What ever happened to....?

[tux]

Hello, i have started this thread so that we can ask about people or things that used to be common place in & around sportscar racing but are no longer "apparent".

Ill start by asking whatever happened to Jamie Davies, he always seemed fairly quick and getting decent drives (Vitaphone MC12, BMS Scuderia Italia etc).

[Bob Baldwin]

Also :
John Paul jr.
Price Cobb
Alex Gurney
david Donahue

[Nick Woodbury]

Originally Posted by Bob Baldwin

Also :


Alex Gurney

He currently competes in the NAEC endurance rounds with Action Express in IMSA.

[Lanky Turtle]

Originally Posted by Nick Woodbury

He currently competes in the NAEC endurance rounds with Action Express in IMSA.

Is this for later in the year? He didn't run at Daytona or Sebring. I'm hoping to see Alex in the Ford GT's next year.

[Victor_RO]

John Paul Jr suffers from Huntington's disease and his condition is constantly deteriorating.

[David A Scott]

What about David Tennyson? Drove the Denon sponsored Spice back in the '90s in IMSA.

[yukoncornelius]

Originally Posted by David A Scott

What about David Tennyson? Drove the Denon sponsored Spice back in the '90s in IMSA.

Tennyson's dad owned the import/distribution rights to Denon in the Ontario (maybe all of eastern Canada) region and the '90s weren't exactly kind to the high end stereo makers. Last I heard he had followed his family into the corporate world. He was a good driver that often gets overlooked in a pretty amazing crop of Canadian drivers.
I used to love watching him and Goodyear, Bye, Spenard and the rest of the 944 cup.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by yukoncornelius

Tennyson's dad owned the import/distribution rights to Denon in the Ontario (maybe all of eastern Canada) region and the '90s weren't exactly kind to the high end stereo makers. Last I heard he had followed his family into the corporate world. He was a good driver that often gets overlooked in a pretty amazing crop of Canadian drivers.
I used to love watching him and Goodyear, Bye, Spenard and the rest of the 944 cup.

Welcome to the forum!


This thread is pretty interesting! Even if a lot of the questions end up unanswered, it is nice to remember some of these old fellows.

[Roninho]

Originally Posted by Victor_RO

John Paul Jr suffers from Huntington's disease and his condition is constantly deteriorating.

Pffff terrible disease.
I've always wondered what John could have achieved in indycars without the legal problems. He was very impressive in his early years.

[Bob Baldwin]

Is his father still alive ?

[Snips1]

Originally Posted by Bob Baldwin

Is his father still alive ?

Drayson was involved in Formula E before he sold the team to Trulli last year

[rich07]

Originally Posted by Bob Baldwin

Is his father still alive ?

Who knows?

Didn't he disappear in 2001? Haven't heard anything about him since.

Stumbled across some archived pictures of BMS Italia Scuderia at Jarama in 2002 (?). Anyone know what Enzo Calderari, Lillian Bryner and Fabrizio Gollin are doing these days? Haven't heard of them racing for quite some years especially Calderari and Bryner.

[Bob Baldwin]

The last that I had heard John Paul SN was on the run from the law somewhere in the Bahama's came back to the USA did some time and ended up in Canada .

Last I had heard about Andy Evans one time owner of IMSA The Fed's were about to take him down and he also landed somewhere in Vancover B.C. Canada .

Not sure if any of the Whitington Brothers are still alive they also were in Big Trouble with the Law .

IMSA : International Marijuana Smuglers association

[Félix]

Alex Brundle. He was going places and is now pretty much taking the year off; health problems?

[Victor_RO]

Originally Posted by Félix

Alex Brundle. He was going places and is now pretty much taking the year off; health problems?

He did tweet about some undisclosed health problems keeping him away from racing for now, yes.

[rich07]

Matteo Bobbi?

[TheNewBob]

Originally Posted by rich07

Matteo Bobbi?

He was in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo race at Silverstone last weekend.

[rich07]

Originally Posted by TheNewBob

He was in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo race at Silverstone last weekend.

Thanks.

[Lanky Turtle]

Preston Henn

[mackteck]

Originally Posted by Lanky Turtle

Preston Henn

seen him a few weeks ago..still owns the swap shop ...still filthy rich😮 he was in his new laferarri

[Lanky Turtle]

Originally Posted by mackteck

seen him a few weeks ago..still owns the swap shop ...still filthy rich�� he was in his new laferarri

Good to hear. The last interview I read with him he didn't like to talk about his racing days for whatever reason, but he'd just bought a Porsche 918.

And previous to that I think the last I'd heard about him was several years ago when he got in a scuffle with someone at the Swap Shop and then fled from the police on a golf cart before being tasered and then kicking out the window of a patrol car, mind you he was in his mid 70's at the time.

[Bob Baldwin]

i can almost picturing him doing that
Funny Story though

[mackteck]

Originally Posted by Lanky Turtle

Good to hear. The last interview I read with him he didn't like to talk about his racing days for whatever reason, but he'd just bought a Porsche 918.

And previous to that I think the last I'd heard about him was several years ago when he got in a scuffle with someone at the Swap Shop and then fled from the police on a golf cart before being tasered and then kicking out the window of a patrol car, mind you he was in his mid 70's at the time.

ha!!he drives around the swap shop on a golf cart alright, his 918 is on display there, along with most of his impressive collection. .including Schumacher ferrari f1 cars.. check my instagram username : jacaalis for pics & video of him with his laferarri

[WolfsburgRS]

The Martini colors with SWAP. So awesome.

[zere]

Jamie Davies is (still?) working at Turnspeed. He's got a protected Twitter acc @JamieDavies888 , no idea how active he is on there. He did some driver coaching stuff, but no more racing, I think.