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Oct 5, 2022 · In 1992 – 30 years ago yesterday – Hulme was sharing a BMW M3 Evo with Paul Morris at Bathurst when he radioed in to say that his vision was blurred. Raining heavily, it was assumed that this was the problem’s cause. But on lap 33 the car veered left and clipped the wall lining Conrod Straight.
Hulme's death by heart attack, while driving a BMW M3 during the Bathurst 1000 in Australia, made him the seventh former Formula One champion to die, and the first to die of natural causes (versus three racing incidents, two incidents on public roads and one incident involving aircraft).
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Sep 29, 2014 · 29 Sep 2014. Share on: Denny Hulme is Formula One's forgotten champion; a gruff, burly Kiwi who lived his life as far away from the spotlight as possible. Here, Crash.net puts the enigma of...
Jul 7, 2014 · Denny was driving a Benson & Hedges-backed BMW M3 for his old chum Frank Gardner, and initially there seemed to be nothing untoward. As the race went on a thunderstorm passed through, and Denny radioed in to say that he was having trouble seeing.
It was October 4, 1992, on the 33rd lap of the Bathurst 1000. At the wheel was the 1967 F1 World Champion, Denny Hulme. The 56-year-old had suffered a fatal heart attack. Twelve months earlier, Hulme had driven a similar BMW M3 to fourth at the mountain classic.
