The jacket biography describes him as a former racing driver, and he may indeed have been, although I do not recall having encountered his name either in the records or the literature.

* 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, English racing driver ( d. 1994 )

* Adrián Fernández, Mexican racing driver

* Adrian Sutil ( born 1983 ), German Formula One racing driver

* 1937 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver, founded the McLaren racing team ) ( d. 1970 )

Brabham was the more successful driver and went to the United Kingdom in 1955 to further his racing career.

From the 1963 season, Brabham was partnered by American driver Dan Gurney, the pair now running in Australia's racing colours of green and gold.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ( April 29, 1951February 18, 2001 ) was an American race car driver, best known for his involvement in stock car racing for NASCAR.

* 1982 – Borja García, Spanish racing driver

* 1975 – Kevin Harvick, American racing driver

* 1977 – Ryan Newman, American racing driver

* 1983 – Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver

* 1982 – Susie Stoddart, Scottish racing driver

* 1917 – Ken Downing, English racing driver ( d. 2004 )

* 1985 – Nico Verdonck, Belgian racing driver

* 1899 – John Cobb, British racing driver ( d. 1952 )

* 1963 – Marco Greco, Brazilian racing driver

* 1949 – Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver

* 1955 – Brad Murphey, Australian racing driver

* 1970 – Brendon Cook, Australian racing driver

* 1985 – Jérôme d ' Ambrosio, Belgian racing driver

* 1928 – André Milhoux, Belgian racing driver

* 1942 – Guy Edwards, English racing driver

* 1954 – Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver

* 1967 – Paul Morris, Australian racing driver

The important voyages of Robin Lee Graham, Eric Hiscock, Don Street and others have shown that, while not strictly racing, ocean voyaging carries with it an inherent sense of competition, especially that between man and the elements.

The first race car fitted with a turbine for the goal of actual racing was by Rover and the BRM Formula One team joined forces to produce the Rover-BRM, a gas turbine powered coupe, which entered the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by Graham Hill and Richie Ginther.

Damon Graham Devereux Hill ( born 17 September 1960 ) is a retired British racing driver from England.

Clark's death affected the racing community terribly, with fellow Formula One drivers and close friends Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Dan Gurney, John Surtees, Chris Amon and Jack Brabham all being personally affected by the tragedy.

For her contribution to the racing industry, Elizabeth Arden Graham was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2003.

Norman Graham Hill OBE ( 15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975 ) was a British racing driver and team owner from England, who was twice Formula One World Champion.

After four races in Formula One the team chose not to continue racing, but Jones did, as the race after his team disbanded he was named as an injury replacement for Rolf Stommelen on Graham Hill's racing team.

The stars of the era all visited the Tasman Series, Jim Clark, John Surtees, Timmy Mayer, Phil Hill, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Pedro Rodriguez, Piers Courage, leading teams from Cooper, Lotus, Lola, BRM, even the four wheel drive Ferguson P99 and finally, Ferrari, racing against the local stars, Brabham, McLaren, Denny Hulme, Chris Amon, Frank Gardner, Frank Matich, Leo Geoghegan and Kevin Bartlett.

Not only was there the numerous race and championship wins for Gerry in the DTV Vauxhalls but there was also his own forays into racing cars of his own ( when DTV commitments didn't clash ), sponsoring others ( including F1 World Champion Denis Hulme, Tony Lanfranchi and even offering Colin Chapman and Graham Hill a drive in Gerry's Lotus XI!

Jack Sears won the British Touring Championship in 1963 and the racing Galaxies were also driven by Sir Jack Brabham, Graham Hill and other notable drivers of the period.

* John Graham ( racing driver ) ( born 1965 ), Canadian race car driver, born in Northern Ireland

On Saturday 31 November 1975, racing driver Graham Hill was killed when his light aircraft crashed on Arkley Golf Course, 3 miles short of the airport.

Whilst still a prototype, in September 1957, it was raced at the Brighton Speed Trials and by the end of 1958 Graham Hill was winning races with the Coventry Climax-engined ' Super Seven ' The car has had a strong racing history throughout its life under both Lotus and Caterham stewardship.

The car was banned from racing in the USA in the 1960s, as being " Too fast to race " and again in the UK in the 1970s for the same reasons, which prompted Caterham Cars boss Graham Nearn to produce ' T ' shirts with " Caterham Seven, the car that's " Too Fast to Race ...".

# King of Moomba ( 1967 to 1987 ): British actor Robert Morley ( 1967 ), British actor Alfred Marks ( 1968 ), Italian opera singer Tito Gobbi ( 1969 ), featherweight boxing champion Johnny Famechon ( 1970 ), Russian clown Oleg Popov ( 1971 ), pop singer Johnny Farnham ( 1972 ) with Collingwood footballer Lou Richards as his Jester, indigenous Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls ( 1973 ), ballet dancer Sir Robert Helpmann ( 1974 ), entertainer Rolf Harris ( 1975 ), entertainer Barry Crocker ( 1976 ), Disney character Mickey Mouse as King of Moomba and TV Personality Ugly Dave Gray as a Jester ( 1977 ), first Melbourne born king, entertainer Bert Newton ( 1978 ), entertainer Graham Kennedy ( 1979 ), TV actor Paul Cronin ( 1980 ), Richards again but this time as King ( 1981 ), film, TV and stage actor Frank Thring ( 1982 ), TV Personality Daryl Somers ( 1983 ), footballer Kevin Bartlett ( 1984 ), TV Personality Ian " Molly " Meldrum ( 1985 ), motor racing driver Peter Brock ( 1986 ) and champion doubles tennis player Paul McNamee ( 1987 ).

The AJS Porcupine had been designed for supercharging, before the rules changed banning supercharged racing motorcycles, but even so, Les Graham won the 1949 World Championship on an unsupercharged AJS E90 500 cc Porcupine.

* Graham McRae, racing driver

The film includes real-life racing footage and cameo appearances by drivers including F1 World Champions Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Juan-Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Jack Brabham.

Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE ( born 8 August 1973 in Guernsey ) is a British racing driver from Guernsey.

The southern end was purchased by Williamson and Crummer in 1845, but subsequently granted to politician Robert Graham in 1857, with the island increasingly becoming a trip destination-Home Bay Wharf hosted such attractions as whale boat racing, greased pig chasing and hunting.

In 1886 much of the Graham farm was subdivided for housing but the landscaped grounds became the setting for the Racing Club ( though racing had already started in the area in 1857, and remains located here to this day ).

Graham McRae ( born 5 March 1940 in Wellington ) is a former racing driver from New Zealand.

Graham Whitehead ( born in Harrogate, April 15, 1922 – died in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, January 15, 1981 ) was a British racing driver from England.