John MacDonald (racing driver)

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John MacDonald (born 27 May 1936) is a racing car driver and a motor-cycle racer of Hong Kong. [1] He was originally from England, where he started his career racing motorcycles, then cars until he served at the National service. [2] He then lived in Hong Kong and raced as a competitor of Hong Kong, where he owned a garage business. He is best known as the most successful driver in the Macau Grand Prix during the early 1970s. [1]

He is the only person to have won all the international races of Macau; Macau Grand Prix (1965, 1972, [3] 1973 [4] and 1975), Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix (1969) and Guia Race (1972). [1] He is also the winner of the most Macau Grand Prix competitions, with 4 wins, and the first winner of the Guia Race in 1972. [1]

In addition to his Macau victories, MacDonald won the Malaysian Grand Prix four times. [5] He also won the 1976 Indonesian Grand Prix.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "TAKING THE TRIPLE: JOHN MACDONALD" (PDF). www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo.
  2. "Motorsport People". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  3. "520 entries". New Straits Times. 16 November 1973. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  4. "Sports in brief". Bangor Daily News. 19 November 1973. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  5. Wood, Ida (4 November 2019). "What if the Motorsport Games had taken place 50 years ago?". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
Sporting positions
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Winner

1965
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Preceded by Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix
Winner

1969
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Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1972 - 1973
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Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1975
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none
Guia Race winner
1972
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