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Clive Puzey

Clive Puzey, Roy Hesketh circuit, 1967. Copyright David Pearson, www.motoprint.co.za, 2019. Used with Permission.

Clive Puzey, Roy Hesketh circuit, 1967. Copyright David Pearson, www.motoprint.co.za, 2019. Used with Permission.

Clive Puzey. Copyright Clive Puzey, 2010. Used with permission.

Clive Puzey. Copyright Clive Puzey, 2010. Used with permission.

Born:

11 Jul 1941
Bulawayo

Nationality:

Southern Rhodesia

Grands Prix:

0 (1961)

A major player in the main opposition movement in Zimbabwe to Robert Mugabe, Puzey ran a garage in Harare which was attacked in the first Zimbabwean uprising in 2000. Clive was shaken but unhurt, but has since emigrated to Brisbane, Australia. He is still well, and runs a garden products business and as he is a dyslexic, runs a support group to help other people with dyslexia. Puzey took up racing in the early 1960's in South Africa, where he became a stalwart of their F1 Championship, winning a race at Kyalami in 1964. He stopped racing in 1969 to concentrate on his garage. It was some significant feat for Clive to even enter to race; for as he recalled he had a one thousand mile drive non-stop to get to the circuit, then prepare it, then get it race-ready and quick enough so he barely had time to concentrate on anything else. Clive was not always allowed to race as he was a car salesman and if he did not reach his targets, then he could not be allowed leave to race, and even when he did, the starting money barely covered his petrol costs of the mammoth drive.

Biography last updated 8 Jun 2019