John MacDonald (racing driver)

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John MacDonald (born 27 May 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.

References

  1. ^ http://www.teamdan.com/people/m.html
  2. ^ "520 entries". New Straits Times. 1973-11-16. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  3. ^ "Sports in brief". Bangor Daily News. 1973-11-19. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1965
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Preceded by Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix
Winner

1969
Succeeded by
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1972 - 1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1975
Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
Guia Race winner
1972
Succeeded by