Lando Norris is a British-Belgian racing driving who has a net worth of $30 million. Lando Norris competes for the British motor racing team McLaren Racing Limited in Formula One. In 2015, Norris won the MSA Formula championship, and the following year, he won the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and Toyota Racing Series. In 2017, Lando joined the McLaren Young Driver Programme and won the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, resulting in a promotion to the Formula 2 Carlin team. In 2018, he became a McLaren driver, and two years later, he achieved his first Formula One podium at the Austrian Grand Prix. In 2020, Norris founded the "esports and content creation team" Quadrant, and he launched the LN Racing Kart brand in 2021.

McLaren Contract and Salary

Ahead of the 2022 season Lando signed a 4-year $100 million contract with McLaren. The contract guarantees him a base salary of $25 million per year, before any potential wins or bonuses. It's an extraordinary contract. By comparison, right around the same time of his signing, Oscar Piastri signed a contract with McLaren that pays him just $775,000 per year.

Prior to signing with McLaren, Lando had earned around $18 million in his career.

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Early Life

Lando Norris was born on November 13, 1999, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Lando's father, Adam, a retired pensions manager, is one of the wealthiest people in Bristol, and as of 2018, he was the 501st-richest person in England. Norris' mother, Cisca, is from Belgium. Lando holds dual citizenship between England and Belgium, and he has two younger sisters, Cisca and Flo, and an older brother named Oliver who competed in karting until 2014. As a child, Norris tried horse riding, motorcycle riding, and quad biking, and when he was 7 years old, his father took him to the British Karting Championships, sparking Lando's interest in the sport. Norris attended Somerset's Millfield School, and though he left before taking his GCSEs, he studied math and physics with a full-time tutor. His family moved to Glastonbury so Lando could pursue a racing career, and he lived near the McLaren headquarters before moving to Monaco in 2022.

Career

Norris' karting career began at the age of 7, and when he competed in his first national event, he claimed pole position. He competed in KF-Junior karting in 2013 and won the CIK FIA European Championship, WSK Euro Series, and International Super Cup. Lando won the 2014 CIK-FIA KF World Championship, becoming the youngest karting world champion. His car racing debut took place at the 2014 Ginetta Junior Championship, and he finished in third place and received the Rookie Cup. After signing with Carlin Motorsport, Norris won the 2015 MSA Formula Championship, and in 2016, he won the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC with Josef Kaufmann Racing and the Toyota Racing Series with M2 Competition. With Carlin, Lando won the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship and came in second at the 2017 Macau Grand Prix and 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship.

In February 2017, Norris signed with McLaren Racing Limited as a junior driver, and he officially became a McLaren test and reserve driver at the end of the year. As a member of the McLaren F1 Team, Lando finished in the top 10 in 11 races in 2019 and finished in 11th place in the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. In 2020, he finished third in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, fourth in the Italian Grand Prix and Bahrain Grand Prix, fifth in the Styrian Grand Prix, British Grand Prix, and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and ninth in the FIA Formula One World Championship. In 2021, Norris finished in sixth place in the FIA Formula One World Championship after placing in the top five in 10 races that year. In 2022, he finished third in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, fourth in the Singapore Grand Prix, and seventh in the FIA Formula One World Championship. In July 2023, Lando was runner-up in the British Grand Prix. Norris also competed in the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona (part of the IMSA SportsCar Championship) with United Autosports, and his team finished in 13th place in their class. He competed in the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual as well, racing for Team Redline in the LMP2 class. His team finished 25th due to his teammate Max Verstappen having technical problems and crashing.

Personal Life

Lando dated model Luisinha Oliveira from August 2021 to September 2022. He has said that he and Oliveira received death threats and abuse from internet trolls, telling "The Sun" in 2022, "Whether it's about my personal life, me and my girlfriend, especially the amount of hate pages dedicated to Luisinha now. It is pretty horrific." Norris added, "What I find the funniest in a way is people are actually spending their one life on Earth just sat behind a computer trying to ruin and bully someone. When people are creating fake pages and fake chats, and fake WhatsApp messages, then I am like, 'You're actually spending your life doing that?' They're wasting their life." In July 2021, Lando was mugged outside Wembley Stadium after attending the Euro final. The two muggers stole Norris' £40,000 watch.

In March 2020, Lando raised $12,000 for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund after promising to shave his head if his fans donated at least $10,000. During a 2021 interview on ITV's "This Morning," Norris spoke about dealing with depression as a Formula One rookie. He stated, "What's the outcome of all of this? Am I going to be in Formula One next year, if I'm not? What am I going to do because I'm not really good at many other things in life? So, just all of that, and then just feeling depressed a lot of the time that if I have a bad weekend, I just think I'm not good enough and things like that." Lando said that talking to his friends and McLaren helped him, as did working with the mental health organization Mind.

Awards

At the "Autosport" Awards, Norris was named British Club Driver of the Year in 2016, National Driver of the Year in 2017, and British Competition Driver of the Year in 2019, 2020, and 2021. He also won the McLaren "Autosport" BRDC Award in 2016.

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Juan Pablo Montoya is a Colombian professional race car driver who has a net worth of $35 million. Juan Pablo Montoya is known for being one of the few drivers to have participated in NASCAR, Formula One, CART, and IRL. Juan Pablo Montoya is one of the most successful drivers of his generation, and his career accolades are a testament to his skill and determination. He is a true legend of motorsport.

Below is a summary of his biggest career accolades:

• IndyCar:
  • 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner
  • 2015 Indianapolis 500 winner
  • 1999 CART Rookie of the Year
  • 1999 CART FedEx Championship Series champion
  • 2000 CART IndyCar World Series champion
  • 2014 IndyCar Series runner-up
• Formula One:
  • 7 race wins
  • 30 podium finishes
  • 13 pole positions
  • 2003 Monaco Grand Prix winner
• NASCAR:
  • 2007 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
  • 2 wins
  • 8 top-5 finishes
  • 15 top-10 finishes
• Other:
  • 2007, 2008, and 2013 24 Hours of Daytona winner
  • 1998 International F3000 champion
  • 2017 Race of Champions winner

Early Life

Juan Pablo Montoya Roldan was born on September 20, 1975, in Bogota, Colombia, where he was taught the techniques of karting from an early age by his father, Pablo, an architect and motorsport enthusiast. Montoya moved to the Colombian Formula Renault Series in 1992, while racing there he won four of eight races and had five poles. The same year he also participated in the U.S. Skip Barber driving school, and was hailed by driving instructors as being one of the best pupils to ever come through their school. In 1993, he switched to the Swift GTI Championship and dominated. Over the next few years, Montoya raced in separate series and various divisions while continuing to progress. Juan Pablo finished third in the 1995 British Formula Vauxhall Championship, and in 1996, finished fifth in the championship points standings racing in the British Formula 3 with Fortec Motorsport.

Racing Career

In 1997, Montoya caught his big break when he was hired by the RSM Marko team to compete in the 1997 International Formula 3000 season. The highlights of JPM's career include winning the International F3000 championship in 1998, and the CART FedEx Championship Series in 1999. He is the only driver to have won the premier North American open-wheel CART title, the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona, all in the first attempt. Montoya is one of two drivers to have won the CART title in his rookie year. Montoya is currently one of only two active drivers who has won two legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsport. Montoya has also become a crossover race winner by winning races (starting in each case in his rookie year) in Formula One, CART, IndyCar, Grand-Am and NASCAR. Montoya is one of three drivers, along with Mario Andretti and Dan Gurney, to win at least one race in Indy car racing, Formula One, and the NASCAR Cup Series. In 2017, he won the Race of Champions. And in 2019, Juan Pablo Montoya won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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Career Earnings

Over his racing career, Juan Pablo Montoya earned $33.5 million in salary alone. His highest salary came in 2009 when he earned $5.2 million in the NASCAR Sprint Cup. He has also earned over $10 million from endorsements.

Personal Life

Montoya married Connie Freydell in 2002, and they have three children together; Racing driver Sebastian Montoya, and Paulina and Manuela. Juan Pablo builds and flies radio-controlled aircraft in his spare time.

In November 2013, the Internal Revenue Service reported that Montoya owed $2.7 million in taxes due to disallowed deductions in 2007 and 2008. Juan Pablo stated he earned $800,000 over his reported income but filed a challenge to the audit in U.S. Tax Court.

Miami Penthouse

In August 2004 Juan Pablo paid $4.3 million for a 6,500 penthouse in Miami's Brickell Bay. He listed this unit for sale in January 2015 for $14 million. He did not accept any offers and appears to still own this unit today. Juan Pablo's penthouse is the top floor of the building seen in the photo below:

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Kevin Harvick is an American NASCAR driver who has a net worth of $110 million. Kevin Harvick also competes in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series part-time. He races the No. 4 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series and is set to retire at the conclusion of the 2023 season. Harvick's 121 combined national series wins currently rank him third all-time in NASCAR history behind Richard Petty and Kyle Busch. His 60 Cup wins ties him for 10th in series history.

Early Life

Kevin Michael Harvick was born on December 8, 1975, in Bakersfield, California, to Mike and JoNell (Walker) Harvick. He has a younger sister, Amber. His parents bought him a go-kart as a kindergarten graduation gift, and he never looked back. Kevin was successful on the go-kart racing circuit earning seven national championships and two Grand National championships. In high school, Harvick began racing late models part-time in 1992 in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series. He competed on the North High School wrestling team and qualified for a CIF Central Section title in his weight class his senior year. He also played baseball, football, basketball, and soccer. He had intentions of majoring in architecture at Bakersfield College but dropped out to pursue a full-time career in racing.

Racing Career

Kevin Harvick made his debut in 1995 at the Mesa Marin Raceway in his hometown of Bakersfield, California. Of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories, he has won such crown-jewel events as the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Southern 500 and the Brickyard 400 and has proven himself as an elite driver in NASCAR's elite series.

Harvick is the 2014 Cup Series champion as well as the 2001 and 2006 Xfinity Series champion and 2007 Daytona 500 winner. He holds the all-time record for Cup Series wins at Phoenix Raceway with nine wins. Kevin is currently the longest-tenured active driver in the Cup Series and is the third of only six drivers that have won a championship in both the Cup Series and the Xfinity Series, and the fifth of only 36 drivers to win a race in each of NASCAR's three national series.

Kevin Harvick is the former owner of Kevin Harvick Incorporated, a race team that competed in the Xfinity Series from 2004 to 2011 and the Truck Series between 2001 and 2011.

In January 2023, Harvick announced he will retire at the end of the 2023 season.

Career Earnings

Between June 2018 and June 2019, Kevin earned $13 million. The vast majority of those earnings, roughly $13 million, came from winnings with the rest being endorsements. That was enough to make him the 4th highest-paid driver in NASCAR. In 2020, he earned $12.2 million, and in 2021 and 2022 he made $10.9 million each year.

Over his career, Kevin Harvick has earned $210 million.

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Personal Life

Kevin married DeLana Linville in February 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada. DeLana's father is former NASCAR Nationwide series driver John Paul Linville. Kevin and DeLana have a son, Keelan, and a daughter, Piper. The family resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Harvick's philanthropic efforts include a foundation, the Kevin Harvick Foundation, to support programs which enrich the lives of children in the United States. The programs are designed to help underprivileged children realize their dreams.

North Carolina Mansions

In 2004 Kevin and DeLana paid $180,000 for a 20-acre property in Oak Ridge, North Carolina. They proceeded to build a 12,000+ square foot mansion on the lot. They tried to sell the home in 2014 for $3.5 million. They ultimately accepted $1.1 million.

In 2014 Kevin and DeLana paid $3.335 million for a multi-acre property in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Oscar Piastri is an Australian racing driver who has a net worth of $2 million. Oscar Piastri competes for the British motor racing team McLaren Racing Limited in Formula One. Oscar won the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019, followed by the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2020 and the Formula 2 Championship in 2021. Piastri previously competed for R-ace GP and Prema Racing. Oscar won the GP2/Formula 2 Championship during his rookie season, something only five drivers before him had achieved. In March 2023, Piastri was named a global ambassador for Dubber, a "global platform that is driving revolutionary change in the communications industry."

Salary and Contracts

Under his latest contract signed with McLaren in 2022, Oscar earns a relatively paltry $775,000 in base salary per year. By comparison, his teammate Lando Norris earned approximately $30 million in the same period from McLaren.

Early Life

Oscar Piastri was born Oscar Jack Piastri on April 6, 2001, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. His parents came to Australia from Italy. Oscar raced remote control cars as a child, and by the time he turned 9, he had won the second class world championship. After meeting someone who owned a go-kart, Piastri soon got one of his own. His karting career began in 2011, and in 2014, he competed in several races and championships in Australia as a professional. In 2015, Oscar started competing in European championships with Ricky Flynn Motorsport. The following year, Piastri moved to the U.K., and he finished in sixth place at the 2016 World Championship. Oscar attended Haileybury College in Melbourne, Australia, before transferring to Haileybury's campus in Hertford, U.K. in 2016.

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Career

Piastri signed a sponsorship deal with his father's company, HP Tuners, in early 2016, and later that year, he competed in the Formula 4 UAE Championship, finishing in sixth place. In 2017, he competed on the TRS Arden Junior Racing Team in the British F4 championship and was the runner-up. Oscar finished ninth in the 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup, and he won the championship with R-ace GP in 2019. Piastri won the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship and the 2021 Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing, and he became the first driver to win three consecutive Formula One feeder series' championships. In January 2020, he joined the Renault Sport Academy (which later became known as Alpine Academy) and stayed with the academy in 2021. Oscar was named the reserve driver for the Alpine F1 Team after winning the Formula 2 Championship, and he was allowed to serve as a reserve driver for McLaren as well.

In August 2022, Alpine announced that Piastri would be replacing Fernando Alonso in 2023, but Oscar wrote on Twitter that he hadn't signed a contract with Alpine and wouldn't be driving for them. The team's principal owner, Otmar Szafnauer, threatened to take Piastri to court, but an August 2022 FIA Contract Recognition Board hearing ruled against Alpine. Oscar began racing for McLaren in 2023, and he finished eighth in the Australian Grand Prix, 11th in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and 19th in the Miami Grand Prix. Piastri had a Formula One career best at the 2023 British Grand Prix, finishing in fourth place.

Personal Life

According to Oscar's official website, his hobbies are wakeboarding, cricket, and basketball. He enjoys bingeing shows on Netflix and stated, "I'm all or nothing though so if I get watching something, I will be there for hours until I've watched the whole series."

Awards

For the 2020–21 season, Piastri was named "Autosport" Rookie of the Year. In 2021, he won the Anthoine Hubert Award and was named FIA Rookie of the Year.

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Kyle Petty is an American former NASCAR driver who has a net worth of $20 million. Kyle Petty earned an estimated $32 million during his racing career. This includes his winnings from races, sponsorships, and other earnings. He is the son of NASCAR legend Richard Petty and grandson of Lee Petty, both of whom were also successful NASCAR drivers.

Born into a racing family, he was around cars from a very young age. He made his major league debut just after graduating from high school, winning his first race. Throughout his early career, he raced in his father and grandfather's hand-me-down cars, amassing a series of respectable finishes. In 1985, he secured sponsorship from 7-Eleven and began racing for Wood Brothers Racing. He immediately began to climb the stock car ranks. Over the next 30 years, Kyle had 8 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins, 173 Top Tens, and 8 poles. He finished fifth in the nation in 1992 and 1993. After officially retiring in 2008, he began a career as a color commentator, and currently serves as a co-host for "NASCAR RaceDay" and "NASCAR Trackside" on SPEED.

Early Life

Petty was born on June 2, 1960 in Randleman, North Carolina to parents Richard Petty and Lynda Owens. He grew up with his three brothers and sisters in North Carolina. He was around racing all of his life, as his father was a professional NASCAR racer, as was his grandfather, Lee Petty. As a child, he grew up racing and made his major-league stock car debut at the age of 18.

Career

Petty won the 1979 Daytona ARCA 200, the first professional race he entered in 1979. He became the youngest driver to win a major-league stock car race. Later in the season, he made his Winston Cup Series debut. At the 1979 Talladega 500, he finished in ninth. In 1980, he made a total of fifteen starts in the Dodge Magnum number 42 car, the same number used by his grandfather, Lee Petty. He began the 1981 season driving his father's number 43 car but ultimately returned to racing in the number 42. However, he switched to the number 7 in 1983 after he picked up funding from 7-Eleven.

By 1985, he had taken his sponsorship to Wood Brothers Racing. There, he had seven top-five finishes and his first top-ten points finish. In 1986, he won his first career race in the 1986 Miller High Life 400. Throughout the rest of the 1980s, he continued picking up various sponsorships but then had a scare when he broke his leg in a crash in the 1991 Winston 500. He then missed the next eleven races while he healed.

By 1992, Petty rebounded to a career-best fifth place finish in points and won two separate races – Watkins Glen and Rockingham. He came very close to winning the championship in 1992 but suffered a flat tire at Phoenix, the second to last race, and broke an engine during the season's last race. In 1993, he won the Champion Spark Plug at Pocono and duplicated his high-points finish. However, the following year, he failed to finish higher than fourth in any race and lost some sponsorships as a result.

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Coors Light became his new sponsor in 1995 and Petty won his final career cup race in the Miller Genuine Draft 500 at Dover. However, he continued falling down the points ranking after only finishing in the top-ten five times and then failing to qualify for the fall race at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

Beginning in the 1997 season, Petty formed his own team, PE2. He had two top-five finishes and nine top-ten finishes. He returned to this family's company in 1998 and ran his team from their headquarters. He also became the Petty Enterprises' new CEO. Around this time, he had begun providing guest commentary for races at ESPN. Over the next few years, he continued racing but did not achieve the success he had once experienced. At the 2007 Coca-Cola 600, he had his first top-five finish in ten years.

He then took a few races off in order to work as a commentator for TNT. Early in 2008, Petty Enterprises was purchased by Boston Ventures and Petty stepped aside as the team's CEO. He continued broadcasting and participated in fewer and fewer races. His final race came in 2008 at the Phoenix International Raceway where he was caught in a multi-car crash.

Throughout the 2010s, Petty appeared on various Fox Sports shows. Since 2015, he has worked for NBC Sports, appearing on all of their NASCAR related shows and broadcasts.

Outside of racing, Petty also briefly attempted a career as a professional country musician. He signed a record contract with RCA Records in 1986 and began to work on an album with Don Light. During this period, he released a single called "The Other Guy" and performed as an opening act for musicians like Randy Travis and The Oak Ridge Boys. However, due to disagreements with his record company and management, he abandoned the idea to produce an album. In 1995, he recorded a track called "Oh King Richard" that was a tribute to his father, Richard, and released as part of a NASCAR-themed country music compilation album. A music video for the song was also released that featured Perry playing an acoustic guitar in front of his father's former racecar. In 2017, Petty also provided the voice for a character in "Cars 3."

Personal Life

Petty has been married twice. He married Pattie Petty in 1979. They divorced in 2012.

In 2015, he married Morgan Petty.

He has seven children – Adam, Austin, Montgomery, Overton, Cotton, and Davent.

Petty is active in a number of charitable causes. He has been involved with Victory Junction, a facility that serves serious illness and chronic medical conditions in children. He established Victory Junction to honor his late son, Adam, who had also been a professional racer. Adam had died during a practice racing session in 2000 when his car hit a wall and killed him instantly at the age of 19.

Real Estate

In March 2016, Kyle and his ex-wife Pattie listed a 380-acre estate they co-owned in Trinity, North Carolina called Adaumont Farm. They listed the property for $5.5 million. In addition to a lakefront mansion, the property features a 25,000 square foot barn/event/equestrian center. They sold the property in June 2016 for $5.3 million. Today the farm is also rented out as a wedding venue.

In 2001 Kyle built a beachfront home in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. He listed this home for sale about a decade later for $4.5 million, ultimately accepting $3.85 million.

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Stirling Moss was a British Formula One racing driver who had a net worth of $20 million at the time of his death. Stirling Moss has been referred to as the "greatest driver never to win the Formula One World Championship." During a seven-year span between 1955 and 1961, Moss finished in second place four times and third place three times.

Early Life

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss was born on September 17, 1929, in West Kensington in London, England, to amateur racing drivers Alfred and Aileen Moss. Stirling and his younger sister, Pat, grew up as gifted horse riders, and she went on to become a successful rally driver. Stirling attended Shrewsbury House School, Clewer Manor Junior School, and Haileybury and Imperial Service College where he did not get good grades. He was often bullied for his Jewish roots and disliked school in general. At nine years old, Moss received his first car, an Austin 7, from his father and drove it around the fields. He got his license at 15 and then purchased his own vehicle.

Racing Career

Stirling Moss competed from 1948 to 1962 in 529 races and was part of teams for Mercedes-Benz, Vanwall, Maserati, Lotus, Rob Walker Cooper, and HWM. Moss had 212 wins during his career and set several speed records. Moss competed in as many as 62 races in one year and drove 84 different makes of cars over the course of his career. But he always drove British cars. "It is better to lose honorably in a British car than to win in a foreign one," he would say. His record of 16 Formula One Grands Prix victories stood until 1991 when Nigel Mansell overtook him.

Stirling Moss was also a color commentator for Wide World of Sports on ABC. British police officers have been known to use the line "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?" when pulling over speeding motorists.

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He made a comeback to racing to compete in the 1974 London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Rally. He returned to regular competition in 1980 in the British Saloon Car Championship with Audi. And in June 2011 during qualifying for the Le Mans Legends race, Moss announced on Radio Le Mans that he was finally retiring from racing for good after scaring himself that afternoon. He was 81 years old.

Moss was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990 and was made a Knight Bachelor for his services to motor racing in the New Year Honours 2000 List. He was knighted by Prince Charles and stopped by a palace guard driving his Mercedes away from Buckingham Palace who used the popular line on him.

Personal Life

Stirling Moss was married three times; His first wife was Katie Molson, an heir to the Molson Canadian brewing company. His second wife was American public-relations executive Elaine Barbarino, and they had a daughter named Allison together. His third wife, Susie Paine, was the daughter of an old friend. They were married from 1980 until his death in 2020. They had a son, Elliot, who was born in 1980. Susie died in March 2023 at the age of 69.

Moss passed away in his home in Mayfair, London, on April 12, 2020, at the age of 90 after a battle with a long illness.

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Dave Mirra was an American BMX rider, rally car driver, and businessman who had a net worth of $15 million at the time of his death in 2016. At one point during his career, Dave Mirra held the record for winning the highest number of X Games medals, but his record was broken by skateboarder Bob Burnquist in 2013. Dave also held the honor of medaling in each X Games from 1995 to 2009, minus 2006 (due to injury).

Over the course of his BMX career, Mirra won 14 gold medals, six silver medals, and four bronze medals at the Summer X Games. He was sponsored by Haro bikes for many years, and he eventually started his own bike company, MirraCo, in 2007. Dave hosted the MTV series "Real World/Road Rules Challenge" from 2004 to 2005, and he guest-starred on "Las Vegas" and "George Lopez" in 2004. Mirra was featured in multiple video games, including the "Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX" series, and he appeared on television shows such as "The New Tom Green Show," "Punk'd," "Late Show with David Letterman," and "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory." He had sponsorship deals with GT Bicycles, Recarco, Monster Energy, Nike, Puma, Maxxis Tires, Bell helmets, Subaru, and Snafu, and he was noted for riding a gold plated bicycle in the 2005 X Games that was reportedly worth $7500.

After retiring from BMX riding in 2011, Dave took up rallycross racing. Mirra won an ESPY Award for Best Male Action Sports Athlete in 2005, and he was posthumously inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame in 2016. Tragically, Dave died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on February 4, 2016, at the age of 41.

Early Life

Dave Mirra was born David Michael Mirra on April 4, 1974, in Chittenango, New York. Dave was a graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. After his brother, Tim, enrolled at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, in the '90s, Dave moved to the city as well. Tim's roommate was Ryan Nyquist, a professional BMX rider who went on to win more than a dozen medals (four of them gold) at the Summer X Games. Mirra and Nyquist became friends and began building ramps together. Greenville eventually became the home of more than 20 professional BMX riders, earning it the nickname "Protown" among the BMX community.

Career

In 1987, 13-year-old Dave became a member of the Haro Bikes BMX team, and the following year, he was featured in videos by producers Plywood Hoods. In 1989, he entered into a sponsorship with Vision Street Wear, and in the '90s, he was sponsored by GT Bicycles, followed by Hoffman Bikes, and a return to Haro Bikes. In 1992, Mirra turned professional. He won a silver medal in the BMX Vert at the 1995 Summer X Games, and he won his first gold medal in the BMX Park in 1996. That year he also won a silver medal in the BMX Vert. In 1997, 1998, and 1999, he won gold medals in the BMX Park and BMX Vert, and he also took home a gold medal in the BMX Vert Doubles in 1998. In 1999, he won a gold medal in the BMX Park at the Gravity Games as well. At the 2000 X Games, Dave won a gold medal in the BMX Park and a silver medal in the BMX Vert, and in 2001 and 2002, he won gold medals in the BMX Vert. In 2003, he won a silver medal in the BMX Vert and a bronze medal in the BMX Park, then he returned to winning gold medals in 2004, for both the BMX Park and BMX Vert. Mirra won a gold medal in the BMX Park and a silver medal in the BMX Vert – Best Trick at the 2005 X Games, and in 2006, he had to sit the games out due to suffering an injury during a practice run.

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Dave returned to the X Games in 2007, winning a bronze medal in the BMX Park, then he won a silver medal in the BMX Big Air and a bronze medal in RCR Racing in 2008 and a bronze medal in the BMX Big Air in 2009. In 2011, Mirra retired from BMX riding. From 2008 to 2013, he was a member of the Subaru Rally Team USA, and at the 2013 Global RallyCross Championship, he finished in fourth place, a career best. He also took part in Ironman competitions, and he participated in his first triathlon in 2013 and qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in 2014. In 2003, he published the book "Mirra Images," which "captures all of Dave's most daring and explosive tricks — carving flairs, wallride-to-tailwhips, and his record-setting nineteen-foot air — in stunning color." In 2004, Mirra was named one of "People" magazine's "50 Hottest Bachelors." In the mid-2000s, he entered into an endorsement deal with DC Shoes after he left Adidas, and he launched his own bike company, MirraCo, in 2007.

Personal Life

Dave married Lauren Blackwell on February 18, 2006, and they remained together until his death in 2016. The couple welcomed two daughters together, Madison and Mackenzie. In March 2010, Mirra became ill with bacterial meningitis, and he fully recovered before he returned to rally racing.

Death

Dave Mirra died of a gunshot wound to the head on February 4, 2016. He was 41 at the time of his death, and police reportedly found him "sitting in a truck with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound."

Greenville Mayor Allen M. Thomas released a statement about Dave's death, writing:

"We mourn the loss today of a great friend and wonderful human being who touched the lives of so many around the world with his gift. He called Greenville, North Carolina, home and was as humble a guy talking with kids on a street corner about bikes as he was in his element on the world stage."

After his death, it was discovered that Mirra had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He had suffered several concussions during his career, and at the age of 19, his skull was fractured when he was struck by a car. Dave was the first action sports star to receive a CTE diagnosis. Mirra's widow has supported numerous charities in Dave's memory, such as the Road 2 Recovery Foundation and CTE research organizations. In 2019, it was announced that Greenville city officials were working on a plan to "create an action sports park to bolster local BMX and skateboarding communities, increase tourism and honor the legacy of Dave Mirra."

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Christian Horner is a former British race car driver and current team manager who has a net worth of $50 million. Christian Horner is probably most famous for being the team manager of Red Bull Racing Formula One, a position he has held since 2005 and pays him a salary of $10 million per year. He started his motorsport career as a race car driver, and then later switched to the position of team principal of the GP2 Series team Arden Motorsports in 1999.

Christian Horner is married to Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, and the couple has allegedly amassed a fortune of £440m ($546.5 million).

Early Life

Christian Edward Johnston Horner was born on November 16, 1973 in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, into a family in the car industry; His grandfather was a purchasing manager at Standard Motor Company before establishing an agency with Christian's father to supply components to motor manufacturers in the Midlands. He has two brothers, Jamie and Guy. Christian attended Arnold Lodge School in Leamington and later Warwick School.

Racing Career

While he got his start racing karts, Horner won a Formula Renault scholarship in 1991. He competed in the 1992 British Formula Renault Championship with Manor Motorsport and finished that season as a winner and the highest placed rookie. Horner then moved up to British Formula Three, and made his debut in 1994 with the Fortec team. In 1995, he moved to the ADR team, and again in 1996 to the TOM'S team. In addition that same year he also raced in British Formula Two.

When the Red Bull Racing team brought Horner to Formula One in 2005, he was the youngest of the team principals at the time. The team's success has continued to grow under the direction of Horner. In 2011, the team won their second Constructors' Championship, where Sebastian Vettel became the world's youngest double-champion. In 2012, the team won a third Constructors' Championship. In 2013, the team won its fourth consecutive F1 Constructors' Championship. In 2021, Red Bull Racing finished second in the F1 Constructors' Championship with drivers Sergio Pérez and Max Verstappen. In 2022, Red Bull Racing won the F1 Constructors' Championship with drivers Pérez and Verstappen. Max Verstappen also won the F1 Drivers' Championship with Sergio Pérez placing 3rd.

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Personal Life

Christian Horner has a daughter with former partner Beverly Allen. Six months after his daughter was born he began dating Geri Halliwell of the Spice Girls. They became engaged in 2014 and were married in 2015. Their first son was born in 2017.

The 'unofficial' fan club 'The Christian Horner Fan Club' is more commonly known as The Hornettes.

Christian Horner was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for his services to motorsport.

Christian Horner and his wife, Geri Halliwell, split their time between their two family homes in Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire. At their country estate near Banbury, the property has a swimming pool and boating lake and contains their own farm that includes animals such as donkeys, chickens, and goats.

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Jessi Combs was an American metal fabricator, race car driver and reality television personality who had a net worth of $1 million at the time of her death in 2019. On October 9, 2013, she broke the women's land speed record in the Alvord Desert, Oregon, reaching 404.709 mph in a North American Eagle (NaE) Supersonic Speed Challenger. Tragically Jessi died on August 27, 2019 in an accident while attempting to set the female land speed record. She was 36 years old. The record she had been attempting to break was 512 MPH, set by Kitty O'Neil in 1972.

Early Life

Jessi Combs was born in Rapid City, South Dakota on July 27, 1983. After high school, she chose to remain near home, rather than accept a scholarship to a major interior design program. She enrolled in the Collision and Refinishing Core Program at Wyo Tech. She graduated at the top of her class in 2004.

TV Career

Combs' charisma and knowledge of automobiles led her to a career in television. She first gained recognition as a co-host on "Xtreme 4×4," a part of Spike TV's 'Powerblock.' She worked on the show for four years, building and racing trucks. After a car accident in 2007, she made a departure from "Xtreme 4×4" and went on to host several other car-themed shows, including "Overhaulin'," "Truck U," and "2 Guys Garage."

Her most notable television role was as a co-host on Discovery Channel's "MythBusters," where she filled in for Kari Byron during her maternity leave. Combs' appearances on "MythBusters" showcased not just her technical skills, but also her natural on-camera presence.

Professional Racing Career

Beyond television, Combs established herself as a fierce competitor in the racing arena. She competed in numerous racing events, including the Baja 1000, the King of the Hammers and the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, an all-women rally in Morocco, where she was the first woman to place at the Ultra4's King of the Hammers. She also competed in and won the North American Eagle Supersonic Speed Challenger in 2013, where she set a record with an official run of 398.954 mph.

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Death and Legacy

Tragically, Jessi Combs died on August 27, 2019, while attempting to break her own land-speed record in a 52,000 horsepower jet-powered car in Oregon's Alvord Desert. She was posthumously awarded the title of "the fastest woman on four wheels" by the Guinness World Records in June 2020, with a recorded speed of 522.783 mph.

Combs was a passionate advocate for women in the automotive and racing industries. She worked with a number of initiatives aimed at encouraging women to explore careers in these fields. She also started her own line of women's welding gear.

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Sergio Perez is a Mexican racing driver who has a net worth of $50 million. Sergio Pérez, AKA "Checo," has earned his net worth racing for Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point, and in Formula One for Red Bull Racing.

Early Life

Sergio Michel "Checo" Perez Mendoza was born on January 26, 1990, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. His father Antonio raced cars before managing the career of Indycar and sportscar driver, Adrián Fernández. Sergio began karting at the age of six, and in his first year of competition, achieved four victories in the junior category. In 1997, he participated in the karting Youth Class in which he was the youngest driver but earned a win, five podium finishes, and a fourth-place finish in the championship. At 14 years of age, he moved up into single-seater cars, competing in the US-based Skip Barber National Championship with the backing of Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim's Escuderia Telmex.

Early Career

In 2005, Sergio Perez moved to Europe to compete in Formula BMW, spending four months living in a restaurant owned by his team boss. At the age of 17, he relocated to Oxford for the beginning of a two-year campaign in British Formula 3. Perez won the National Class (for older chassis) in 2007 and finished fourth in the International Class in 2008, graduating to the Formula 1 feeder series GP2 via the GP2 Asia Series; he claimed a lights-to-flag victory in his very first race in Bahrain. In only his second year in GP2, Sergio won races at Monaco, Silverstone, Hockenheim, Spa-Francorchamps and Abu Dhabi, ultimately finishing runner-up to Pastor Maldonado.

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Formula One

Both drivers then graduated to Formula 1, and in doing so Sergio became the first Mexican to compete in the World Championship since Héctor Rebaque in 1981. Perez's F1 debut in 2011 yielded a points finish for the Sauber team, and he rapidly established a reputation as a fierce competitor, even challenging Fernando Alonso's Ferrari for the lead in the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2012 and running at the front at Monza.

"The Mexican Wunderkind" joined McLaren in 2013, but he did not earn a single podium finish. The team then decided to replace Sergio with Kevin Magnussen. In 2014, Force India signed Perez to a $16.5 million contract. He remained with the team until they went into administration in 2018 and reformed as the Racing Point team for 2019. Racing Point then signed Sergio to a three-year extension in 2019. But in 2020, Racing Point announced Perez would leave the team at the end of the season with Sebastian Vettel, a four-time F1 world champion, replacing him.

Perez won his first Formula One Grand Prix at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix breaking the record for the number of starts before a race win at 190. In 2022, he earned his first Formula One pole position at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix breaking the record for most races before a first pole position at 215.

In 2021, Sergio Perez signed with Red Bull Racing. And shortly after his win in Monaco in May, it was announced Perez would stay with the team throughout the 2024 season.

Perez's helmet design is based on a Mexican flag and it changes every season.

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