Bob Said

Boris Robert " Bob" Said junior ( born May 5, 1932 in New York City; † March 24, 2002 in Los Angeles ) was an American race car driver and bobsled.

Bob Said, the son of Syrian- Russian immigrants, was the first American to win a car race in Europe after the Second World War. Said, who had already achieved in the U.S. some success in sports car racing, won a 1953 OSCA in the circuit race in Rouen. In 1954 he was works driver at Ferrari. However, the Scuderia used him only in sports car events. He was second in the Grand Prix of Bari and at the Trullo d' Oro.

After two years of absence, which he spent with stock market speculation, he returned in 1957 back to the race track and won his class at the race in Nassau. Again he drove a Ferrari sports car. In 1959, he contested the U.S. Grand Prix at Sebring for Connaught. Said drove the Type C and separated already in the first round after a spin out. Said driving in races until the end of 1962, however, the events in which he participated, were always smaller. In 1963, he borrowed $ 2,600 in order to speculate again. Within two years he had earned over a million dollars and was a made man.

In his spare time, Said was looking for a new job. He was bobsledder and took part in the Winter Olympics in 1968 and 1972. In 1968 he finished third in the four-man 10th, 1972 at four and 14 in the two- the 19th Place.

In the 1990s, Said junior began to produce some independent films. His son Boris Said III followed in the footsteps of his father and in the U.S. is a well-known NASCAR driver.