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RACING DRIVER

Joe Fry

1915 - 1950

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Joseph Gibson Fry (26 October 1915, Chipping Sodbury – 29 July 1950, Blandford Motor Racing Circuit) was a British racing driver and distant member of the Fry's Chocolate family. He became the primary driver for the highly successful Shelsley Special "Freikaiserwagen", created by his cousin David Fry and Hugh Dunsterville, with help from Dick Caesar. The original car was built in Bristol in 1936 and featured an Anzani engine which was replaced in 1937 by a Blackburne engine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Fry has received more than 35,194 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joe Fry is the 347th most popular racing driver (down from 339th in 2019), the 3,437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,343rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Joe Fry ranks 347 out of 888Before him are Mauro Baldi, Antonio Creus, Miki Biasion, Jacques Swaters, Paolo Barilla, and Al Pease. After him are Roberto Bonomi, Giorgio Scarlatti, Ricardo Tormo, Camille Jenatzy, Christian Fittipaldi, and Aldo Gordini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Joe Fry ranks 189Before him are Vic Buckingham, Memphis Slim, Stu Hart, Anna Schwartz, Eugène Martin, and Elio Toaff. After him are Boris Andreyev, Raquel Rastenni, Nicholas Metropolis, Danuta Szaflarska, Olavi Virta, and Argemiro. Among people deceased in 1950, Joe Fry ranks 135Before him are Charles Gmelin, Frederick Twort, José Berraondo, Maurice Costello, Luise Fleck, and Ransom E. Olds. After him are Antonina Nezhdanova, Pedro Parages, Bainbridge Colby, Arthur L. Newton, Alice Kober, and Charles Bennett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Fry ranks 3,437 out of 7,765Before him are Oliver Sykes (1986), Spencer Davis (1939), James Mellaart (1925), Eddie Colman (1936), Eanflæd (626), and Phyllis Logan (1956). After him are Eleanor Farjeon (1881), Hugh Dancy (1975), E. H. Shepard (1879), Matthew Macfadyen (1974), Ashley Young (1985), and Michael Giles (1942).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Joe Fry ranks 60Before him are Martin Brundle (1959), Mike Spence (1936), Lance Macklin (1919), Johnny Claes (1916), Brian Redman (1937), and Al Pease (1921). After him are Trevor Taylor (1936), Chris Craft (1939), Peter Whitehead (1914), Eric Thompson (1919), John Miles (1943), and Innes Ireland (1930).