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Lance Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, (February 24, 1936 – July 24, 1972) was a British-born American entrepreneur, racing driver and heir to the Woolworth fortune. Reventlow was the only child of heiress Barbara Hutton and her second husband, Count Kurt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow.
Apr 12, 2023 · The pilot of the small single-engine plane, a Cessna 206, lifted off from the Aspen, Colorado airport on July 24, 1972, a little before 6 p.m. One of the three passengers, Lance Reventlow, wanted to look at a piece of property he was interested in buying near his Aspen home. He could afford it.
Jul 26, 1972 · ASPEN, Colo., July 25 (UPI) —Lance Reventlow, heir to the Woolworth fortune and son of Barbara Hutton, one of the world's richest women, was killed with three other persons yesterday in the...
Sep 12, 2022 · In creating the Scarabs, Lance Reventlow did a great thing. He took his vast fortune and built a world-beating race car that made history.
Mar 24, 2022 · Frustratingly, even before the first chassis was finished, playboy Lance Reventlow’s racing dream was crushed by the new regulations. The long-held American ambition to win outright ‘across The Pond’ had to wait for the arrival of Henry Ford’s GT40 sortie.
Oct 12, 2023 · As an impressionable youngster, Reventlow was drawn to auto racing through his influence. Lance Reventlow aboard the Scarab sports car at California’s Riverside Raceway in 1960. (Bob Gates Collection photo) With his resources, Reventlow did more than fantasize about being a race car driver.
Oct 5, 2020 · In 1972, Reventlow tragically perished in a plane crash while scouting for real estate to develop near his Aspen, Colo., home. Reventlow failed in his dream to produce a winning American Formula One car.
Oct 1, 2008 · Remembering Lance Reventlow. Lance Reventlow in his 300SL (#216D) leads Jerry Austin’s Jaguar XK120 (#133), Paul O’Shea (#33 300SL) and Charles Short in his T-Bird...
Last year Driver Reventlow set about something constructive: developing an American sports car that could challenge the long supremacy of Europe’s powerful racing machines.
ance Reventlow was a wealthy playboy, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He was the stepson of actor Cary Grant. Raced in F2 in Europe before returning to the States and setting up Scarab race cars.
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