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59 US GP at Sebring, Jack Brabham ran out of fuel with two laps to go and was passed by Bruce McLaren. He managed to stay in fourth place and won the WC title by pushing his car across the finish line. He collapsed from the effort.
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Ralph DePalma at Indianapolis in 1912. His Mercedes' engine broke in the closing laps of the 500, while he was in the lead. DePalma and his mechanic, Australian Rupert Jeffkin, leapt from the car and pushed it around to the finish line. Joe Dawson, who had been running a distant second, scored an unexpected victory. Some accounts claim that DePalma was within a mile an a half of the finish when Dawson won, but the official results credited him with 198 laps out of 200.
At the 1964 NHRA Regional Championship meet at Riverside, California Danny Ongais broke an axle at the starting line in the semi-final round of Top Gas Eliminator. His competitor fouled so Ongais pushed his car the full quarter mile to win. His elapsed time was 1-minute 35-seconds with a trap speed of 3.5 mph
Italian GP 1954: Stirling Moss pushed his car to the line to take tenth place!
Jack Brabham pushed his car to the line at Monaco, in 1957, "only" from the railway station, to finish 6st.
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Roy Salvadori heaving the Cooper-Maser over the line at Monaco in 1959.
Jim Hall in his Chapparal had done this around 65 to finish the Sebring 12 hours
Graham Hill's engine expired and he pushed the car over the line, Siracusa GP 1961
Giancarlo Martini pushing his car to 4th place in the 1978 Aurora Championship round at Zandvoort
In 1954 a broken oil-pipe in his D-type again saw Moss stopped just short of the finish, and this time he definitely did push the car across, and finished 18th
In 1954 with the 250F Moss twice, according to Robert's book, pushed across to finish: in the French GP and Reims and then in the Italian GP at Monza. On this last occasion Moss had led Fangio in the W196 Streamliner until the 250F broke. He pushed the car from out on the circuit back to the line, waited for Fangio to finish then pushed across. Fangio declared Moss 'the moral winner' and Pirrelli paid Moss the winner's bonus.
During the Sports Car Club of America meeting at the Bergstrom AFB in Austin Texas on the 27th of March, 1954, Bill Betts pushed his 750cc Giaur across the line of the 100 mile race for Class F production cars and under 1100cc modified cars, after the car stopped 100 yards short of the finish. Despite having a broken ankle caused by a crash in practice, Betts finished sixth after his exertions. For his effort and perserverance, he was awarded the Sportsmanship award at the Victory Dinner.
Dan Gurney in the '66 Sebring 12 hours. An engine failure while leading, with just a few hundred yards to the finish, and an official told him to try pushing it home. He was DQ'd, though if he'd left the car where it was, he and Jerry Grant would've been classified second.
Roy Salvadori heaving the Cooper-Maser over the line at Monaco in 1959.
Jim Hall in his Chapparal had done this around 65 to finish the Sebring 12 hours
Graham Hill's engine expired and he pushed the car over the line, Siracusa GP 1961
Giancarlo Martini pushing his car to 4th place in the 1978 Aurora Championship round at Zandvoort
In 1954 a broken oil-pipe in his D-type again saw Moss stopped just short of the finish, and this time he definitely did push the car across, and finished 18th
In 1954 with the 250F Moss twice, according to Robert's book, pushed across to finish: in the French GP and Reims and then in the Italian GP at Monza. On this last occasion Moss had led Fangio in the W196 Streamliner until the 250F broke. He pushed the car from out on the circuit back to the line, waited for Fangio to finish then pushed across. Fangio declared Moss 'the moral winner' and Pirrelli paid Moss the winner's bonus.
During the Sports Car Club of America meeting at the Bergstrom AFB in Austin Texas on the 27th of March, 1954, Bill Betts pushed his 750cc Giaur across the line of the 100 mile race for Class F production cars and under 1100cc modified cars, after the car stopped 100 yards short of the finish. Despite having a broken ankle caused by a crash in practice, Betts finished sixth after his exertions. For his effort and perserverance, he was awarded the Sportsmanship award at the Victory Dinner.
Dan Gurney in the '66 Sebring 12 hours. An engine failure while leading, with just a few hundred yards to the finish, and an official told him to try pushing it home. He was DQ'd, though if he'd left the car where it was, he and Jerry Grant would've been classified second.
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