Bob Said

Bob Said competed in the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics as a bobsledder, driving a 4-man in 1968 and both the 2- and 4-man sleds in 1972. He was a well-known driver, but first made his career on the roads as a racecar driver. Boris was the first American to win a road race in Europe after World War II – the 1953 Grand Prix of Rouen. Said raced in Europe for several years in the 1950s, winning the Anerley Trophy in 1953, and driving a Ferrari in 1954, in which he finished second at the Bari Grand Prix and the Trullio d’Oro. He later participated in one Formula 1 Race, the 1959 United States Grand Prix at Sebring, Florida, but did not finish, and one NASCAR race, the Daytona 500, finishing 50th in 1959.

Said later made his living in real estate. His first ventures were failures, but he eventually became quite wealthy, and did some independent film production. His son, Boris Said III, also became a NASCAR driver.