Max Payne (racing driver)

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Max Payne (11 September 1940 - 12 January 2017) is a British former racing driver. [1]

Payne drove in the World Sports-Prototype Championship from 1982 to 1988, primarily for Ark Racing driving a Cosworth powered Ceekar chassis. [2]

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References

  1. "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  2. Galpin, Darren. "Ceekar 83J1-Ford". The A-Z of Racing Cars. Retrieved 23 February 2013.