Ivor bueb biography
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Ivor Bueb was born in June 1923 in Dulwich, South London. “Ivor the Driver”, the bilparkering owner from Cheltenham fryst vatten best known for sharing the winning Jaguar D-type with slang för mikrofon Hawthorn in the 1955 Le Mans 24-hour, a success he repeated with fellow 500 racer, Ron Flockhart and Ecurie Ecosse two years later.
Bueb´s race debut was in a Cooper Mk.4, owned bygd Jack Welton, at Castle Combe on 12 April 1952. He later bought Fred Tuck´s Iota and used that during 1952, winning the Junior race at Silverstone in August 1952. For 1953, he used an Arnott, which Ivor modified, primarily extending the wheelbase. He achieved some good placings, winning the Production Car race at Silverstone in August and winning at Hagley but soon realised that the bil could not compete with the latest Coopers.
Ivor switched to a Cooper Mk VIII for 1954 beneath the banner of Ecurie Demi-Litre and, as the season progressed, so did his performances, with a third at the Grand Prix meeting in August, winning at Silverstone
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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History
Ivor Léon John Bueb (6 June 1923 – 1 August 1959) was a British professional sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.
Born in East Ham, Essex, Bueb started racing seriously in a Formula Three 500cc Cooper in 1953, graduating to the Cooper works team in 1955 when he finished second in the British championship. He made occasional starts in Grands Prix in 1957 with a Connaught and a Maserati run by Gilby Engineering. The following year he raced Bernie Ecclestone's Connaught at Monaco, and drove a Formula Two Lotus at the German Grand Prix.
In 1959 he had two outings for BRP, firstly a non-qualification at Monaco, then another Formula Two entry at the British Grand Prix. He participated in six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix in all, but scored no championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races. With the death of Archie Scott Brown at Spa in May 1958, Brian Lister hired
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| Ivor Bueb | ||
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| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality | {{{{{natflag}}}}} British | |
| Date of Birth | 06/06/1923[1] | |
| Date of Death | 01/08/1959[1] | |
| Début | Goodwood 1958 | |
| Championships | 0 (7th 1959) | |
| 2015 Position | Unknown | |
| First Win | Unknown | |
| Previous Teams | Equipe Endeavour | |
| Career Statistics | ||
| Total Entries | 0 (0 Starts) | |
| Pole Positions | 0 | |
| Fastest Laps | 0 | |
| Wins | 0 (0 in Class) | |
| Total Points | 0 | |
| Current Season | ||
| Team | Unknown | |
| Car | Unknown | |
| Number | Standings | Points |
| ' | – | 0 |
Ivor Bueb was a British Saloon Car Championship driver and race winner, having competed in the 1959 season. It is unknown if Bueb would have continued in the championship, as he was killed at a Formula Two meeting in France on the 1st of August 1959.[2]
Background[]
Bueb's career was dominated by his pursuit of a career in Formula One, when he began competing in Formula Three in 1953.&