KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE SINCE 1999
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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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George Bainbridge 1916 - 2002
George Bainbridge prepared and sometimes raced cars for Bob and Geoffrey Ansell of the Ansells Brewery family.
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Xavier Perrot 1932
Swiss Formual 2 driver who competed in the 1969 German Grand Prix. He also drove Siffert's March 701 in the Jochen Rindt Memorial Trophy F1 race at Hockenheim in 1972.
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Charles Edgar Brackenbury 1907 - 1959 -
José Maria Ibanez 1921 -
Tony Goodwin 1937 -
Jim Pace 1961 -
David Warnock 1962
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Ray Crawford 1915 - 1996
Ex WWII fighter pilot, Crawford drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series. he made 13 starts, including 3 at Indy. He finished in the top ten six times. He also came fourth at Monza in the Race of Two Worlds in 1958. -
Potsy Goacher 1917 - 1986
Potsy Goacher raced mainly sprint, midget and dirt cars. He entered the Indianapolis 500 four times, two as reserve driver and two as the main driver. Failing to qualify. He holds the unenviable record for the most American Championship Car races entered but not started with 10 attempts.
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Dick Rathmann 1926 - 2000
Elder brother of 1960 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Rathmann, Dick raced in the AAA Championship Car series as well as NASCAR. He took 13 wins in Grand National races. His best Champ car finish was 2nd in 1959 at Daytona. -
Jim McWithey 1927 - 2009
Jim McWithey was born Grammer, Indiana. He raced in Midgets and competed in the Indy 500 twice (1959 and 1960). -
Dick Brooks 1942 - 2006
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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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1959
Daytona International Speedway opened -
1969
Motor Trend 500 at Riverside, California won by Richard Petty in a Ford -
1969
Daytona 24 Hours won by Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons in a Penske prepared Lola T70 coupe. -
1971
Daytona 24 Hours won by Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliver in a Porsche 917K. -
1981
Daytona 24 Hour Race won by Bob Garretson, Bobby Rahal and Brian Redman in a Porsche 935 -
1997
Daytona 24 Hours. Seven drivers share the winning Dyson Racing R&S MkIII-Ford.
