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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Earl Motter 1919 - 1992
Earl Motter had a reputation for flat-out, on the edge driving at a time when there were no safety facilities. He won 36 BCRA and three USAC National Midget feature races and missed the West Coast USAC title by less than two points in 1959.
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Graham Hill 1929 - 1975
Charismatic and charming, Graham HIll was almost universaly popular with the public. He had a quick wit and was a natural entertainer. He won two World Chamionships, in 1962 for BRM and in 1968 for Lotus. His love of the sport caused him to race on past his best but he retired in 1975 to concentrate on running his team and developing the natural tallent of Tony Brise. Sadly he was killed along with Brise and three other team members when his plane crashed in thick fog on a golf course in north London.
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Alexander Wurz 1974
After working as a test driver for Williams in 2006, Wurz has replaced Mark Webber as a race driver for the 2007. This will be Wurz's first full F1 season since 2000.
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Patrick Cunningham 1903 - 1972 -
Charles Mortimer 1913 - 0 -
Hans Blees 1920 - 1994 -
Robert A Koehler 1921 - 2003 -
Markku Alèn 1951 -
Richard Dallest 1951 -
Hitoshi Ogawa 1956 - 1992
Historic Racing News
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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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1948
First NASCAR race ever is held on the sands of Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. The race was won by Robert "Red" Byron who drove a '39 Ford. -
1996
Ferrari F310 F1 racer is unveiled. It is the first 10-cylinder Ferrari.
