Bob Veith is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Meskowski. Veith has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,996 ranks Veith 219th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1960-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P8 | +79 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +94 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1956 | Formula 1 | P7 |
| +79 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1960 | Formula 1 | P8 |
| +69 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1957 | Formula 1 | P9 |
| +44 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1959 | Formula 1 | P12 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Meskowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +79 | 6,091 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +44 | 6,012 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −95 | 5,968 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +69 | 6,063 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +4,644 | 5,994 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | 6,175 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen | 6,070 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan | 5,987 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Thomson | 5,951 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Bob Christie | 5,942 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| 🇺🇸 Don Freeland | 5,941 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Johnny Boyd | 5,918 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Rodger Ward | 5,914 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Eddie Johnson | 4,959 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇺🇸 Paul Russo | 6,067 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Duane CarterHigher-rated | 6,176 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | 🇺🇸 Shane Van Gisbergen | NASCAR Cup Series | 6,012 |
| 210 | 🇸🇪 Thed Bjork | TCR World Tour | 6,009 |
| 211 | 🇬🇧 Richard Attwood | Formula 1 | 6,008 |
| 212 | 🇺🇸 Jimmy Davies | Formula 1 | 6,007 |
| 213 | 🇲🇽 Noel Leon | Formula 2 | 6,006 |
| 214 | 🇮🇹 Sergio Mantovani | Formula 1 | 6,005 |
| 215 | 🇫🇷 Johnny Servoz-Gavin | Formula 1 | 6,003 |
| 216 | 🇹🇭 Prince Bira | Formula 1 | 6,003 |
| 217 | 🇨🇦 Gilles Villeneuve | Formula 1 | 6,000 |
| 218 | 🇦🇺 Cameron Waters | Supercars Championship | 5,999 |
| 219 | 🇺🇸 Bob Veith | Formula 1 | 5,996 |
| 220 | 🇺🇸 Walt Faulkner | Formula 1 | 5,996 |
| 221 | 🇮🇹 Umberto Maglioli | Formula 1 | 5,994 |
| 222 | 🇬🇧 Peter Arundell | Formula 1 | 5,993 |
| 223 | 🇺🇸 Johnnie Parsons | Formula 1 | 5,992 |
| 224 | 🇫🇮 Jyrki Järvilehto | Formula 1 | 5,991 |
| 225 | 🇬🇧 Brian Henton | Formula 1 | 5,990 |
| 226 | 🇨🇭 Rudi Fischer | Formula 1 | 5,990 |
| 227 | 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bryan | Formula 1 | 5,987 |
| 228 | 🇲🇽 Ricardo Rodríguez | Formula 1 | 5,986 |
| 229 | 🇫🇷 Jean-Christophe Boullion | WEC | 5,985 |
Bob Veith was an established professional racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1956 and 1960, piloting machinery for Meskowski across five starts in the championship.[1]
His Formula 1 career spanned five seasons with limited opportunities in the grid. He finished 14th in the championship standings in 1960, his final season of indexed racing. He beat established professionals Duane Carter and Tony Bettenhausen on occasion; against Bettenhausen, whom he faced regularly, he held a closely matched record across their meetings.[2]
Veith ran with Kurtis Kraft for two of his starts, an operation that fielded 87 drivers across its history and produced five race wins, with Carter among its stronger competitors. In the broader Formula 1 field he typically finished behind Jim Rathmann, another established professional, though he held his own against Bettenhausen among the drivers he met most often.