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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Peter_Collins_(racing_driver)Peter Collins (racing driver) - Wikipedia

    Peter John Collins (6 November 1931 – 3 August 1958) was a British racing driver. He was killed in the 1958 German Grand Prix , just weeks after winning the RAC British Grand Prix . He started his career as a 17-year-old in 1949, impressing in Formula 3 races, finishing third in the 1951 Autosport National Formula 3 Championship.

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    • 2nd ( 1955, 1956)
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  3. www.bbc.com › news › articlesPeter Collins motor racing memorial unveiled in Worcestershire

    A memorial to honour a British motor racing driver who died more than 60 years ago has been unveiled at one of the oldest motorsport venues in the world. It follows a year-long campaign to...

  4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › articlesPeter Collins: Racing driver memorial appeal reaches target

    Feb 10, 2024 · Getty Images. Peter Collins died during a race in 1958. John Bray. BBC News West Midlands. 10 February 2024. A fundraising campaign to honour a British motor racing driver has reached its...

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  6. historicracing.com › driverDetailPeter Collins biography

    Peter Collins was born in Kidderminster, Worcesteshire, England. His father was a prominent figure in the motor trade and Peter spent three years serving an apprenticeship at Ford in Dagenham. Collins got his racing car, one of the new Cooper Mk IIs, in 1948, apparently a birthday present from his parents.

  7. www.motorsportmagazine.com › legends-peter-collinsPeter Collins remembered by his wife Louise November 2000 ...

    Jul 7, 2014 · These days Louise lives in Connecticut, and the book had caused quite a stir when one day she took it to work. Not all her colleagues appreciated she had been married to a great racing driver — nor been a Broadway star, in her maiden name of Louise King. “I was in The Seven Year Itch with Tom Ewell, who had made the movie with Marilyn Monroe.

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  9. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-hereford-worcesterPeter Collins: Racing driver memorial appeal bid - BBC News

    Mar 12, 2023 · A bronze memorial to a racing driver who died in a Grand Prix nearly 65 years ago is being planned in his home county. An appeal is hoping to raise £15,000 to create a bust of Peter...

  10. www.motorsportmagazine.com › archive › articlePeter Collins: This charming man - Motor Sport Magazine

    Jul 7, 2014 · Peter Collins was the debonair embodiment of the 1950s racing driver, a man of good looks and charm and wit. Born in 1931, he missed the war; with half a dozen years more behind him, he would surely have flown Spitfires. As it was, Collins, the son of a Kidderminster motor dealer, raced cars, beginning with a Formula 3 Cooper-Norton in 1949.

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