McLaren marks 50th anniversary of Bruce McLaren's tragic death
Famed New Zealand racing driver, Bruce McLaren, was many things: an engineer, an aesthete, a marketer, racecar driver, and founder of McLaren. Bruce McLaren's death at the age of 32 may have cut his life tragically short, but it could be argued that he experienced several lifetimes' worth of adventures in the few decades he had.
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To better understand Bruce McLaren, the man, Larry Webster sat down with McLaren's daughter, Amanda McLaren, on the occasion of the company's 60th anniversary. Young Amanda McLaren sharing seat time with Dad. Courtesy McLaren. LW:Even casual car enthusiasts know McLaren as a maker of supercars and a Formula 1 constructor.
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The newspaper headlines on Wednesday June 3 1970 simply stated that Bruce McLaren had been tragically killed the previous day while testing his new McLaren M8D Can-Am car at the Goodwood circuit in West Sussex. But the tributes that flowed in from the wide community of racers across the world were effusive and heartfelt. Bruce was a man who.
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Bruce McLaren, New Zealand-born automobile racing driver, the youngest to win an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars (the U.S. race in 1959, when he was 22), also noted as a designer of racing vehicles. From 1959 to 1965 McLaren drove for Charles Cooper, a British racing car
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Bruce Leslie McLaren was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. he was born on 30 August 1937 Auckland, New Zealand. Bruce McLaren was the founder of the company McLaren. As a child Bruce McLaren was interested in vehicles. While growing up he spent all of his spare time in his parents workshop, around all the vehicles. Over time Bruce McLaren developed his interest on vehicles.
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Our tribute to Bruce McLaren #Bruce50. Bruce was also an engineer and his ability to design and build cars, and manage a racing team, as well as drive at the highest level, was a rare combination of skills. Most importantly, he had an innate ability to inspire and motivate his team. After Bruce died, while testing an M8D Can-Am car at Goodwood.
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Almost a forgotten figure as a race driver, Bruce McLaren's name lives on in the Formula 1 race team he founded in 1966. Several top drivers can thank the New Zealand native for wins in some of the biggest races in the world, including Monaco and the Indianapolis 500. McLaren started racing in the 1950s and joined the Grand Prix circus in 1958.
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Podiums Comparison Bruce McLaren Biography Bruce McLaren's Austin 7 The founder of McLaren is the legendary Bruce McLaren. He grew up in a small town called Remuera in New Zealand. His parents owned a service station and a workshop and his father use to race motorcycles and cars.
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McLaren's Formula One founder Bruce McLaren was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1937, [5] and learned about cars and engineering at his parents' service station and workshop there. By 15, he had entered a local hillclimb in an Austin 7 Ulster, winning his first race in the car. [6]
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To mark the anniversary of the death of our founder, the remarkable and irreplaceable Bruce McLaren, who sadly lost his life in an accident at Goodwood 45 years ago on 2nd June 1970, we will republish poignant extracts from his 1964 autobiography, From The Cockpit.
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Bruce McLaren (August 30, 1937 - June 2, 1970) was a Kiwi racing driver and founder of McLaren. Career . You can help improve this page! Add missing info about their career. To fix this issue, please add a short history of 1-2 paragraphs with references and hyperlinks (look at established driver pages for inspiration).
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Bruce McLaren. Stats. Category: Sports Cars CLASS OF: 1995. Official Nomination Bio. by Pete Lyons. It would be hard to pencil out a better background to bring to motorsports than Bruce Leslie McLaren's. Born in New Zealand on August 30, 1937, Mclaren received formal training in engineering, but also demonstrated fine driving ability, winning.
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Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 - 2 June 1970) was a New Zealander racing car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor. Quick facts: Born, Died, Formula One World Championship ca. Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren in 1966 Born 30 August 1937 Auckland, New Zealand Died 2 June 1970 (aged 32) Goodwood Circuit, Sussex, England, UK
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Early life Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Bruce McLaren attended Meadowbank Primary School. As a nine-year-old, he was diagnosed with Perthes disease in his hip that left his left leg shorter than the right.
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1937-1970 Racing driver, racing car designer, constructor and team owner This biography, written by David Green, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 2019. Bruce McLaren was the first New Zealander to win a Formula One motor race, and the first to found his own racing team.
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Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 - 2 June 1970) was a New Zealander racing car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor. His name lives on in the McLaren team, which he founded, one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, winning a total of 8 World Constructors' Championships and 12 World Drivers' Championships.
