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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12-Jul-20 /historicracing.com
Anna-Maria Peduzzi died on this day in 1979, 42 years ago, she was 67.
Anna Maria Peduzzi was one of the best female Italian drivers of her time. She won her class in the Mille Miglia in 1934 and raced in the Targa Florio five times.
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Sam Tingle 1921 - 2008
Sam Tingle was a Formula One driver from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. He participated in 5 grands prix. He was one of only two drivers to enter a Formula One race from the former republic of Rhodesia, the other being John Love.
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Roger McCluskey 1928 - 1993
Roger McCluskey was an American racing driver from Tucson, Arizona. He raced in Indianapolis 500 18 times with a best finish of 3rd in 1973.
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Eric Bernard 1964
Éric Bernard, born in Martigues, near Marseille, France, was a Formula One driver who raced for the Ligier, Larrousse and Lotus teams.
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Vincenzo Lancia 1881 - 1937 -
Paolo Zuccarelli 1886 - 1913
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Luigi Villoresi 1909 - 1997
Italian Grand Prix motor racing driver who raced on the Formula One circuit at the time of its inception and was at his zenith in the immediate post-war era. -
Shorty Templeman 1919 - 1962
Clark "Shorty" Templeman was an American racing driver who died in Marion, Ohio as a result of injuries sustained in a midget car crash at the Marion County Fairgrounds track. -
Roberto Bussinello 1927 - 1999
Veteran Italian semi-professional and Autodelta Alfa Romeo GTA driver.
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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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1958
The brutal desire to win at all costs has destroyed the great traditions of sportsmanship. And with their loss, sportsmen have also lost the ability to inspire, impress and amaze us. One such example of how things were occurred on this day in 1958 at the Portuguese Grand Prix held at the Circuito da Boavista in Oporto. -
2003
Fernando Alonso became the youngest winner of a Formula One Grand Prix when he won the Hungarian GP at the age of 22 years and 26 days
