South African Racecar Drivers: Jody Scheckter, Tomas Scheckter, Paddy Driver, George Fouché, Dave Charlton, Ian Scheckter, Neville Lederle

Chapters: Jody Scheckter, Tomas Scheckter, Paddy Driver, George Fouch, Dave Charlton, Ian Scheckter, Neville Lederle, Adrian Zaugg, Ernie Pieterse, Tony Maggs, Jackie Pretorius, Syd Van Der Vyver, Eddie Keizan, Luki Botha, Sarel Van Der Merwe, Wayne Taylor, Stephen Simpson, Trevor Blokdyk, Alex Blignaut, Doug Serrurier, Peter de Klerk, Desir Wilson, Brausch Niemann, David Clapham, Basil Van Rooyen, Alan Van Der Merwe, William Ferguson, Guy Tunmer, Jimmy Auby, Christopher Hyman, Cristiano Morgado, Bruce Johnstone, Mike Harris, Billy Mills, Shaun Watson-Smith, Toby Scheckter, Etienne Van Der Linde, Gavin Cronje, Michael Briggs, Giniel de Villiers, Bob Hay, Chris Aberdein, Graham Duxbury, Stephen Watson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 119. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jody David Scheckter (born January 29, 1950) is a South African former auto racing driver, the 1979 Formula One World Drivers Champion. Scheckter was born in East London, South Africa and educated at Selborne College. He rapidly ascended to the ranks of Formula One after moving to Britain in 1970. He debuted in Formula One at Watkins Glen in 1972 with McLaren and ran as high as 3rd place before spinning and finishing 9th. Immediately becoming a name to watch, he continued his development the following year, winning the Formula 5000 championship and racing 5 times in F1. In France, he almost won in his third start in F1 before crashing into Emerson Fittipaldi. In his next start, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Scheckter was involved in a big accident which took nearly a dozen cars out of the race. Scheckter's McLaren M23 bore the number zero during the American and Canadian Grands Prix of 1973. Scheckter is one of only two F1 drivers to compete under this number, the other being Damon Hill. Scheckter in the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=243054