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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Jean Behra born on this day in 1921 - died in 1959, 61 years ago, he was 38. He would have been 99 this year.
Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams. An ex-motorcyle champion Behra never found a Formula 1 Grand Prix win, but his fists did manage to find Maurice Trintigant, Georges Monneret and Ferrari team manager Romolo Tavoni!
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Walt Faulkner 1920 - 1956
Faulkner raced mainly in the National Championship and in stock car races. In 1950 Faulkner became the first rookie to take pole position at the Indianapolis 500. He died in 1956 after a qualifying crash at a USAC Stock Car race in Vallejo, California.
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John dePalma 1885 - 1951 -
Jock Manby-Colegrave 1912 - 1963 -
Tony Crook 1920 -
Ada Pace 1924 -
Sir Jack Sears 1930 -
Talmadge Prince 1938 - 1970 -
Roberto José Mouras 1948 - 1992 -
Bobby Archer 1953 -
Vicki Butler-Henderson 1972 -
Jamie Davies 1974 -
Vanina Ickx 1975 -
Valentino Rossi 1979
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In the sixties South Africa enjoyed a thriving Formula One circus of it’s own.
11-Aug-20/ historicracing.com -
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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1957
NZ Championship Road Race at Ryal Bush won by Peter Whitehead in a Supersqualo Ferrari. -
1964
Daytona Continental Sports Car race at Daytona International Speedway won by Phil Hill and Pedro Rodriguez in a 3 liter Ferrari 250GTO. -
1964
Round 6 Tasman Cup at Warwick Farm won by Jack Brabham drove his Brabham-Climax. It was also his second straight Tasman Cup series win. -
1969
Tasman Cup series, Sandown Park, Victoria. Chris Amon won the penultimate round in the F2-based Ferrari Tasman. -
1969
Springvale, Victoria, Australia, Chris Amon drove his Ferrari 246T V6 Dino across to victory in the final round of the Tasman Series. -
1975
Tasman Cup , Adelaide International Raceway, won by Graeme Lawrence in a Chevrolet powered Lola T332.
