Nelson Piquet prized as a good player but not thought sufficiently exciting for the sport, which led him to devote his career to motor racing. Piquet dropped out of a University two years into an engineering course in 1974. He was subsequently employed in a garage to finance his career, since he had no financial support from his family Upon returning to Brazil, Piquet and three friends brought a 20 hp cart and participated in Brazilian go-karting (1971 and 1972 national champion) and in the local Formula Super Vee 1976 championship, on the advice of Emerson Fittipaldi, the first Brazilian Formula One
Roy Goodman (racing driver) Roy Goodman (racing driver) Roy Goodman (born 11 December 1929) is a former BriSCA Formula 2 Stock Cars racing driver. Goodman is one of the most successful drivers ever in the formula, having won the first ever World Championship in 1963 and National Points Championship on nine different occasions. He also competed in BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars for two decades. Goodman began racing BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars in 1954, the first season that the sport existed. Goodman did not reach the same heights of success that he would later achieve in Formula 2. Goodman first began racing BriSCA