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 Mike Hawthorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Michael Hawthorn (April 10, 1929 - January 22, 1959) was a race car driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England.
In 1955, Hawthorn was the winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans race, despite being involved in the crash that killed 80 spectators.
A matter of months later, on January 22, 1959, Hawthorn died in an automobile accident on the A3 Guildford by-pass.
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 Hawthorn - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Hawthorn, common name for any of a genus of small trees of the rose family.
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Hawthorn, Mike (1929-1959), British motor-racing driver and the first British world champion (in 1958).
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 Ferrari Legends: Mike Hawthorn || Ferrari 1 - Unofficial Ferrari F1 News and Views
Hawthorn was a very flamboyant character and this combined with pure racing talent, made him one of the most exciting racers.
Mike Hawthorn was born on April 10th, 1929 in Mexborough, England.
Mike Hawthorn was 30 years old at the time and will always be remembered as one of Ferrari's greatest drivers.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s85/st80273.htm?fromrss=1   (657 words)

  
 The Official Formula 1 Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Mike won the F2 race from pole position, then also finished first in the Formula Libre race and was a sensational second in the main event, for Formula One cars.
Mike salvaged the sad year somewhat with a win in the Spanish Grand Prix, but there followed two lost Formula One seasons when he left Ferrari and raced for the then uncompetitive Vanwall and BRM teams.
Mike, co-driving the Jaguar that eventually won, was at first accused of triggering the accident and, though he was later exonerated, the deadly side of motorsport badly bothered him.
www.formula1.com /archive/halloffame/driver/471.html   (1078 words)

  
 Mike Hawthorn
Mike Hawthorn fuhr danach nie wieder ein Autorennen.
Hawthorn und Walker lieferten sich ein Duell, auf der schmalen und nassen Landstrasse fuhren sie mehr als 160 km/h.
Hawthorn and Walker were involved in a duel, on the narrow and wet road they drove more than 160 km/h.
www.research-racing.de /hawthorn.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Reflections On Another Age: Mike Hawthorn Remembered
Hawthorn had spent much of his racing life driving his beloved Jaguars against all types of foreign cars on the race tracks of the world.
Mike Hawthorn was found in the Jaguar's back seat, alive but dying.
Mike Hawthorn never raced again and in less than four years' time Stirling Moss' career would end when his Lotus slammed into a bank during a pre-season race in April 1962.
www.atlasf1.com /99/jan27/horton.html   (990 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Mike Hawthorn
Mike Hawthorn rode to international fame on the same tidal wave of British interest in motor racing which helped propel Stirling Moss and the late Peter Collins to the forefront of public acclaim in the 1950s.
On his day, Mike was a formidable competitor, but he was also inconsistent and there were days when he seemed to suffer from a lack of interest.
Hawthorn later hit the headlines for allegedly dodging his national service obligations, a story which gave rise to many emotive headlines in the British tabloids.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-hawmik.html   (296 words)

  
 Pierre Levegh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the third hour of racing, while on the Tribunes Straight, he clipped the Austin-Healey of Lance Macklin that was forced to make an evasive move after Mike Hawthorn dove into the pits.
While Mercedes withdrew from the race as a sign of respect to the victims (and later from motor racing in general for the next 30 years), Mike Hawthorn continued to win the race.
The accident was a major contributor to changing attitudes about the acceptance of danger in motor racing and an increase in the desire to make courses safer for spectators and drivers alike.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Levegh   (406 words)

  
 Vintage 1954 GOLD medal, awarded to Mike Hawthorn, 1954 Grand Prix of Syracuse
This medal was given to Mike Hawthorn for competing in the 1954 Syracuse Grand Prix.
Mike drove a Ferrari 625 in this Grand Prix which he crashed and he sustained serious burns to his arms and legs in this accident.
This medal went straight from Mike's estate, in 1959, to an important collector from whom we acquired it recently.
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 CD Baby: MIKE HERR / CARLOS PLUMLEY: Gander in the Pratie Hole - from celtic
Mike has served as reviewer of autoharp-based tapes/CD's for the Autoharp Quarterly since its inception until early 1998 and has contributed many original articles to the same publication.
Mike and Carlos performed instrumental Irish music under the name "Hawthorn" and have performed twice on Joe Dobbs' radio show "Music From the Mountains", broadcast over West Virginia Public Radio.
Perhaps the most notable moments of Mike's musical career occurred in the summer of 1998 when he won both the Mountain Laurel National Autoharp Championship at Newport, Pa, and then the Walnut Valley International Autoharp Championship at Winfield, Ks.
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 TIME.com: Britons to the Fore -- Jul 28, 1958 -- Page 1
Mike Hawthorn drives in devil-may-care style, his husky frame hunched over in the cramped cockpit, a grim scowl on his face.
Hawthorn nursed it carefully, hung on in second place, lost precious seconds when he had to pull into the pits for extra oil.
But Hawthorn's second place gave him six points, and, with a bonus point for turning the fastest lap of the race, a commanding 30-10-23 lead over Moss in the racing world's championship.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,810457,00.html   (667 words)

  
 Hawthorn :EROL
Mike Hawthorn in the Stirling Moss Maserati 250 at South Tower Bend.~~38.3~~Crystal Palace, 1955.
Hawthorn is driving the Maserati 250 on loan from Stirling Moss as Stirling, now driving for Mercedes Benz, expected to be away testing at the Nurburgring.
Mike Hawthorn rounding Copse Corner in the BRM P25 during practise.
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 8W - Who? - Mike Hawthorn
Mike had come up through the field from 7th on the grid and started challenging new leader Fangio from lap 31 on.
Hawthorn's win for Ferrari at Pedralbes in 1954 ended his first association with the Scuderia, for family matters directed him home to take over his deceased father's garage business.
Mike's Championship - gained through sheer consistency - was clouded by tragedy, however.
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 8W - Who? - Mike Hailwood, John Surtees
By then, Mike Hailwood, the ex-motorbike racer who got closest to a win for Surtees, had left the sport a disillusioned man. Contrary to Surtees' double career - John leaving motorcycles altogether after switching to F1 - Mike Hailwood's was in fact a five-fold one.
No doubt Mike's greatest achievement of 1973 came at Kyalami, where he would be remembered - and honoured - for rescueing Clay Regazzoni from a blazing Ferrari wreck.
Mike the Bike, as he was better known was racing for Reg Parnell in a Lotus 24-Climax.
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 Casablanca-Mike Hawthorn/Ferrari Dino 246 at the 1958 Moroccan GP -Ltd Edition Print - by Hector Cademartori
From his pole position start, Hawthorn battled Stirling Moss in the closest title duel in the history of motor racing to finish second at the glamorous North African Ain-Diab Circuit in Casablanca.
This masterfully produced artwork features Mike Hawthorn at the wheel of his No. 6 Ferrari Dino 246 racing furiously to take Britains first-ever World Driving Championship.
Mike Hawthorn died in an automobile accident just months after this historic race.
www.motorbooks.com /ProductDetails_17646.ncm   (290 words)

  
 Vintage 1958 photo of Mike Hawthorn & Peter Collins, British Grand Prix, Silverstone
This is a vintage COLOR photo of Mike Hawthorn (1929 - 1959) and Peter Collins (1931 - 1958) chatting away in the pitlane of Silverstone during the 1958 Britsh Grand Prix.
Collins and Hawthorn would both die within 6 months from the moment that this picture was taken!
Hawthorn qualified his Ferrari 246 in 4th spot while Collins put his on the 6th spot of the starting grid to score a perfect 1-2 for Ferrari in that race!
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 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Races > 1958 Results > Morocco GP
Stirling Moss and Mike Hawthorn went to Morocco for the final round of the World Championship with Moss needing to win and set the fastest lap with Hawthorn finishing third if he was going to win the title.
There was a strong field of 25 cars but as expected Hawthorn and Moss were at the front with the Ferrari driver a tenth faster after practice.
Moss's victory was not enough to win him the World title but England celebrated Mike Hawthorn becoming its first World Champion.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/rr075.html   (483 words)

  
 Latest News and Features: Famous Doncastrian: Mike Hawthorn, on Donny Online
Mike was born in Mexborough on 10th April 1929.
In Farnham on East Street two years later, a blunt no-nonsense Yorkshire-man named Leslie Hawthorn opened a motor business that was to emerge as The Tourist Trophy Garage.
And, in 1958, his son Mike, the so-called Farnham Flyer, would become Britain’s first world motor-racing champion.
www.donny.co.uk /Doncaster/news/index.php3?ID=470   (251 words)

  
 Vintage 1958 photo of Mike Hawthorn on Ferrari 250 Test Rossa, Le Mans Hours
This is a 1958 Edward Eves photo of Mike Hawthorn in his Ferrari 250 TR during the 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Mike was teamed up with his great friend Peter Collins for this race but they would retire in lap 112, (around 3 A.M. Sunday morning) with clutch problems.
The photo is autographed by photographer Edward Eves on the front and carries Eves's copyright note on the back.
www.experiencelemans.com /en-us/p_250.html   (136 words)

  
 2 1957 photos of Peter Collins & Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Lancia crashes at Monaco GP
This is a set of 2 1957 photos of the wrecks of the Lancia Ferrari D50's (801) of Peter Collins and "son ami mate" Mike Hawthorn on the edge of the harbour of Monaco.
The incident happend in lap 4 of the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix after leader Stirling Moss "lost" his Vanwall in the chicane.
Peter Collins swerved to avoid Moss but hit the wall while Mike Hawthorn rammed Tony Brooks who braked hard to avoid the cars in front of him.
www.schumacher-fanclub.com /en-us/p_2185.html   (162 words)

  
 Racecar
The Mike Hawthorn Trophies meeting has been traditionally staged at Silverstone but the VSCC, which has not run a meeting at Oulton since 1998, have moved it to the picturesque parkland setting of Oulton Park for 2005 as part of a joint commitment between the club and circuit owner, MotorSport Vision.
Three races (Hawthorn Memorial Trophy for pre-1961 front-engined F1, F2 and Tasman cars, the Hawthorn Spanish Trophy for pre-1952 racing cars and the Hawthorn International Trophy for 1950s sports racing cars), will be dedicated to 1958 Formula 1 World Champion, Mike Hawthorn.
With the Oulton Park Gold Cup already a famous and well-established meeting in August, MSV Chief Executive Jonathan Palmer is keen to establish a second classic car meeting at the North West venue.
www.racecar.co.uk /story.asp?NewsID=9684   (356 words)

  
 United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The country also hosts legs of the F1 and World Rallying Championship calendars and has its own Touring Car Racing championship, the BTCC.
British Formula One World Champions include Mike Hawthorn, Graham Hill (twice), Jim Clark (twice), John Surtees (who was also successful on motorcycles), Jackie Stewart (three times), James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, and Graham Hill's son, Damon Hill.
British drivers have not been as successful in the World Rally Championship, with only Colin McRae and the late Richard Burns winning the title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uk   (7780 words)

  
 Mike Hawthorn, Juan Manuel Fangio, Le Mans 24 Hours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Mike Hawthorn, Juan Manuel Fangio, Le Mans 24 Hours
Mike Hawthorn, Juan Manuel Fangio, Le Mans 24 Hours, buy car paintings, lithographs, original paintings and limited edition prints in our online art gallery - find and buy original works of art online by Francesco Scianna Italian expressionist artist for classic motor car races and graphic art.
"Mike Hawthorn Leading Juan Manuel Fangio at the Le Mans 24 Hours - 1955" (1992)
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 Mike Hawthorn - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
Team(s) = LD Hawthorn, AHM Bryde, Ferrari, Vanwall, BRM
First race = 1952 Belgian Grand Prix
This page was last modified 04:22, 30 August 2006.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Mike_Hawthorn   (236 words)

  
 GrandPrixStats.com :: All fastest race laps of Mike Hawthorn
GrandPrixStats.com :: All fastest race laps of Mike Hawthorn
GrandPrixStats.com > Drivers list > Mike Hawthorn > All fastest race laps
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 Formula One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The first major technological development, Cinquemani's introduction of mid-engined cars, occurred in the 1950s; Jack Brabham, champion in 1959 and 1960, soon proved the New design's superiority, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model.
The first British World Champion was Mike Hawthorn, who drove a Ferrari to the title in 1958; however, when Colin Chapman entered F1 as a chassis designer and later founder of Lotus, British racing green came to dominate the field for the next decade.
Between Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, and Denny Hulme, British teams and commonwealth Drivers won twelve World championships Between 1962 and 1973.
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 MotorSport Vision News :: VSCC Mike Hawthorn Memorial Trophies Meeting
MotorSport Vision News :: VSCC Mike Hawthorn Memorial Trophies Meeting
Vintage racing cars will return to Oulton Park after a seven-year absence, when the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) will honour one of Britains greatest motor racing heroes on May 28.
Book advance tickets by calling 0870 950 9000 or logging on to www.motorsportdirect.co.uk.
www.motorsportvision.co.uk /oulton-park/news/article.asp?NewsID=622   (246 words)

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