Warwick Brown (born 24 December 1949 in Sydney) is a former racing driver from Australia.

Racing career

Brown participated in a single

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Grand Prix, on 10 October 1976. He drove a

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car at the

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and finished 14th, five laps behind the winner

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. 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

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, which he won in 1975, driving a

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Chevrolet. He also won the

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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

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Championship in North America from 1974 to 1976, Brown contested the

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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 & Australia
Retrieved from Google Books on 22 July 2009
Formula A and Formula 5000 in America
Retrieved from Google Books on 22 July 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Warwick Living people 1949 births Australian Formula One drivers Wolf Formula One drivers Tasman Series drivers Sportsmen from New South Wales Racing drivers from Sydney