Sir Jack Brabham RIP
 

A true Champion in every sense of the word.

Sir Jack Brabham, three-time Formula One world drivers' champion and icon of world motorsport, dies aged 88 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

He signed my copy of the wonderful Doug Nye book, 'The Jack Brabham Story', at the Tasman Revival in 2010. I first watched him race the Red-X Special at Mt Druitt in the early 1950s.

Here are a couple of photos I took during the Tasman Series (pre seat belts - circa 1968) and at the Tasman Revival.

Goodbye Sir Jack.

Legend.

Says it all.

Yes, a legend. Designed his own F1 car; raced his own F1 car; won three F1 World Championships.
I saw him and spoke with him a couple of times at the AGP in Adelaide and at the Classic Adelaide. Really nice bloke.
Here's cheers to you, Jack!
Glen

One of my heroes of racing. He did it all.

A true master! Rest in peace.
Larry

Motor racings Bradman, massive legacy and holder of feats not likely to be repeated......ever. RIP Jack
Chris L

Yep, a true legend.

In a world full of tryhards demanding their 15 minutes of fame, he achieved what nobody could dream of. A world class race engineer, racing champion and a businessman with a vision. Judging by every interview I ever saw, a humble and gentle man but a fierce competitor.

A good quote on the news tonight:

‘‘My aim is to die without an enemy in the world. I’m going to outlive the bastards.’’

RIP...

Always sad when the Great Ones leave us !
RIP Jack.

One of the Great Ones. We should all live a full a life as he did. RIP.

RIP Sir Jack

the sad thing was he was appreciated and given more recognition overseas than he was here in Australia . I watched a doco on him once .
rip jack flat out and full lock

Thank you, Sir Jack.

Good speed.

Dan Gurney statement on the passing of Sir Jack Brabham :


It is with great sadness that I received the news that my former Formula boss and team mate, the 3 time F 1 World Champion Sir Jack Brabham, passed away in Australia over the weekend. A motor racing giant has left our planet whose combined achievements of F 1 World Championship driver and car constructor in all likelihood will never be equaled. Dark haired "Black Jack" was a fierce competitor, an outstanding engineer, a tiger of a driver, an excellent politician and a hands-on creator and visionary, he opened the rear-engine door at Indianapolis and raced there, he was a doer, a true Aussie pioneer!

Jack and I go far back in history together. We raced "against each other on the F 1 circuit since 1959 driving Coopers, Ferraris, BRMs and Porsches. In 1963 he hired me as his team mate for his newly established Brabham F I team and during the next three years we really got to know each other. We discovered we shared similar traits. We were not only interested in driving racing cars but in building them, improving them, searching for every tiny bit of technical advantage we could find. I see both of us sitting in garages all over the world bent over engines, talking to each other and to our team: Ron Tauraunac, Phil Kerr, Roy Billington, Tim Wall, Nick Gooze and Denis Hulme.

We shared the camaraderie of a closely knit team pursuing a common purpose, the racing tragedies and the glory days of the 1960s bonded us for life.

Since we retired from driving, both in the fall of 1970, we have stayed in touch. I last spoke to Jack a few months ago on the phone, we were looking forward to the golden anniversary of the first World Championship F 1 victory for the Brabham marque: The French Grand Prix at Rouen, June 28th, 1964, which I won for the team 50 years ago this summer.

In 1966 we both went our separate ways , I followed the trail he had blazed by trying to build, race and win with my own F I cars. I have been told that only three men in the history of autoracing have managed to do that, Bruce McLaren and I won races but Sir Jack Brabham won World Championships, he will be forever in a class all by himself.

I will miss you Jack! You showed the way!

With gratitude and admiration.


Dan

RIP Sir Jack

A builder and innovator ! He relaxed by driving/racing his creations ( his words). My inspiration !