John MacDonald (racing driver)
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John MacDonald (born May 27, 1936 in Worcester) is a racing car driver and a motor-cycle racer of Hong Kong. He was originally from England, where he started his career racing motorcycles, then cars until he served at the National service.[1] He then lived in Hong Kong and raced as a competitor of Hong Kong, where he owned a garage business. He is best known as the most successful driver in Macau Grand Prix in the early 1970s.
He is only person who won all international races of Macau; Macau Grand Prix (1965, 1972,[2] 1973[3] and 1975), Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix (1969) and Guia Race (1972). Also he is the most Macau Grand Prix winner with 4 wins and the first winner of the Guia Race in 1972.
Besides Macau, he also won four times at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.teamdan.com/people/m.html
- ^ "520 entries". New Straits Times. 1973-11-16. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dt0qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dn0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4885,1786772. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ "Sports in brief". Bangor Daily News. 1973-11-19. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HOgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xTgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=3432,1080878. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
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| Preceded by Albert Poon |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 1965 |
Succeeded by Mauro Bianchi |
| Preceded by Hiroshi Hasegawa |
Macau Motorcyle Grand Prix Winner 1969 |
Succeeded by Benny Hidajat |
| Preceded by Jan Bussell |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 1972 - 1973 |
Succeeded by Vern Schuppan |
| Preceded by Vern Schuppan |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 1975 |
Succeeded by Vern Schuppan |
| Preceded by none |
Guia Race winner 1972 |
Succeeded by Peter Chow |
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