• Member Bio
• Birthplace: LEAMINGTON SPA, ENGLAND
  
  Birthdate: JUNE 9 1939
  
  Full name: DAVID WISHART (SCOTLAND)
  
  Current Residence: MILWAUKEE, WI
  
  High School and college: HIGH SCHOOL
  
  Wife/children: MARGARET; GREGORY AND GUY
  
  What do you do for SPEED: EXPERT ANALYST ON F1
  
  Past jobs: 30 YEARS PRO RACE DRIVER; 30 YEARS TV ANALYST; CBS ESPN AND SPEED; STILL A CAR DEALER HONDA DEALER
  
  Worst moment in your career: DURING OPENING OF DAYTONA 500 IN 1989, I WAS TALKING WITH MY CO-HOST KEN SQUIER. HE ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING THE DRIVERS, SO I TOLD HIM THAT I THOUGHT THE HEAT WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE RACE B/C IT WAS THE FIRST HOT DAY OF THE MONTH. SO THEN WHEN WE WENT LIVE, IT TURNS OUT THAT KEN STOLE MY ENTIRE DIALOGUE AND LEFT ME STUNNED.
  
  Favorite movie: CASINO ROYALE, NEW BOND MOVIE
  
  Favorite song: HELP - THE BEATLES
  
  Favorite sport: MOTOR RACING
  
  Favorite driver/rider: MARIO ANDRETTI
  
  If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would it be: CHINA
  
  What do you love the most about your job: THE PEOPLE IN IT; OBVIOUSLY I LOVE THE RACING B/C ITS BEEN MY LIFE, BUT I LOVE ALL THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH
  
  Describe a typical day in your life: GETTING UP, MY SON HELPS ME RUN OUR SHOP, I GO TO MY CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEN I GO HOME. OVERALL, IT IS PRETTY BORING; EXCEPT WHEN I HAVE TO GO TO SPEED
  
  Hobbies: IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AUTO RACING; GOING OUT TO EAT; DANCING
  
  What was your first car: MORRIS OXFORD, AND HIS FIRST RACE CAR ALSO
  
  Have you ever competed in a race, amateur or professionally: YES
  
  Your dream car: BENTLEY CONVERTIBLE
  
  One thing most people do not know about you: IM VERY SHY
  
  Heather Locklear or Pamela Anderson? PAM ANDERSON
  
  Robert DeNiro or Al Pacino? DENIRO
  
  Coke or Pepsi? COKE
  
  Ford or Chevy? HONDA
  
  CAREER HISTORY
  
  Professional racer for 30 years in sedans, sports cars and GT cars … competed in Formula One, the Indy 500 and the Daytona 500 … F5000 champion in 1971 … Trans-Am champion in 1983 … 20 starts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a best finish of third (three times)