You're all overthinking it. Notice you can see the driver's hands in each shot? Sure, you always use hands to drive a car, basically (knees in more roomy cockpits aside), but what do you actually need your hands to drive?
@Lazza , you'll need to include a venue name so that we know this is a serious theory. Once we're all done here I might see if I can post a poll to decide the most absurd/convoluted/abstract/marginally plausible correct and incorrect theories. Perhaps I'll make a genuine printable pdf certificate for the winners too @vivemclaren , it is not Hurley Haywood
Mark Donohue, Parnelli Jones, Dale Earnhart Snr, Peter Revson, Goerge Follmer, Jim Hall, Jackie Oliver ?????
lettuce start with... not Mark Donohue, not Parnelli Jones, not Dale Earnhart Snr... ("lettuce" is not a clue... i'm just being absurd )
Ahhh... so its either Peter Revson, George Follmer, Jim Hall or Jackie Oliver then. I got it now huh.
lettuce break off a few more lettuce leaves here... not Mickey Tompson, not Dan Garlits, not George Follmer again, lettuce is not a clue, but apparently it has now become a metaphor, and possibly soon to be an over-used word relative to it's (un)importance to the puzzle
final guess because I,m confident I absolutely have it now..Peter Revson Jim Hall Jackie Oliver, or Peter Oliver for short
All of the racers so far prefer romaine lettuce over iceberg. Lazza, if I can download that exact .rfcmp, I will be your best friend.