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  South African Grand Prix - Biocrawler
The South African Grand Prix was an event on the Formula 1 calendar.
The first South African Grand Prix was held on 29 December 1962 at a track called East London.
A total of 23 Grands Prix were held between 1962, and the final event in 1993.
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  GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ...
This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio (run on 93 miles of Sicilian roads), the German Kaiserpreis circuit (75 miles long), and the French circuit at Dieppe (a mere 48 miles), used for the 1907 Grand Prix.
The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the sport that the grid was deciding by timed qualifying rather than the luck of a draw.
The Grand Prix of Argentina was noteworthy as Moss, driving a Cooper, used one less pitstop and had to conserve his tires in the later stages of the race, just crossing the line with the canvas showing.
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 John Marshall Watson Information
His first season, in which he ran only in the British and US Grands Prix, where he got his hands on the third works Brabham BT42, wasn't particularly successful.
By the third race, the South African Grand Prix, he managed to complete race distance and managed a point and his first ever fastest lap.
He gained his first pole position in the Monaco Grand Prix and qualified in the top ten no fewer than 14 times, often in the first two rows.
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 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In England the 'South African Wild Man' quickly made a name for himself as both a spinner and a winner in the Formula Ford and Formula Three machinery he threw around fearlessly yet crashed with alarming frequency.
The Grand Prix Drivers Association's demand for his immediate banishment was put off when McLaren agreed to "rest" its rash rookie.
The South African countered the French Canadian's superior all-out speed with a more conservative points-collecting strategy that paid off and made him the 1979 World Champion.
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 South African Formula One Championship
The South African National Formula One Championship series started in 1961, with a class for F5000 cars being included in 1968, the year that commercial sponsorship in motor racing in South Africa took off in a big way.
Scheckter's prize was the “South African Driver to Europe” award and later in 1971 he found himself in England.
Although always fast in qualifying, his five race Grand Prix season were a series of mishaps and accidents, the most remarkable being a spin on the second lap of the British GP in which he wiped out half the field, fortunately without serious injury to anyone.
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 South African Grand Prix . Enpsychlopedia
The South African Grand Prix was first run as a Grand Prix motor racing handicap race in 1934 at the Prince George Circuit at East London, Eastern Cape Province.
The first South African F1 race was held on December 29, 1962 at the East London track.
In 1967, the race was moved to Kyalami, where it would remain as long as the South African Grand Prix was on the official Formula One calendar.
www.enpsychlopedia.org /psypsych/South_African_Grand_Prix   (278 words)

  
 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
Twice during the 1970s the track was the scene of tragedy and both incidents involved the Shadow team.
In the years between 1985 and the return of Grand Prix racing in 1992 the circuit underwent some major changes.
Kyalami (the word means 'my house' in the local Sesotro language) has been suggested a venue for the future but with pressure on F1 to move into Asia a South African race may not make it back to the calender.
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 Dynasties: Jones
Alan's Formula 1 debut in the Spanish Grand prix in a Hesketh 308 sponsored by Harry Stiller and Rob Walker Dutch Grand Prix transfers to Embassy Hill Racing replacing an injured Rolf Stommelen.
Williams Grand Prix Engineering signs Alan as driver and he finishes second at the US Grand Prix.
The Jones family are Australia's motor racing blue bloods - with Grand Prix and Formula One championships to their credit.
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 Forsyth, Malcolm
Son utilisation distinctive du rythme et de la palette orchestrale sont la marque d'un style d'une grande richesse expressive.
Ses compositions vont des oeuvres pour grand orchestre aux oeuvres chorales, pièces de musique de chambre et mélodies.
Le compositeur reçoit un prix Juno pour la meilleure composition classique en 1987 (pour Atayoskewin), en 1995 (Sketches from Natal) et en 1998 (Electra Rising).
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 Formula One
Formula One, or Grand Prix racing is the best known single-seater auto racing class, which involves an annual world championship.
Whilst the home of the sport is undoubtedly Europe, races have also been held in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Historically, the series evolved from pre-war European Grand Prix racing[?] of the 1920s and 1930s.
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 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Kyalami
Kyalami is a motor racing circuit, and suburb in Gauteng, South Africa north of Johannesburg.
The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix many times.
The original circuit (in use until political sanctions eliminated the Grand Prix in 1986) was a majestic, sweeping circuit on which many memorable races were staged.
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 Historic Grand Prix
1972 to 1977: Alex Blignaut of South Africa purchased Tyrrell 004 from the Tyrrell Racing Organisation for use by Eddie Keizan in the 1973 and 1974 South African National Formula 1 Championship as well as the 1973 and 1974 FIA Formula One South African Grands Prix.
South African Grand Prix, Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 4, 1972.
South African Grand Prix, Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 3, 1973.
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 Golf: Gary Player - SouthAfrica.info
South Africa’s Sportsman of the Century as voted for by readers of the country’s top-selling newspaper, The Sunday Times, Gary Player has blazed a trail of success on golf courses the world over.
Voted South Africa’s Sportsman of the Twentieth Century by the readers of The Sunday Times, the top selling newspaper in South Africa, Gary Player is indisputably also one of the greatest golfers of all time.
It was almost predictable that the Little Master would add an eleventh South African Open title in 1977, and besides that win he also recorded successes in the ICL Transvaal Open and won the individual title at the World Cup.
www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/sports/player.htm   (3065 words)

  
 Jim Clark - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
He had to miss the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix in order to compete at Indianapolis, but made history by driving the first mid-engined car to win at the fabled "Brickyard," as well as becoming the only driver to date to win both that race and the F1 title in the same year.
From the Italian Grand Prix onward Lotus used the more complex BRM H16 engine in the Lotus 43 car, with which Clark won the United States Grand Prix.
Jim Clark's 1967 Italian Grand Prix drive in Monza is regarded one of the greatest drives ever in F1.
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 Mahmood’s Den » The History of Formula One   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Grand Prix started with the driver’s cup and in 1958 a constructor’s cup was established as a reward for the team accumulating the most points each season.
The first Grand Prix win for Stewart in 1973 was at the South African Grand Prix and then followed by the Belgian Grand Prix the same year.
The 1973 World Championship was also marred by the death of Stewart’s friend and protégé Francois Cevert at the qualifying of the US Grand Prix.
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 Formula 1 complete - F1 info, stats and news - Pryce, Tom
After being refused entry to the 1974 Monaco Grand Prix race he took part in the supporting F3 race in a March car, easily outclassing the field.
A few years earlier Roger Williamson was killed during the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort when Williamson got trapped inside his burning car and safety marshalls were slow to cross the track while the race was in progress.
At the end of lap 21 of the Grand Prix at Kyalami, South Africa, on March 5, 1977, Renzo Zorzi retired his Shadow with a split fuel pipe which had caused a small, but harmless fire.
www.f1complete.com /content/view/371/273   (566 words)

  
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In the fifth, the Dutch Grand Prix, the De Tomaso 505/38 flipped and caught fire, killing Courage.
From the Brazilian Grand Prix, Carlos Pace was entered in the old 1971 car, later taking fifth at the Belgian Grand Prix.
For all the chopping and changing, Merzario's point from the South African race was the only point the team had to show for their efforts.
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 1973 South African Grand Prix - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation 1973 South African Grand Prix
1973 South African Grand Prix - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation 1973 South African Grand Prix.
Here you will find more informations about 1973 South African Grand Prix.
Results from the 1973 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami on March 3, 1973
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He remained with the team for two years, winning the British Grand Prix and Canadian Grand Prix in 1973, before moving to Shadow in 1974.
During a practice run for the 1974 South African Grand Prix in Johannesburg, he was killed as a result of suspension failure on his Shadow Ford DN3.
Revson was replaced by Tom Pryce, who died three years later at the same Grand Prix.
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 TSN.ca - MLB - Canada's Sports Leader
It was to be his last win because before the European season began, he was killed in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim.
He would become the first man to win 50 career races with a win at the 1993 British Grand Prix and he would add another victory in Germany before retiring at the end of the 1993 season.
He managed the feat in his 157th Formula One start compared to 199 career Grand Prix's for Prost.
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 The Ultimate Formula One - American History Information Guide and Reference
Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is a form of formula racing and the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing.
It is based around a series of races (19 in 2005), known as grands prix, on custom-constructed road courses or closed-off street circuits.
Along with South Africa, Bernie Ecclestone has made a pledge to hold a Russian Grand Prix either in Moscow or St. Petersburg in the near future.
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 Article - Departments
The 12-day festival, set in the south of France along the swank banks of the Mediterranean’s famed Côte D’Azur, was inaugurated in 1946, with a highly contested competition that included such now-classic entries as Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious.
In 1977 top technical and music honors (the Grand Prix de la Commission Supérieure Technique du Cinéma Français and the Prix de la Meilleure Partition Musicale) were awarded to Michael Schultz’s funny film Car Wash; the first fl film directed by an African American to screen at Cannes.
Black Americans, Brazilians and Africans were being honored for their astute direction, indelible performances, and for their intelligent judgment, evidenced by their growing presence on Cannes juries.
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 South African Porsche RSR turbo sponsored by F1 Grand Prix Tours
Formula 0ne Grand Prix Tours is a company based in South Africa and has been sponsoring a 1974 Porsche RSR Turbo currently being raced very competitively in two South African racing series.
The company is proud of it very successful sponsorship with this stunning South African built car and feels that its involvement with motor racing in South Africa provided it with a definite advantage when it comes to the designing of its international Formula One F1 Grand Prix tour packages.
During the latter half of 1973, Porsche decided to produce a factory prototype sports car, which could compete competitively against the Matra V-12's, Mirage Ford's, Bonnier Lola's and Alfa 33's in the prototype sports car category during 1974 - for the World Championship for makes.
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 Library System - Howard University
As part of the history and culture of the peoples, African and Caribbean literature in French reflects the traumatic history of imperialism (colonial and neo-colonial) and its political, economic, and cultural manifestations.
But there is also a political engagement that is discernible in the works of the new generation of writers, witnesses to an era torn between the vast hopes aroused by independence and the disillusioning experiences of early statehood--dictatorship, repressions, imprisonments, tortures, executions.
The Guide is intended primarily for the beginning researcher in graduate and upper-undergraduate levels at Howard University, but it will also be informative and useful to the experienced researcher elsewhere in areas that he has not had occasion to explore.
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 Off the Baseline » South African Tennis II
Among the plans for 2007 is a South African Open challenger event, with an official ATP tournament by 2008.
Etienne de Villiers, ATP Tour CEO, is South African born and bred and is keen to see resurgence of the sport in the country.
The average South African can expect to live to the ripe old age of 46, with coffin-making and funeral directing considered as stable growth industries.
www.offthebaseline.com /index.php/2006/06/22/south-african-tennis-ii   (1614 words)

  
 ooBdoo
May 8 - A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement who were occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ends with the surrender of the militants.
The disaster comes to be known as the 1973 National Archives Fire.
July 29 - Formula One racing driver Roger Williamson dies in an accident, witnessed live on European television, during the Dutch Grand Prix.
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 MotoGp 2004 - Statistical Facts prior to Welkom
A podium finish for any of the Yamaha riders in South Africa would bring to an end the longest run of races in the premier-class without a top-three finish for the Yamaha since they entered the class with a factory supported team in 1973.
With nineteen of the full-time riders in the 125cc class still teenagers, this is the youngest ever entry in Grand Prix racing.
Youichi Ui, who started from his only pole of last year in South Africa, is the only rider currently racing in the 125cc class who has previously won at the Welkom circuit, having started from pole position and taken the victory in 2001 riding a Derbi.
www.mcnews.com.au /MotorcycleRacing2004/Motogp/rnd1_welkom/stats.htm   (1608 words)

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