Italian-American racing driver Mario Andretti relaxes on the beach, circa 1985., Terry O’Neill/Getty ImagesRace car driver Dale Earnhardt during an interview with host Jay Leno, Margaret Norton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty ImagesDario Franchitti from Team Kool Green and driver of the Kool Reynard Honda 98I plays in the sand with another driver prior to the CART – Honda Indy Australia, Robert Laberge /AllsportAlthough a top driver in NASCAR Cup racing, DeWayne “Tiny” Lund, who was “tiny” only in name as he stood 6’ 5” and weighed 270 lbs., operated a fishing camp in his hometown of Cross, SC, when he wasn’t racing and was known as an excellent fishing guide. He caught a world-record 55-pound striped bass in the Santee River near his camp on Lake Moutrie in the early-1960s, and many of the cars he drove after that carried the No. 55 in honor of that feat., ISC Images & Archives via Getty ImagesGraham Hill and Jim Clark on Dodgem cars at Butlins, Bognor Regis, 1960s. Mrs Campbell-Jones is on the Dodgem with Hill and Mrs Gregor Grant is in the one driven by Clark. Both Graham Hill and Jim Clark won the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship in the 1960s. Clark was killed in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany in 1968, while Hill died in a plane crash 8 years later., National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty ImagesAfter trouble with the stock of his gun, Jackie Stewart discusses adjustments with expert Alan Jones. Before motoracing he made a name for himself in target shooting just missing out on a place at the 1960 Olympics., SSPL/Getty ImagesNASCAR driver Jeff Gordon rides a tricycle in a contest on the court during a timeout in the Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs game at Verizon Center, Rob Carr/Getty ImagesJochen Rindt, car racing driver, Imagno/Getty ImagesModel Gigi Hadid and Formule 1 pilote Lewis Hamilton attend amfAR's 22nd Cinema Against AIDS Gala, Gisela Schober/WireImageDaytona Beach Road Course, Malcolm Campbell And Basil Eysten Playing Draughts., Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesMichele Mouton, the French female World Rally Championship driver for Audi AG, poses for a photograph on a leather sofa at a hotel before competing in a rally driving the Audi Quattro., Bryn Colton/Getty ImagesThe Austrian driver Niki Lauda (left) talking with Britain's James Stewart during the exhibition of the racing cars of the world championship in Paris February 10, 1978., Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty ImagesPhil Hill on the phone at the desk in his office with a painting of the #98 Ferrari hanging on the wall behind him., Gerry Stiles/The Enthusiast Network/Getty ImagesSebastien Loeb is seen on his Jet ski in the port in Saint-Tropez, France., Pierre Suu/GC Images
