This Day in Auto History 5.13.1994 Racer James Duncan Hamilton - TopicsExpress



          

This Day in Auto History 5.13.1994 Racer James Duncan Hamilton of Cork Ireland died. Duncan Hamilton had garage owner as his primary job description and raced a Talbot-Lago and an HWM in a handful of Championship Grands Prix as an amateur driver. He also won Le Mans in 1953 sharing a works Jaguar C-type with his close friend Tony Rolt. Story has it the two of them had resorted to drinking in a French pub prior to their glorious win because their car had initially had its entry refused. By the time the team managed to rectify the steward’s mix-up, Hamilton and Rolt had a few and had to be put into a severe dark coffee and cold shower regime to get them back into shape.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 11:30:00 +0000

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