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VIDEO: Sir Jack Brabham – The untold stories

Speedcafe.com is celebrating Brabham Week, presented by Pirtek, by highlighting an original four-part video series that was recorded with Sir Jack Brabham just a couple of months before his 2014 passing. One of Australia’s most respected motorsport and automotive journalists, Gordon Lomas, sat down with Sir Jack at this Gold Coast home for an in-depth chat on all aspects of his career. Today’s third episode looks at a smokescreen concocted by sponsors which encouraged Malcolm (Donald) Campbell to finally have a crack at the land speed record in his legendary Bluebird. Sir Jack also tells the story of the 1959 Portuguese GP where he hit a telegraph post without a seatbelt and then just...
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