Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Androidâ„¢ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Lake Underwood

Index Lake Underwood

Lake Underwood (July 4, 1926 – September 12, 2008) was an American entrepreneur who competed as a champion in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles. [1]

75 relations: Aircrew, Airman, Athlete, Auto racing, Aviation, Big-game fishing, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Boating, Briggs Cunningham, Car, Carroll Shelby, Conservation movement, Disc brake, Ed Hugus, Electronics, Engine, Entrepreneurship, Excellence (magazine), Friends of Seagate Inc., Günter Klass, Germany, Habitat conservation, Heavy water, Hiking, Hunting, Invention, Jaguar Cars, Jaguar D-Type, Kafi Benz, Lehigh University, List of mountain peaks of Alaska, Madison, New Jersey, Manhattan Project, Maplewood, New Jersey, Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, Marksman, Mass production, Master craftsman, Max Hoffman, Mechanical engineering, Mennen, Mercedes-Benz, MG Cars, Motorcycle, Motorsport, Mountain goat, Nuclear power, Ovis, Paul Newman, ..., Porsche, Porsche 356, Porsche 550, Porsche 904, Porsche 906, Porsche Club of America, Prototype, Racing, Road racing, Rocky Mountains, Roseland, New Jersey, Sebring International Raceway, Skiing, Sports Car Club of America, Sports car racing, Stirling Moss, Supercar, Tennis, United States Navy, Volkswagen, Watkins Glen International, Wildlife management, Winning, World War II, 12 Hours of Sebring. Expand index (25 more) »

Aircrew

Aircrew, also called flight crew, are personnel who operate an aircraft while in flight.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Aircrew · See more »

Airman

An Airman is a member of an air force or air arm of a nation's armed forces.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Airman · See more »

Athlete

An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed or endurance.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Athlete · See more »

Auto racing

Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Auto racing · See more »

Aviation

Aviation, or air transport, refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Aviation · See more »

Big-game fishing

Big-game fishing, also known as offshore sportfishing, offshore gamefishing, or blue-water fishing is a form of recreational fishing, targeting large fish such as tuna and marlin which game fisherman regard as having "sporting qualities".

New!!: Lake Underwood and Big-game fishing · See more »

Blue Ridge, Georgia

Blue Ridge is a city in Fannin County, Georgia, United States.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Blue Ridge, Georgia · See more »

Boating

Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or waterskiing.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Boating · See more »

Briggs Cunningham

Briggs Swift Cunningham II (January 19, 1907 – July 2, 2003) was an American entrepreneur and sportsman, who raced automobiles and yachts.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Briggs Cunningham · See more »

Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Car · See more »

Carroll Shelby

Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Carroll Shelby · See more »

Conservation movement

The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Conservation movement · See more »

Disc brake

A disc brake is a type of brake that uses calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or "rotor" to create friction.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Disc brake · See more »

Ed Hugus

Edward James Hugus (30 June 1923-29 June 2006) was an American racing driver.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Ed Hugus · See more »

Electronics

Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Electronics · See more »

Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one form of energy into mechanical energy.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Engine · See more »

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often initially a small business.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Entrepreneurship · See more »

Excellence (magazine)

Excellence: The Magazine About Porsche (known simply as Excellence and originally named Porsche Magazine) Is a magazine published by Ross Periodicals for owners and fans of Porsche cars.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Excellence (magazine) · See more »

Friends of Seagate Inc.

Friends of Seagate Inc. was founded in the late 1980s by Kafi Benz as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Sarasota, Florida.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Friends of Seagate Inc. · See more »

Günter Klass

Günter "Bobby" Klass (13 June 1936 in Stuttgart – 22 July 1967 near Florence) was a versatile German racing driver, competing in hillclimbing, rallying, and the World Sportscar Championship as factory driver for Porsche and the Scuderia Ferrari.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Günter Klass · See more »

Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Germany · See more »

Habitat conservation

Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitat areas for wild plants and animals, especially conservation reliant species, and prevent their extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Habitat conservation · See more »

Heavy water

Heavy water (deuterium oxide) is a form of water that contains a larger than normal amount of the hydrogen isotope deuterium (or D, also known as heavy hydrogen), rather than the common hydrogen-1 isotope (or H, also called protium) that makes up most of the hydrogen in normal water.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Heavy water · See more »

Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Hiking · See more »

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals, or pursuing or tracking them with the intent of doing so.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Hunting · See more »

Invention

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Invention · See more »

Jaguar Cars

Jaguar is the luxury vehicle brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, England and owned by the Indian company Tata Motors since 2008.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Jaguar Cars · See more »

Jaguar D-Type

The Jaguar D-Type is a sports racing car produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd. between 1954 and 1957.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Jaguar D-Type · See more »

Kafi Benz

Kafi Benz (born 1941) is an American author and artist who began participation in social entrepreneurship through environmental preservation and regional planning in 1959 as a member of the Jersey Jetport Site Association, which opposed plans by the New York Port Authority to found a new airport in the Great Swamp, the central feature of a massive 55 square mile watershed in New Jersey bounded to the south and east by the Watchung Mountains, 25 miles west of Manhattan.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Kafi Benz · See more »

Lehigh University

Lehigh University is an American private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Lehigh University · See more »

List of mountain peaks of Alaska

This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a susexxleast of topographic prominence.

New!!: Lake Underwood and List of mountain peaks of Alaska · See more »

Madison, New Jersey

Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Madison, New Jersey · See more »

Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Manhattan Project · See more »

Maplewood, New Jersey

Maplewood is a suburban township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Maplewood, New Jersey · See more »

Mario Andretti

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian-born American former racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Mario Andretti · See more »

Mark Donohue

Mark Neary Donohue Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975), nicknamed "Captain Nice," and later "Dark Monohue," was an American racecar driver known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Mark Donohue · See more »

Marksman

A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting, using accurate precision scoped projectile weapons (in modern days most commonly a designated marksman rifle or a sniper rifle) to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Marksman · See more »

Mass production

Mass production, also known as flow production or continuous production, is the production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Mass production · See more »

Master craftsman

A master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Master craftsman · See more »

Max Hoffman

Maximilian Edwin Hoffman (12 November 1904 in Vienna, Austria – 9 August 1981), was an Austrian-born, New York-based importer of luxury European automobiles into the United States during the 1950s.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Max Hoffman · See more »

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering, physics, engineering mathematics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Mechanical engineering · See more »

Mennen

Mennen is a brand owned in most parts of the world by the Colgate-Palmolive Company.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Mennen · See more »

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a global automobile marque and a division of the German company Daimler AG.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Mercedes-Benz · See more »

MG Cars

MG, the initials of Morris Garages, is a British automotive marque registered by the now defunct MG Car Company Limited,The M.G. Car Company Limited, incorporated 21 July 1930.

New!!: Lake Underwood and MG Cars · See more »

Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Motorcycle · See more »

Motorsport

Motorsport or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorised vehicles, whether for racing or non-racing competition.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Motorsport · See more »

Mountain goat

The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a large hoofed mammal endemic to North America.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Mountain goat · See more »

Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Nuclear power · See more »

Ovis

Ovis is a genus of mammals, part of the goat-antelope subfamily of the ruminant family Bovidae.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Ovis · See more »

Paul Newman

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Paul Newman · See more »

Porsche

Dr.-Ing.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Porsche · See more »

Porsche 356

The Porsche 356 is a sports car which was first produced by Austrian company Porsche Konstruktionen GesmbH (1948–1949), and then by German company Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH (1950–1965).

New!!: Lake Underwood and Porsche 356 · See more »

Porsche 550

The Porsche 550 was a racing sports car produced by Porsche from 1953-1956.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Porsche 550 · See more »

Porsche 904

The Porsche 904 is an automobile which was produced by Porsche in Germany in 1964 and 1965.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Porsche 904 · See more »

Porsche 906

The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 is a street-legal racing car from Porsche.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Porsche 906 · See more »

Porsche Club of America

The Porsche Club of America (PCA) is an organization of Porsche enthusiasts in the United States and Canada.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Porsche Club of America · See more »

Prototype

A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Prototype · See more »

Racing

In sport, racing is a competition of speed, against an objective criterion, usually a clock or to a specific point.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Racing · See more »

Road racing

In North America, road racing is motor racing held on a paved closed circuit with both left and right turns.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Road racing · See more »

Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Rocky Mountains · See more »

Roseland, New Jersey

Roseland is a borough in western Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Roseland, New Jersey · See more »

Sebring International Raceway

Sebring International Raceway is a road course auto racing facility located near Sebring, Florida.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Sebring International Raceway · See more »

Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Skiing · See more »

Sports Car Club of America

The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) is an American automobile club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Sports Car Club of America · See more »

Sports car racing

Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Sports car racing · See more »

Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (born 17 September 1929) is a British former Formula One racing driver.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Stirling Moss · See more »

Supercar

A supercar is a luxury, high-performance sports car or grand tourer.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Supercar · See more »

Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

New!!: Lake Underwood and Tennis · See more »

United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

New!!: Lake Underwood and United States Navy · See more »

Volkswagen

Volkswagen, shortened to VW, is a German automaker founded on 28 May 1937 by the German Labour Front under Adolf Hitler and headquartered in Wolfsburg.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Volkswagen · See more »

Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International, nicknamed "The Glen", is an automobile race track located in Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Watkins Glen International · See more »

Wildlife management

Wildlife management attempts to balance the needs of wildlife with the needs of people using the best available science.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Wildlife management · See more »

Winning

Winning is a 1969 American motion picture starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

New!!: Lake Underwood and Winning · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Lake Underwood and World War II · See more »

12 Hours of Sebring

The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida.

New!!: Lake Underwood and 12 Hours of Sebring · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Underwood

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »