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-Aug-20 /hr
Doc Benjafield died on this day in 1957, 64 years ago, he was 70.
Doc Benjafield was a bacteriologist and motor racing enthusiast who won Le Mans in 1927 with fellow 'Bentley Boy' S.C.H. 'Sammy' Davis.
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Andre Dubonnet 1897 - 1980
Grandson of the creator of the aperitif Dubonnet, he took up racing after a distinguished military carrer. He was responsible for some of the most beautiful custom Hispano-Suiza's ever built. -
Alan Brown 1919 - 2004
Alan Brown was a star of the 500 cc championships with his F3 Cooper. He moved up to F2 with a Cooper-Bristol and gave the prototype Vanwall its debut at the 1954 International Trophy. -
Billy Foster 1937 - 1967
One of Mario Andretti's closest friends, Bill only raced at Indy twice. In 1965 he became the first Canadian to race in the Indianapolis 500. He was killed in practice for the Motor Trend 500 in 1967. -
Dudley Folland 1912 - 1979
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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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1957
Argentine 1000K won by Cesare Perdisa, Masten Gregory, Eugenio Castellotti and Luigi Musso. -
1968
Tasman Cup, Lady Wigram Trophy, Wigram, New Zealand. Won by Jim Clark. -
1973
Tasman Cup, Lady Wigram Trophy, Wigram, New Zealand. Won by Graham McRae in a McRae GM1. -
1974
Tasman Cup, Lady Wigram Trophy, Wigram, New Zealand. Won by John McCormack in a Repco powered Elfin MR5.
