What is David Hobbs?
[[File:David Hobbs.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hobbs in 2005]] '''David Wishart Hobbs'''<ref>{{cite book|title=FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975|year=1975|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd.|isbn=0-85059-195-3|no-pp=true|page=white p. 37}}</ref> (born 9 June 1939)<ref>H. H. Pitt and M. N. Wicks, ''The Pitt Family of Payneham'' (Adelaide, 1977)</ref> is a [[British people|British]] retired [[racing driver]]. Hobbs was a [[Sports commentator|commentator]] for the [[Speed (TV channel)|Speed Channel]]. He now works as a commentator for [[NBC]] and [[NBC Sports Network]]. Hobbs was born in [[Royal Leamington Spa]], England. In 1969 Hobbs was included in the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] list of graded drivers. This is an elite group of 27 drivers who were rated the best in the world by their achievements.<ref>''F.I.A. Year Book of Automobile Sport'', P.S.L. Publications Limited., London, 1969.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *[http://www.speedtv.com/members/david_hobbs SpeedTV bio] *[http://www.davidhobbs.com/ David Hobbs Honda] *[http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=hobbsda01 Stats from David Hobbs' IROC and NASCAR careers on racing-reference.info] *[http://www.xj13.eu/XJ13/post/2011/06/25/Why-didnt-the-XJ13-race.aspx David Hobbs - Test Driver] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130022215/http://www.xj13.eu/XJ13/post/2011/06/25/Why-didnt-the-XJ13-race.aspx |date=2011-11-30 }} Jaguar XJ13 - Building the Legend {{DEFAULTSORT:Hobbs, David}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British racecar drivers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Warwickshire]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}