Jackie Oliver

Jackie Oliver is a British former racing driver and motorsport executive. Born in 1942, he began racing a Mini in club saloon events in 1961 and went on to compete in Formula One between 1967 and 1977 for Lotus, BRM, McLaren and Shadow, with podiums at the 1968 Mexican and 1973 Canadian Grands Prix. In endurance racing he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1969 and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1971, and he took the 1974 Canadian-American Challenge Cup for Shadow while growing involved in running that team. At the end of 1977 he left Shadow with financier Franco Ambrosio, designers Tony Southgate and Alan Rees, engineer Dave Wass and driver Riccardo Patrese to form the Arrows Grand Prix team, serving as co-founder and team principal from 1978 to 1996. He sold much of his stake to the Japanese Footwork Corporation in 1990, and in 1996 sold most of his shares to the TWR group of Tom Walkinshaw, staying on the board until 1999.