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1962 Rand Grand Prix
The 5th Rand Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 15 December 1962 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark, who led from start to finish in his Team Lotus, Lotus Lotus 25, 25. There were a very large number of entries for this race, and many of the local drivers did not qualify. Among the more unusual entries was the Lotus Seven, Lotus 7 of Brausch Niemann, and the non-qualifying Cooper Car Company, Cooper of Dave Riley (racing driver), Dave Riley, which was fitted with a British Motor Corporation, BMC engine. Results *Gary Hocking was also entered in his own Lotus-Climax, but raced the one entered by the Rob Walker Racing Team. *Scuderia Lupini entered a Cooper-Maserati but withdrew it without designating a driver. References * "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. * "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. * Race results at www.silhouet.co {{F1 NC race repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rand Grand Prix
The Rand Grand Prix was a auto racing, motor race held at various circuits in South Africa. The first event took place in 1937 but it was not held regularly until the 1960s, when it was run to Formula One rules and formed part of the non-championship calendar. At that time, it represented an annual warm-up race before the South African Grand Prix. Results * Races shown with a pink background indicate non-Formula One races. {, class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" ! Year ! Date ! Circuit ! Winning driver ! Winning constructor ! Report , - style="background:#FFD1DC;" ! 1937 (I) , 30 January , Lord Howe Circuit , Pat Fairfield , English Racing Automobiles, ERA , I 1937 Rand Grand Prix, Report , - style="background:#FFD1DC;" ! 1937 (II) , 16 December , Lord Howe Circuit , Douglas van Riet , Austin Motor Company, Austin , II 1937 Rand Grand Prix, Report , - style="background:#FFD1DC;" ! 1956 , 24 March , Palmietfontein Airport, Palmietfontein , Peter Whitehe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Parnell
Reginald Parnell (2 July 1911 – 7 January 1964) was a racing driver and team manager from Derby, England. He participated in seven Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scoring a total of nine championship points. Parnell, as both a driver and a team manager, had a considerable influence on post-war British motorsport until his premature death in 1964. Parnell raced at Brooklands and was banned following an accident with Kay Petre which ended her racing career. Before the war he bought up racing cars. Once the hostilities had ceased he sold them to form the basis of post-war racing entries. He later raced a whole host of cars before turning to management and taking Aston Martin into Formula 1. Parnell went on to run the Yeoman Credit Racing team with the help of his son Tim who later raced in Formula 1 himself.Steve Small, "The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who" (Guinness, , 1994) Early career Parnell came from a family which ran a garag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Podmore
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave, hardy". Its native Old English cognate was ''Beornheard'', which was replaced or merged with the French form ''Bernard'' that was brought to England after the Norman Conquest. The name ''Bernhard'' was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers. Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). In Ireland, the name was an anglicized form of Brian. Geographical distribution Bernard is the second most common surname in France. As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Pieterse
Ernest Pieterse (4 July 1938 – 1 November 2017) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in three Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ... World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 29 December 1962. He scored no championship points. Complete Formula One World Championship results ( key) Non-Championship ( key) References * "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pieterse, Ernie 1938 births 2017 deaths South African racing drivers South African Formula One drivers Sportspeople from Cape Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational corporation, multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the List of Ford vehicles, Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln Motor Company, Lincoln brand. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the single-letter ticker symbol F and is controlled by the Ford family (Michigan), Ford family. They have minority ownership but a plurality of the voting power. Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. By 1914, these methods were known around the world as Fordism. Ford's former British subsidiaries Jaguar Cars, Jaguar and Land Rover, acquired in 1989 and 2000, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanie Viljoen (born 2003), South African farmer
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Fanie is a South African male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Fanie Eloff (1885-1947) * Fanie Lombaard (born 1969), South African athlete * Fanie de Jager (born 1949), South African operatic tenor * Fanie de Villiers (born 1964), South African cricket player * Fanie du Plessis (1930–2001), South African discus thrower and shot putter * Fanie du Toit, South African politician * Fanie van der Merwe (born 1986), South African athlete * Fanie “Tjing Tjing” Archery Fanie is a South African male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Fanie Eloff (1885-1947) * Fanie Lombaard (born 1969), South African athlete * Fanie de Jager (born 1949), South African operatic tenor * Fanie de Villiers (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Tingle
Sam Ashworth Tingle (24 August 1921 – 19 December 2008) was an English-born racing driver from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Tingle was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, and made his Formula One debut on 28 December 1963. He was one of only two drivers from Rhodesia to successfully enter a Formula One race, the other being John Love. A third Rhodesian racer, Clive Puzey, failed to qualify in his Formula One attempt. He died in Somerset West Somerset West () is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality Eastern Suburbs zone (formerly called ..., South Africa, aged 87. Complete Formula One World Championship results ( key) Complete Formula One non-championship results ( key) References External linksProfile at grandprix.com 1921 births 2008 deaths British emigrants to Southern Rhodesia Rhodesian Formula One drivers En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Special
Peter David de Klerk (16 March 1935 – 11 July 2015) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 28 December 1963. He scored no championship points. Alfa Special In 1962, de Klerk created a custom-made, single-seater racing special built for the South African Formula One Championship, powered by an Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.5-litre straight-4 engine, which was christened as the "Alfa Special". The Special participated in two World Championship Grands Prix, retiring at the 1963 South African Grand Prix and finishing 10th at the 1965 South African Grand Prix. It also entered five non-championship Grands Prix, scoring a podium finish at the 1963 Rand Grand Prix 1963 Formula One races, Rand Grand Prix Rand Grand Prix December 1963 sports events in Africa 1963 in South African motorsport .... Complete Formula One World Championship results ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Complete Formula One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Romeo In Formula One
Italian motor manufacturer Alfa Romeo has participated multiple times in Formula One. The brand has competed in motor racing as both a constructor and engine supplier sporadically between and , and later as a commercial partner between and . The company's works drivers won the first two World Drivers' Championships in the pre-war Alfetta: Nino Farina in 1950 and Juan Manuel Fangio in . Following these successes, Alfa Romeo withdrew from Formula One. During the 1960s, although the company had no official presence in the top tier of motorsport, several Formula One teams used independently developed Alfa Romeo engines to power their cars. In the early 1970s, Alfa provided Formula One support for their works driver Andrea de Adamich, supplying adapted versions of their 3-litre V8 engine from the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 sports car to power Adamich's McLaren () and March () entries. None of these engine combinations scored championship points. In the mid-1970s, Alfa engineer Carl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LDS (automobile)
LDS is the name given to various single seater motorsport, racing specials built for the South African Formula One Championship. The "specials" were built by Doug Serrurier, Louis Douglas Serrurier, hence the name. The Mark 1 and Mark 2 models were based on Cooper Car Company, Cooper designs, whilst the Mark 3 was based on the Brabham BT11. Mark 1 and Mark 2 models (1962–1965) used Alfa Romeo 1.5-litre straight-4 engines. A total of eight LDS cars participated in five World Championship Grands Prix. They did not score any World Championship points. Complete Formula One World Championship results (:Template:F1 driver results legend 2, key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) References LDS Profile at Grand Prix Encyclopedia Formula One constructors Formula One entra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Serrurier
Louis Douglas Serrurier (9 December 1920 – 4 June 2006) was a racing driver and racing car constructor from South Africa. He participated in 3 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in the 1960s, only racing in the South African Grand Prix event, debuting on 29 December 1962. He scored no championship points. Racing car constructor Serrurier built a series of racing cars under the name of LDS (automobile), LDS, after his initials. The first was based on a Cooper Car Company, Cooper, and later cars were based on Brabhams. The cars were raced mainly by Serrurier himself, and Sam Tingle. From the Cobra Club South Africa: "Louis Douglas Serrurier built about 20 LDS Cobras during the course of his race car building history. They were all once offs, with different engine, chassis, suspension and brakes depending on the year they were built". A handful of other custom built bodies found their home on LDS chassis in the 70s. Mainly laid up from fibreglass, but also aluminium Coupe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
