JACKIE STEWART
JACKIE STEWART.BORN 1939.STEWARTS SERIOUS ENTRY TO MOTOR RACING CAME IN 1963 AFTER KEN TYRELL HAD OFFERED HIM A TEST DRIVE IN A FORMULA 3 COOPER-BMC AT GOODWOOD.HIS RISE THROUGH F3 AND F2 WAS SENSATIONAL.DECEMBER 1964 HE DEPUTISED FOR JIM CLARK AND WON SECOND HEAT OF RAND GRAND PRIX IN SOUTH AFRICA.JOINED BRM AS SECOND DRIVER TO GRAHAM HILL FOR 1965 SEASON.HIS RISE TO THE TOP HALTED AFTER CRASH AT SPA,BELGIUM, IN HEAVY RAIN WHERE TEAM MATE HILL,WHO HAD ALSO CRASHED, RESCUED HIM FROM WRECKED CAR.1968 BRM WAS IN DECLINE AND STEWART JOINED KEN TYRELL WITH THE V8 MATRA WHICH WAS FAST,BUT,NOT RELIABLE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE MATRA-FORD WAS ALMOST INVINCABLE WITH STEWART TAKING THE TITLE.FOR 1970 TYRELL USED MARCH BODIES AND A NEW V12 ENGINE WHICH WAS POOR. 1971 AFTER EARLY SEASON FAILURES STEWART CLINCHED HIS SECOND TITLE.HIS THIRD TITLE ACHIEVED IN 1973 AFTER A FIERCE CHALLENGE AGAINTS HIM FROM EMERSON FITTIPALDI IN THE LOTUS.
STEWART HAD A TOTAL OF 27 GRANDES EPREUVES,OUT OF 99 STARTS BEFORE RETIRING FROM F1 RACING.
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