> The Bruce McLaren Trust Website - 917 hits NO ONE MAN'S contribution to motor racing during the 1960 - 1970's was greater or more important than Bruce McLarens'. He left New Zealand in 1958 on his country's «Driver to Europe» plan. His first race overseas was at Aintree and his first major success was at the difficult Nurburgring track in Germany in which he won the Formula Two class and took fifth overall. Only four established Formula 1 aces finished ahead of him. |