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Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970), was born in Auckland, New Zealand and was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. | Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970), was born in Auckland, New Zealand and was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. | ||
His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 20 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, between 1967 and 1972 (and five constructors’ championships), and have won three Indianapolis 500 races, as well as 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring. | His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 20 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, between 1967 and 1972 (and five constructors’ championships), and have won three Indianapolis 500 races, as well as 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McLaren</ref> | ||
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Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970), was born in Auckland, New Zealand and was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor.
His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, with McLaren cars and drivers winning a total of 20 world championships. McLaren cars totally dominated CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, between 1967 and 1972 (and five constructors’ championships), and have won three Indianapolis 500 races, as well as 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring. [1]
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