Peter Westbury (26 May 1938 – 7 December 2015) was a British

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from England. He participated in two World Championship

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Grands Prix, scoring no championship points. In 1969 he raced a Formula 2

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, driving in his first Grand Prix in the

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. He finished ninth on the road, fifth in the F2 class. The following year he failed to qualify for the 1970 United States Grand Prix driving a works BRM, after an engine failure. Early in his racing career he campaigned a homebuilt special called the M.G.W., graduating to a

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in 1960 which was later fitted with a Daimler V8 engine. Westbury won the

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twice, in 1963 and 1964. In 1963 he drove the self-built Felday, with supercharged Daimler V8 2.6-litre motor. The following year he won in the 2.5-litre Climax-engined

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with four-wheel-drive, on loan from

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Westbury also drove the Ferguson P99 in the 1964

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and at the First International Drag Festival, a series of six events held in England that year, where the car covered the standing-start quarter mile in 11.01 seconds. He also drove a Lotus 23-BRM sports car at the Drag Festival. During 1965 Westbury developed the Felday-BRM 4 sports car with four-wheel-drive. The car won on its debut at

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on Boxing Day, 26 December 1965, driven by Mac Daghorn. At Mallory Park on 13 March 1966, Peter Westbury and Mac Daghorn shared the car, each winning a race.

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raced the Felday 4 in the Guards Trophy at Brands Hatch on 29 August 1966. The Felday 5 sports car was fitted with a 7-litre Ford Galaxie engine and four wheel drive, but only raced briefly. The Felday 6 was a 4.7-litre Ford-powered hillclimb single-seater, with rear wheel drive, built for Tony Griffiths. In 1967 Westbury raced a Brabham-Ford Formula Three car in England and in Continental Europe. He won the F3 race at the

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on 29 April, the

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at Chimay on 14 May, and also at the Auvergne Trophy meeting on 18 June 1967, on the daunting

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circuit in France.''Motor Sport'', August 1967, Page 715. The same year he resuscitated the old

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four-wheel-drive F1 car, designed by

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in 1964, for David Good to campaign in the British Hill Climb Championship. The car led the series at the half-way mark, but then passed into the hands of Peter Lawson, who revamped it for 1968. The car was a dominant winner of the series in 1968.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Westbury, Peter English racing drivers British hillclimb drivers Brighton Speed Trials people English Formula One drivers BRM Formula One drivers European Formula Two Championship drivers 1938 births 2015 deaths 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers