Bennyg Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Hi fellas. Sir Jack Brabham passed away today. He was the only Grand Prix driver to race in a car he built and win a championship. Really cool character in history. Cheers. Ben http://www.jackbrabham.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 R.I.P. Jack, sad day for motorsport.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checkmate Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Sad loss indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warra48 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Great driver and builder, and a modest man. Sad loss indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoey Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Very sad, what a great man he was. I had the steering wheel from his Bathurst Torana in my office for a while. My boss bought it at Sir Jacks 80th Birthday Charity function/auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Sad. The passing of a true legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 RIP, Sir Jack, but I can't be sad when an F1 driver from that era passes away in his home at age 88. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Just watching old racing footage on YouTube last night with him in it. One of the greats. Not only raced successfully, but survived at a a time when many other drivers did not. All of the footage I've ever seen of Sir Brabham, he always came off as a fairly humble man. I've never heard or read a bad thing about him. He had lived a good long life. I'm praying for his friends and loved ones. For I'm sure he is I'm a better place. Scott Aho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Some of my favorite F1 cars......RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) and others. a 1966 BT8 http://www.sportscardigest.com/cars-for-sale/spotless-sports-racer-1966-brabham-bt8/ Edited May 19, 2014 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartpix Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 A great man & a great driver. God speed, Black Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 One of my favorite memories of Indy (from May 30, 1961): Watching Jack Brabham in his Cooper Climax, which was essentially an enlarged 1.5-liter Formula 1 car with the largest engine C-C could build up, only 2.5 liters, going up against 32 roadsters, powered by 4.2 Liter Offenhauser 4's. Lap after lap (sitting in Turn 1) Brabham would drive inside, outside, around and through the roadsters, only to be sucked under when they hit the backstretch (he'd just repeat the process in 3, then back again in 1), all day long. While many in the crowd scoffed at the dark green (almost black) Cooper, there were some who knew they were seeing the future unfold on the Brickyard that day. Godspeed, "Black Jack"! Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Greg Myers Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 One of my favorite memories of Indy (from May 30, 1961): Watching Jack Brabham in his Cooper Climax, which was essentially an enlarged 1.5-liter Formula 1 car with the largest engine C-C could build up, only 2.5 liters, going up against 32 roadsters, powered by 4.2 Liter Offenhauser 4's. Lap after lap (sitting in Turn 1) Brabham would drive inside, outside, around and through the roadsters, only to be sucked under when they hit the backstretch (he'd just repeat the process in 3, then back again in 1), all day long. While many in the crowd scoffed at the dark green (almost black) Cooper, there were some who knew they were seeing the future unfold on the Brickyard that day. Godspeed, "Black Jack"! Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Brabham vs. Bruce McLaren - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) Sir Jack Brabham was the epitome of the intuitive, pragmatic, tenacious spirit of what was to become the New Golden Age of Formula 1. He was the pivotal figure among what Enzo Ferrari called (somewhat contemptuously) the “Garagistes”, the specialist racers and constructors that were the bane of the old establishment, the Manufacturer/Constructors. First as the driver/mechanic/engineer/recruiter critically instrumental in bringing Cooper to revolutionary greatness, and then as that purest of all motor racing archetypes, the driver/constructor, he was the only one among them, the McLarens, the Gurneys, the Surtees, the Hills, et al, to win the World Championship in a car of his own making. This unique achievement marked the symbolic end of the old era and the beginning of modern racing as we know it today. He lived a long and significant life leaving behind him several important racing development firms and 3 sons who themselves have greatly enriched motorsport. Rest In Peace, Sir Jack. Nice appreciation of Sir Jack by Mike Lawrence on Pitpass.com: http://www.pitpass.com/51607/Jack-Brabham Edited May 20, 2014 by Bernard Kron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Another racing "great" gone, may he R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 What Jack did best : http://www.brianwatsonphoto.co.uk/FormulaOne/67/#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbo Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 A real race car driver, designed , engineered, built and drove his own car. I doubt too many today would even know what the inside of a motor looked like! RIP Mr Brabham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardik Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Another hero gone, but he left behind a legacy that will be celebrated for decades. A life lived well and fully. Thank you, Sir Jack. You are already missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Another one of my heroes has finished the race. Truly a man who was larger than life. Sir Jack Brabham... was the only one... to win the World Championship in a car of his own making. What else needs to be said? EDIT: I almost forgot. Brabham was the guy responsible for Repco developing the Formula One engine based on the aluminum Oldsmobile 215 bottom end, and it was with that engine, in his own chassis, that he clinched his third World Championship. Edited May 20, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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