Biography
Sam Tingle was born in Manchester on 24 August 1921 and raced as a driver from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. He won the national Rhodesian championship five times between 1959 and 1964, and the Border Trophy followed in 1966.
He made his Formula One debut on 28 December 1963 and started five World Championship races in total, one each in 1963, 1965, 1967 and 1968 in an LDS, and one in 1969 in a Brabham. Together with John Love, he was one of only two Rhodesians to take part in a Formula One race, while Clive Puzey failed to qualify when he tried. Tingle died in Somerset West, South Africa, on 19 December 2008, aged 87.
Source: Wikipedia, “Sam Tingle”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rates
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