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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Eddie Johnson 1910 - 1974
Great midget racer with a long career at Indy. Died in a plane crash in 1974.
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Danny Kladis 1917 - 2009
Midget auto racing legend.
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Theo Fitzau 1923 - 1982
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Franco Cortese 1903 - 1986 -
Perk Brown 1925 - 1999 -
Norbert Przybilla 1943 - 2009
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Eddie Hearne 1887 - 1955
Eddie Hearne was an American racing driver active in the formative years of auto racing. He participated in the inaugural Indianapolis 500. He entered 120 races. He finished in the top 10 31 times. He won a total of 11 races. -
Robert O'Brien 1908 - 1987
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Andy Linden 1922 - 1987
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Charles Faroux 1872 - 1957
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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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1952
Daytona Beach NASCAR Grand National Race on the beach and road course, won by Marshall Teague in a Hudson Hornet. -
1957
New Smyrna Beach Speed Week feature race won by Paul Goldsmith in a factory entered race-prepared Corvette -
1959
Marshall Teague sets a then unofficial closed course speed record of 171.821 mph. He died the next day in a qualifying run. -
1962
2nd American Challenge Cup at Daytona Beach, Florida, won by Fireball Roberts -
1963
Daytona Beach, Florida. The 10 lap NASCAR Race of Champions won by Fred Lorenzen in a Ford at an average speed of 163.29 mph.
