Briggs Swift Cunningham II was a victorious America's Cup sailor and inventor, as well as, being a racecar enthusiast, driver, team owner, racecar owner, and racecar builder. The Cunningham (sailing) device he invented to gain speed while racing sailboats was named after the inventor. The Cunningham automobiles were mostly prototypes built for racing, but a few have been adapted for street use and sometimes may be seen as historic personal vehicles. Racing stripes were first used on his vehicles, blue stripes on a white Cunningham racecar was the tradition. In 2003 he was named to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. The Americas Cup trophy The Americas Cup (originally the 100 Pound Cup, then the America Cup ) is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... People who have engaged in auto racing: See also: List of NASCAR drivers Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Paul Aars Michele Alboreto Jean Alesi... In sailing, a cunningham or cunninghams eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail. ... Prototypes or prototypical instances combine the most representative attributes of a category. ... Renault Clio featuring the classic style of go-faster stripes. ... The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. ...

Briggs Cunningham began automobile racing after the close of World War II and continued in motorsports competition for twenty years. A Cunningham C5-R won first in its class in 1953 at the 24 hours of Le Mans Grand Prix and other Team Cunningham automobiles finished as high as third place overall. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ...

By 1956 the Cunningham team was described as a dominant force in Sports Car Club of America, SCCA sanctioned sports car racing—a distinction the team retained for the next decade. Automobiles built by the Cunningham team were raced, as well as, Jaguars, Maseratis, and Porsches in Gran Turismo, GT, and Formula One. Later automobiles of other manufacturers were raced also. The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rally, and autocross in the United States It runs many different programs for both amateur and professional racers. ... The SCCA could be considered the grass-roots level of auto racing in the United States. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sportscar racing is a form of circuit racing, with cars that have two seats and enclosed wheel wells. ... Binomial name Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large member of the cat family found primarily in the warm regions of the Americas. ... Present Maserati logo Maserati is a famous Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established in 1914 in Bologna. ... Porsche (), properly pronounced as a one syllable word ( ) (porsh-eh, IPA: ) , is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. ... Gran Turismo is Italian for grand touring or grand tourisme. ... GT may stand for: Ford GT (car) Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech Golden Tee (video golf game from Incredible Technologies, Inc. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

The Cunningham Corner, a portion of the Sebring Raceway was named for Cunningham and his team. Alfred Momo was the chief team mechanic. Drivers who were Cunningham racing team members or fellow drivers with Briggs Cunningham include, Sebring Raceway is a road course auto racing facility located in Sebring, Florida. ...

Layout of Sebring International Raceway which shows the "Cunningham Corner" at the top

• Dan Gurney
• Lake Underwood
• Ivor Bueb
• Stirling Moss
• Jack Brabham
• Bruce McLaren
• Mike Hawthorn
• John Fitch
• Roger Penske
• Walt Hansgen
• Archie Scott-Brown
• Paul Richards

as well as, Phil Walters, Bill Lloyd, Phil Walters, Sherwood Johnston, Bill Spear, Charlie Wallace, Ed Crawford, John Benett, Phil Forno, Russ Boss, Bill Kimberly, Augie Pabst, Denise McCluggage, Bob Grossman, Fred Windridge, and Dick Thompson. Image File history File linksMetadata Sebring_layout. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Sebring_layout. ... Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is one of the most important figures in the history of American auto racing. ... Lake Underwood (1927 - ) is an American who competed in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles. ... Ivor Bueb was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Sir Stirling Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a British auto racing driver. ... Jack Brabhams 1961 Cooper-Climax, the car that began the rear-engine revolution at the Indianapolis 500 Sir John Arthur Jack Brabham, OBE (born April 2, 1926) is an Australian racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. ... Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937–2 June 1970), born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. ... John Michael Hawthorn (April 10, 1929 - January 22, 1959) was a race car driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England. ... John Fitch was born on January 21, 1743 in Hartford County, Connecticut. ... Penske PC23 car Roger Penske (born February 20, 1937 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is the owner of a very successful automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. ... Walt Hansgen (Westfield, New Jersey, October 28, 1919 - Orléans, France, April 7, 1966) was a Formula One driver from the United States. ... Archie Scott-Brown was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Paul Richards can refer to different people: Paul W. Richards, an astronaut Paul Richards, a baseball player, manager, scout and executive This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The Briggs Cunningham collection of automobiles was turned into the Cunningham Museum and later, sold into another private collection. Briggs amassed an astounding collection of automobiles that included the first Ferrari sold in the United States by Luigi Chinetti, who established the North American Racing Team to be Ferrari’s official American racing arm, and, in a large part, was responsible for Ferrari’s survival as a retailer of cars through the quantity he sold to wealthy individuals in North America. The current Ferrari logo Ferrari is an Italian automotive manufacturer in the Formula One World Championship, also involved in high-end and high-performance race cars, supercars, and sports cars. ... Luigi Chinetti, among other achivements with Ferrari, drove their first car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... The North American Racing Team (also known as NART) was created by Luigi Chinetti to promote the Ferrari marque in America through success in Gran Turismo (endurance) motorsport. ...

External links

• http://www.briggscunningham.com/cmuseum.html
• http://www.rrdc.org/ look at deceased members list for the biography
• http://www.themaseraticlub.com/ITOL_Briggs.html Briggs Swift Cunningham II - tribute 2002
• http://www.briggscunningham.com/BSC%20Drivers.pdf full list of Team Cunningham drivers - presented on site