Ace, playing a TV race announcer. He also appeared in the Cars 2 movie, which premiered in June 2011, as announcer "David Hobbscap", a 1963 Jaguar from Hobbs' real life hometown in England. Personal life Hobbs's father, Howard Frederick Hobbs, was an Australian-born engineer and inventor who developed an early version of the automatic transmission, known as the Mecha-Matic. Colin Chapman had this transmission fitted to his Lotus Elite racecars. Hobbs lives in Vero Beach, Florida with his wife, Margaret, with whom he has two sons, Gregory and Guy. In 1986, Hobbs opened a car dealership, David Hobbs Honda, in Glendale, Wisconsin, which continues to exist today, and for which he personally voices advertisements. His youngest son, Guy, worked for Speed as a pit reporter on their sports car coverage. He is the grandfather of current racing driver Andrew Hobbs. Racing record Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Notes – Formula 2 entry. Non-Championship Formula One results (key) Complete British Saloon Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes. Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Indianapolis 500 results NASCAR (key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) Winston Cup Series Daytona 500 Complete Bathurst 1000 results References External links SpeedTV bio David Hobbs Honda Stats from David Hobbs' IROC and NASCAR careers on racing-reference.info David Hobbs – Test Driver Jaguar XJ13 – Building the Legend English racing drivers English Formula One drivers European Formula Two Championship drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 12 Hours of Reims drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers Lola Cars Formula One drivers Honda Formula One drivers Penske Formula One drivers McLaren Formula One drivers Bernard White Racing Formula One drivers Tasman Series drivers Trans-Am Series drivers International Race of Champions drivers NASCAR drivers Formula One journalists and reporters British sports broadcasters Motorsport announcers Sportspeople from Leamington Spa 1939 births Living people People from Vero Beach, Florida British Touring Car Championship drivers Australian Endurance Championship drivers Team Joest drivers