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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Ricardo Rodriguez 1942 - 1962
Ricardo RodrÃguez was a wild and fearless Mexican who entered Grand Prix racing with a bang. He was already being considered as a future World Champion when he was prematurely taken away just over a year later in his inaugural home GP.
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Bayliss Levrett 1914 - 2003 -
Edwin Keith Matthews 1942 - 1996 -
Ronnie Peterson 1944 - 1978 -
Enrique Mansilla 1957 -
Michael Ammermuller 1986
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Piero Scotti 1909 - 1976
An Italia privateer who successfully raced Ferrari sports cars in the 1950s. He made one attempt at F1 driving a Connaught in the Belgian Grand Prix in 1956. -
Tony Bettenhausen Jr 1951 - 2000
Bettenhausen drove in 11 Indianapolis 500-Mile Races and was owner of the Bettenhausen Motorsports racing team. He was killed in a plane crash along with his wife, Russ Roberts and Larry Rangel. -
Emile Puissant 1891 - 1926 -
Helge Hallman 1906 - 2001 -
Enrique Díaz Sánez Valiente 1918 - 1958 -
Jimmy Florian 1923 - 1999 -
Don Horvath 1935 - 1965
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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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1960
Junior Johnson wins the second Daytona 500 by being the first stockcar driver to exploit "drafting". -
1965
Tasman Cup, Warwick Farm Sydney won by Jim Clark in a Lotus-Climax. This was a record setting 4th straight Tasman Cup series win on the Warwick Farm circuit.
