Chris Craft 1939-2021
Posted: 20 Feb 2021, 19:31
So far the only confirmation of the death of Chris Craft is oldracingcars.com where it said he'd "died after a period of ill health".
He wasn't someone I knew much about - but he had two entries in the North American races at the end of 1971 in a privately-entered Brabham. He missed the cut in qualifying in Canada and retired in the USA, thus giving him the same rejectful F1 career stats as Tiff Needell. He may be better known for starting the Light Car Company, which built the Gordon Murray-designed Rocket - which I'm half-sure Tiff drove on Old Top Gear and approved of massively.
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He wasn't someone I knew much about - but he had two entries in the North American races at the end of 1971 in a privately-entered Brabham. He missed the cut in qualifying in Canada and retired in the USA, thus giving him the same rejectful F1 career stats as Tiff Needell. He may be better known for starting the Light Car Company, which built the Gordon Murray-designed Rocket - which I'm half-sure Tiff drove on Old Top Gear and approved of massively.
If anyone wants to fill in any more details, you may do so.