A very happy birthday to Tim Schenken. This affable Aussie made it in F1 and sports cars, and ran his own team, before helping to shape motor sport back home, as he recalls in today's Great Read
What do racers do when they stop racing? All that competitive edge has to go somewhere. Many attack the world of business with the same will to win that they displayed in the cockpit. Others find ways to stay close to the sport, running a team, or even building racing cars. A handful join the media circus as a commentator or pundit. A few, inevitably, stand on the sidelines, complaining that things ain't what they used to be in their day.
And one or two acknowledge what they got out of the sport by putting something back. Tim Schenken is one of those. His professional racing career included almost 40 F1 starts, and spells as works driver for Ferrari and Jaguar. He also went the team manager route, helping several young drivers on their way, and he became a race car manufacturer as well. But in 1984 he decided to return to Melbourne with his family and joined the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, which governs and administers the country's racing. Today, 25 years on, he's still there...
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