Denny Hulme

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Denis Clive Hulme (18 June 1936 – 4 October 1992) was a New Zealand racing driver, who competed in Formula One from Template:F1 to Template:F1. Nicknamed "the Bear",Template:Efn Hulme won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in Template:F1 with Brabham, and won eight Grands Prix across 10 seasons.

Born and raised in the South Island, Hulme was the son of Clive Hulme, who was a World War II sniper. Hulme achieved eight race wins, one pole position, nine fastest laps and 33 podiums in Formula One. He also finished third in the overall standing in 1968 and 1972.<ref name="nzhistory.net.nz">Template:Cite web</ref>

Hulme showed versatility by dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) for Group 7 sports cars. As a member of the McLaren team that won five straight titles between 1967 and 1971, he won the individual Drivers' Championship twice and was runner-up on four other occasions.<ref name="nzhistory.net.nz"/>

Hulme was nicknamed 'The Bear', because of his "gruff nature" and "rugged features"; however, he was also "sensitive (...) unable to express his feelings, except in a racing car".<ref name="formula1.com">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Tone inline During the early part of his career, Hulme preferred to race bare foot as he believed that it gave him a better feel of the throttle. This changed in 1960 when he started competing in the more highly regulated European championships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following his Formula One tenure with Brabham, Hulme raced for McLaren in multiple formats—Formula One, Can-Am, and at the Indianapolis 500. Hulme retired from Formula One at the end of the 1974 season but continued to race Australian Touring Cars.

Early racing career

Hulme was born on a tobacco farm belonging to his parents in Motueka in the South Island of New Zealand. His father Clive Hulme was awarded a Victoria Cross, as a sniper, while fighting in the Battle of Crete in 1941.<ref name="formula1.com"/>

While growing up on his family's farm in Pongakawa (near Te Puke), Hulme learned to drive a truck while sitting on his father's lap; by the age of six, he was driving solo. He left school and went to work in a garage. He saved up enough money to buy an MG TF, promptly entering this in hillclimbing events. After that his father brought an MGA for him. After making impressive progress he purchased a F2 Cooper-Climax, subsequently being chosen for the New Zealand Driver to Europe program, along with fellow New Zealander, George Lawton. The pair of young New Zealanders began competing in Formula Junior and Formula Two across Europe, in a Cooper-BMC and Cooper–Ford respectively. Hulme won the 1960 Gran Premio di Pescara for Formula Juniors, but the newspapers back in New Zealand made no mention of this, as they wrote only about Bruce McLaren. However, the year, 1960 ended in disaster, when Lawton crashed during a race at Roskilde (Denmark) dying in Hulme's arms.<ref name="formula1.com"/><ref name="grandprix.com">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="forix.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

As the New Zealand press were ignoring Hulme, he hired a 2½ litre Cooper from Reg Parnell and entered it in the 1961 New Zealand Gold Star Championship. He won the title straight away. He appeared at Le Mans for the Abarth team, taking a class win in S850 the class (partnered by fellow New Zealander Angus Hyslop), before Ken Tyrrell invited the likable (but sometimes gruff) New Zealander to race in his Formula Junior and Formula Two team, in 1962, when Tony Maggs was unavailable due to his Formula One commitments.<ref name="grandprix.com"/><ref name="forix.com"/><ref name=Hamilton>Maurice Hamilton, "Ken Tyrrell – The Authorised Biography" (CollinsWillow, Template:ISBN, 2002)</ref>

Once there, basing himself in London, he worked as a mechanic in Jack Brabham's garage in Chessington and began to pave his way on his motor-racing path. It was Brabham who gave him drives in his Brabham sportscars and single seaters. During the 1963 season, he won seven International Formula Junior and after some impressive performances there, it was his old boss Jack Brabham who gave Hulme the call and he joined the Australian legend's F2 team. In 1964, the pair set about dominating the Championship that year, resulting in a one–two finish in the FFSA Trophées de France series. The pair also finished one–two in the 1966 series. During this spell in F2 between 1964 and 1966, Hulme won three races in the series, plus two non-championship events (the 1964 Grote Prijs van Limborg and the 1965 Spring Trophy). Hulme was rewarded with some non-championship Formula One races.<ref name="formula1.com"/><ref name="grandprix.com"/><ref name="espn.co.uk">Template:Cite web</ref>

Away from single seaters, Hulme also raced the occasional saloon car. In appalling conditions, on 6 July 1963, Hulme won his first major saloon car race. The second Motor-sponsored Six-Hour, a round of the European Touring Car Championship, saw the pre-race favourite, a 7-litre Ford Galaxie driven by Dan Gurney and Jack Brabham flounder in the wet and the Jaguars dominated the race. Hulme would win, partnered by Roy Salvadori, after the winners on the road were disqualified for engine irregularities.<ref name=Swinger>Peter Swinger, "Motor Racing Circuits in England : Then & Now" (Ian Allan Publishing, Template:ISBN, 2008)</ref>

Formula One career

1965–1967: With Brabham

Template:Tone After making numerous appearances in non-championship events for Brabham during the 1964 season, as the Brabham team had signed Dan Gurney to race alongside their boss, Hulme finally got the call he had been waiting for, making his World Championship debut in 1965 at Monaco. Later that year, he scored his first points, for fourth position at the daunting Clermont-Ferrand (Charade) circuit in France.<ref name="grandprix.com"/>

1966 was Hulme's first full season of Formula One. Now, after the departure of Dan Gurney, he was the outright number two at the Brabham team behind Jack himself. Finishing a fine fourth that year (with Jack winning the Drivers' and the Brabham team the Constructors' Championship), the highlights came with a third place at Reims in France, a second behind Brabham at Brands Hatch, and the fastest lap at Zandvoort, before ignition problems put paid to his race there. Whilst his boss won the World title, Hulme made it to the podium four times during season, finishing fourth overall in the standings.<ref name="formula1.com"/><ref name="espn.co.uk"/>

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Hulme during qualifying for the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1967 Championship was essentially an internal affair within the Brabham Racing Organisation team for most of the year, but the new Lotus 49 gave Jim Clark and Graham Hill the opportunity to bite back. Their Brabham-Repcos were not the fastest cars, however they were reliable and consistent, as were Brabham and Hulme. During the season, he would take two wins in the 11-race Championship, at Monte Carlo and the ferocious Nürburgring (the Green Hell).<ref name="formula1.com"/>

Although Hulme silenced many critics with his excellent win in Monaco, the race was marred by the appalling accident that would claim the life of Lorenzo Bandini, who was chasing Hulme at the time of the crash. His second Grand Prix win of 1967, was on the legendary Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. This victory proved his versatility on any type of track. A further six visits to the podium gave Hulme the advantage he needed. He won the Championship by five points from Brabham, and a further five from Jim Clark. Hulme was the first (and to date, only) Formula One World Champion from New Zealand.<ref name="formula1.com"/>

1968–1974: With McLaren

Template:F1 saw a move to the McLaren team, owned by fellow New Zealander Bruce McLaren. Although the 'Bruce and Denny Show' dominated the North American Can-Am sports car series from 1966, their time in Formula One was less successful. The South African race, held at the legendary Kyalami circuit, proved difficult for the team. Despite having to use the old BRM V12 engines on an old M5A chassis, Hulme brought it home a creditable fifth.<ref name="formula1.com"/><ref name="espn.co.uk"/>

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1968 USGP at Watkins Glen.
Photo by Bob Sanderson

By the Spanish round at Jarama, the Cosworth DFV V8 engine was installed in the brand new M7A chassis and the performances improved. After victory in the BRDC International Trophy, Hulme picked up second place in Spain, before taking two more wins that year at Monza and in Canada, leaving him with an outside chance of retaining the Championship crown against Graham Hill and the young Jackie Stewart.

The finale, in Mexico City, determined the champion that year, but Hulme suffered a suspension failure on his McLaren.

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1969 German GP on the Nordschleife

Template:F1 was a disaster for Hulme: the revised M7A chassis struggled with reliability and Hulme managed only 20 points, attaining one victory, at the final round at the Mexican Grand Prix. Hulme ended the season in sixth position in the drivers' standings.

Template:F1 brought a new decade, but Hulme's luck did not change. Team boss and friend Bruce McLaren was killed while testing the CanAm McLaren M8D, which affected Hulme. Another problem occurred that year when he suffered burns to his hands from a methanol fire during practice for the Indianapolis 500. As a result, he missed the Dutch Grand Prix in 1970. Undeterred, he felt he owed it to Bruce and the McLaren team to continue racing. Besides his emotional distress and serious burns, he still managed a creditable fourth in the championship with 27 points.<ref name="formula1.com"/>

Although Hulme would claim third place in the 1970 Mexican Grand Prix, the race was marred by the immense crowd of over 200,000. The crowd proved almost uncontrollable and almost forced the cancellation of the race. They were crammed in front of the guard-rails, sat at the trackside and ran across the track itself. The drivers were concerned that someone would be killed. During qualifying, Hulme missed some children by inches. They were playing a game of chicken to see who got nearest to the cars as they hurtled past.<ref name=Stanley>Louis T. Stanley, "Strictly Off The Record" (MBI Publishing Company, Template:ISBN, 1999)</ref>

Template:F1 started promisingly. At Kyalami, he led dominantly but the rising-rate suspension system forced him out, after only a few laps. The McLaren team were in disarray. The season was even worse than 1970 results wise, as Hulme did not even make the podium, although he set the fastest laps in Canada and the United States that year but results were hard to come by. Hulme ended up ninth in the standings for 1971.<ref name="espn.co.uk"/>

Beauty, fragrance and men's products company Yardley took over title sponsorship of a new McLaren in Template:F1, and it paid dividends for Hulme. Partnered with good friend Peter Revson, Hulme was back on winning ways taking victory in South Africa, and a few fine podiums elsewhere, finishing 1972 in third place with 39 points. Meanwhile, Hulme also won the non-championship International Gold Cup race at Oulton Park.

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Hulme's 1973 McLaren-Ford M23 being demonstrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Amazingly, Hulme scored only one pole position in his F1 career aboard a McLaren M23, in 1973 at Kyalami—he appeared to have a good relationship with the South African venue. However, Hulme was outshone by friend and teammate Peter Revson in Template:F1, and he finished a place down on the American in sixth, 12 points adrift.

By the 1973 Belgian Grand Prix, Hulme and McLaren had taken F1 safety forward, when his car introduced the Graviner life-support system to Formula One, supplying the driver breathable air in the event of fire.<ref name=Nye>Doug Nye, "Famous Racing Cars" (Patrick Stephens Limited, Template:ISBN, 1989)</ref>

Hulme won the Swedish Grand Prix luckily, though he also set the fastest lap. The race seemed to be set up for a home victory for Ronnie Peterson, with his Lotus teammate, Emerson Fittipaldi in second, when the Lotuses hit trouble. Fittipaldi being slowed with gearbox issues, and then Peterson with a slow rear wheel puncture. As Hulme decided to run with harder tyres, he passed Peterson on the penultimate lap to win. Hulme expressed sadness to "have taken that away from Ronnie".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He and Revson had built up a strong friendship off the back of their F1 camaraderie they also competed together in the Can-Am series. When Revson left McLaren at the end of 1973 to join Shadow, Hulme would have been disappointed.

In his time at McLaren, Hulme won six Grand Prix's, but he was nearing the end of his time in F1, and his competitive urges were being blunted by a growing apprehension about the dangers of racing. After the Brazilian Grand Prix in which Hulme finished twelfth, these fears were well founded. When testing at Kyalami started, in March 1974, Peter Revson suffered a front suspension failure (broken front Ball Joint), veering head-on into the barriers. Hulme tried in vain to save his friend's life, but to no avail. After the accident Hulme announced that he would see out Template:F1 before retiring from Grand Prix racing. However, other than winning the Argentine event (he inherited the lead when his now teammate Fittipaldi inadvertently knocked-off the electrical "kill-switch" on his steering wheel, on the penultimate lap) and coming second in Austria, he did not make much of an impact on the season, and retired at the end of the year and stepped away from the sport and returned to New Zealand.<ref name="formula1.com"/><ref name="Nye"/>

Away from F1

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Hulme in 1973

1966 Le Mans 24 hours

At the finish of the 1966 Le Mans 24 hours, the two Shelby-American Inc. entered Ford GT40 MK II's were both on the lead lap, running first and second, with the car Hulme was partnering with Ken Miles in the lead. In the lead half-hour of the race, the Fords bunched up together in a pre-arranged plan for Bruce McLaren and Miles to cross the line, headlights ablaze, in a dead-heat. Unfortunately the dead-heat that Henry Ford II had so proudly planned did not come off, as the timekeepers decided that a dead-heat was technically impossible as the Hulme/Miles car had qualified faster than the McLaren/Amon car, and therefore covered a shorter race distance. Therefore, when the two cars arrived side by side at the finish, Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon were classified as the winners, with Hulme and Ken Miles in second.<ref name=Pritchard>Anthony Pritchard, "Ford vs. Ferrari – the Battle for LeMans" (Zuma Marketing, ISBN B000713QLC, 1984)</ref>

Can-Am (1966–1972)

In 1966, while driving for the Brabham team in Formula One, Hulme drove in the inaugural season of the Can-Am racing series of FIA Group 7 racing, driving the same Sid Taylor entered Lola T70 he had driven with success in UK Group 7 races that year, but achieving no success in the Can-Am races. In 1967 he joined the McLaren team of New Zealand countryman Bruce McLaren for the series, replacing Chris Amon who had gone to Ferrari. This partnership became so successful, the Americans called them the 'Bruce and Denny Show', such was their domination.<ref name="formula1.com"/>

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1968 McLaren M6B at the Laguna Seca Historics, 2009

In the 1967 season, the year of his F1 Championship win with Brabham, Hulme finished second to team leader Bruce McLaren for the Can-Am championship, scoring three wins in six races and earning 24 points in the McLaren M6A. Hulme won the Can-Am Championship in 1968, taking three victories in the six race season, earning 35 points in the McLaren M8A. 1969 saw the McLaren team continue to dominate the series; driving the McLaren M8B, they won every race, with multiple 1–2 finishes, and even a 1–2–3 finish when Dan Gurney drove the spare car. Hulme scored five victories in eleven races in 1969, earning 160 points to finish second to teammate McLaren in the championship.

The 1970 season was difficult for the team, as they mourned the loss of leader Bruce McLaren, who had died while pre-season testing the McLaren M8D "Batmobile" at the Goodwood Circuit. Teamed first with driver Dan Gurney, then with driver Peter Gethin, Hulme led the team with six wins in ten races, winning his second Can-Am Championship driving the M8D to 132 points—more than double the number of the second-place competitor. For the 1971 season Hulme's teammate was his good friend Peter Revson, who took the Can-Am crown that year with Hulme in second (three wins in ten races), driving the McLaren M8F. In his final season, Hulme drove the McLaren M20 to second place in the 1972 championship on 65 points, with two wins in the nine race season.

Following his quiet start in the 1966 season, Hulme scored 22 wins with 11 second place and 2 third-place finishes in 52 Can-Am races from 1967 through 1972 – standing on the podium for 67% of the races during those six seasons. In those same six seasons, he was the Can-Am season champion twice, and championship runner-up four times. His 22 career wins are the most by any driver in the Can-Am series.

Indy 500

Hulme competed in the Indianapolis 500 on four occasions: 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1971. His best results in the event were in 1967 and 1968, both times finishing fourth. He did not compete in the 1970 race, due to methanol burns to the hands after a fire during practice.<ref name="forix.com"/> Hulme was named the 1967 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Tasman Series

Hulme finished third in the 1964 Tasman Series with one win and three podiums. He would later compete in 1967 and 1968, collecting a podium in each year.

British Sportscar Championship (1965–1969)

On weekends away from the Formula One, Hulme would sometimes race for Sid Taylor Racing in the British Sportscar Championship. During this time, he won a total of 12 races, mostly in a Lola T70, including three RAC Tourist Trophies, one of which was a round of the 1965 World Sportscar Championship.

After F1

After leaving the sport, Hulme led the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers' Association) for a brief period, but the cut and thrust nature of the post was ill-suited to his gentlemanly nature and he did not fill the post for very long. He then retired to New Zealand, returning to touring cars to race occasionally in the Benson & Hedges 500 race at Pukekohe Park Raceway in the late 1970s first in Chrysler Chargers then later a Volkswagen Golf, partnering Stirling Moss on occasion for the 500 kilometre endurance format.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Hulme began racing regularly again in 1982 with amateur racer Ray Smith, building up a team with the Holden Commodore V8 capable of winning the New Zealand Production Car Series for Group A touring cars in 1983–84. Hulme also started racing in Australia, racing in the team of former European compatriot Frank Gardner's JPS Team BMW, which included second in class at the 1984 Bathurst 1000.

Hulme returned to Europe in 1986 racing in the European Touring Car Championship in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing prepared Rover Vitesse. That campaign culminated in a victory in the RAC Tourist Trophy, Hulme's fourth win in the event, 18 years after his third win. After that Hulme raced briefly for Bob Jane's Mercedes-Benz team before linking up with Larry Perkins in 1987, moving with Perkins in 1988 to the newly formed Holden Racing Team. It was with Holden, that Hulme would record his last visit to a podium, when he finished second, in the 1988 South Australia Cup. Hulme would later join Benson & Hedges Racing, another team run by Frank Gardner in 1990. In the meantime, Hulme was a keen enthusiast of truck racing, which became popular in New Zealand in the early 1990s running Scania trucks, returning to Europe to race in European Truck Championship.<ref name="grandprix.com"/><ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite web</ref>

Death

A favourite event of Hulme's was the Bathurst 1000, held at the Mount Panorama track in Australia. In the 1992 event he was driving a semi-works supported BMW M3 for Benson & Hedges Racing when, after complaining over the car-to-pits radio of blurred vision, originally thought to be because of the heavy rain, Hulme suffered a massive heart attack at the wheel whilst driving along the high-speed Conrod Straight. After veering into the wall on the left side of the track at about Template:Convert,<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> he managed to bring the car to a relatively controlled stop sliding against the safety railing and concrete wall on the right side of the track. When marshals reached the scene, they found Hulme still strapped in. He was taken from the car straight to Bathurst Hospital where he was officially pronounced dead.

According to his sister Anita, Hulme's health began deteriorating after the death of his 21-year-old son, Martin Clive, on Christmas Day, 1988, at Lake Rotoiti in the Bay of Plenty. "He was so upset after Martin’s death", says Anita. "He used to go and sit in the cemetery. I know that he died of a broken heart".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Legacy

Several awards were named in Hulme's memory:

Hulme was portrayed by Ben Collins in the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari.

Honours and awards

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Position Car Team
1960 Campionato A.N.P.E.C./Auto Italiana d'Europe<ref>[1] Template:Webarchive</ref> 3rd Envoy-Ford
Cooper-BMC T52
Envoy Racing Team
New Zealand International Grand Prix Team
Formula 2 Drivers' & Constructors' Championship<ref name="driverdb.com">Template:Cite web</ref> NC Cooper-Ford T45 New Zealand International Grand Prix Team
B.R.S.C.C. John Davy Championship<ref name="driverdb.com" /> NC Cooper-BMC T52 Ken Tyrrell
1961 New Zealand Gold Star Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/> 1st Cooper-Climax T51 Yeoman Credit Team
1962 John Davy Championship<ref name="formula2.net">Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Cooper-Ford T56
Brabham-Ford BT2
New Zealand Grand Prix Racing Team
Brabham Racing
B.A.R.C. Championship<ref name="formula2.net"/> NC Cooper-Ford T56 New Zealand Grand Prix Racing Team
B.R.S.C.C. Championship<ref name="formula2.net"/> NC Cooper-Ford T56
Brabham-Ford BT2
New Zealand Grand Prix Racing Team
Brabham Racing
British Saloon Car Championship<ref name="driverdb.com" /> 26th Austin Mini Cooper S Cooper Car Co.
1963 B.A.R.C. Express & Star British Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Brabham-Ford BT6 Brabham Racing Organisation
Championnat de France<ref>[2] Template:Webarchive</ref> NC Brabham-Ford BT6 Brabham Racing Organisation
European Touring Car Challenge<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Jaguar 3.8 Mk II Tommy Atkins
British Saloon Car Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Ford Galaxie Alan Brown Racing Ltd
1964 Grote Prijs van Limborg<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Brabham-Cosworth BT10 Brabham Racing Developments
FFSA Trophées de France<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Brabham-Cosworth BT10 Brabham Racing Organisation
Tasman Cup Series<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 3rd Brabham-Climax BT4 Brabham Racing Organisation
Ecurie Vitesse
Autocar British Formula Two Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4th Brabham-Cosworth BT10 Brabham Racing Developments
Australian Formula One Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Brabham-Climax BT4 Ecurie Vitesse
European Touring Car Challenge<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Ford Galaxie Alan Brown Racing Ltd
British Saloon Car Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Ford Galaxie
Austin Mini Cooper S
Alan Brown Racing Ltd
Don Moore
Deutsche Rundstrecken-Meisterschaft für Grand-Tourisme-Wagen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 13th (overall)

1st in GT1.0 class

Honda S600 Jack Brabham
1965 Spring Trophy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Brabham-Cosworth BT16 Brabham Racing Developments
Trophées de France<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8th Brabham-Cosworth BT16 Brabham Racing Organisation
FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 11th Brabham-Climax BT7
Brabham-Climax BT11
Brabham Racing Organisation
British Sports Car Championship<ref name="racingsportscars.com">Template:Cite web</ref> NC Brabham-Climax BT8 Sidney Taylor Racing
1966 Trophées de France<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Brabham-Honda BT18 Brabham Racing Organisation
FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4th Brabham-Climax BT22
Brabham-Repco BT20
Brabham Racing Organisation
Canadian-American Challenge Cup<ref name="driverdb.com"/> NC Lola-Chevrolet T70 Sidney Taylor Racing
British Sports Car Championship<ref name="racingsportscars.com"/> NC Lola-Chevrolet T70 Sidney Taylor Racing
1967 FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Brabham-Repco BT20
Brabham-Repco BT19
Brabham-Repco BT24
Brabham Racing Organisation
Canadian-American Challenge Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd McLaren-Chevrolet M6A Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
Spring Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2nd Brabham-Repco BT20 Brabham Racing Organisation
Tasman Cup Series<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8th Brabham-Climax BT22
Brabham-Climax BT7A
Brabham Racing Organisation
USAC National Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 13th Eagle-Ford 67 Yunick
British Sports Car Championship<ref name="racingsportscars.com"/> NC Ford GT40 Sidney Taylor Racing
1968 Canadian-American Challenge Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st McLaren-Chevrolet M8A Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
BRDC International Trophy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st McLaren-Cosworth M7A Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 3rd McLaren-BRM M5A
McLaren-Cosworth M7A
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
Tasman Cup Series<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 7th Brabham-Ford BT23 Racing Team S.A.
USAC National Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 24th Eagle-Ford 68 All American Racers
British Sports Car Championship<ref name="racingsportscars.com"/><ref>[3] Template:Webarchive</ref> NC Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT Sidney Taylor Racing
1969 Canadian-American Challenge Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>[4] Template:Webarchive</ref> 2nd McLaren-Chevrolet M8B McLaren Cars Ltd
FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 6th McLaren-Cosworth M7A Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
USAC National Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Eagle-Ford 69 Olsonite
RAC British Sports Car Championship<ref name="racingsportscars.com"/><ref>[5] Template:Webarchive</ref> NC Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3B GT Sidney Taylor Racing
1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>[6] Template:Webarchive</ref> 1st McLaren-Chevrolet M8D Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 4th McLaren-Cosworth M14A Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
USAC National Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC McLaren-Offenhauser M15 McLaren Cars
1971 Canadian-American Challenge Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>[7] Template:Webarchive</ref> 2nd McLaren-Chevrolet M8F McLaren Cars
FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 13th McLaren-Cosworth M19A Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
USAC National Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC McLaren-Offenhauser M16A McLaren Cars
1972 International Gold Cup<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1st McLaren-Cosworth M19A Yardley Team McLaren
Canadian-American Challenge Cup<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>[8] Template:Webarchive</ref> 2nd McLaren-Chevrolet M20 McLaren Cars
FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 3rd McLaren-Cosworth M19A
McLaren-Cosworth M19C
Yardley Team McLaren
1973 FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 6th McLaren-Cosworth M19C
McLaren-Cosworth M23
Yardley Team McLaren
1974 FIA Formula One World Championship<ref name="driverdb.com"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 7th McLaren-Cosworth M23
McLaren-Cosworth M23B
Marlboro Team McLaren
International Race of Champions<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 8th Porsche Carrera RSR
1982 Australian Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC BMW 635 CSi JPS Team BMW
1984 Australian Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 77th BMW 635 CSi JPS Team BMW
1985 Australian Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 39th Holden VK Commodore Ray Smith
1986 Australian Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 35th Mercedes-Benz 190E Bob Jane T-Marts
European Touring Car Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="touringcarracing.net">Template:Cite web</ref> NC Rover Vitesse Tom Walkinshaw Racing
South Pacific Touring Car Championship 16th Mercedes-Benz 190E
BMW 325i
Bob Jane T-Marts
1987 World Touring Car Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A
Perkins Engineering
Australian Touring Car Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Ford Sierra XR4Ti John Andrew Motorsport
1988 South Australia Cup<ref name=autogenerated1 /> 2nd Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Perkins Engineering
Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Perkins Engineering
1990 Australian Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> NC Ford Sierra RS500 Tony Longhurst Racing
1991 Australian Endurance Championship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 11th BMW M3 Evolution Tony Longhurst Racing

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points
1965 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT7 Climax V8 RSA MON
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BEL GBR
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GER
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Brabham BT11 Climax V8 FRA
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NED
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ITA
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USA MEX
1966 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT22 Climax L4 MON
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BEL
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Brabham BT20 Repco V8 FRA
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GBR
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NED
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GER
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ITA
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USA
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1967 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT20 Repco V8 RSA
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MON
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NED
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Brabham BT19 Repco V8 BEL
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Brabham BT24 Repco V8 FRA
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GBR
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GER
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CAN
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ITA
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USA
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MEX
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1968 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M5A BRM V12 RSA
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McLaren M7A Ford V8 ESP
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MON
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BEL
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NED
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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ITA
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CAN
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USA
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MEX
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1969 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7A Ford V8 RSA
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ESP
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MON
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NED
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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ITA
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CAN
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USA
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MEX
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1970 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M14A Ford V8 RSA
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ESP
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MON
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BEL NED FRA
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GBR
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GER
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AUT
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ITA
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CAN
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USA
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MEX
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1971 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M19A Ford V8 RSA
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ESP
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MON
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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AUT
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CAN
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USA
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1972 Yardley Team McLaren McLaren M19A Ford V8 ARG
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RSA
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ESP
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McLaren M19C Ford V8 MON
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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AUT
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CAN
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USA
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1973 Yardley Team McLaren McLaren M19C Ford V8 ARG
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BRA
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6th 26
McLaren M23 Ford V8 RSA
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ESP
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BEL
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MON
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SWE
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FRA
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GBR
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NED
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GER
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AUT
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ITA
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CAN
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USA
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1974 Marlboro Team Texaco McLaren M23 Ford V8 ARG
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RSA
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USA
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Non-championship Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1960 Denis Hulme Cooper T45 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 GLV INT
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Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 LOM
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OUL
1963 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT3 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL KAN
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MED AUT OUL RAN
1964 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT10 Ford 109E 1.5 L4 DMT NWT SYR AIN
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INT SOL MED RAN
1965 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT11 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 ROC SYR SMT INT
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Brabham BT7 MED
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RAN
1966 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT11 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 RSA
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SYR
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INT
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Brabham BT20 Repco 620 3.0 V8 OUL
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1967 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT20 Repco 620 3.0 V8 ROC
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SPR
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INT
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SYR OUL ESP
1968 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
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INT
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OUL
1969 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
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INT
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MAD OUL
1970 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M14A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
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INT
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OUL
1971 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M19A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG ROC
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QUE
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SPR INT RIN OUL VIC
1972 Yardley Team McLaren McLaren M19A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
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BRA OUL
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REP VIC
McLaren M19C INT
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1973 Yardley Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
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INT
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1974 Marlboro Team Texaco McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 PRE ROC
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INT
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Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Template:Tooltip Pts Class
1962 Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S Template:Tooltip SNE GOO AIN SIL CRY AIN BRH OUL
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1963 Alan Brown Racing Ltd Ford Galaxie Template:Tooltip SNE OUL GOO AIN SIL CRY SIL
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BRH BRH OUL SIL NC 0 NC
1964 Alan Brown Racing Ltd Ford Galaxie Template:Tooltip SNE GOO OUL AIN SIL CRY BRH
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Don Moore Austin Mini Cooper S Template:Tooltip OUL
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Tasman Series

Year Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
1964 Brabham BT4 LEV
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WIG
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TER
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SAN
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WAR
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LAK
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1967 Brabham BT22 PUK
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LAK
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WAR
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SAN
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LON
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1968 Brabham BT23 PUK LEV WIG
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TER
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SUR
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WAR
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SAN
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LON
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Complete Canadian-American Challenge Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts
1967 Template:Flagicon Bruce Mclaren Motor Racing McLaren M6A Chevrolet ROA
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BRI
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MOS
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LAG
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RIV
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LVG
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1968 Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M8A Chevrolet ROA
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BRI
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EDM
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LAG
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RIV
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LVG
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1st 35
1969 Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M8B Chevrolet MOS
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MTR
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WGL
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EDM
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MOH
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ROA
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BRI
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MCH
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LAG
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RIV
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TWS
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1970 Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M8D Chevrolet MOS
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MTR
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WGL
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EDM
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MOH
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ROA
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ATL
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BRA
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LAG
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RIV
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1971 Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M8F Chevrolet MOS
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MTR
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ATL
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WGL
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MOH
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ROA
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BRA
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EDM
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LAG
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RIV
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1972 Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M20 Chevrolet MOS
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ATL
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WGL
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MOH
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ROA
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* Joint fastest lap.

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The 1967 Eagle raced by Hulme in the 1967 Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

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Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1967 69 24 163.376 20 4 197 0 Flagged
1968 42 20 164.189 19 4 200 0 Running
1969 42 25 165.092 25 18 145 0 Clutch
1971 85 4 174.910 4 17 137 0 Valve
Totals 679 0
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Starts 4
Poles 0
Front row 0
Wins 0
Top 5 2
Top 10 2
Retired 2

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:24hLM Template:Flagicon Abarth & Cie Template:Flagicon Angus Hyslop Fiat-Abarth 850 S S 850 263 14th 1st
Template:24hLM Template:Flagicon Shelby-American Inc. Template:Flagicon Ken Miles Ford GT40 Mk.II P+5.0 360 2nd 2nd
Template:24hLM Template:Flagicon Holman & Moody Template:Flagicon Lloyd Ruby Ford GT40 Mk.IV P+5.0 86 DNF DNF
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24 Hours of Daytona

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1966 Template:Flagicon Team Chamaco Collect Template:Flagicon Victor Wilson Ferrari 250LM P+2.0 53 DNF DNF
1967 Template:Flagicon Ford Motor Company (Holman & Moody) Template:Flagicon Lloyd Ruby Ford Mk IV P+2.0 299 DNF DNF

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1982 Template:Flagicon JPS Team BMW Template:Flagicon Stephen Brook BMW 635 CSi A 41 DNF DNF
1984 Template:Flagicon JPS Team BMW Template:Flagicon Leopold von Bayern BMW 635 CSi Group A 148 15th 2nd
1985 Template:Flagicon Auckland Coin & Bullion Exchange Template:Flagicon Ray Smith Holden VK Commodore C 146 DNF DNF
1986 Template:Flagicon Bob Jane T-Marts Template:Flagicon Franz Klammer Mercedes-Benz 190E B 157 9th 2nd
1987 Template:Flagicon Enzed Team Perkins Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1 2 DNF DNF
1988 Template:Flagicon Holden Special Vehicles Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV A 137 DNF DNF
1989 Template:Flagicon Benson & Hedges Racing Template:Flagicon Alan Jones
Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst
Ford Sierra RS500 A 158 5th 5th
1990 Template:Flagicon Benson & Hedges Racing Template:Flagicon Alan Jones Ford Sierra RS500 A 65 DNF DNF
1991 Template:Flagicon Benson & Hedges Racing Template:Flagicon Peter Fitzgerald BMW M3 Evolution 2 157 4th 1st
1992 Template:Flagicon Benson & Hedges Racing Template:Flagicon Paul Morris BMW M3 Evolution 2 32 DNF DNF

Notes

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References

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Further reading

  • Eoin Young. Memories of the Bear: A Biography of Denny Hulme. J H Haynes & Co. Ltd. Template:ISBN.

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