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Chris Amon (1943-2016) was a New Zealand racing driver. He was active in Formula One and in sports-cars in the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship Grand Prix. The 1972 French Grand Prix held at Charade tells the whole story: Chris Amon […]

Peter Revson was an excellent American race driver and heir to the Revlon cosmetics family. He was a two-time Formula 1 winner (for McLaren) and had successes at the Indianapolis 500 and in the Can-Am series. Sadly, he died early 1974 at the wheel of a Formula 1 Shadow during practice on the Kyalami circuit […]

Mark Donohue (1937-1975), pictured here with wife Eden and nicknamed “Captain Nice”, was an American race driver who is probably best known as the driver of the 1500+ bhp Can-Am Penske Porsche 917-30 and as the 1972 Indianapolis 500 winner in a Team Penske-entered McLaren. Sadly, he perished in an accident during practice for the […]