Mario Andretti, driving for Lotus in late 1970s.
Eddie Cheever came pretty close in the early 1980s with Renault, but never won a race.
Scott Speed was the last US driver in the sport.
john pickle
May Sutton became the 1st American woman to win the womens singles championship at Wimbledon in 1905.
John Gaddy is the first American to win the World Koshiki Karate title 1985 in Brisbane, Australia.
This was the first unranked team to win the championship
1987
World Cup for Skiing
He won the cruserweight championship first
Yes, you have to win the Formula GT World Championship to get it.
His first major championship was The Masters, in 1997.
They won their first championship at Madison Square Garden in 1970.
The last British driver to win the Formula 1 drivers championship was Jenson Button in 2009. Lewis Hamilton won in 2008. The last British winner before that was Damon Hill in 1996. See http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/ for the complete history.
My idol, Serena Williams was the first black woman to win a major tennis championship.