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| 1884
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Born 126 years ago
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Died 46 years ago.
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17
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5
/1964)
, aged 80
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Raced a Kaiserpreis Minerva at Brooklands 1907 but is best know as a aviation pioneer and the first person to qualify as a pilot in the United Kingdom.
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| 1910
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Born 100 years ago
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Died 16 years ago.
(
16
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6
/1994)
, aged 84
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Comte George Raphaël Béthenod de Montbressieux raced under the nom de volant of 'Raph' he was a French-Argentine racing driver who sometimes entered races under his mother's of de las Casas.
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| 1916
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Born 94 years ago
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Died 19 years ago.
(
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2
/1991)
, aged 75
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| 1920
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Born 90 years ago
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Died 4 years ago.
(
31
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?
/2006)
, aged 86
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| 1931
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Born 79 years ago
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Died 55 years ago.
(
30
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9
/1955)
, aged 24
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James Dean was an American film actor who epitomized youthful angst. Raced an MGTD, Porsche 356 and 550 Spyder. Killed in a traffic accident on his way to a sports car race in Palm Springs.
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| 1932
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Born 78 years ago
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Died 5 years ago.
(
7
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4
/2005)
, aged 73
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Cliff Allison started his racing career in a Formula 3 Cooper 500 in 1953 before being spotted by Colin Chapman. He competed in Formula One between 1958 to 1961 for the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and UDT Laystall scoring a total of 11 points.
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| 1936 |
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Born
14
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12
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1894
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Died
74 years ago.
(
8
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2
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1936)
, aged 42
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Glen Shultz is best known for his success at Pikes Peak he took six wins on the hill. He also drove relief for Earl DeVore at Indy in 1925.
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| 1950 |
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Born
27
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7
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1900
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Died
60 years ago.
(
8
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2
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1950)
, aged 50
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Ralph Roese was a works driver for BMW as well as driving privately entered BMW and Veritas on all the important race tracks in Germany and Europe.
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| 1969 |
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Born
30
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4
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1910
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Died
41 years ago.
(
8
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2
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1969)
, aged 59
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| 1978 |
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Born
27
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12
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1900
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Died
32 years ago.
(
8
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2
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1978)
, aged 78
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Despite many successes in Grand Prix motor racing for Auto Union in the early 1930s, during the era of the famous "Silver Arrows", he is now mostly known for his domination of hillclimbing, which earned him the nickname "Bergkönig" or "King of the Mountains"
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