This week, via wikitree.com I learned how I am related to professional race car drivers
around the world.

I am:

25 degrees from Jack Brabham - Formula One World Champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966.

28 degrees from Rudolf Caracciola - won the inaugural German Grand Prix in Berlin

19 degrees from Louis Chevrolet - Swiss-American automotive designer, motor company
founder, and racecar driver.

19 degrees from Dale Earnhardt - a renowned NASCAR race car driver whose aggressive driving style earned him the nickname "The Intimidator."

36 degrees from Juan Manuel Fangio - a racing car driver who dominated the first
decade of Formula One racing and was a five-time World Champion Formula 1 driver

21 degrees from Betty Haig - English race car driver.

25 degrees from Arie Luyendyk - a Dutch-American auto racing driver who gained fame
for his achievements in the IndyCar Series.

23 degrees from Bruce McLaren - New Zealand-born Formula One race car driver, designer, engineer and inventor.

20 degrees from Wendell Scott - the first Black driver licensed by NASCAR, the third
Black driver to start a race in NASCAR's top-level series

17 degrees from Kat Teasdale - Canada's first female professional race car driver.

20 degrees from Dick Trickle - an accomplished short track race car driver, competing in
ASA, ARTGO, ARCA, All Pro, IMCA, NASCAR, and USAC and winning over 1200 feature
races.

25 degrees from Maurice Trintignant - French driver.

It is always interesting to visit the past to see how we are related to each other. I have
some ancestors that were black, bank robbers, politicians, physicians, detectives,
actors, comedians. I guess that I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

WikiTree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving me
some basic information by going to: https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history.

Mike Dippel

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25 degrees from Arie Luyendyk - a Dutch-American auto racing driver who gained
fame
for his achievements in the IndyCar Series.

He is a two-time Indy 500 winner and, until very recently, held the record
for the fastest qualifying time. IIRC, he still holds the single-lap
record at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Mike


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On 5/30/2024 9:34 AM, Mike Powell wrote to Mike Dippel:

25 degrees from Arie Luyendyk - a Dutch-American auto racing driver who gained
fame
for his achievements in the IndyCar Series.

He is a two-time Indy 500 winner and, until very recently, held the record for the fastest qualifying time. IIRC, he still holds the single-lap
record at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Mike

Thanks for that. From wikitree.com: One of his most notable accomplishments came in
the Indianapolis 500, where he won twice, first in 1990 and then again in 1997. His
victory in the 1990 Indianapolis 500 was particularly memorable, as he set the record
for the fastest average speed in the history of the race, a record that still stands today.

I would certainly be rooting for him if he was still racing. Currently, he is a a team
owner and occasional commentator. And he is a distant cousin of mine. I wouldn't have
known this if it wasn't for me tracing my roots.

That's why genealogy is one of my favorite hobbies.

Mike Dippel

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