Celebrities & Famous people who have raced

[Zarco]

Milkyway said:

Barry Sheene used to race in the touring car Championship.
The old joke was...that he had trouble getting his knee down on the left handers.
( There was a Cartoon depicting that too)

Valentino Rossi: Very quick in a car... but not sure if he’s actually competed in a race?
( I think that is part of his future plans... could be interesting)

We're naming famous motorsport personalities that have raced now?

[Milkyway]

Zarco said:

Milkyway said:

Barry Sheene used to race in the touring car Championship.
The old joke was...that he had trouble getting his knee down on the left handers.
( There was a Cartoon depicting that too)

Valentino Rossi: Very quick in a car... but not sure if he’s actually competed in a race?
( I think that is part of his future plans... could be interesting)

We're naming famous motorsport personalities that have raced now?

Soz, I went a bit off piste there...
( Comparing a rider v driver)

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 20th December 14:34

[Wombat917]

Back in the 70's we had the Radio 1 Production Saloon Car Championship. Several "celebs" were involved including DJ's Noel Edmonds and Mike Smith and I remember rock drummer, Cozy Powell was a decent peddler of a Mazda, well before his untimely fatal crash on the M4. .

Luc Alphand the French downhill skier (Olympic Gold Medallist I believe) was quick in the Porsche Supercup, supporting GP's in the 90's I think.

Also British downhill skier Davina Galica and champion showjumper Anne Moore teamed up in early Sports 2000 days with KellyGirl sponsorship, before Anne left after a few races saying she "couldn't spare the time..... Davina went on to become the only woman, to date, to win an F1 race (Aurora AFX Championship) I believe.

Back in those days "Celebrity Races" with Escort Mexico's, MG Maestro's and the BMW County Championship (!) were very popular and kept the local bodywork repair shops very busy.......... Nowadays, I suppose "celebs" can't get insured.



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[Milkyway]

Thanks... Anne Moore, racking my brains about the showjumper turned racer.

Caption said Desire Wilson... Well That’s Ann Moore on the left.

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 20th December 17:46

[covboy]

Wombat917 said:

Davina went on to become the only woman, to date, to win an F1 race (Aurora AFX Championship) I believe.


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I think you will find that was Desire Wilson

Edited by covboy on Monday 20th December 21:22

[loskie]

Keith Flint (Prodigy) sprang to mind and with a bit of google it was a Motorcycle racing team

[Milkyway]

covboy said:

Wombat917 said:

Davina went on to become the only woman, to date, to win an F1 race (Aurora AFX Championship) I believe.





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I think you will find that was Desire Wilson

Bit of a Google: Lella Lombardi scored 0.5pts in the 1975 F1 World Championship...
( Probably not really relevant... but I’ll throw it out there)

[Thundersports]

There was a very famous celebrity who raced under a pseudonym in the 90s.

[Tyre Smoke]

Milkyway said:

Thanks... Anne Moore, racking my brains about the showjumper turned racer.

Caption said Desire Wilson... Well That’s Ann Moore on the left.

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 20th December 17:46

Liz Halliday too.

[Milkyway]

Thundersports said:

There was a very famous celebrity who raced under a pseudonym in the 90s.

..... That’s a good teaser.

Wasn’t Margaret Thatcher, was it? for security reasons).

[generationx]

Milkyway said:

Thundersports said:

There was a very famous celebrity who raced under a pseudonym in the 90s.

..... That’s a good teaser.

Wasn’t Margaret Thatcher, was it? for security reasons).

Also, of course, her son Mark who, amongst other things, caused an international incident when getting lost on the 1982 Paris-Dakar...

[LukeBrown66]

Some more I know f.

Olympic Skier Gunde Svan from Sweden was a decent rallycross driver in the mid 90's.

[Milkyway]

generationx said:

Milkyway said:

Thundersports said:

There was a very famous celebrity who raced under a pseudonym in the 90s.

..... That’s a good teaser.

Wasn’t Margaret Thatcher, was it? for security reasons).

Also, of course, her son Mark who, amongst other things, caused an international incident when getting lost on the 1982 Paris-Dakar...

She was useless...OK on the straights, but she wasn’t for turning

[Milkyway]

Stigproducts said:

DLT!

https://www.britishdragracinghof.co.uk/inducted-me...

DJ Johnnie Walker raced in stock cars....MG Magnette.

[generationx]

LukeBrown66 said:

Some more I know f.

Olympic Skier Gunde Svan from Sweden was a decent rallycross driver in the mid 90's.

Which reminds me:

Slim Borgudd - was a session drummer, most notably with ABBA. In fact he was relatively talented and progressed through the usual ranks until a season of F1 with ATS in 1981 and a couple with Tyrrell in 1982 before Uncle Ken chucked him out when the money ran out. He continued sporadically after this and ended up racing trucks in the European series (thanks Wikipedia).

[epom]

Did Keith Flint race ??

[Red9zero]

Simon Le Bon did a bit of bike racing. His wife used to cause a bit of a stir in the paddock.

[Chunkychucky]

Milkyway said:

David Blakeley.... Made famous, as he was murdered by Ruth Ellis.
( Don’t think he was that good)

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 20th December 12:09

That reminds me, my father was racing a couple of Mk 1 Lotus Cortinas in the mid-80s, and was asked through the club to take one down to Goodwood one day as a company were filming something about Ruth Ellis, and wanted to get some footage of Cortinas moving as I believe that's what Blakeley may have raced... The old man couldn't be arsed with it, but a friend he competed with went - not sure if anything ever came of the filming!

[Eric Mc]

I bet it was this film - which came out in 1985 -

[Milkyway]

Chunkychucky said:

Milkyway said:

David Blakeley.... Made famous, as he was murdered by Ruth Ellis.
( Don’t think he was that good)

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 20th December 12:09

That reminds me, my father was racing a couple of Mk 1 Lotus Cortinas in the mid-80s, and was asked through the club to take one down to Goodwood one day as a company were filming something about Ruth Ellis, and wanted to get some footage of Cortinas moving as I believe that's what Blakeley may have raced... The old man couldn't be arsed with it, but a friend he competed with went - not sure if anything ever came of the filming!

Sorry... David BLAKELY;
Had a few good results, better than I was expecting... No Cortinas on here though.
(NB: He was murdered in ‘55... Lotus Cortina from ‘63)
https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/Da...

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 21st December 14:22