrell.htm   (450 words)

  
 Tyrrell Ford F1
Tyrrell, 72, who looked curiously at home despite his age in the glitzy surroundings of London's Capital Radio, struck a confident note as his team looked ahead to their 30th year of grand prix racing.
Tyrrell's managing director in charge of engineering, Harvey Postlethwaite, was also in upbeat mood.
Tyrrell have won three drivers' championships and two constructors' titles, all in the 1970s but have not won a race since Italian Michele Alboreto triumphed in Detroit in 1983.
home.intekom.com /autorace/teams/tyrrel.htm   (521 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Tyrrell Racing Organisation
He was a front-runner in F3 throughout the 1950s and in 1958, in addition to racing himself, he ran a Formula 2 Cooper for Henry Taylor in the colors of Nixon's Garage.
In 1960 the Tyrrell Racing Organisation was established to run the factory Coopers in Formula Junior.
This was not ready until August 1970 and did not race until the Canadian GP in September but Stewart gave it pole position on its debut and led until the car suffered a stub axle failure.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-tyrre.html   (1262 words)

  
 Tyrrell P34 - Ultimatecarpage.com - Images, Specifications and Information
Racing car designers were now looking for a balance between the two, which resulted in enough downforce to go round corners and little drag to go fast on the straights.
Ken Tyrrell and his chief designer Derek Gardner were designing a new Formula 1 car for 1976, when the latter came up with an idea to decrease drag without losing downforce.
Tyrrell was third in the constructor's Championship, hot on the heels of Ferrari and McLaren.
www.ultimatecarpage.com /frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=703   (1063 words)

  
 Q-T
F.I.A.-appointed race officials who are responsible for the reviewing of on-track events during Grand Prix weekends involving teams and drivers and, where necessary, assessing penalties.
Tread less racing tires, used in dry conditions, replaced at the start of the 1998 season by grooved tires which were intended to reduce F1 cars cornering speeds.
If a driver exceeds the limit during a race, he is usually penalized with a time penalty, whereas if he exceeds it during a practice session, he is usually given a fine ($ x km).
www.jclemens.com /F1/qrst.htm   (2223 words)

  
 The Tyrrell 017
Our current projects are all Tyrrells; one, the type 017--as raced in 1988 and early 1989, will be vintage raced this year; the other two, both 018 chassis', will be our next projects, as raced in 1989 and early 1990.
Provenance: The 017/4 was raced by the Tyrrell Racing Organisation during the 1988 and 1989 seasons.
The 017-type cars raced a full season in 1988 and, in 017B form, ran the Brazilian Grand Prix (chassis #4, this car, finished 7th in that race) and the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, where Jonathan Palmer qualified chassis #4, but raced chassis 018/1 when Michele Alboreto failed to qualify.
nelson-motorsports.com /tyrrell_017.htm   (413 words)

  
 F1 FAQ
After just one race, in which they failed to qualify, they have pulled out for at least the rest of the season due to "financial and technical reasons" believed to be mainly the fact that the promised Mastercard sponsorship did not produce enough money.
Again, Indy's detractors would argue that this produces an artificial racing environment reducing the race to a series of short sprints which are merely used to establish the grid order for the final sprint to the finish.
Nando For race previews and reports as well as results and times by e- mail: Atlas F1 For feature articles: Daily Telegraph (British) For statistics: FORIX This is just my personal list and there are a lot of very good F1 sites out there.
www.mat.uc.pt /~rps/f1/f1faq97.html   (13693 words)

  
 AUTO RACING NOTE
Tyrrell was the owner who launched the career of Formula One three-time champion Jackie Stewart in the 1960s.
"Without Ken Tyrrell, I will not be where I am today." After the 1997 season, Tyrrell sold his team to British American Tobacco and retired from Formula One in early 1998 after a dispute over the driver lineup.
Tyrrell also was instrumental in discovering other British and foreign racing talents throughout his career.
www.canoe.ca /StatsRAC/BC-RAC-LGNS-TYRRELL-R.html   (131 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Tyrrell Racing founder dies
LONDON -- Ken Tyrrell, who launched Jackie Stewart's racing career in the 1960s and founded the Tyrrell team in 1970, died after an illness, his family said Saturday.
Stewart, a three-time Formula One champion and TV commentator, said Tyrrell gave him his first chance to drive a single-seat race car, in Formula 3 in 1964.
The Tyrrell Racing Organization was bought out by British American Racing in November 1997, and Tyrrell retired from the sport in February 1998.
espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/0825/1243794.html   (195 words)

  
 A farewell to Tyrrell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Tyrrell’s most dramatic innovation, though, was undoubtedly the six-wheeled Tyrrell-Ford 034 that stunned the Grand Prix world at its unveiling in 1976.
In fact, it is a measure of the professionalism and dedication of the Tyrrell staff that they have remained focussed and motivated throughout this year despite the uncertainty resulting from the sale of the team.
The Tyrrell Racing Organisation’s achievements are significant and will remain indelibly etched on the fabric of Formula One.
www.atlasf1.com /news/1998/934.htm   (448 words)

  
 F1 Room
Tyrrell developed the famous P34 six wheeler with the theory that the four small wheels would lay down more rubber on the track, producing an aerodynamically cleaner front end and at Anderstorp in 1976, Scheckter and Depailler finished first and second.
Depailler gave the Tyrrell team victory again at Monaco in 1978, yet this was to be their last until Michele Alboreto won in Las Vegas in 1982.
I998 saw Tyrrell race for their final season, the name being officially changed in December then, sadly, Ken walked away from the team after a dispute over the driver line up.
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 Formula One Motor Racing FAQ (modified 3/14/97), Part 1/2
Despite Irvine's three race ban for his involvement in the incident at the Brazilian GP, the team finished the year with 28 points, 5th place in the constructors, a rostrum finish and a pole position - both courtesy of Barrichello.
In '95 he raced in DTM for Alfa Romeo and was also signed as test driver for Minardi.
He won three races, including a spectacular drive in the "rain in Spain" but there was also a string of mechanical failures including a parade-lap retirement and a half-shaft falling off in the pit-lane.
www.faqs.org /faqs/sports/formula-one-faq/part1   (7982 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Tyrrell competed for 31 years in F1
Racing, however, was not for him, and he realised his true potential in team management, which he entered in 1960 when he set up the Tyrrell Racing Organisation.
Tyrrell took his third and final drivers' world championship victory, once again with Stewart in 1973, although the team missed out on the constructors' title after the death of second driver Francois Cevert.
Tyrrell's departure was not on the best of terms after initially planning to stay on for the 1998 season but relinquishing control to the new owners in February 1998.
espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2001/0825/1243881.html   (739 words)

  
 Warsaw Speedway History
Tyrrell was not just a local racetrack promotor, but had a history of over 25 years of managing actors and actresses and helping many famous stars get their start in the entertainment business.
Hot Rod races were added also within the first year of racing which added the excitement of many local drivers getting into the act, and more variety for the speedway.
Gibson, from Columbia City, lived with very modest means and although he didn't have the flamboyance of initial manager Tyrrell, he dedicated the next 25 years of his life to the week-in and week-out physical and managerial work at the speedway.
www.angelfire.com /in3/warsawspeedway/history.html   (1191 words)

  
 Tyrrell 001 - Ultimatecarpage.com - Images, Specifications and Information
Tyrrell was well aware of the advantages of the Cosworth DFV engine, and preferred it over the French V12.
It was a complete surprise to the attending crowd and Tyrrell's competitors for that matter, but a new Formula 1 constructor was born.
He used the Tyrrell for the final three races of the season, all of which he started from the first row.
www.ultimatecarpage.com /frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=1034   (537 words)

  
 8W - Who? - Jackie Stewart
In a race which should never have taken place in the first place, JYS powered ahead on the first 14-mile blast through the fog and was unseen for his competitors until the chequered flag.
The combination of Tyrrell chassis (001, followed in Spain by 003), reliable DFVs, Goodyear tyres and Jackie Stewart proved insurmountable for the opposition as Jackie took five of the first seven races to as good as settle the championship with a 32-point lead before officially clinching it at the Österreichring.
Although Stewart and Tyrrell started off in fine style with a clear victory in Argentina and pole in South Africa and was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his racing accomplishments, his form began to tail off on the Grand Prix circus’ return to Europe.
8w.forix.com /stewart.html   (6157 words)

  
 Jos Verstappen Info Page
In 1964 the Ken Tyrrell Racing Team was born, soon to become the Tyrrell Racing Organisation.
Tyrrell had it first win after only 5 races in F1 at Zandvoort, winning twice again in the same year.
In the mid seventies Tyrrell surprised with a 'six-wheeler'.
www.verstappen.nl /news/1996/11/178.html   (417 words)

  
 Medical Equipment Designer - Jan 99 - All-Digital Process Speeds Development of F1 Car
The Tyrrell Racing Organization, an "establishment" name in Grand Prix racing, had another significant technical issue to deal with as well.
Tyrrell engineers went through many design iterations to produce an aesthetically pleasing racecar that also complied with the regulation.
Incidentally, one of the side issues of narrower suspension was that the monocoque deflected less than in previous years because the wheels were closer to the main part of the structure.
www.manufacturingcenter.com /med/archives/0199/199car.asp   (1950 words)

  
 Tyrrell
His relationship with Cooper grew and in 1960 the Tyrrell Racing Organisation was established to run the factory Cooper-BMC team in Formula Junior, based at Ken’s timber yard.
Tyrrell switched to Matra-BRMs in Formula 2 in 1966 for Stewart and Ickx and, after persuading Cosworth to supply his team with the new DFV engine, he moved into F1 in 1967 with the Matra chassis.
Tyrrell was made president of the BRDC and decided to return to his roots by acquiring a Cooper 500.
www.500race.org /Men/tyrrell.htm   (678 words)

  
 December 1997 Motorsport Information
Tyrrell are likely to carry on in 1998, before handing over to a consortium led by Villeneuve's manager Craig Pollock.
Tyrrell have confirmed they will not be changing their driver line-up for the 1998 campaign.
The Spa-Francorchamps race is under threat because the Belgium government have passed a law banning tobacco advertising from 1999.
www.teamdan.com /archive/1997/decemb97.html   (1967 words)

  
 BAR-Talk.com Newsletter 021 || RealHondaF1.com - Unofficial Honda Racing F1 News and Views
Tyrrell won 23 races, had 20 fastest laps, 14 pole positions and one world championship.
On race wins, they're the eighth most successful F1 team of all time, and are one of just 11 manufacturers to win the world championship.
Tyrrell were a very human team - I remember very well having the honour of spending some time with then driver Toranosuke Takagi back in 1998, the teams last year.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s169/st80003.htm   (810 words)

  
 Tyrrell - 1995 Spec
Back in 1989, aerodynamics were the top priority of the Tyrrell 018 design and some things were inevitably compromised in order to perfect that key area of design.
Tyrrell was the first British team to successfully complete all stages of the FIA crash test programme and we have taken the safety aspects of the 023 design extremely seriously.
Tyrrell has long been a leader in the area of aerodynamics.
www.teamdan.com /archive/1995/tyrrell.html   (2487 words)

  
 Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Jackie Stewart - Biography
Jackie's brother Jimmy was a racing driver with a growing local reputation.
Ken Tyrrell who was running the Formula Junior team for Cooper heard of this young Scotsman from a track manager and called up his brother Jimmy to see if his younger brother was interested in a tryout.
Since Tyrrell did not compete in Formula 1 at that time he joined Graham Hill at BRM in 1965.
www.ddavid.com /formula1/stew_bio.htm   (1018 words)

  
 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
Ken Tyrrell formed his team back in 1960, running cars built by other manufacturers until 1970, and first featuring in Formula 1 in 1968.
Secretly, however, it was building its own GP car and the Tyrrell 001 made a surprise debut at the Oulton Park Gold Cup, joining the GP trail in Canada.
Tyrrell has become respected as one of the great innovators in Formula 1, with the team responsible for the infamous six-wheeler in 1976.
www.gpracing.net192.com /teams/111.cfm   (310 words)

  
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Patrick's international motor racing carrer began with F3Renault racing in 1967,68,69 with a couple of Sports car races thrown in for good measure.
In 1970,71,72 Patrick raced both F3 and F2 championship series and his results were impressive enough for Ken Tyrrell to offer Patrick two drives in F1 in 1972.
Patrick spent the next four years racing for Tyrrell with 1976 being producing his best finish of 4th in the championship.
www.geocities.com /phoskyn/patrick.html   (215 words)

  
 British American Racing arrives in F1
Tyrrell will continue 1998 as planned and British American Racing will have a new car designed for them by Malcolm Oastler who currently works on the Reynard CART chassis.
In addition to this, the new owners said they would expect to be considered with regards to the choice of the second Tyrrell driver for 1998.
Tyrrell Racing Organisation is not satisfied with being relegated to the back of the grid.
www.atlasf1.com /news/1997/579.htm   (397 words)

  
 SPECIAL SATURDAY AT AUTOBOOKS ... HISTORIC PAPERS AND PHOTOS ON DISPLAY
A member of the British Racing Drivers' Club, Falkner was an avid race car enthusiast and, whenever possible, coordinated attendance at medical conferences with Grand Prix events.
Among his friends were Ken Tyrrell, founder of the Tyrrell Racing Formula One Team, and John Cooper, founder of the Cooper Car Company, both of whom died in recent years.
Tyrrell hired Sullivan, who went on to win the Indianapolis 500 in 1985 and the 1988 CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) championship.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2006/07/06/013899.html   (952 words)

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