Bruce McLaren
New Zealand racecar driver, designer and team owner (1937-1970)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1937-08-30
- Died
- 1970-06-02
- Works
- 15
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- Mastering and Using Microsoft Access 2002
- Mastering and Using Microsoft Office XP
- West's Essentials of Microsoft Access for Windows 95
- Understanding and Using Microsoft Office 97
- Mastering and using Microsoft Office XP
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- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,148x
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Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer, and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. He won four Grands Prix across 13 seasons and was runner-up in the 1960 Formula One World Drivers' Championship with Cooper. He won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with Chris Amon in a Ford GT40 and won the Canadian-American Challenge Cup in 1967 and 1969.
In 1963, McLaren founded Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, winning the team's first Formula One race at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix. He became one of only three drivers, alongside Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney, to win a World Championship race in a car of their own construction. The team he founded has since won ten World Constructors' Championships and remains one of the most successful constructors in the history of the sport. McLaren was killed on 2 June 1970 while testing the McLaren M8D at Goodwood Circuit in Sussex , England. He was 32 years old.
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