{"id":491615,"date":"2010-12-01T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T02:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=37666"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:41","slug":"david-hobbs-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hobbs \u2014 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>David Wishart Hobbs was born into an Australian immigrant family in the British West Midlands city of Leamington Spa, five days after the Nazis invaded Poland to ignite World War II. His father Howard had invented the Mechamatic gearbox that not only provided his family with sustenance, but ultimately determined his son\u2019s career path as well. Although he didn\u2019t actually begin racing until just before he turned 20, David used his apparent maturity to progress quickly, running a dominant club racing effort in a Lotus Elite that landed him a rare works Lotus drive at Le Mans in 1962. Teamed with veteran Frank Gardner in another Elite, they won their class while finishing 8th overall. It was the first international success of what would become a 30-year career of broad diversity that generated victories and championships in multiple categories on several continents. When it was over, he used what he had learned to create a second career for himself, in the broadcast booth. VR Associate Editor John Zimmermann recently engaged Hobbs in a discussion of his accomplishments, during which the wit and wisdom for which the Englishman has long been known were not long dormant. This is the first half, the remainder will appear next month.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_577085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-577085\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-577085\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-577085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Hobbs<br \/>Photo: Hal Crocker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>How did you first get started in racing, and with what did you first race?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Although he didn\u2019t actually begin racing until just before he turned 20, David used his apparent maturity to progress quickly, running a dominant club [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":577090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,261,18114],"tags":[18323,1433,1451,11513,345,65,597,11657,415,11753,13997,1857,548,18435,11600,12123,11387,13443,11827,16462,89,1148,501,12302,1786,12765],"class_list":["post-491615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-people","tag-2010s-all","tag-cooper","tag-daimler","tag-fj","tag-elva","tag-ford","tag-general-motors-gm","tag-grand-prix","tag-jaguar","tag-jaguar-c-type","tag-xk140","tag-lola","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-colin-chapman","tag-david-hobbs","tag-jim-clark","tag-mike-parkes","tag-richard-attwood","tag-interview","tag-porsche","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-nurburgring","tag-oulton-park","tag-triumph","tag-zephyr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Hobbs \u2014 Part I<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Zimmermann engages the former F5000 and Trans-Am champion in a discussion of his dual careers on the track and in the broadcast booth.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Hobbs \u2014 Part I\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Zimmermann engages the former F5000 and Trans-Am champion in a discussion of his dual careers on the track and in the broadcast booth.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-02T02:00:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:07:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Zimmermann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"23 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Zimmermann\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/96b206a07dacd5614967544b2c3b0e35\"},\"headline\":\"David Hobbs \u2014 Part I\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-02T02:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:07:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/\"},\"wordCount\":4923,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/david-hobbs-part\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/INT201012-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2010s All\",\"Cooper\",\"Daimler\",\"Defunct Series (Formula Junior)\",\"Elva\",\"Ford\",\"General Motors (GM)\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Jaguar\",\"Jaguar C-Type\",\"Jaguar XK140\",\"Lola\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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