Bruce McLaren

Bruce Leslie McLaren, born in Auckland on 30 August 1937 and killed on 2 June 1970 while testing the McLaren M8D at Goodwood, was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. He won four Grands Prix, was runner-up in the 1960 World Drivers Championship with Cooper, won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with Chris Amon in a Ford GT40 and won the Can-Am series in 1967 and 1969. In 1963 he founded Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, the team that became McLaren Racing, and he became one of only three drivers, with Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney, to win a World Championship race in a car of their own construction. The team he founded has since won ten Constructors Championships.