Warwick Brown (born 24 December 1949 in
Sydney
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) is a former racing driver from Australia.
Racing career
Brown participated in a single
Formula One
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Grand Prix, on 10 October 1976. He drove a
Wolf–Williams Racing
Frank Williams Racing Cars was a British Formula One team and constructor.
Early years
Frank Williams had been a motor-racing enthusiast since a young age, and after a career in saloon cars and Formula Three, backed by Williams's shrewd i ...
car at the
1976 United States Grand Prix and finished 14th, five laps behind the winner
James Hunt
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) ''Autocourse Grand Prix Archive'', 14 October 2007. Retrieved 4 November 2007. was a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in . After retiring from racing in ...
. Brown suffered the loss of third and fifth gears during the race, as well as rear brake problems.
[Young, Eoin, "James Hunt: Against All Odds", Hamlyn, 1977, p. 132.]
Brown was more successful in the
Tasman Series
The Tasman Series (formally the Tasman Championship for Drivers)Tasman Championship for Drivers, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport with National Competition Rules 1974, pages 80 to 83 was a motor racing competition held annually from 1964 to 1975 ove ...
, which he won in 1975, driving a
Lola T332
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Chevrolet. He also won the
Rothmans International Series
The Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing series which was staged annually from 1976 to 1979. Initially open to Australian Formula 1 cars (commonly referred to as Formula 5000s), for the final year it was for ‘’Austral ...
in Australia twice, in 1977 driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet and in 1978 driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet, both for the VDS Team. In the course of winning these series Brown also won the
1975 New Zealand Grand Prix and the
1977 Australian Grand Prix.
After competing in the SCCA/USAC
Formula 5000
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Championship in North America from 1974 to 1976, Brown contested the
Can-Am Series
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an SCCA/ CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1987.
History
Can-Am started out as a race series for group 7 sports racers with two races in Canada (''Can'') and four races in the United ...
and was the runnerup to fellow Australian
Alan Jones in the 1978 US Can-Am Series driving a Lola T333CS-Chevrolet for the VDS Team.
Career summary
Complete Formula One results
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References
Profile at www.grandprix.com
External links
Retrieved from www.sergent.com.au on 22 July 2009
Formula 5000 in New Zealand & AustraliaRetrieved from Google Books on 22 July 2009
Formula A and Formula 5000 in AmericaRetrieved from Google Books on 22 July 2009
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Living people
1949 births
Australian Formula One drivers
Wolf Formula One drivers
Tasman Series drivers
Sportsmen from New South Wales
Racing drivers from Sydney