Bruce McLaren was an exceptional automobile racing driver and designer.
At the age of 22, he was the youngest winner of an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars taking the US race in 1959.
He drove for British racing car designer Charles Cooper from 1959 to 1965, coming second in the world driving championship in 1960.
His engineering skills from the University of Auckland led him to design racing automobiles from 1964.
Though he won the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix in a car of his own design, his compatriot Denis Clive Hulme found more success in McLaren’s Formula I vehicles.
McLaren’s life was tragically cut short in 1970 during a car testing accident on the Goodwood track.
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I have selected the most inspiring quotes by Bruce McLaren.
Best Bruce McLaren Quotes
A Grand Prix driver discovers fairly early he wants to do a little bit better. ~ Bruce McLaren.
Every racing driver starts racing because he enjoys driving cars… ~ Bruce McLaren.
On the straight we were 20 mph faster than anyone else. ~ Bruce McLaren.
You’ve got to get up pretty early to be ahead of some people. ~ Bruce McLaren.
If you start taking time off to get involved in glamour you’re not going to be a car constructor or a driver for very long. ~ Bruce McLaren.
Inspiring Bruce McLaren Quotes
To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one’s ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone. ~ Bruce McLaren.
To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one’s ability, for I feel life is measured in achievement, not in years alone. ~ Bruce McLaren.
There is no average reason for a driver being a good driver, just as there is no average reason for a person getting involved in racing. ~ Bruce McLaren.
Hanging the engine off the back of the monocoque was pretty much my idea. ~ Bruce McLaren.
There’s no doubt about the imponderable of luck. ~ Bruce McLaren.
Top Bruce McLaren Quotes
Life is measured in achievement, not in years alone. ~ Bruce McLaren.
You can analyze all your failures and breakages after that fact. And there will always be a reason for them. ~ Bruce McLaren.
It’s tough at the top. ~ Bruce McLaren.
My motor racing career had started. How Mum put up with Dad and me with her kitchen table covered in bits and pieces of the engine during meals I will never know. She used to say “If I gave them dry bread and water they wouldn’t have noticed. ~ Bruce McLaren.
When a car spins on a banking, it’s reasonably safe. ~ Bruce McLaren.
I drove it as hard as it could go. ~ Bruce McLaren.
