Remembering Graham McRae, born #OnThisDay in ’40, a clever driver-engineer who raced one #F1 GP, Silverstone ’73 (Iso-Marlboro: lap-1 DNF), & excelled in #TasmanSeries & #F5000. Pic: at Riverside, USA, in ’74, in his own McRae GM2 F5000 car.

Denny Hulme was born #OnThisDay in ’36. He won 8 #F1 GPs, was ’67 F1 champ, & was 3rd in the F1 title chase in ’68 & ’72. He won the first #TasmanSeries race, 2 non-championship F1 races, 12 sports car races & 22 #CanAm races (a record). Pic: Monaco, ’67, dolloppo, & victory.

Remembering Graham McRae, born #OnThisDay in ’40, a clever driver-engineer who raced one #F1 GP, Silverstone ’73 (Iso-Marlboro: lap-1 DNF), & excelled in #TasmanSeries & #F5000. Pic: winning the ’78 #AusGP at Sandown in his F5000 McRae-Chevy GM3 (note the see-thru cockpit).

#AnorakFact: John Love bought his Cooper-Climax T79 from Bruce McLaren, who had raced it in the #TasmanSeries in ’65, winning the non-championship #AusGP that year at Longford - the last #AusGP to be held there - & here’s a fab period pic of Bruce’s T79 at that race. (3/3)