RACING DRIVER

Graham McRae

1940 - 2021

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Graham Peter McRae (5 March 1940 – 4 August 2021) was a racing driver from New Zealand. He achieved considerable success in Formula 5000 racing, winning the Tasman Series each year from 1971 to 1973, and also at the 1972 L&M Continental 5000 Championship in the United States. McRae's single outing in the Formula One World Championship was at the 1973 British Grand Prix on 14 July 1973, where he retired in the first lap. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Graham McRae has received more than 94,560 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Graham McRae is the 663rd most popular racing driver (down from 158th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 27th in 2019) and the 6th most popular New Zealander Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Graham McRae ranks 663 out of 1,080. Before him are Paul Hawkins, Masami Kuwashima, Tony Gaze, Rudolf Krause, Jack McGrath, and Colin Davis. After him are Gastón Mazzacane, Warwick Brown, George Russell, Sam Hanks, Domenico Schiattarella, and Rudolf Schoeller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Graham McRae ranks 547. Before him are Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Brian Bennett, Bjarne Andersson, Johnny Giles, Stanislav Stepashkin, and Elwyn Berlekamp. After him are Yelena Petushkova, Rinnat Safin, Ernesto Cisneros, Alexei Panshin, Steve O'Rourke, and Hérard Abraham. Among people deceased in 2021, Graham McRae ranks 582. Before him are Jean Kalala N'Tumba, Satya Vrat Shastri, Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, William E. Thornton, Slide Hampton, and Theodore Katsanevas. After him are Ottorino Sartor, Ekkehard Fasser, Guillermo Sepúlveda, Andrew Vachss, Hans van Baalen, and Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Graham McRae ranks 94 out of 303. Before him are Jenny Shipley (1952), Chris Hipkins (1978), Bill English (1961), Mark Hunt (1974), Anthony McCarten (1961), and Zoë Bell (1978). After him are Richie McCaw (1980), Ross Collinge (1944), Niki Caro (1967), Lucky Diamond Rich (1971), Dan Carter (1982), and John Hunter (1943).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In New Zealand

Among racing drivers born in New Zealand, Graham McRae ranks 6. Before him are Bruce McLaren (1937), Denny Hulme (1936), Chris Amon (1943), Howden Ganley (1941), and John Nicholson (1941). After him are Mike Thackwell (1961), Liam Lawson (2002), Brendon Hartley (1989), Tony Shelly (1937), Hayden Paddon (1987), and Mitch Evans (1994).

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