Biography
Ian Raby was born in Woolwich on 22 September 1921 and began racing around 1953. In 1957 he finished 15th in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing a Cooper-Climax with Jack Brabham. On 3 August 1959 he won the first Formula Junior race held in Britain, at Brands Hatch in a Moorland.
In Formula One he raced as a privateer. He made his debut in 1963 in a Gilby at the British Grand Prix on 20 July, retiring on lap 60. That year he also took third place in the non-championship race at Vallelunga. In 1964 and 1965 he drove a Brabham. In total he had seven World Championship entries and started three races, without scoring a championship point.
From 1966 he raced in Formula Two, and in 1967 he finished fifth at Hockenheim. On 30 July 1967 he crashed in the Formula Two race at Zandvoort. He died on 7 November 1967.
Source: Wikipedia, “Ian Raby”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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