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Death. Bruce McLaren died aged 32 when his Can-Am car crashed on the Lavant Straight just before Woodcote corner at Goodwood Circuit in England on 2 June 1970. He had been testing his new McLaren M8D when the rear bodywork came adrift at speed. The loss of aerodynamic downforce destabilised the car, which spun, left the track, and hit a bunker ...
The newspaper headlines on Wednesday, June 3, 1970 simply stated that Bruce McLaren had been tragically killed the previous day while testing his new McLaren M8D Can-Am car at the Goodwood circuit in West Sussex.
Jan 27, 2010 · The 32-year-old race car driver Bruce McLaren dies in a crash while testing an experimental car of his own design at a track in Goodwood, England on June 2, 1970.
Jun 3, 1970 · GOODWOOD, England, June 2 (AP)—Bruce McLaren, one of the world's top racing driv ers, was killed here today when he crashed at 180 miles an hour while testing an ex perimental car of his design.
Jun 27, 2023 · Bruce McLaren was killed in a testing shunt on the Lavant Straight, just before Woodcote corner, at Goodwood, on 2 June 1970. The car he was testing was a McLaren M8D, one of the mightiest of Can-Am cars, and many of them were plenty mighty.
Jun 2, 2021 · On the 51st anniversary of Bruce McLaren's tragic death in a testing crash at Goodwood we recall the early days of the Formula 1 team that still carries his name.
Jun 2, 2021 · On the 51st anniversary of Bruce McLaren's tragic death in a testing crash at Goodwood we recall the early days of the Formula 1 team that still carries his name.
Mar 18, 2024 · Amanda McLaren was just four years old when her father Bruce died in a testing accident at Goodwood. She remembers very little of that day, other than leaving the family’s Burwood Park home to...
Mar 18, 2024 · How Bruce McLaren's death shaped more than just his F1 team. Last year, McLaren celebrated its 60th birthday, and Motorsport.com enjoyed a special track test. But there’s also a more...
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Bruce passed away 50 years ago, on 2 June 1970, aged just 32. Anecdotes from teammates suggest his racing career was winding down at the time. In the cockpit, at least.
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