Horácio Carvalho de Macedo (born 15 February 1930) is a Portuguese

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driver.

Private life

Macedo, born in

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, the son of a land and sugar factory owner Mauricio Carvalho de Macedo who founded RAR - Refinarias de Açúcar Reunidas on 20 March 1962 as the majority stakeholder. Through his mother, Almerinda Amélia Alves de Azevedo he is a

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descendant. He worked at the factories for many years of his life whilst taking on rally racing as a hobby, which he had great success in. He developed an interest in cars and motor racing at an early age.

Rally racing

Horácio Carvalho de Macedo began his motor sport career with a

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with which he won his first race, 1957 as National Champion followed by many other race wins. He then moved on to

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Gullwing and

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. With the last two cars, he was the three-time Portugal National Rally Champion. His

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car collection. He accumulated a series of titles of which the most notable ones were as National Champion in 1957 and National Champion of Grande Turismo Especial in 1957, National Champion of Grande Turismo Especial in 1958, National Champion of Grande Turismo 1960, National Champion in 1961, National Champion of Grande Turismo in 1961, National Champion of Grande Turismo in 1962, National Champion in 1963, and National Champion of Grande Turismo in 1963. He won several other championships which include the

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