* Sports Briefs Aug 31, 2008
Phil Hill dies aged 81. Phil Hill, who in 1961 became the first US driver to win the Formula One world title, has died in California aged 81, his former Ferrari team said on Friday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Phil Hill, 81, US-born driver who won Formula One title Aug 29, 2008
Phil Hill won the Nurburgring Circuit in 1962 with copilot Olivier Gendebien, driving a Ferrari ... LOS ANGELES - Phil Hill, a reserved Californian who became a gifted race car driver and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One international auto-racing championship, died yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Hill, only U.S.-born F1 champ, dies at 81 Aug 29, 2008
Phil Hill, only US-born F1 champ, dies - MSNBC Wire Services - nbcsports ... Phil Hill, only US-born F1 champ, dies ... (AP) -Phil Hill, the only American-born Formula One champion, died Thursday of complications from Parkinson's disease. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Phil Hill, only U.S.-born F1 champ, dies Aug 29, 2008
MONTEREY Phil Hill, the only American-born Formula One champion, died Thursday of complications from Parkinson's disease ... I, as well as all employees of Ferrari are extremely saddened by the news of the passing of Phil Hill, a man and a champion who gave so much to Ferrari, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
1961 F1 champ Hill dies Aug 29, 2008
- Auto Racing - Phil Hill, a reserved Californian who became a gifted race-car driver and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One international auto-racing championship, died Thursday. Hill, 81, died at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula in Central California of complications from Parkinson's disease, according to John Lamm, a close friend who is editor-at-large of Road and Track magazine. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Sports briefs: Breakfast for champions (Today) Aug 29, 2008
Phil Hill, the only American-born Formula One champion, died of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 81. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Tough nut to crack Aug 27, 2008
In Phil Hill and the Italy-born , the U.S. has had two F1 world champions, but they are very much the exceptions. was the most recent failure. (CNN -- International)
Alfetta/GTV6 Runs Strong Jul 14, 2008
So, by the end of my sophomore year, my heroes were Phil Hill, Juan Fangio and Stirling Moss. (Skyline Boulevard was my favorite road before most of it was demolished to make way for Interstate 280. (San Francisco Chronicle)
2008 Ferrari F430 Spider Jun 14, 2008
Their shape drew inspiration from the Ferrari 156 F1 that Phil Hill drove to his F1 World Championship title in 1961. The two intakes link at the lower edge via a spoiler that directs air flow toward the car's flat underbody. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Practicing patience in the Late Model division Aug 25, 2007
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Steve McQueen's Ferrari, Elvis's Limo Star in Monterey Classic-Car Auction Aug 15, 2007
61 million for a 1958 Ferrari 412 S driven by racing legends Phil Hill and Richie Ginther. The North American auction record is $6. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Ferrari's Best for Last Aug 10, 2007
Driven by Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien, it is the last front-engined car to capture the overall victory at Le Mans ... Fantuzzi created the longer body, which Phil Hill described in a Road article as "ination of the old Testa Rossa shape, but with the double nostril nose and the cutoff tail-with-a-spoiler that were used on the mid-engine cars." He continued, "Testa Rossas were the reason Ferrari was able to dominate sports car racing in much of the world, and produce some of the most... (BusinessWeek)
Curse costs Stewart Aug 1, 2007
Since 1978, when Mario Andretti joined Phil Hill as the only American F1 champions, only a handful of drivers from the U.S. have found a seat in Formula One. Eddie Cheever and Danny Sullivan never had any real success in F1 before going back to the States and finding fame and fortune. (News & Observer -- Sports)
RM Auctions Makes History on the Block With Record Breaking $46 Million Sale of Important Ferraris at Legendary Maranello Birthplace May 24, 2007
4 million sale of the incredible Le Mans winning 1962 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM Testa Rossa (Chassis 0808) that was piloted to victory by world champion Phil Hill and Oliver Gendebien -- one of the most valuable and important Ferraris ever offered at auction. One of most recent offerings was Felipe Massa's first Grand Prix winning 2006 Formula 1 car that changed hands at $2. (PR Newswire)
