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23-Jul-20 /historicracing and Chris Bowen
Oh I say…Well held Sah! When the bonnet flew off of French ace Robert Benoist’s Bugatti during the 1935 French Grand Prix, he managed to catch it as it flew past his head. And hold it with one hand while he drove back to the pits with the other, to have it re-fitted!
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11-Jun-20 /historicracing.com
Tom Pryce died on this day in 1977, 44 years ago, he was 28. He would have been 72 this year.
Thomas Maldwyn Pryce was a Formula 1 racing driver famous for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions in 1975, and for his shocking death in an accident during the 1977 South African Grand Prix.
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Raymond Chambost 1895 - 1936
Listed in results as Raymond, his real name was Albert. He raced a Salmson Cyclecar before switching to the ex-Raymond Sommer Maserati 8CM Special. He was killed when he overturned the 8C in the Grand Prix de Deauville in 1936.
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Luciano Burti 1975
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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.
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Argentine road racer Domingo Bucci is critically injured in the Arrecifes Road Race in Argentina. He died two days later. -
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South Africa Grand prix at Kyalami won by Niki Lauda in a Ferrari.
