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Kiwi legend Chris Amon dead at 73
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Motor racing legend Chris Amon died today in Rotura hospital in New Zealand. Leaving his home country at the age of 19 to embark on a career in Europe, Amon established himself as one of the best drivers in world, and perhaps the driver never to win a Grand Prix. Amon started his F1 career with Reg Parnell Racing in 1963 before securing a works drive with Ferrari in 1967. Later, the Kiwi drove for MARCH and Matra but never achieved the level of success he expected. His F1 career progressively tailed off in the mid-seventies and included a spell behind the wheel of a car entered by his own team, Chris Amon Racing. Reluctantly, he would quit racing at the end of the 1976 season. The...
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