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06-Oct-20 /historicracing.com
A lawyer from Locarno, Count Ottorino Volonterio of Orselina was an enthusiastic Swiss amateur who rarely troubled the score sheets. With a pace that varied between slow and very slow his career was spent at a leisurely pace.
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06-Oct-20 /historicracing.com
A lawyer from Locarno, Count Ottorino Volonterio of Orselina was an enthusiastic Swiss amateur who rarely troubled the score sheets. With a pace that varied between slow and very slow his career was spent at a leisurely pace.
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David Piper 1930
Ferrari's most successful privateer sports car driver.
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Chris Bristow 1937 - 1960
Dazzlingly talented South Londoner. Rated as a man with a great future but killed in a grisly accident at Spa-Francorchamps.
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Willy Pöge 1869 - 1914 -
John R. Cobb 1899 - 1952 -
Lou Volk 1910 - 1989 -
Tom Bagley 1937
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Notice anything odd here?
In the sixties South Africa enjoyed a thriving Formula One circus of it’s own.
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Flying Officer Dorothy Mabel Murray Stanley Turner who finished second in the Rudge Cup at Le Mans in her first season.
Petite and determined with a cheeky sense of humour, Dorothy Stanley Turner was born on November 12th 1916, into a military family.
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Animals in motor sport. Number 4 - Oscar
James Hunt's dog Oscar at Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland.
08-Jul-20/ historicracing.com
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1902
The first working V-8 engine was patented in France. -
1962
Lucien Bianchi drove a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Angola Grand Prix at Luanda. -
1964
As a publicity stunt, Ford had professional racers drive Ford Cortinas down the Cresta bobsled run. -
1972
Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa.
