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| 1899
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Born 111 years ago
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Died 30 years ago.
(
6
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1
/1980)
, aged 81
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One of the most famous British drivers in the 30s, Mays is best perhaps best remembered for his involvement in promoting and developing the ERA and BRM projects.
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| 1902
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Born 108 years ago
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Died 24 years ago.
(
19
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6
/1986)
, aged 84
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Pioneer surfer, automobile collector and racer and cheerleading legend who invented the animated card stunt at matches when spectators in the grandstands hold coloured cards above their heads to create an image of slogan.
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| 1914
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Born 96 years ago
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Died 74 years ago.
(
4
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8
/1936)
, aged 22
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John Charles William Fitzroy, 9th Duke of Grafton was killed on his 22nd birthday, while competing at the 1936 Limerick Grand Prix.
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| 1927
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Born 83 years ago
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Died 15 years ago.
(
24
/
12
/1995)
, aged 68
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Merle Brennan was a Can Am and sports car racer who was a throwback to another time, a racing driver who was also a mechanic who built his own cars and competed on his own terms.
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| 1932
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Born 78 years ago
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Died 33 years ago.
(
13
/
8
/1977)
, aged 45
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Isaac won 37 NASCAR races, including 11 in his championship season of 1970. Hestarted from pole 50 times, 20 of them in a single season in 1969. In 1971 he set 28 world speed records at Bonneville Salt Flats. In 1977 he retired from a Late Model Sportsman race at Hickory Motor Speedway with 25 laps left and died of a heart attack.
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| 1961
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Canadian racer who won the Formula Pacific Tasman Championship before trying F3 in the UK. Found a budget to race in F1 with the awkward Osella in 1986. Tried other formula eventually finding success in Mexico winning the Formula 2 title in 1993, the Formula 3 in 1997 and the Panamerican Indy Lights title in 2001.
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| 1959 |
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Born
6
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6
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1923
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Died
51 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
1959)
, aged 36
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Ivor Bueb was a British racing driver who won Le Mans in 1955 and 1957. He died in a crash at Clermont Ferrand in 1959.
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Born
16
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2
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1921
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Died
51 years ago.
(
1
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8
/
1959)
, aged 38
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Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams. An ex-motorcyle champion Behra never found a Formula 1 Grand Prix win, but his fists did manage to find Maurice Trintigant, Georges Monneret and Ferrari team manager Romolo Tavoni!
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| 1969 |
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Born
30
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8
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1935
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Died
41 years ago.
(
1
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8
/
1969)
, aged 34
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Mitter was Porsche works driver from 1965. He won of the European hillclimb championship three times in 1966, '67 and '68. Killed practicing for the 1969 German Grand Prix.
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| 1978 |
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Born
8
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11
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1909
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Died
32 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
1978)
, aged 69
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Winner of the first ever Turismo Carretera race in 1937. He went on to take the overall title two years later.
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| 1980 |
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Born
9
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8
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1944
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Died
30 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
1980)
, aged 36
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Patrick Depailler was a Formula One driver from France who participated in 95 Grands Prix. As a child, he was inspired by Jean Behra. Talented and charismatic, Depailler never quite drove the kind of machinery his talent deserved.
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| 1982 |
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Born
9
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5
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1943
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Died
28 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
1982)
, aged 39
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Jim Hickman was the top rookie in the 1982 Indianapolis 500 but was tragically killed during practice for the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at Wisconsin State Fair Park later in the year.
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| 1996 |
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Born
13
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2
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1922
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Died
14 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
1996)
, aged 74
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Heeks was a talented driver who rarely traveled outside of his native Germany. He competed in the German Grand Prix twice, in 1953 and 1953. He failed to finish either race.
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| 1998 |
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Born
25
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7
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1911
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Died
12 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
1998)
, aged 87
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| 1999 |
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Born
6
/
4
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1912
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Died
11 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
1999)
, aged 87
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| 2001 |
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Born
29
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12
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1925
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Died
9 years ago.
(
1
/
8
/
2001)
, aged 76
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Jay Chamberlain was a sports car racer who competed almost exclusively in Lotus cars, for whom he was an early US distributor. He won his class at Le Mans in 1957. Tried a season of F1 in 1962 under the Ecurie Excelsior banner, driving a Lotus 18.
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