KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE SINCE 1999
Vic Wilson
14/4/1931 - 14/1/2002
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Born in Hull and raised in South Africa, Wilson participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, the 1960 Italian Grand Prix at Monza and the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
Vic Wilson died 19 years ago, he was 71 , He would have been 90.
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Vic was born in England, but spent his teens living in South Africa. He began racing in Rhodesia in the late fifties, finding success with a variety of MGs and then a Lotus XI. Plans to race a Lotus in England went awry when the car was written off, but he then approached Dick Gibson, who was languishing in hospital after recently crashing his almost new Cooper. Having repaired the machine, Wilson went racing along with Bruce Halford and Keith Ballisat, competing in the boycotted Italian GP of 1960.Settling in Yorkshire, Vic did not race at all between 1961 and 1963, but at the behest of his wealthy cousin Bernard White he returned late in 1964, before a busy season racing a Lotus 30 and a Ferrari 250LM in 1965.
Team Chamaco Collect then planned a full season of Grands Prix in 1966 with a couple of BRMs, but after Vic took a distant fourth at the Syracuse GP and practised briefly at Spa Bob Bondurant became the team's sole driver, leaving Wilson in the cold.
(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000
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Henry Fournier 1871 - 1919 -
Joie Chitwood 1912 - 1988 -
Raymond Bunn 1920 -
Dick Brooks 1942 - 2006 -
Ferfried von Hohenzollern 1943
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Ted Whiteaway 1928 - 1995
Racing driver who made one attempt at F1. He won his class at Le Mans in 1959, finishing 7th overall. -
Rodney Nuckey 1929 - 2000
500cc Formula 3 driver who moved up to Formula 2 in 1953. Entered the German Grand Prix in 1954 finishing 11th. -
Jackie Lewis 1936
Jackie Lewis participated in 10 grands prix, debuting on June 18, 1961. He scored a total of 3 championship points. -
Tommy Bridger 1924 - 1991
Successful 500cc F3 driver who competed in one Grand Prix, Morocco in 1958 where he crashed. -
Mike MacDowel 1932
Fine sports car driver who joined the works Cooper team. Drove in one GP, the French in 1957, handing his car over to Jack Brabham mid race. Went on to become a successful hill climb driver winning the British Championships in 1973 and 1974.