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| 1872
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Born 138 years ago
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Died 53 years ago.
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10
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2
/1957)
, aged 85
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The origional doyen of motoring journalists, it was Charles Faroux who came up with the idea of the 24 hour race at Le Mans.
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| 1916
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Born 94 years ago
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Died 46 years ago.
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5
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7
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, aged 48
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Popular Midget racer who was killed at the Williams Grove Speedway.
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| 1917
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Born 93 years ago
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Died 20 years ago.
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25
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8
/1990)
, aged 73
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A company director who business funded his racing in an ERA and Maserati. He raced before and after the Second World War.
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| 1924
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Born 86 years ago
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Died 16 years ago.
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7
/1994)
, aged 70
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Carlo Chiti was an Italian racing car and engine designer who is best known for his long association with Alfa Romeo's racing department.
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| 1925
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Born 85 years ago
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Died 9 years ago.
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1
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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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| 1951
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Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, is a British peer, baronet and politician who has raced in the FIA GT Championship.
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| 1963
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Mark Larkham started racing in Formula Ford. In 1994 Mark started a V8 Supercar team and in 1999 took pole position at Bathurst with the fastest qualifying lap ever. Larkham retired from full-time competition at the end of 2003 but continued as team owner.
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| 1969
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Allan McNish is currently a works Audi sports car driver. McNish raced in Formula One. After helping develop the Toyota during 2001, he participated in 17 grands prix. Along with teammate Mika Salo, he was dropped at the end of 2002. In 2003 he was a test driver for Renault F1, but returned to his successful sports car racing career the following year.
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| 1970
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Japanese F3000 driver who was a test driver for the Benetton Playlife F1 team in 2000. Since then he returned to racing in the Japanese GT Championship.
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Born
6
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10
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1918
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Died
28 years ago.
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29
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12
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1982)
, aged 64
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Max de Terra raced in minor events and hill-climbs in the late forties and early fifties. He raced in two Swiss Grands Prix at Berne's Bremgarten circuit in 1952 and 1953 without success.
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| 1988 |
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Born
13
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4
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1940
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Died
22 years ago.
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29
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12
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1988)
, aged 48
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Mike Beuttler showed great promise in Formula 3 before graduating to Formula 2 and then Formula 1 in 1971. He raced March F1 cars financed by a group of wealthy stockbroker friends. He continued in 1972 and 1973 but retired from racing at the end of the year. He eventually moved to San Francisco where he died of AIDS in 1988.
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| 2003 |
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Born
19
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7
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1924
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Died
7 years ago.
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29
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12
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2003)
, aged 79
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Frank Monise was one of the fastest Lotus Mk.XI and Lotus Mk.23 drivers in Southern California in the early 1960s.
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| 2007 |
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Born
27
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11
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1913
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Died
3 years ago.
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29
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12
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2007)
, aged 94
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Lieutenant-Colonel Robert "Rex" King-Clark MBE MC was a British pilot, racer, photographer, author, and diarist.
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