Bob Drake

**Bob Drake**
Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	1960 USA Grand Prix
Last start:	1960 USA Grand Prix
Constructors
	1960 Joe Lubin
statistics
World Cup balance:	-
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Robert Eldon "Bob" Drake (born December 14, 1919 in San Francisco , † April 18, 1990 in Woodland Hills ) was an American racing car driver .

Career

Bob Drake was an amateur racing driver in the US SCCA sports car series in the mid-1950s. After a few years of absence, he returned in 1960 with a Maserati Birdcage and celebrated a number of race wins.

He drove his only automobile world championship Grand Prix in 1960 at the home race in Riverside . Drake finished in 13th place, seven laps behind the winner, Stirling Moss . Drake drove a private Maserati 250F . It was the last time this vehicle was used in a race in the automobile world championship.

statistics

Statistics in Formula 1

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1960	Joe Lubin	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1960
1960										13

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1955	United States 48 Tony Parravano	Ferrari 375MM	United States 48 Jack McAfee	failure	Wagon fire

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1955	Tony Parravano	Ferrari 375MM	Argentina BUA	United States SEB	Italy MIM	France LEM	United Kingdom RTT	Italy TAR
1955	Tony Parravano	Ferrari 375MM		DNF

literature

Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8

Web links

Remarks

^ SCCA = Sports Car Club of America

personal data
SURNAME	Drake, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Drake, Robert Eldon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Francisco
DATE OF DEATH	April 18, 1990
Place of death	Woodland Hills (Los Angeles)

[1] SCCA = Sports Car Club of America