This week’s motor racing milestones from the Archive and Database, with Graham Hill Racing and DSJ remembered, plus Bellof takes his world title.
1990: Chico Godia, Spain’s most succesful Formula 1 driver after Fernando Alonso, dies aged 69. In profile
1923: Chuck Daigh, who beat Phil Hill to the inaugural United States Grand Prix, is born. In profile
1975: The Graham Hill Racing plane crash takes the lives of Graham Hill, Tony Brise, designer Andy Smallman, Team Manager Ray Brimble and mechanics Terry Richards and Tony Alcock.
1996: The continental correspondent, DSJ and Jenks, Denis Jenkinson passes away at the age of 75. In profile
1965: Talented Finn Mika Salo is born. In profile
1948: Guy Tunmer, two-time F1 starter, is born. In profile
1985: Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass sign off the WEC season with victory in Selangor. Report
1930: David Piper is born. In profile
1937: Chris Bristow is born. In profile
1984: Stefan Bellof becomes world champion with victory at Sandown alongside Derek Bell. Report
2001: Fifties racer Bruce Halford dies aged 70. In profile
1924: Rugby player, tennis player, Olympian yachtsman and Jean Behra stand-in Roberto Meires is born. In profile
1932: Grand Prix-driving nobleman Gaetano Starrabba is born. In profile
1951: Three-time CART champ and four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears is born. In profile
2011: War vet and one-time GP starter Rob Shroeder dies aged 85. In profile
1881: French Grand Prix winner Felice Nazzaro is born. In profile
1911: Willi Krakau, olympic rower-turned-racer, is born. In profile
1944: Francois Migault, veteran of some 25 Le Mans, is born. In profile
1957: World Sportscar champ Raul Boesel is born. In profile
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