Sam Posey

1971–1972
POS
Born 26 May 1944 in New York City
Samuel Felton Posey

Compare with another driver Season by season in the Explorer

Starts2
Wins00% of starts
Podiums00% of starts
Pole positions00× started from P1
Fastest laps0
Titles0best finish –

Career numbers

Avg grid position20
Avg finish12
Retirement rate50%
Pole-to-win conversion–
Positions gained+11
Points scored0
Longest winning streak–
Longest podium streak–
Longest points-scoring streak–
TeamsSurtees (1971–1972)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

Season	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Points	Championship
1971	Surtees	1			0	–
1972	Surtees	1			0	–

Every race

2 entries. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

First entryUnited States Grand Prix 1971DNF · Surtees
Last startUnited States Grand Prix 1972P12 · Surtees

All 2 races, season by season

Year	Race	Team	Grid	Result	Points
1971	United States Grand Prix	Surtees	17	DNF
1972	United States Grand Prix	Surtees	23	P12

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mate	Years	Races	Qualifying	Quali gap	Points
Mike Hailwood	1971–1972	1:0	0:2	–	0 : 0	Compare
John Surtees	1971	0:0	0:1	–	0 : 0	Compare
Andrea de Adamich	1972	0:0	0:1	–	0 : 0	Compare
Tim Schenken	1972	0:0	0:0	–	0 : 0	Compare

Green: Sam Posey came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

Circuit	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Avg finish
Watkins Glen	2			12