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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14-Apr-20 /(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000
Vic Wilson died on this day in 2002, 19 years ago, he was 71. He would have been 90 this year.
Born in Hull and raised in South Africa, Wilson participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, the 1960 Italian Grand Prix at Monza and the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
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Alberto Rodriguez Larreta 1934 - 1977
Larreta was one of the most versatile Argentinian drivers. He drove single seaters, sports and Turismo Carretera cars and is best remembered in his native Argentina for his performance with the Torino in the 1969 Marathon de la Route, an 84 hour endurance race at the Nürburgring where he finished 4th driving with Eduardo Copello and Oscar Mauricio Franco.
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Giancarlo Fisichella 1973
Italian Formula One racing driver. Currently in the employ of the Renault team, he has also driven for Sauber, Jordan, Benetton and Minardi.
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Narain Karthikeyan 1977
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan is the first Indian Formula One driver. He made his debut in 2005 with the Jordan team. He is currently a Williams F1 test driver.
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Don Garlits 1932 -
Stuart Turner 1933 -
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Ian Harrower 1947 -
Christian Gläsel 1973
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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
