{"id":495050,"date":"2015-12-09T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T20:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=23103"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:04:11","slug":"bothwell-award-for-follmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bothwell-award-for-follmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bothwell Award for Follmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fabulous Fifties \u201cunclub\u201d held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner on Sunday evening at the Proud Bird restaurant near Los Angeles International Airport, where it honored George Follmer with its Lifetime Achievement Award.<\/p>\n<p>George is, of course, the only driver ever to win two major U.S. professional racing championships in the same season, which he did in 1972, driving Roger Penske\u2019s L&amp;M Porsche 917\/10 to the SCCA\u2019s Can-Am title, while also winning the SCCA\u2019s Trans-Am championship in Roy Woods\u2019 AMC Javelin. He won the Trans-Am crown again (Category I) in 1976 with a Vasek Polk Racing Porsche 934. Previously, he had claimed the 1965 United States Road Racing Championship, taking his two-liter Porsche-powered Lotus 23 (above) to the title ahead of the much more powerful Chaparrals of Jim Hall and Hap Sharp.<\/p>\n<p>Versatility was Follmer\u2019s calling card as he raced many varieties of sports cars, as well as Indycars, Formula One, Formula 5000 and NASCAR. In a stock-block Chevy-powered Gilbert chassis prepared by his old pal Bruce Burness, Follmer won the 1969 Indycar season opener at Phoenix, then scored a pair of F5000 victories in 1970 with a Ford-powered Lotus 70 \u2014 Ford\u2019s only two wins in that series. Having raced for Shadow in the Can-Am, George was selected by Don Nichols to drive in the marque\u2019s inaugural Formula One season of 1973, scoring a point on his F1 debut then standing on the podium after only his third Grand Prix \u2014 at the age of 39! And those are only the highlights of his exceptional career.<\/p>\n<p>Follmer joins a list of past recipients of the Lindley Bothwell Lifetime Achievement Award that includes Carroll Shelby, Dan Gurney, Phil Remington, Les Richter, Rodger Ward, Bob Bondurant, Jim Hall, Parnelli Jones and John Morton, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fabulous Fifties \u201cunclub\u201d held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner on Sunday evening at the Proud Bird restaurant near Los Angeles International Airport, where it honored George Follmer with its Lifetime Achievement Award. 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