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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25-Aug-20 /historicracing.com
Oscar Cabalén born on this day in 1928 - died in 1967, 54 years ago, he was 39. He would have been 93 this year.
Oscar Cabalén was one of the heroes of the Argentinian motorsport in the 1960s.
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Charles Basle 1885 - 1962
Raced a Buick in the first Indy 500 in 1911. Retired after 46 laps with a broken crankshaft. -
Bruce Jacobi 1935 - 1987
Former Indy driver who died in 1987 as a result of injuries sustained in qualifying for the Daytona 500 in 1983. -
Armand Peugeot 1849 - 1915 -
Sigurd Olson Haugdahl 1891 - 1970 -
Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe 1897 - 1974 -
Ernie McCoy 1921 - 2001 -
Héctor Gradassi 1933 - 2003
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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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1927
Malcolm Campbell set a new Land Speed Record of 174.833 mph -
1961
Teretonga International, New Zealand won by Jo Bonnier in a Cooper. -
1962
Warwick Farm 100, Australia won by Stirling Moss in a Cooper-Climax. -
1968
Daytona 24 Hour Race. Won by Vic Elford, Jochen Neerpasch, Jo Siffert, Rolf Stommelen and Hans Herrmann in a Porsche 962. -
1973
Tasman Cup, Surfers Paradise, Australia. Won by Frank Matich in a Holden/Repco powered Matich A50. -
1979
Daytona 24 Hour Race. Won by Danny Ongais, Hurley Haywood and Ted Field in a Porsche 935. -
1979
Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos, won by Jacques Laffite in a Ligier.
