The Guardian: It once hosted Eric and Ernie and a boxing kangaroo – now it’s all pigeons and decay. How did Hulme Hippodrome fall so low?
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Denny Hulme
Denis Clive Hulme was a New Zealand racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1965 to 1974. Nicknamed "the Bear", Hulme won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1967 with Brabham, becoming the only New Zealander to do so, and won eight Grands Prix across 10 seasons. He is the World Champion with the fewest pole positions in his career, with only 1 career pole at the 1973 South Afri…
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sports · New Zealand racing driver (1936–1992) · Formula One driver · racing automobile driver · also Denny Hulme, Denis Clive Hulme, Denis Hulme, Hulme
Born 18 June 1936 · Died 4 October 1992 · Q3166
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1992· 2 entries
Died 1992-10-04.
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Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1992).
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1987· 1 entry
Moving with Perkins in 1988 to the newly formed Holden Racing Team
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1986· 1 entry
Racing in the European Touring Car Championship in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing prepared Rover Vitesse
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1982· 1 entry
With amateur racer Ray Smith, building up a team with the Holden Commodore V8 capable of winning the New Zealand Production Car Series for Group A touring cars in 1983–84
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1973· 2 entries
At Kyalami—he appeared to have a good relationship with the South African venue
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And he finished a place down on the American in sixth, 12 points adrift
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1972· 1 entry
And it paid dividends for Hulme
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1969· 1 entry
Earning 160 points to finish second to teammate McLaren in the championship
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1968· 2 entries
Won BRDC International Trophy (1968).
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Taking three victories in the six race season, earning 35 points in the McLaren M8A
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1967· 6 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Deceased Motorsport (1967).
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Won Hawthorn Memorial Trophy (1967).
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Won Formula One World Champion (1967).
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With Brabham, becoming the only New Zealander to do so, and won eight Grands Prix across 10 seasons
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And 1968, collecting a podium in each year
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Joined the McLaren team of New Zealand countryman Bruce McLaren for the series, replacing Chris Amon who had gone to Ferrari
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1966· 1 entry
While driving for the Brabham team in Formula One, Hulme drove in the inaugural season of the Can-Am racing series of FIA Group 7 racing, driving the same Sid Taylor entered Lola T70 he had driven with success in UK Grou
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1964· 1 entry
The pair set about dominating the Championship that year, resulting in a one–two finish in the FFSA Trophées de France series
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1962· 1 entry
When Tony Maggs was unavailable due to his Formula One commitments
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1960· 1 entry
When he started competing in the more highly regulated European championships
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-06-18.
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