Basil van Rooyen
![]() Basil van Rooyen. Copyright Richard Jenkins/Basil van Rooyen 2009. Used with permission. |
Born: |
19 Apr 1939 |
![]() Basil van Rooyen, 2009. Copyright Richard Jenkins 2009. Used with permission. |
Nationality: |
South Africa |
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Grands Prix: |
2 (1968-1969) |
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Lives in New South Wales, Australia, but still has links and a farm in South Africa. Started off as an engineer and motorcyclist before becoming a fine driver in sports and touring cars. His racing career was ended by a huge F1 crash and the deaths, shortly after, of McLaren and Courage. He then ran a performance company and a package manufacturing business. He emigrated to Australia in 1987 to set up a manufacturing business and retired in 2005. He has since patented a pool cleaning device, now in production and still follows the sport and plays tennis. He gave oldracingcars.com an interview, which can be found at www.oldracingcars.info/interviews/basil_van_rooyen Biography last updated 24 Jan 2010 |
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